followup question Re: [texhax] custom \listoffigures

[ian lee]

Thank you.  The good news is the list of figures now uses the first sentence of each caption. 

The bad news are several. I used \caption{first}{first second} and the code below. The result includes (1) a centered caption instead of justified format, (2) additional LaTex errors that claimed the figure label used in the code below is undefined, and (3) the error message below.

**
**Exhibit A. The code that LaTex points to for errors:
**
\begin{figure}[htp]
\centerline{
 \subfigure[{pdf}]
           {\includegraphics[width=3in]{testpdfc}\label{testpdfc}}
 \hfil
 \subfigure[{CDF}]
           {\includegraphics[width=3in]{testCDFc}\label{testCDFc}}}%
  \caption{The SR probability density functions and cumulative
      distribution functions}{The SR probability density functions and
      cumulative density 
       functions. (a) ....}
\label{fig10}
\end{figure}

**
**Exhibit B. The error message:
**

LaTeX Warning: Reference `fig10' on page 63 undefined on input line 1517.

[63]

! LaTeX Error: Too many unprocessed floats.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.1547 \begin{figure}[htp]
                          
! Undefined control sequence.
\latex at xfloat ...vf \fi \global \setbox \@currbox 
                                                  \color at vbox \normalcolor \...
l.1547 \begin{figure}[htp]
                          
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   \vbox 
l.1547 \begin{figure}[htp]
                          
<../eps/testpdfc.eps> <../eps/testCDFc.eps>
! Undefined control sequence.
\@largefloatcheck ->\ifdim \ht \@currbox 
                                         >\textheight \@tempdima -\textheigh...
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! Missing number, treated as zero.
<to be read again> 
                   >
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> \@currbox 
                     
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! Argument of \@xnext has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
Runaway argument?
\@currbox \@currlist \ifnum \count \@currbox >\z@ \advance \@pageht \@pagedp \E
TC.
! Paragraph ended before \@xnext was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! Extra \else.
\subfig at end@float ...penalty \@floatpenalty \else 
                                                  \vadjust {\penalty -\@Miv ...
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! You can't use `\vadjust' in vertical mode.
\subfig at end@float ... at floatpenalty \else \vadjust 
                                                  {\penalty -\@Miv \vbox {}\...
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
! Argument of \@xnext has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   
Runaway argument?
\@currbox \@currlist \ifnum \count \@currbox >\z@ \advance \@pageht \@pagedp \E
TC.
! Paragraph ended before \@xnext was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   \par 
l.1574 \end{figure}
                   

LaTeX Warning: Reference `fig10' on page 64 undefined on input line 1590.


LaTeX Warning: Reference `fig10' on page 64 undefined on input line 1601.


! LaTeX Error: Too many unprocessed floats.

- Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk>
Date: Saturday, October 30, 2004 5:04 pm
Subject: Re: [texhax] custom \listoffigures

> No idea how \caption is defined, but if it really
> /is/ \def \caption #1#2{...}, then some typing could
> be saved, and consistency guaranteed, by the following :
> 
> 	\def \Caption #1#2{\caption {#1}{#1 #2}}
> 
> and thereafter
> 
> 	\Caption {First sentence}{Seconda sentence}
> 
> ** Phil.
> --------
> Reinhard Kotucha wrote:
> 
> >>>>>>"ian" == ian lee <ianlee at usc.edu> writes:
> > 
> > 
> >   > I need to customize \listoffigures
> > 
> >   > My thesis advisor demands that the list of figures must show 
> only>   > one sentence/phrase per figure. At the same time he 
> demands long
> >   > captions that completely describes the figure and sometimes 
> how to
> >   > derive the figure or replicate the experiment.
> > 
> >   > How do I tell LaTex to take only the first sentence of each 
> figure>   > caption for the list of figures?
> > 
> > \caption[first sentence]{first sentence, second sentence, ... }
> > 
> > Regards,
> >   Reinhard
> > 
>