RE: DOCBOOK-APPS: chapter numbering

The Chicago Manual of Style (14th ed) agrees with you and the stylesheets. : "Chapters within parts are numbered consecutively thorugh the book (_not_ beginning over with 1 in each part)" (Section 1.65).

David

> but, semantically speaking, i *would* expect the first formatting.
> a part is defined as just a division in a book, not a complete
> resetting of properties like chapter numbers.