I dot not see it solving the problem. If I have one chapter in a file, could I make it show as chapter 5. I have been using @unnumbered to do that. My understanding has been that @lowersections commands change chapters to sections, sections to subsections, and so on. But the chapter numbering stays the same.
> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 12:47 AM > From: "Patrice Dumas" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: @chapter starting at specified number > > Hello, > > Not sure that it corresponds to your use, but @raisesections and > @lowersections > could be of use: > https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo/html_node/Raise_002flower-sections.html > > On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 04:05:17AM +0200, [email protected] wrote: > > Currently, using @chapter starts from one. But if I write every chapter > > into a separate > > file and execute with texi2pdf all chapters get messed because they will > > all be chapter 1. > > > > Can there be some structured way to choose the number to start with? It > > would be very > > helpful and valuable capability. > > It is not clear to me what you are trying to achieve. Texinfo is > designed under the assumption that the manual forms a whole. Many other > things need to be changed, not only the chapter numbering if it is > instead a kind of collection. > > -- > Pat >
