LyX ⇒ AppendixA

[riccardotrezzi]

Hello,

I'm using Lyx 2.1.4 on a Mac (El capitan).

When I compile my PDF, everything works fine.
However, the hyperlinks to the Appendixes (I have more than one) show as "AppendixA", "AppendixB", etc.. rather than "Appendix A", "Appendix B", ..

In other words, there is no space between "Appendix" and the letter identifying the Appendix.

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks,
RT

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Riccardo,

can you post your document as LaTeX export from LyX, here as attachment? This way we can find the cause.

You can remove text content from the exported copy, so you don't need to show the real content. Just so that we can verify the problem.

Stefan

[riccardotrezzi]

Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your reply.
Please find attached a minimal working file in which I reproduce (and explain) the issue.
The file comes in two formats (.tex and .lyx). I also attach the PDF for your convenience.
Thanks a lot!
Riccardo

[Johannes_B]

Yet another example that journal classes are often badly designed.*
Add \def\appendixname{Appendix } into your preamble after loading package babel.

* Doesn't matter though, the journal staff will convert your document to conform to the journal rules.

[riccardotrezzi]

Hi! Thanks for your reply.

I put it at the end of the preamble as you suggested but unfortunately it did not work.

In the preamble I have what follows:

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\makeatletter

\def\ps@pprintTitle{%
  \let\@oddhead\@empty
  \let\@evenhead\@empty
  \let\@oddfoot\@empty
  \let\@evenfoot\@oddfoot
}

\makeatother

\usepackage{bm}

\usepackage{pdflscape}

\usepackage{changepage}

\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage

\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{colortbl}

\definecolor{halfgray}{gray}{0.95}

\def\appendixname{Appendix }

Any idea why this might not work?
Thanks!
RT

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Riccardo!

Johannes' tipp works, but you should do it after the preamble:

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\begin{document}
\def\appendixname{Appendix } 

Or, after loading babel, or at the end of the document preamble (Menu: Document / Settings, Preamble):

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\addto\captionsenglish{%
  \renewcommand\appendixname{Appendix }%
}

It's because of the way babel works, it applies its own definitions at the beginning of the document, so it could otherwise override your own settings. Don't worry, things look complicated sometimes, but we can tell you usually how to work with it.

Stefan

[riccardotrezzi]

Hi!
Thanks a lot! It works nicely.
Thanks again!
RT

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Riccardo!

No problem. Feel free to talk here about any LyX or LaTeX issue.

Just by the way, a comment. In LaTeX (and it should be the same in Word) we define styles for formatting. We don't apply physical formatting repeatedly within the document. For example here:

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\begin{center}
\textbf{\Huge{}Appendix }\label{part:Appendix}
\par\end{center}

You can do that, and it works. But, \textbf{\Huge...} should be part of a macro.That's good for consistent headings, and a single point of changes. Just a late evening talk about that everything in LaTeX is about styles and macros and a document is free of direct formatting.

Stefan

[riccardotrezzi]

Eheheheh,
Indeed! Thanks for the advice!
RT