What follows is the definition of \tableofcontents in svmult.cls. I only understand it halfway, and thats not enough in this case. Where would I need to fix the problem, so that there always is enough space between section number and section header in the ToC?

What follows is the definition of \tableofcontents in svmult.cls. I only understand it halfway, and thats not enough in this case. Where would I need to fix the problem, so that there always is enough space between section number and section header in the ToC?

 ## Heading ##\def\tableofcontents{\chapter*{\contentsname\markboth{{\contentsname}}% {{\contentsname}}} \def\authcount##1{\setcounter{auco}{##1}\setcounter{@auth}{1}} \def\lastand{\ifnum\value{auco}=2\relax \unskip{} \andname \else \unskip \lastandname \fi}% \def\and{\stepcounter{@auth}\relax \ifnum\value{@auth}=\value{auco}% \lastand \else \unskip, \fi}% \@starttoc{toc}\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi} \setcounter{tocdepth}{0} \def\l@part#1#2{\addpenalty{\@secpenalty}% \addvspace{2em \@plus\p@}% \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \z@ \@plus 5em \hrule\vskip5\p@ \bfseries\boldmath \leavevmode #1\par \vskip5\p@ \hrule \vskip\p@ \nobreak \endgroup} \def\@dotsep{2} \def\addnumcontentsmark#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{\protect\numberline {\thechapter}#3}{\thepage}}} \def\addcontentsmark#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\thepage}}} \def\addcontentsmarkwop#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{0}}} \def\@adcmk[#1]{\ifcase #1 \or \def\@gtempa{\addnumcontentsmark}% \or \def\@gtempa{\addcontentsmark}% \or \def\@gtempa{\addcontentsmarkwop}% \fi\@gtempa{toc}{chapter}} \def\addtocmark{\@ifnextchar[{\@adcmk}{\@adcmk[3]}} \def\l@chapter#1#2{\par\addpenalty{-\@highpenalty} \addvspace{1.0em \@plus \p@} \@tempdima \tocchpnum \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\rightskip \pretolerance=10000 \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\bfseries\boldmath#1}\ifx0#2\hfil\null \else \nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}% \fi\par \penalty\@highpenalty \endgroup} \newcommand{\tocauthorstyle}{\itshape} \newcommand{\toctitlestyle}{\bfseries} \def\l@title#1#2{\addpenalty{-\@highpenalty} \addvspace{8\p@ \@plus \p@} \@tempdima \z@ \tocchpnum \z@ \calctocindent \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \pretolerance=10000 %\parfillskip -\@tocrmarg \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\toctitlestyle#1}%\nobreak %\leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu.\mkern %\@dotsep mu$}\hfill %\nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par \par \penalty\@highpenalty \endgroup} \newcommand{\tocaftauthskip}{\z@} \def\l@author#1#2{%\addpenalty{\@highpenalty} \@tempdima \z@ \begingroup \pretolerance=10000 \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\@tocrmarg \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\tocauthorstyle#1}\nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu.\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par \penalty\@highpenalty \addvspace{\tocaftauthskip}\endgroup} \newdimen\tocchpnum \newdimen\tocsecnum \newdimen\tocsectotal \newdimen\tocsubsecnum \newdimen\tocsubsectotal \newdimen\tocsubsubsecnum \newdimen\tocsubsubsectotal \newdimen\tocparanum \newdimen\tocparatotal \newdimen\tocsubparanum \tocchpnum=\z@ % no chapter numbers \tocsecnum=18\p@ % section 88. plus 2.222pt \tocsubsecnum=23\p@ % subsection 88.8 plus 2.222pt \tocsubsubsecnum=27\p@ % subsubsection 88.8.8 plus 1.444pt \tocparanum=35\p@ % paragraph 88.8.8.8 plus 1.666pt \tocsubparanum=43\p@ % subparagraph 88.8.8.8.8 plus 1.888pt \def\calctocindent{% \tocsectotal=\tocchpnum \advance\tocsectotal by\tocsecnum \tocsubsectotal=\tocsectotal \advance\tocsubsectotal by\tocsubsecnum \tocsubsubsectotal=\tocsubsectotal \advance\tocsubsubsectotal by\tocsubsubsecnum \tocparatotal=\tocsubsubsectotal \advance\tocparatotal by\tocparanum} \calctocindent \def\@dottedtocline#1#2#3#4#5{% \ifnum #1>\c@tocdepth \else \vskip \z@ \@plus.2\p@ {\leftskip #2\relax \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\rightskip \pretolerance=10000 \parindent #2\relax\@afterindenttrue \interlinepenalty\@M \leavevmode \@tempdima #3\relax \advance\leftskip \@tempdima \null\nobreak\hskip -\leftskip {#4}\nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak \hb@xt@\@pnumwidth{\hfil\normalfont \normalcolor #5}% \par}% \fi} % \def\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{\tocchpnum}{\tocsecnum}} \def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{\tocsectotal}{\tocsubsecnum}} \def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{\tocsubsectotal}{\tocsubsubsecnum}} \def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{\tocsubsubsectotal}{\tocparanum}} \def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{\tocparatotal}{\tocsubparanum}}   

