[OS X TeX] How to show \printindex, \printglossary, \listoftables, \listoffigures in \tableofcontents

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Mon Apr 25 15:50:23 CEST 2005


Usually the book class should take care of this, at least amsbook.cls 
does it, and suffices to have the lines

\backmatter
\printindex
etc

in the master file.

Claus

On Apr 25, 2005, at 15:00, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 25 avr. 05, à 14:15, Ueliisa a écrit :
>
>> How can I make entries from \printindex, \printglossary, 
>> \listoftables, \listoffigures, ... in the \tableofcontents
>
> Not easily: you have to redefine these commands such that they add an 
> entry to the .toc file where all TOC entries are stored. Namely, you 
> have to add inside \listoffigures the line:
>
> 	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}
>
> and inside \listoftables:
>
> 	\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}
>
> and similarly for the index and glossary.
>
> How to do this: locate inside 
> /Library/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/base/ the file where these 
> commands are defined (normally report.cls for a report, book.cls for a 
> book), copy the definition, sandwiched between \makeatletter ... 
> \makeatother, in your document's preamble, and add the required line 
> inside it. In case you're using report.cls, that should be:
>
> \makeatletter
> \newcommand\listoffigures{%
>     \if at twocolumn
>       \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
>     \else
>       \@restonecolfalse
>     \fi
>     \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}  % <<<<< this is 
> the required bit
>     \chapter*{\listfigurename}%
>       \@mkboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
>               {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}%
>     \@starttoc{lof}%
>     \if at restonecol\twocolumn\fi
>     }
> \newcommand\listoftables{%
>     \if at twocolumn
>       \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
>     \else
>       \@restonecolfalse
>     \fi
>     \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}  % <<<<< this is 
> the required bit
>     \chapter*{\listtablename}%
>       \@mkboth{%
>           \MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
>          {\MakeUppercase\listtablename}%
>     \@starttoc{lot}%
>     \if at restonecol\twocolumn\fi
>     }
> \makeatother
>
> In case you're using a different document class, or other packages 
> that modify \listofigures or \listoftables, you've got to take the 
> modifications into account. For example, one of my documents contains 
> (don't copy these definitions for you, as they assume the hyperref 
> package is used, and they include other modifications as well to 
> achieve a specific page layout):
>
> \makeatletter
> \renewcommand{\listoffigures}
>   {\thispagestyle{plain}
>    \global\@topnum=0
>    \setboolean{@afterindent}{false}
>    \renewcommand{\@currentHref}{listfigureanchor}
>    \hyper at anchorstart{\@currentHref}\hyper at anchorend
>    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listfigurename}  % <<<<< this is 
> the required bit
>    \@makeschapterhead{\centering\listfigurename}
>    \@afterheading\vspace{10pt}
>    \markboth{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}
>             {\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}
>    \@starttoc{lof}}
> \renewcommand{\listoftables}
>   {\thispagestyle{plain}
>    \global\@topnum=0
>    \setboolean{@afterindent}{false}
>    \renewcommand{\@currentHref}{listtableanchor}
>    \hyper at anchorstart{\@currentHref}\hyper at anchorend
>    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listtablename}  % <<<<< this is the 
> required bit
>    \@makeschapterhead{\centering\listtablename}
>    \@afterheading\vspace{10pt}
>    \markboth{\MakeUppercase\listtablename}
>             {\MakeUppercase\listtablename}
>    \@starttoc{lot}}
> \makeatother
>
> As I said, not easy for beginners ! There may be packages, that I 
> don't know, doing all this for you or offering this as an option. The 
> LaTeX Companion is one place where to find such information.
>
> HTH,
>
> Bruno Voisin
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