Dear Hilmar and Arthur, The caption package is only adapted to specific document classes which are listed in the caption package documentation, section "Document classes & Babel support". The aastex document class is not on the list.
But since I changed the name of the command \captionbox to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in version v3.1f (2007/11/11) to avoid incompatibilities with existing \captionbox definitions, newer versions of the caption package hopefully make less trouble when used with the aastex document class. In fact the example below compiles fine when using the actual version v3.1j (2008/08/24) of the caption package. (It results in the warning "Package caption Warning: Unsupported document class (or package) detected, usage of the caption package is not recommended. See the caption package documentation for explanation." but this is OK and documented.) Warm regards, Axel On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:04:11 +0100, "Hilmar Preusse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Dear Axel, dear Arthur, > > down here in the Debian Bug tracking system we got bug report a while > ago. It tells that the compilation of documents fails after upgrading > to TL 2007. The minimal example is: > > \documentclass{aastex} > \usepackage[labelformat=simple]{caption} > \title{Test} > \author{Author} > \begin{document} > \maketitle > \begin{abstract} > abstract > \end{abstract} > \section{section 1} > bla bla > \end{document} > > It fails with the error message: \captionbox already defined. > > Note that not a standard class is used but the "American Astronomical > Society format", which seems to contain an own definition of > \captionbox. When using the standard article class the problem > disappears. Hence I guess it is the fault of the fault of the aas > class. > > Please discuss this topic and provide a possible approach how to > solve the problem. > > Thanks, > Hilmar > -- > sigmentation fault -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]