Removing repeated page numbers from table of contents

Question

Hi I'm trying to create a document in LaTeX with a few small subsections on the same page, is there any way to remove the repeated page numbers and keep the numbers when I move onto a new page?

Answer 1

Although I've no programming skills, it seems obvious that this possible; e.g. by adding a hook before each line of the toc: "if the pagenumer is the same as in the last line, print dots and number in \color{white} ".

There are some packages on CTAN regarding the table of contents. Do you know the "Topic Index"? Have a look on the packages about the table of contents there.

The closest candidate seems to be the package tocloft. If you've got a full installation, you might get the manual by typing texdoc tocloft on the command line. Maybe you can use \cftXleader or something similar.

However, your readers will miss the numbers and ask themselves (they can not ask you, can they? they are reading in a book!), whether it's a typo or not. So take my advice: print the 'toc' like all others do . . .