increment more than one $chapnum in a file?

Baruch Brodersen baruch at technitext.com
Wed Jan 12 19:18:54 PST 2011


Hi Leigh,
The $chapnum variable is a file level marker. You can only have one chapter
per file.

Baruch Brodersen

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:51 PM, LW White <lwwhite5 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> I'm converting some Word files to unstructured FM9. These files have a
> numbered section as the top level. At the second level, they have one or
> more numbered chapters. When a file contains more than one numbered chapter,
> I can't get Frame to recognize that chapter as part of the $chapnum
> auto-increment. So instead of:
>
> Section I
>   Chapter 1
>   Chapter 2
>
> Section II
>   Chapter 3
>
> Section III
>   Chapter 4
>
> I get:
>
> Section I
>   Chapter 1
>   Chapter 1
>
> Section II
>   Chapter 2
>
> Section III
>   Chapter 3
>
> If I don't use $chapnum, and just use one of the regular counters instead
> (<n+>) then the number doesn't increment across files. I seem to be stuck
> between a rock and a hard place here. Is there any way to make $chapnum
> increment more than once per file? Or some other solution?
>
> Thanks,
> Leigh
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