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Re: CounterBox[] & CounterFunction[] & DingBat

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• Subject: [mg111448] Re: CounterBox[] & CounterFunction[] & DingBat
• From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
• Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 07:02:34 -0400 (EDT)

On Sun, 1 Aug 2010 04:57:55 -0400 (EDT), Scot T. Martin wrote:
> I want to get a label like "B.i" for a cell. It seems I can
> only get "ii.i" or "B.A." That is, I cannot mix CounterFunction[] types. I
> didn't find much in the documentation on this. Anyone know how to do it?
>
> Here is an example of the cell expression:
>
> Cell[TextData[StyleBox["Instantaneous Drag Force", FontSlant->"Italic"]],
> "Subsubsubsection", CellChangeTimes->{3.4895729829194045`*^9}]
>
>
> On the StyleSheet for "Subsubsubsection":
>
> CellDingBat->Cell[TextData[{CounterBox["Subsubsection"], ".",
> CounterBox["Subsubsubsection"], "."}], CellSize -> {32, Inherited},
> TextAlignment -> Right]
>
> CounterFunction->RomanNumeral

The CounterFunction option can be passed directly to the CounterBox.  So, any
individual counter can use any counter function you like.

Sincerely,

John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.