Compile Step Add Chapters

[thecookiemomma]

One step that might be good to have, especially if you are using single notes for scenes (or sections in nonfic) instead of chapters, is to put a chapter title when the chapter number changes. I put chapter and scene number in my frontmatter. If that's there, maybe it could be used to add or re-add chapter headers for a longer piece. Or, indeed section separators if it's scene by scene. If one scene is scene 3, chapter 1, and the next is scene 1 chapter 2, then perhaps the chapter header could be added.

[PeteMichaud]

A simple workaround for this is to make a scene that’s blank except for the chapter title you want, and then put it in the right place in the ordering.

[kevboh]

I think this may be covered by the Prepend Title compile step? Especially in the incoming version (currently in beta), it will insert titles, numbers, and even headers (# based on indent depth) for you. Can you take a look at that and let me know if it meets your needs?

[thiessenstuart]

I would be nice to distinguish separators for various levels of indented scenes. For instance, if a scene is level 1 and should be treated like a chapter then we might want to indicate a page break. But if it is a level 2 or lower, we might just want a certain kind of string or newlines. But the page break would need to come after all indented scenes under that level 1 to have the right break between chapters. Or conversely, the separation (e.g., page break) can optionally happen prior to that scene instead of after. I added this comment here because presumably this kind of activity would be what we would need for something that accomplishes a "add chapters" type of functionality but uses existing built-in steps instead.

Of course, this could be done in post-processing, but it would be nice to have that taken care of during the compilation.