Document Classes ⇒ old \listoffigures problem needing a new solution

[sjgraves]

So I've got the standard \listoffigures problem wherein my figures are numbered within sections, so in my List of Figures the numbers overwrite the caption. Normally, people can use the following two lines of code to fix this, in their preambles:

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\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{3.3em}

Here's my problem. tocloft doesn't work on my rig, for some reason. If I use the simplest possible code involving tocloft, I get errors:

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\documentclass[12pt]{amsbook}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\chapter{First} Blah Blah Blah.
\end{document}

This throws a "Missing }" error on the "\tableofcontents" line. I'm using the Texlive distribution under OS X, so Im not sure where I should have posted the topic, but it seems like a tocloft problem.

Oh, and the other workaround using

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{3.3em}}
\makeatother

doesn't work, either.

Thanks in advance.
~Steve

[Juanjo]

Well, what about this?

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\makeatletter
\renewcommand\l@figure{\@tocline{0}{3pt plus2pt}{0pt}{3.3em}{}}
\makeatother

The log file gives you the path to amsbook.cls. It then suffices to open this file and search inside the macros involved, which you seem to know.

[sjgraves]

It took me a while to get back to this as I've just been worrying about my content instead of my layout, but this fixed the problem. When I have more time, I'm going to pick apart why this all happened in the first place, but for now, I'm just going to thank you for your acceptable workaround.

Thank you.