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Using the scrartcl document class, I would like to put the section number into the page margin, as is seen for example in the famous l2tabu document. That should be easily possible with KOMA-Script, but I can not find how.

Also, how can the same be done with page numbers, as is done for example in the good old LaTeX Companion?

Schweinebacke
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Ingo
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2 Answers2

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The source code of l2tabu is available on CTAN. There you can read it:

\renewcommand*{\othersectionlevelsformat}[1]{%
  \makebox[0pt][r]{\csname the#1\endcsname\autodot\enskip}}

The section number is put into a box of width 0, right aligned. So it runs into the left margin.

Stefan Kottwitz
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  • I found the command for setting the pagenumber in the margin. \setheadwidth[0pt]{textwithmarginpar} Want to add it to your answer? – Ingo Jan 11 '12 at 11:53
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    The definition is flawed: \othersectionlevelsformat has three arguments. The KOMA-Script documentation (p. 109 of a current version) suggests \renewcommand*\othersectionlevelsformat[3]{\makebox[0pt][r]{#3\autodot\enskip}} – cgnieder Aug 20 '14 at 07:53
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Update

With KOMA-Script version 3.19a or newer you simple have to redefine \sectionlinesformat to get the desired result:

\documentclass{scrartcl}[2015/10/03]

\renewcommand\sectionlinesformat[4]{%
  \makebox[0pt][r]{#3}#4%
}

\usepackage[headwidth=textwithmarginpar]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ohead{\pagemark}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\Blinddocument
\end{document}

Original answer

Since KOMA-Script version 3.17 (current version on CTAN) you have to redefine the commands \sectionformat, \subsectionformat etc. instead \othersectionlevelsformat.

\documentclass{scrartcl}[2015/04/23]
\renewcommand\sectionformat{\makebox[0pt][r]{\thesection\autodot\enskip}}
\renewcommand\subsectionformat{\makebox[0pt][r]{\thesubsection\autodot\enskip}}
\renewcommand\subsubsectionformat{\makebox[0pt][r]{\thesubsubsection\autodot\enskip}}

\usepackage[headwidth=textwithmarginpar]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\clearpairofpagestyles
\ohead{\pagemark}

\usepackage{blindtext}
\begin{document}
\Blinddocument
\end{document}
esdd
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