[OS X TeX] question about the list of figures

[Bob Kerstetter]

On Jun 27, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Stephan Hochhaus wrote:

>> line. She would like these to still appear, but provide a text  
>> such as "Figure n". Of course one can *add* one such line with  
>> \addcontentsline but I can't figure out how to avoid the blank  
>> line in the first place. Any suggestions?
>>
> \caption[Name for listoffigure]{Actual caption below the figure}
>


Try this, extending Stephan suggestion:

\begin{figure}[h]
\includegraphics[scale=.8]{whatever}
\caption[Figure \ref{fig:whatever}]{\ }
\label{fig:whatever}
\end{figure}

Works fine here.

Basically, for the figure:

"whatever" is the name of the image.

the caption uses a reference to the label "fig:whatever"

using a ref to itsself in the \caption[]{} square bracket works fine  
and shows up in the list of figures. cool.



Bob Kerstetter
http://homepage.mac.com/bkerstetter/

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