Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Caption including a full stop

[magical marshmallow]

Hi,

Just wondering has anyone come up with this problem

I have many images and tables in a report. When the caption is displayed, it reads

Figure X.X.: Caption text

The fullstop (.) is undesired, but I cannot figure out how to get rid of it.

My images are included using

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	\begin{figure}[!ht]
	\centering
	\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{image.png}
	\caption[Caption for TOC]{Caption text}
	\label{fig:Label text}
	\end{figure}

and a similar setup for tables

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\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
	\caption[Caption for TOC]{Caption for text}
	\vspace{0.5cm}
\label{tab:Table label}
    \begin{tabular}{lr}
    \toprule
Table & text\\
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
 \end{table}

However I have some code to label equations This code however when used does not produce the undesired . in the text

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\usepackage{amsmaths}
\usepackage{aliascnt}
\newaliascnt{eqnfloat}{equation}
\newfloat{eqnfloat}{h}{eqflts}
\floatname{eqnfloat}{Equation}

\newcommand*{\ORGeqnfloat}{}
\let\ORGeqnfloat\eqnfloat
\def\eqnfloat{%
  \let\ORIGINALcaption\caption
  \def\caption{%
    \addtocounter{equation}{-1}%
    \ORIGINALcaption
  }%
  \ORGeqnfloat
}
\begin{document}

	\begin{eqnfloat}[!htbp]
	\begin{equation}
Eqiation
	\end{equation} 

	\label{eq:Equation label}
	\caption{Caption text}
	\end{eqnfloat}
\end{document}

Anybody got any ideas?

[localghost]

An adequate problem description consists of a self-contained and minimal example that clearly reproduces the undesired behaviour and not of loosely code snippets. It is appreciated very much if you keep that in mind for future questions and only post examples which you have checked for functionality and which make a problem comprehensible for others.


Thorsten

[magical marshmallow]

Apologies.

I've managed to narrow this problem down to the appendices section of my report and within that, the particular \chapter at the start of it. When I removed this, all is well with the caption formatting, but when it is present, I get the extra period in my figure and table captions.

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\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{appendix}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[scale=1]{image.png}
    \caption[Description for LOF]{Description of image}
  \end{figure}
        
  \begin{appendices}
    \chapter{Chapter 1}
  \end{appendices}
\end{document}

Anyone have any ideas?

[localghost]

Set the option numbers=noenddot for the document class. Other possible settings for this option can be found in Table 3.14 of the KOMA-Script user guide (English version). Reasons for this behaviour can be found in Sections 3.16 and 3.22 of the same document.

[Klausiber]

As my question is closely related - the major difference being that I do want the trailing period - I hope it's ok to use this thread instead of starting a new one.

Set the option numbers=noenddot for the document class. Other possible settings for this option can be found in Table 3.14 of the KOMA-Script user guide (English version).

This option will (unfortunately) not work for custom floats created with "newfloat" (see also http://latex-community.org/forum/viewto ... 45&t=23028). These floats will never add a period after the reference number. I did not find any hints in the documentation of newfloat or caption on how to change this.

Is there any way to

1. apply the KOMA setting to these floats as well?
2. add the trailing period to custom floats "manually"?

Here's a MWE:

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\documentclass[english,numbers=enddot] {scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{frame=single,aboveskip=0pt,belowskip=0pt}

\usepackage{caption,newfloat}
\DeclareFloatingEnvironment[
  fileext=lol,
  name=Listing
]{listing}


\begin{document}
\chapter{foo}
\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \rule{\textwidth}{7mm}
  \caption{Figure}
\end{figure}

\begin{listing}[!h]
  \begin{lstlisting}[gobble=4]
    Some code
  \end{lstlisting}
  \caption{Listing}
\end{listing}

\end{document}

[localghost]

[…] This option will (unfortunately) not work for custom floats created with "newfloat" (see also http://latex-community.org/forum/viewto ... 45&t=23028). These floats will never add a period after the reference number. I did not find any hints in the documentation of newfloat or caption on how to change this.

