Turn on subsection numbering in memoir
Solution 1
The correct way to do this, specifically for memoir
, IMO, is to use
\setsecnumdepth{subsection}
Why?:
- It's a higher-level command ---
\setcounter
is somewhere in the bowels of memoir/LaTeX - It's semantic --- saying "subsection" is hopelessly more meaningful than saying "2"
- It's practical --- it persists across
\mainmatter
Solution 2
The counter secnumdepth
controls "[t]he level number of the least significant sectional unit with numbered headings" (Lamport, LaTeX: A document preparation system , p. 176). The memoir
class sets secnumdepth
to 1 (section), so you should change this to 2 (subsection). Alternatively, you may use the memoir command \setsecnumdepth
.
\documentclass{memoir}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}% alternative A
% \setsecnumdepth{subsection}% alternative B
\begin{document}
\chapter{bla}
\section{blubb}
\subsection{foo}
\end{document}
Solution 3
change the secnumdepth
, using the \setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
the following table may help.
Command Level Comment
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\part{part} -1 not in letters
\chapter{chapter} 0 only books and reports
\section{section} 1 not in letters
\subsection{subsection} 2 not in letters
\subsubsection{subsubsection} 3 not in letters
\paragraph{paragraph} 4 not in letters
\subparagraph{subparagraph} 5 not in letters
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doncherry
Updated on October 19, 2020Comments
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doncherry about 3 years
It seems that the
memoir
class automatically avoids numbering subsection headings. Chapter and section titles are numbered, but subsection headings contain only the subsection name, and are not prefixed by the subsection number. Why is this the case, and more importantly, how do I turn subsection numbering back on? -
Grzenio about 13 yearsThanks! I had tried setting that in the preamble, but it hadn't worked -- it turned out that
\mainmatter
resetssecnumdepth
. Now that I know what to look for, the memoir documentation states that calling\maxsecnumdepth
in the preamble sets the numbering level for\mainmatter
. -
recluze almost 12 yearsJust a minor note. If you want the subsection to appear in the TOC as well, you should issue the
\maxtocdepth{subsection}
command. -
daleif about 11 years
memoir
has an easier interface such that people do not need to remember those numbers