Text Formatting ⇒ hyperref | Error with ToC in custom Document Class

[emptyhb]

Hi,
I'm a graduate student finishing my PhD thesis. I'm using a class file circulating around in the University of Chicago community. I found it to have a problem with hyperref. Specifically, compiling fails with the\tableofcontents command. I attached an archive containing a minimal example. The problem occurs as I add \usepackage{hyperref} to the end of the preamble.

The error is:

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(./thesis_template.toc
! Undefined control sequence.
\find@pdflink ...ode \protected@edef\Hy@testname
                           {#2}\ifx \Hy@testname \@em...
l.1 ...{chapter}{List of Figures}{vi}{chapter*.4}

[texbob]

Hi, I too am having the same problem with the UChicago template while writing my thesis. Anyone found a solution yet??

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome, very simple solution: Ask the guy in charge of the class file, i.e. the maintainer. He can do the appropriate changes and provide a centralised new version available for all students and staff members.

Hacking this type of files leads to multiple copipes around the campus/world of the same document.


EDIT: I just ran the example posted by the OP a few years back. I didn't get any error.

[texbob]

Thanks for your reply.. I have an email out to the current maintainer, I've just been waiting a while for a response, so thought I'd try here.

Also, I tried the OP's file thesis_template.tex as well but still get the same errors. Are you sure you added

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\usepackage{hyperref}

in the preamble? The originally posted code does not have that line inserted yet, and that is the command causing problems with this UChicago thesis template.

In any case, I'll keep waiting for a reply from the maintainer (I agree with you that having one well maintained master copy available is better than several hacked versions), but if anyone has a suggestion they can post here, I'll pass it on to the maintainer.

Thanks

[Johannes_B]

You are right, i didn't load hyperref

A quick workaround should be \renewcommand{\etdChapterHeadFormat}[1]{\uppercase{#1}}

What is going on here? The above command is used to make all titles uppercased, which is rather crude by a typographical point of view. The university should reconsider their guidelines.

Little hint to the maintainer. Use package tocbasic of the KOMA bundle to style your lists.
You can patch commands using package etoolbox. You can use package unnumberedtotoc to get unnumbered chapters to the table of contents (including setting the headers).