[OS X TeX] Using boldsymbol in figure caption with listoffigures

[Peter Lichtner]

On Jun 25, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 25 juin 08 à 18:43, Peter Lichtner a écrit :
>
>>> I am trying to create a caption to a figure using boldsymbol as in
>>>
>>> \caption{$\hat\bzeta$}
>>>
>>> where \bzeta is defined as
>>>
>>> \newcommand{\bzeta}{\boldsymbol{\zeta}}
>>>
>>> But this gives an error in \listoffigures. I assume I need a  
>>> \protect somewhere but can't seem to get it to work. Any help  
>>> appreciated.
>>
>> One further comment: it seems to be the use of both \hat and \bzeta  
>> that is causing the problem.
>
> Use the bm package and \DeclareBoldMathCommand. The following works  
> here:
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{bm}
> \DeclareBoldMathCommand{\bzeta}{\zeta}
> \begin{document}
> \listoffigures
> \newpage
> \begin{figure}
> \caption{$\hat\bzeta$}
> \end{figure}
> \end{document}
>
> Bruno Voisin
>

Works great! Many thanks, ...Peter

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