Is there any way to

1. apply the KOMA setting to these floats as well?
2. add the trailing period to custom floats "manually"?

[…]

For a class of KOMA-Script you may use the built-in mechanism by the \DeclareNewTOC command for the new float environment and try to create and customize the corresponding sub-floats by subcaption from the caption bundle. I'm not sure if subcaption detects new floats generated this way and automatically creates the corresponding sub-floats as it does for floats created by newfloat. The \DeclareNewTOC macro is provided by the »tocbasic« package. The package is described in Chapter 13 of the KOMA-Script manual. The macro itself is explained in detail in Section 13.5 of that document.

[Klausiber]

For a class of KOMA-Script you may use the built-in mechanism by the \DeclareNewTOC command for the new float environment

Thanks for your help! This works pretty well, except for two problem: A minor issue is that I need to use the listname option because otherwise the environment name is set all in caps. According to the documentation only the first letter should be capitalised.

The real problem is that adding the counterwithin option breaks the "List of Listings". As the following example shows there is no space after the reference number. (Please note, that I also commented the listname option to demonstrate the wrong capitalisation.)

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\documentclass[numbers=enddot] {scrbook}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{listings,caption,tocbasic}
\lstset{frame=single,aboveskip=0pt,belowskip=0pt}

\DeclareNewTOC[
  counterwithin=chapter,
  type=listing,
  float,
  floattype=4,
%  listname={List of Listings},
]{lool}


\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\listoflistings

\chapter{foo}
\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \rule{\textwidth}{7mm}
  \caption{Figure}
\end{figure}

\begin{listing}[!h]
  \begin{lstlisting}[gobble=4]
    Some code
  \end{lstlisting}
  \caption{Listing}
\end{listing}

\end{document}

Am I missing something or is this a bug in KOMA-script?

I'm not sure if subcaption detects new floats generated this way

It does not, but that's only one additional line.

[sommerfee]

apply the KOMA setting to these floats as well?

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand\fnum@listing{\listingname~\thelisting\autodot}
\makeatother

However, I think this should be done automatically by the newfloat package. Will change that ASAP.

add the trailing period to custom floats "manually"?

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\DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{autodot}{#1~#2\autodot}
\captionsetup[listing]{labelformat=autodot}

(This one will add the "autodot" feature to the listing environment.)
or

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\DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{period}{#1~#2.}
\captionsetup{labelformat=period}

(This one will add the dot to all floating environments.)

[Klausiber]

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\DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{autodot}{#1~#2\autodot}
\captionsetup[listing]{labelformat=autodot}

(This one will add the "autodot" feature to the listing environment.)
or

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\DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{period}{#1~#2.}
\captionsetup{labelformat=period}

(This one will add the dot to all floating environments.)

Absolutely perfect. Thanks a lot!

YFTR: I did read the documentation of labelformat but failed to realise that DeclareCaptionLabelFormat was the missing link to my problem.

[sommerfee]

A minor issue is that I need to use the listname option because otherwise the environment name is set all in caps. According to the documentation only the first letter should be capitalised.

This seems to be a bug for me, did you already report it to Markus Kohm, the author and maintainer of KOMA-Script?

The real problem is that adding the counterwithin option breaks the "List of Listings". As the following example shows there is no space after the reference number.

This seems to be a bug, too. When replacing \DeclareNewTOC[...]{lool} with

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\DeclareFloatingEnvironment{listing}
% Workaround for missing autodot feature of \DeclareFloatingEnvironment
\DeclareCaptionLabelFormat{autodot}{#1~#2\autodot}
\captionsetup{labelformat=autodot}

the spacing after the reference number seems to be fine, although \DeclareFloatingEnvironment is using tocbasic internally (when using a KOMA-Script document class, like in this case), too.

BTW: https://sourceforge.net/p/latex-caption/tickets/14/ , I will see if I can get this fixed the upcoming week-end.