How do I remove the word "chapter" from chapter titles in documentclass/style {Thesis}

Question

I would like to have the chapter number at chapter title on the same line, so instead of:

"chapter 1

chapter name"

I would like

"1 Chapter name"

or

"1. chapter name"

i'm using \documentclass[a4paper, 11pt, oneside]{Thesis} and i would like to keep that, so that i do not have to change the rest of my document.

thank you in advance!

Edit: i see the change needs to happen in the Thesis.cls i use, so here is the part of the code concerning the chapter title:

%%
%% This is file `Thesis.cls', based on 'ECSthesis.cls', by Steve R. Gunn
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%

%% Created by Steve R. Gunn, modified by Sunil Patel: www.sunilpatel.co.uk

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\lhead[\rm\thepage]{\fancyplain{}{\sl{\rightmark}}}

\rhead[\fancyplain{}{\sl{\leftmark}}]{\rm\thepage}

\chead{}\lfoot{}\rfoot{}\cfoot{}

\pagestyle{fancy}

\renewcommand{\chaptermark}[1]{\btypeout{\thechapter\space #1}\markboth{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}{\@chapapp\ \thechapter\ #1}}

\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{}

\renewcommand{\subsectionmark}[1]{}

\def\cleardoublepage{\clearpage\if@twoside \ifodd\c@page\else

\hbox{}

\thispagestyle{empty}

\newpage

Welcome to TeX.SX! See How to set the chapter style in report class? for a possible solution to your problem. — Fato39, Apr 13 '15 at 12:05
Have you seen this? Do I need titlesec or is fncychap enough for doing the following? — , Apr 13 '15 at 12:15
There is a bunch of more or less Thesis class files on the 'market'. Too which one you want to apply such changes? — , Apr 13 '15 at 12:39
I use one based on the ECS Thesis style by Steve Gunn, I am writing in a a template from sharelatex, so i don't understand by main document fully, sadly. — Emilie Valente, Apr 13 '15 at 13:08
For those interested in the template: http://www.sunilpatel.co.uk/thesis-template/ — , Apr 13 '15 at 13:38
For now i'm using the answer from http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/238228/do-i-need-titlesec-or-is-fncychap-enough-for-doing-the-following/238233#238233 But if someone knows how to do it with \renewcommand{} it would be highly appreciated. — Emilie Valente, Apr 13 '15 at 13:33
@ChristianHupfer so it is better to make the edit by using fx. your code in the master than to edit the class file? I'm just trying to get it right :) — Emilie Valente, Apr 14 '15 at 08:42
@EmilieValente: Generally spoken, it's better to keep the original class file and do patches in the main document (or in a separate package). Editing should happen only in rare cases, when the .cls file is completely rotten — , Apr 14 '15 at 12:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-13T13:56:49.393

In lack of a Thesis.cls I used book.cls and the \@makechapterhead for \chapter (not \chapter*!) and did some hacking in there.

\documentclass{book}
\newif\ifusedot 

\usedottrue % Enable 1. format

\newcommand{\UseDot}{%
\ifusedot
.%
\else
%
\fi
}

\makeatletter
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries\thechapter\UseDot\space\@chapapp  %Here is the line for 1. Chapter
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 20\p@
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \Huge \bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }
}

\makeatother
\begin{document}
%\mainmatter
\chapter{My super sophisticated chapter}

\usedotfalse % Disable for some reason to show the effect

\chapter{My other sophisticated chapter}



\end{document}

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Edit

Since Thesis.cls uses \LoadClass{book} this should work there too. ECS Thesis

Editing and removing the \par\break stuff from the \@makechapterhead macro and removing of explicit \@chapapp in there. (Redefining \@chapapp to \relax is perhaps another option, but not recommended)

\documentclass{Thesis}


\usepackage{blindtext}


\makeatletter

\newif\ifusedot

\usedottrue

\newcommand{\UseDot}{%
\ifusedot
.%
\else
%
\fi
}

\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
      \if@mainmatter
        \huge\bfseries\thechapter\UseDot\space 
       % \par\nobreak % Kick out the break after the Number. \chapapp` stuff
       % \vskip 20\p@ 
      \fi
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \huge\bfseries #1\par\nobreak
    \vskip 40\p@
  }
}

\makeatother
\begin{document}
%\mainmatter
\chapter{My super sophisticated chapter}

\usedotfalse

\chapter{My other sophisticated chapter}



\end{document}

thank you for your answer, but the "my super sophisticated chapter" looks exactly like my chapters does now? — Emilie Valente, Apr 13 '15 at 13:27
@EmilieValente: I switched the order of Chapter and number ;-) — , Apr 13 '15 at 13:34
@EmilieValente: I think, your are after the Number Chapter Name style without paragraph breaking? If so, see my edited answer — , Apr 13 '15 at 13:49
@ChristianHupfer, I think OP wants to get rid of the word Chapter altogether. — Pouya, Apr 13 '15 at 13:50
@EmilieValente: Why did you unaccept the answer? If something is wrong then leave a comment, please — , Jun 17 '15 at 16:15
@ChristianHupfer: I reaccepted, sorry! i'm having some trouble accessing a question i posted whitout logging in, and i have now lost access to it after logging in with the entered email... — Emilie Valente, Jun 17 '15 at 16:23

How do I remove the word "chapter" from chapter titles in documentclass/style {Thesis}

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