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Using the \appendix command somwhere in a KOMA-script document (in my case scrreprt) should change the behaviour of the enddot in a sectioning command: The chapters should only have an enddot if the numbering is in roman numerals (e.g. in the appendix) and otherwise should not have an enddot (according to the German scrguide).

\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Main}

\appendix{}
\chapter{Appendix}
\end{document}

The first compilation yields headings without any dot (even in the appendix). A secon compilation, however, yields dots in both headings. Removing the corresponding .aux file and doing recompilations reproduces the results. Moreover, the KOMA-option numbers=autoenddot does not change the results.

Is this the expected behaviour? Why are all headings with an enddot as soon as there is the \appendix?

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    Maybe you misinterpreted the information in scrguide: According to German orthography rules, if any section numbering does not contain only numbers but also characters, all section numberings need to have a dot at their end. Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 11:01
  • @BenediktBauer Thank you. Do you know the english orthography rules concerning this? Using \usepackage[english]{babel} has no effect. (In fact, I do not like the enddots in normal sections.) Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 11:30
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    No, I don't know the English rules, but as this has a special treatment in the KOMAscript guide, I would guess that no end dot is the more common way. You can easily achieve this with the documentclass option numbers=noendperiod. Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 11:39

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Of course you can have a look into scrreprt.cls and change the definition of the chapter- or section-numbering. Probably solutions have already been published.

But to make an end to the enddots, simply do:

\documentclass[numbers=noendperiod, english]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Main}


\appendix{}
\chapter{Appendix}
\end{document}
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  • Is this noendperiod correct for an English document with an appendix? Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 11:46
  • Sorry, no clue about english documents. You'd be surprised to know what I forgot about german punctuation. Commented Jun 4, 2014 at 11:56

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