Re: [help-texinfo] User defined sectioning numbers when using @unnumbered

[Gavin Smith]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 06:32:33PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote:
> Dear Compeers,
> 
> I am using an @unnumbered chapter so it displays in the contents section
> when I call @contents. Is there any way to add section numbers such as

I don't understand why you don't just use @chapter or @appendix instead 
of @unnumbered if you want the chapter to be numbered.

> Define label--preamb, label--appldef, label--verbatim in some top level file

Possibly with

@set label--preamb 1.2.3

then refer to it with @value{label--preamb}.  However, there is a
chance this won't work when processed with TeX.

> top--level--document.texi:
>   @page
>   @node license--unnumbered
>   @unnumbered label--license License
>   @include ./license--unnumbered.texi
> 
> license--unnumbered.texi:
>   @unnumberedsec label--preamb Preamble
>   @unnumberedsec label--appldef Applicability and Definitions
>   @unnumberedsec label--copying Verbatim Copying
>   @unnumberedsubsec label--cpinq Copying in Quantity
> 
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