Rename chapter by word Lecture by Koma-script

Question

Is there simple way how to obtain customization of the chapter for scrbook? I want to have

Lecture 1. My first lecture

I try to do:

\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Lecture}

but nothing happen. I try to ready scrguien and also the similar question "Change the word "Chapter" to something else". I hope that, this not need to load other packages like fancyhdr.

My MNWE is:

\documentclass[a4paper]{scrbook}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Lecture}
\begin{document}
  \chapter{My first lecture}
  \blindtext[1]
\end{document}

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '22 at 20:01

8

Try this code.

\documentclass[a4paper,chapterprefix=on]{scrbook}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Lecture}% change Chapter for Lecture
\begin{document}
    \chapter{My first lecture}
    \blindtext[1]
\end{document}

chapterprefix=on makes “Chapter” to appear before the chapter number.

answered Feb 19 '22 at 20:01

Simon Dispa

39,141

1

Now that's a proper magic formula: chapterprefix=on. Thanks a lot. – JardaFait Feb 19 '22 at 20:14

Sebastiano · Answer 2 · 2022-02-20T12:19:31.440

7

Same output of very nice use @Simon Dispa (+1) using chapterprefix=true (you can see the guide to pag. 61 to the link https://ctan.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/ctan/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/doc/scrguien.pdf)

There is the same effect instead of chapterprefix=on.

\documentclass[a4paper,chapterprefix=true]{scrbook}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{Lecture}
\begin{document}
  \chapter{My first lecture}
  \blindtext[1]
\end{document}

edited Feb 20 '22 at 12:19

answered Feb 19 '22 at 20:23

Sebastiano

54,118

2

Thank for your support! :) true sounds better and definitive while on looks reversible (and is shorter). – Simon Dispa Feb 19 '22 at 21:06
1

@SimonDispa :-)))))))))) – Sebastiano Feb 19 '22 at 21:07

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '22 at 12:04

If you do not want a second line for the chapter title you can redefine \chapterformat and maybe \chaptermarkformat.

\renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter\autodot\enskip}
\renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter\autodot\enskip}

If there should be a dot after the chapter even if option numbers=noenndot or numbers=autodot (default) is used:

\renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter.\enskip}
\renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter.\enskip}

To rename the chapter prefix you can use

\defcaptionname{english}{\chaptername}{Lecture}

Example:

\documentclass[
  numbers=enddot
]{scrbook}
\usepackage{blindtext}
%\usepackage[english]{babel}
\defcaptionname{english}{\chaptername}{Lecture}
\renewcommand{\chapterformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter\autodot\enskip}
\renewcommand{\chaptermarkformat}{\chaptername~\thechapter\autodot\enskip}
\begin{document}
\chapter{My first lecture}
\Blindtext
\end{document}

Rename chapter by word Lecture by Koma-script

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