Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Verbatim text in a figure caption

[neeraj2608]

Hi,
I'm new to Latex and I want to put a long URL in a figure caption without having to escape every special character like "_" with a backslash. Since \verb cannot be used in a command argument, I tried putting the URL between the \begin{verbatim} and \end{verbatim} commands. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work. The error MiKTeX 2.7 gives me is:

LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.

Here is my code:

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\begin{figure}[h!]
  \begin{center}\
    \includegraphics{my image name}
    \caption{Visual processing areas of the brain. Source:
    \begin{verbatim}
      http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_02/a_02_cr/a_02_cr_vis/a_02_cr_vis_3c.jpg
    \end{verbatim}}
  \end{center}
\end{figure}

What am I doing wrong? Does Latex not allow using verbatim commands in a figure caption?

Thanks.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

in this case you could use the url package:

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\usepackage{url}
...
\caption{Visual processing areas of the brain. Source:
  \protect\url{http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_02/a_02_cr/a_02_cr_vis/a_02_cr_vis_3c.jpg}}

Btw. I would use \centering instead of the center environment inside a figure environment, see center vs. \centering for an explanation.

Stefan

[neeraj2608]

Hi,

in this case you could use the url package:

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\usepackage{url}
...
\caption{Visual processing areas of the brain. Source:
  \protect\url{http://thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/a/a_02/a_02_cr/a_02_cr_vis/a_02_cr_vis_3c.jpg}}

Btw. I would use \centering instead of the center environment inside a figure environment, see center vs. \centering for an explanation.

Stefan

Hi Stefan, thank you for your help!