Re: How to stop \frontmatter from resetting the counter When using itmore than once

[Axel Berger]

drag...@googlemail.com wrote:
> What code do you put in the preambles to stop it resting the counter
> when you put it in the second time?

None. Backmatter ist backmatter and should be called such.

The numbering can be set with
\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{}

You save the current page in a \newcounter or \newcommand at the end of
your frontmatter, add one and insert it above.

Axel

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[Peter Flynn]

On 06/26/2017 03:48 PM, drag...@googlemail.com wrote:

In your Subject: *what* counter are you referring to? LaTeX has many.

> For example say you have something like:
>
> \documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book}
> ...
> ...
> \frontmatter %labels page numbers for chapters via roman numbers starting at i

Front matter is usually formatted as unnumbered sections, not chapters,
eg \clearpage\section*{Preamble}

> \chapter*{Preambles}
> \chapter*{Introduction}
>
> \mainmatter %lables page numbers for Arabic numerical starting at 1
> \chapter{Chapter 1}
> \chapter*{Chapter 2}

That looks wrong, should be \chapter

For Appendixes, use

\appendix
\chapter{Appendix}

then they will be lettered correctly.

> \frontmatter %labels page number to continue previous roman numerals, start iii

Don't use \frontmatter for back matter, use \backmatter.

Again, back matter sections are usually done as \section*

> \chapter*{Bibliography}

>
> What code do you put in the preambles to stop it resting the counter
> when you put it in the second time?

I don't under stand the question, but I *think* what you mean is you
want the roman numbering from the front matter continued in thr back
matter, right?

> So I tried back matter and it wasn't continuing. So I tried
> \newcommand i'm still trying to look at wikibooks though.

You're looking in the wrong place. Modify the meaning of \mainmatter and
\backmatter from book.cls (I don't think there is a package to do what
you want, as it's rather unusual, although perhaps the Memoir or the
KomaScript classes might do it).

=====================================================================
\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{book}
\newcounter{fmpage}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\mainmatter{%
\clearpage
\setcounter{fmpage}{\value{page}}%
\message{page is \thefmpage}
\@mainmattertrue
\pagenumbering{arabic}}
\renewcommand\backmatter{%
\clearpage
\@mainmatterfalse
\markright{}%
\pagenumbering{roman}%
\setcounter{page}{\value{fmpage}}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\maketitle
\frontmatter
\section*{Preamble}
Stuff
\clearpage
\section*{Introduction}
Stuff
\mainmatter
\chapter{First}
Stuff
\chapter{Second}
Stuff
\appendix
\chapter{First}
\backmatter
\section*{Bibliography}
Stuff
\end{document}
======================================================================

///Peter
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[Axel Berger]

drag...@googlemail.com wrote:
> So I tried back matter and it wasn't continuing.

Of course not. From further down:

> \pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{4}
> \frontmatter

\backmatter and \frontmatter reset the page counter and change the style
of the page numbering. So of course you have to apply your own settings
after and not before those commands.