Re: @chapter starting at specified number

[Patrice Dumas]

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, pietru@caramail.com 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