Re: Chapter-page numbering, reasons for

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Yes. Either number everything, down to the paragraph (as you would in,
for example, a set of regulations), or nothing.

The concept of a chapter isn't useful in most of the stuff I do. It's
just a heading level, a class of elements in a hierarchy. What's an H1
in one context may be an H2 in another.

Typically my readers are coming to a topic by hitting F1 or a help
button, or by navigating a TOC, or by clicking on a cross-reference,
or by searching an authored index or whole text. Chapter numbers are
just meaningless clutter.

My PDFs do have running headers showing the current H1 > H2, and
sometimes my online help has "breadcrumbs."

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Pinkham, Jim <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com> wrote:
> So you're proposing to differentiate chapters by title? Some other way?
> Or scrap the chapters as individual units themselves? Or are we just
> talking about page numbering?
>
> I'm not making any judgments -- just wondering.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
> Behalf Of Leonard C. Porrello
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:49 AM
> To: Robert Lauriston; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Chapter-page numbering, reasons for
>
> I agree.
>
> Leonard
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+leonard -dot- porrello=soleratec -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- c
> om] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
> Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:43 AM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Chapter-page numbering, reasons for
>
> My preference is to get rid of chapter numbers entirely. I don't see any
> purpose for them.
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