[texhax] \figure caption

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

> how can i get \figure captions to show up without a "Figure #."  before
> the \caption text?

Put this in your preamble; it'll do what you ask, but also for tables(!) and
only provided you're not using any fancy packages that already interfere
with captions.

\makeatletter
\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
  \vskip\abovecaptionskip
%%%  \sbox\@tempboxa{#1: #2}% ORIGINAL
  \sbox\@tempboxa{#2}%
  \ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize
%%%    #1: #2\par % ORIGINAL
    #2\par
  \else
    \global \@minipagefalse
    \hb at xt@\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}%
  \fi
  \vskip\belowcaptionskip}
\makeatother

You might want to look at the "ccaption" package though, for more control.

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