Re: export to LaTeX with TOC but without numbers

[Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de>]

Hi Eric,

Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de> writes:
>> Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>>> There are workarounds but they involve using latex directly (to add
>>> entries to a TOC basically).
>>
>> I am aware of that.  Sorry for being unclear.  I would like to automate
>> exactly that.
>>
>> I use several LaTeX export classes and I would like that possibility
>> (TOC with unnumbered sections/subsections/...) in each of these classes.
>> Thus, I am searching for a (more) general approach, that I could 'switch on'
>> and have it insert the latex statement on its own.
>>
>> Best,
>> Andreas
>
> Ah, I see.  Well, you could do something along these lines (completely
> untested and likely to be wrong...):
>
> #+latex_header: \newcommand{\mysection}[1]{\section*{#1}\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{#1}}
>
> and similar for subsection, subsubsection, ...
>
> Then customise org-latex-classes and replace, for instance,
> \\section*{%s} by \\mysection{%s}.
>
> However, you'll probably need to put a bit more TeX in the
> addcontentsline bit if you want some proper formatting (have a look at
> latex.ltx [around line 5659 in my version of this file] to see how
> content lines are handled by default...).
>
> Not trivial but also not impossible!
>
> I would suggest you look at latex-specific fora for answers to the more
> general question of generating tables of contents for unnumbered
> headings as I can imagine that there are simpler solutions.
>

Thanks for these hints!  When I follow that route I'll have to do
more work I guess:
1. either I have to provide two versions of my org-latex-classes (one
   for numbered and one for un-numbered cases)
2. or I have to provide a filter or sth similar to replace sections
   with mysections, correct?

That's why I would prefer to follow Nick's suggestion.

Regards,
Andreas