LyX ⇒ List of Equations / Table of Equations

[rlevin]

Note: using LaTeX it is I suppose very straightforward to include a List of Equations using tocloft, but the difference here is making an elegant solution in Lyx

So in our document we have the Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, nomenclature, etc.

How to we insert a List of Equations? All of our equations are numbered and labeled. I.e., next to each equation appears (eq:EquationName, #)

Thanks in advance,

Robinson

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Robinson,

welcome to the board!

Have a look at this earlier topic: List of equations.

Stefan

[rlevin]

I found that earlier, I'm just having some trouble working it into Lyx.

I can get the new List to appear, but to populate it with equations each equation which you want to appear in your list must include something like:

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\myequations{Equation name \ref{eq:1}}

We already have a document in Lyx with hundreds of pages and equations, so adding that Latex code after each one is both ugly and a pain.

I was wondering if there was a more elegant way to include the tocloft package and have it recognize that each \begin{equation} should be listed in the TOC/List of Equations without that special \myequations following it.

Thanks,
Robinson

[rlevin]

OK, I've been making some headway. If I use this code:

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% redefine equation to automatically include our \myequations tag
\let\oldequation = \equation
\let\endoldequation = \endequation
\renewenvironment{equation}{
    \begin{oldequation}
}{
    \end{oldequation}
    \myequations{\@currentlabelname}
}


\usepackage{tocloft}
\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}

% myequation takes in its display name
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{ 

% display name is printed
\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}\par}

Then all \equations will appear in the List of Equations. That's great, but there are two problems:

• Each \equations displayed name in the List of Equations is not its own \label (eg. Torque) but instead is the name of the \subsection in which it appears (such that dozens of equations have the name "Brushless Motor Fundamentals", etc.
• Equations 2.1 - 2.9 display correctly in the List of Equations but after the equation number hits 2.10 the second digit overlaps with the display name.

Any ideas? What can I replace \@currentlabelname with to drop in the name of the label for an equation? A simple one looks like this:

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\begin{equation}
\tau=F\times r
\label{eq:Torque}
\end{equation}

Note: I am going to cross post this in a general LaTeX forum since this approach is shying away from doing things in "pure" Lyx and is (for now) adopting a more technical solution. http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... =5&t=12454