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Date:         Wed, 9 Feb 1994 13:26:26 EST
From: Michael Barr <barr@TRIPLES.MATH.MCGILL.CA>
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Subject:      second options
Status: R

I don't see any real problem with using the syntax
\section{title}[[optional toc entry]optional running head] with the
toc entry defaulting to the running head.  Actually, but for backward
compatibility, I would prefer that the toc entry default to the
full section title.  Of course, the way this is done, you could not
have an optional toc entry without also choosing a running head.
For the rare occasion that that is what is wanted, the user would
simply have to repeat the title.  I expect this could be implemented
with ease even in the present setup.  Perhaps the toc default could be
made subject to a user switch.  As it is, I modified \@startsection
to get what I wanted.  In fact, I have modified it in a couple other
ways too.  One to allow changing the space between section number and
title and once to permit an unnumbered chapter (the preface) to appear
in the toc.

Michael Barr