\def\tableofcontents{\chapter*{\contentsname\markboth{{\contentsname}}% {{\contentsname}}} \def\authcount##1{\setcounter{auco}{##1}\setcounter{@auth}{1}} \def\lastand{\ifnum\value{auco}=2\relax \unskip{} \andname  \else \unskip \lastandname  \fi}% \def\and{\stepcounter{@auth}\relax \ifnum\value{@auth}=\value{auco}% \lastand \else \unskip, \fi}% \@starttoc{toc}\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi} \setcounter{tocdepth}{0} \def\l@part#1#2{\addpenalty{\@secpenalty}% \addvspace{2em \@plus\p@}% \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \z@ \@plus 5em \hrule\vskip5\p@ \bfseries\boldmath \leavevmode #1\par \vskip5\p@ \hrule \vskip\p@ \nobreak \endgroup} \def\@dotsep{2} \def\addnumcontentsmark#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{\protect\numberline {\thechapter}#3}{\thepage}}} \def\addcontentsmark#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{\thepage}}} \def\addcontentsmarkwop#1#2#3{% \addtocontents{#1}{\protect\contentsline{#2}{#3}{0}}} \def\@adcmk[#1]{\ifcase #1 \or \def\@gtempa{\addnumcontentsmark}% \or \def\@gtempa{\addcontentsmark}% \or \def\@gtempa{\addcontentsmarkwop}% \fi\@gtempa{toc}{chapter}} \def\addtocmark{\@ifnextchar[{\@adcmk}{\@adcmk[3]}} \def\l@chapter#1#2{\par\addpenalty{-\@highpenalty} \addvspace{1.0em \@plus \p@} \@tempdima \tocchpnum \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\rightskip \pretolerance=10000 \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\bfseries\boldmath#1}\ifx0#2\hfil\null \else \nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}% \fi\par \penalty\@highpenalty \endgroup} \newcommand{\tocauthorstyle}{\itshape} \newcommand{\toctitlestyle}{\bfseries} \def\l@title#1#2{\addpenalty{-\@highpenalty} \addvspace{8\p@ \@plus \p@} \@tempdima \z@ \tocchpnum \z@ \calctocindent \begingroup \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \pretolerance=10000 %\parfillskip -\@tocrmarg \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\toctitlestyle#1}%\nobreak %\leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu.\mkern %\@dotsep mu$}\hfill %\nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par \par \penalty\@highpenalty \endgroup} \newcommand{\tocaftauthskip}{\z@} \def\l@author#1#2{%\addpenalty{\@highpenalty} \@tempdima \z@ \begingroup \pretolerance=10000 \parindent \z@ \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\@tocrmarg \leavevmode \advance\leftskip\@tempdima \hskip -\leftskip {\tocauthorstyle#1}\nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu.\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak\hbox to\@pnumwidth{\hss #2}\par \penalty\@highpenalty \addvspace{\tocaftauthskip}\endgroup} \newdimen\tocchpnum \newdimen\tocsecnum \newdimen\tocsectotal \newdimen\tocsubsecnum \newdimen\tocsubsectotal \newdimen\tocsubsubsecnum \newdimen\tocsubsubsectotal \newdimen\tocparanum   \newdimen\tocparatotal \newdimen\tocsubparanum \tocchpnum=\z@ % no chapter numbers \tocsecnum=18\p@ % section 88. plus 2.222pt \tocsubsecnum=23\p@ % subsection 88.8 plus 2.222pt \tocsubsubsecnum=27\p@ % subsubsection 88.8.8 plus 1.444pt \tocparanum=35\p@ % paragraph 88.8.8.8 plus 1.666pt \tocsubparanum=43\p@ % subparagraph 88.8.8.8.8 plus 1.888pt \def\calctocindent{% \tocsectotal=\tocchpnum \advance\tocsectotal by\tocsecnum \tocsubsectotal=\tocsectotal \advance\tocsubsectotal by\tocsubsecnum \tocsubsubsectotal=\tocsubsectotal \advance\tocsubsubsectotal by\tocsubsubsecnum \tocparatotal=\tocsubsubsectotal \advance\tocparatotal by\tocparanum} \calctocindent \def\@dottedtocline#1#2#3#4#5{% \ifnum #1>\c@tocdepth \else \vskip \z@ \@plus.2\p@ {\leftskip #2\relax \rightskip \@tocrmarg \advance\rightskip by \z@ \@plus 2cm \parfillskip -\rightskip \pretolerance=10000 \parindent #2\relax\@afterindenttrue \interlinepenalty\@M \leavevmode \@tempdima #3\relax \advance\leftskip \@tempdima \null\nobreak\hskip -\leftskip {#4}\nobreak \leaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern \@dotsep mu\hbox{.}\mkern \@dotsep mu$}\hfill \nobreak \hb@xt@\@pnumwidth{\hfil\normalfont \normalcolor #5}% \par}% \fi} % \def\l@section{\@dottedtocline{1}{\tocchpnum}{\tocsecnum}} \def\l@subsection{\@dottedtocline{2}{\tocsectotal}{\tocsubsecnum}} \def\l@subsubsection{\@dottedtocline{3}{\tocsubsectotal}{\tocsubsubsecnum}} \def\l@paragraph{\@dottedtocline{4}{\tocsubsubsectotal}{\tocparanum}} \def\l@subparagraph{\@dottedtocline{5}{\tocparatotal}{\tocsubparanum}}