Re: Defining a new LaTeX-counter (off-topic)

[Jens Ritter <jens@hilbert.weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za> writes:

> I want to define a new counter in LaTeX and as I understand The LaTeX
> Companion page 446 it can be done with the command 
> 
> \newcounter{mynecounter}
> 
> However the following file results in an error message when I run LaTeX:
> 
> \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
> 
> \begin{document}   
> 
> \newcounter{bepaling}        {\arabic{bepaling}}

I guess you have to define the counter in the preamble (before
\begin{document}). 

Please direct further questions on TeX to news:comp.*.tex

TIA,

Jens

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