scrpage2: unnumbered headings with \addsec get the wrong automarks

Question

Here's my code:

\documentclass{scrbook}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\usepackage[markuppercase]{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\automark[chapter]{part}

\begin{document}

% This works as expected
\part{Ancient writing and its influence}
\chapter{The origin of writing}
\section{Introduction}

\blindtext[15]

% But this doesn't
\addpart{Modern writing and its influence}
\addchap{The end of writing}
\addsec{Conclusion}

\blindtext[15]

\end{document}

The problem is that the headmarks in the unnumbered document half keep running like [section]{chapter} and I want them running like [chapter]{part}. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

A normal \part issues a \partmark command to store the mark. \partmark stores more or less \thepart parttitle, that means it stores also the number. And so \partmark can't be used with \addpart. Same with the other \add-commands. So all of them use some hardcoded \mark-commands which are not suited for your example.

You will have to set the mark manually:

\addchap{The end of writing}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Modern writing and its influence}}{\MakeUppercase{The end of writing}}
\addsec{Conclusion}
\markboth{\MakeUppercase{Modern writing and its influence}}{\MakeUppercase{The end of writing}}

I also think it would be a good idea to show your example to the author of KOMA. It would be much better if one could separate the question if a sectioning command should set a left/right/both-mark from the question of the content of the mark.

Answer 2

I answer my own question. I found in Koma-Script doc the following solution (a little bit dingy).

\documentclass[a5paper,DIV=11, headings=small,numbers=enddot,pagesize,11pt]{scrbook}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[automark,markuppercase]{scrpage2}
\clearscrheadfoot
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\automark[chapter]{part}
\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark}
\chead{\headmark}
\renewcommand*{\partpagestyle}{empty}
\setkomafont{pageheadfoot}{\small\rmfamily\upshape}
\setkomafont{pagenumber}{\large\rmfamily\upshape}
\renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{}
\renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{}
\renewcommand*{\chapterformat}{}
\renewcommand*{\chaptermarkformat}{}
\renewcommand*{\partformat}{}
\renewcommand*{\partmarkformat}{}

\begin{document}
\part{Ancient writing and its influence}
\chapter{The origin of writing}
\section{Introduction}
\blindtext[15]
\end{document}

Answer 3

Maybe you have to declare the heading and footer and then choose the page style. From your example:

\usepackage[automark,markuppercase]{scrpage2}
\pagestyle{scrheadings}
\clearscrheadings
\automark[chapter]{part}
\cfoot[\pagemark]{\pagemark}
\chead{\headmark}

Edit: Sorry and thanks Seamus for spoting the obvius mistake. And that wasn't obviously my code.