Using titlesec with mwrep class

Question

I use mwrep class in my document and try to customize section titles with titlesec. It works OK for sections and subsections but it has no effect for chapters.

Here I read that "The mwrep class uses a non-standard manner to format their sectioning commands".

Would be still possible to use titlesec to style the chapter? Or should I forget about it and find another solution?

My MWE:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,polish]{mwrep}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{titlesec}


\titleformat{\chapter}[hang]
  {\LARGE\scshape\bfseries}
  {\thechapter}
  {2pc}
  {}

\titleformat{\section}[hang]
  {\large\scshape\rmfamily}
  {\thesection.}
  {1em}
  {\MakeLowercase}

\titleformat{\subsection}[hang]
  {\normalsize\itshape\rmfamily}
  {\thesubsection.}
  {1em}
  {}

\begin{document}

  \chapter{Lorem}
  \section{Ipsum}
  \subsection*{Dolor}

\end{document}

Welcome to TeX.SX! Just don't use the mwrep class, if it doesn't suit you. — egreg, Jul 04 '15 at 18:09
@egreg It is a report class adjusted according to Polish typographic standards so it does suit me a lot! I just have this one problem. — petru, Jul 04 '15 at 18:19
Sorry, but titlesec is not compatible with the class. There is some documentation of the class in the file mwcls.dtx that you should have in your system, but it is written in Polish. You perhaps can understand it and guess what to modify. — egreg, Jul 04 '15 at 19:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '15 at 19:33

3

for the chapter use

\SetSectionFormatting[breakbefore,wholewidth]{chapter}
   {56pt}
   {\FormatBlockHeading{\LARGE\scshape\bfseries}}
   {24pt}

For section and subsection there are also macros so that you do not need the titlesec package

answered Jul 04 '15 at 19:33

Thanks, I've found that bypass as well. But it seems to have some limitation, e.g. I cannot use \MakeUppercase with that macro. Perhaps it has other limitation compared to titlesec. – petru Jul 04 '15 at 19:54

petru · Answer 2 · 2015-07-12T10:13:58.013

So, I finally read the documentation for mwrep (mwcls, actually) and found out that SetSectionFormatting is more flexible than I thought.

By having access to \HeadingNumber and \HeadingText you can write for example

\SetSectionFormatting[breakbefore,wholewidth]{chapter}
  {56pt}
  {\large\textbf{\ifHeadingNumbered
    \llap{\fbox{\strut\HeadingNumber.}\enspace}\fi
    \HeadingText}
  }
  {24pt}

to get framed chapter number hanging on the margin enter image description here

or

\SetSectionFormatting[breakbefore,wholewidth]{chapter}
  {56pt}
  {\normalfont\large{
    \ifHeadingNumbered\HeadingNumber.\enspace\fi
    \MakeUppercase{\textls[150]{\HeadingText}}
    }\vspace{1em}\hrule
  }
  {24pt}

to get the chapter title capitalized with increased letterspacing (textls from microtype package) and horizontal rule below.

enter image description here

Using titlesec with mwrep class

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