Toc numbering with frontmatter and backmatter about vimtex

[lervag]

Yes, this sounds like a good idea. I'll look into it.

[lervag]

I've updated the TOC test, which you can find in test/advanced.tocs. It should include most of your example and some more. I'll begin to look at it some time later.

[petobens]

Excellent. I have one more example (I'll open a new issue soon) but I think it might be difficult to implement.

[lervag]

I've just pushed my first attempt at solving this issue. There are probably still some quirky details that are not done right. Let me know what you think!

[petobens]

Thanks, this is awesome. I have two questions: i) why do you number the chapters in the front matter with roman numerals? ii) the bibiliography (and the Alphabetical Index which I don't include in this particlar example) are still contained in the last chapter (you can see this in the images below comparing an unfolded and a folded toc) I think it is better if they are shown separately (the same way the preamble or table of contents).

[lervag]

1. I was not really sure how to treat the frontmatter. I decided to use roman numerals, but perhaps it is better to remove the numbers altogether? I've probably mixed page numbering and section numbering...

2. I've not noticed the fold issue you mention here. I'd appreciate if you could open a new issue about this, because it is somewhat more general.

[petobens]

Personally I think it is better to remove the numbers altogether (this is what the frontmatter command does besides forcing roman numerals on page numbers).

I also think that one problem that will appear when removing the roman numerals is that an unnumbered chapter in the frontmatter will have the same highlight group as the "Preamble" or "Table of Contents" i.e TocSec rather than the one corresponding to a (numbered) chapter: TocSec1.
I don't know if that can be fixed (maybe TocSec can specifically match "Preamble", "Table of contents" and (given #34) "Bibliography" and "Alphabetical index" and reserve TocSec1 specifically for numbered and unnumbered chapters). Or, given this problem, you might prefer to keep the roman numbers.

[lervag]

Ok, I'll fix it. And yes, I'm aware of the highlighting issue. I think a solution to this is to write the section number at the far right of the TOC title lines, at column 60+, where they will not be visible, and then use this information for the syntax highlighting.

I think I want the preamble (TocSec) to have the same highlighting as the "highest order" section (TocSec1).

[petobens]

Okay! It's your plugin and I'm sure whatever you choose will be perfect. Thanks

[petobens]

There is one thing that I don't know I understood properly but if the TOC numbers are shown at the far right that is not consistent with the standard latec TOC that is generally of the form: "[number] [section title]". Maybe you could consider that.

[lervag]

I can understand how my description was not understandable. However, the last commits should show exactly what I mean. I've added a level identifier to the end of each TOC line. I've also ensured that each line has a rather long length, such that this identifier is not visible. The identifier is then used by the syntax file to decide which syntax group to use.

I've also removed the roman numbering on the frontmatter.

[petobens]

Excellent. It works very nice. Thanks

[lervag]

No problem! :)