AMSTeX table of contents

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I'm using the docoumentclass amsart. Two things I don't like:

The table of contents (TOC) looks kind of poor, is there an easy way to change it? I like it from article more.
If I use \section*{bla} it still appears but without number in the TOC. How can I make a section that does not appear in the TOC?

For the second part see barbara beeton's answers to this question — Carsten Thiel, Jan 27 '11 at 13:09
Thank you. Carsten: somehow I didn't find this answer via google... — Marcel, Jan 27 '11 at 14:10
I said something about the TOC in this post at the LaTeX Community forums, though honestly I don't know why you'd use amsart unless you were being forced to. — frabjous, Jan 27 '11 at 16:17
Thank you. Is there a problem with amsart? It is not the worst layout, is it? — Marcel, Jan 27 '11 at 16:26

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '11 at 00:38

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You could use a package for customizing the TOC, such as tocloft or titletoc.
is answered by Carsten. If you still need information, let us know.

answered Jan 29 '11 at 00:38

Stefan Kottwitz

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 22 '12 at 18:04

in the meanwhile I solved the problem (found it somewhere else

\makeatletter
\def\@tocline#1#2#3#4#5#6#7{\relax
\ifnum #1>\c@tocdepth % then omit
  \else 
    \par \addpenalty\@secpenalty\addvspace{#2}% 
\begingroup \hyphenpenalty\@M
    \@ifempty{#4}{%
      \@tempdima\csname r@tocindent\number#1\endcsname\relax
 }{%
   \@tempdima#4\relax
 }%
 \parindent\z@ \leftskip#3\relax \advance\leftskip\@tempdima\relax
 \rightskip\@pnumwidth plus4em \parfillskip-\@pnumwidth
 #5\leavevmode\hskip-\@tempdima #6\nobreak\relax
 \ifnum#1<0\hfill\else\dotfill\fi\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\@tocpagenum{#7}}\par
 \nobreak
 \endgroup
  \fi}
\makeatother

AMSTeX table of contents

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