2017-03-15 4:42 GMT+01:00 Steve Burnham <dan...@gmail.com>:
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> On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:10 AM CarLaTeX <carlatex...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2017-03-13 8:27 GMT+01:00 Guenter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net>:
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> On 2017-03-12, Steve Burnham wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:35 PM CarLaTeX <carlatex...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Il 12 Mar 2017 4:05 AM, "Steve Burnham" <dan...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
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> >> I'm having a hard time figuring an error out LyX gives on compilation.
> I'm
> >> trying to include a list of figures in my document. One document based
> on
> >> the same template (custom university thesis template) but this document
> >> throws the following error:
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> >> Contents.
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> >> ! Undefined control sequence.
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> >> l.117 \listoffigures
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> ...
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> > I was trying to avoid the minimal example since I have to use a
> > dropbox link because of all of the custom class and layout files.
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> We still ask to provide a minimal example. It is far more easy for you
> than for anyone else (downloading and experimenting with uncommon stuff)
> and has to be done anyway to get to the core of the problem.
>
> Günter
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> Sorry, I did "reply" instead of "reply to all":
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> The culprits are these commented lines in your uuthesis.cls:
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> %\newif\iflistoffigures
> ...
> %\listoffigurestrue
> ...
> %
> %\def\listoffigures{
> % \iflistoffigures
> % \newpage
> % \thispagestyle{empty}
> % \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}
> % \mainheading{LIST OF FIGURES}\vskip 3pt
> % \ifnoisy \typeout{List of Figures.} \fi
> % \@starttoc{lof}
> % \else
> % \ifnoisy \typeout{No list of figures.} \fi
> % \fi
> %}
>
> If you leave out all the "%", you'll get your LoF.
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> However, I think you have to ask who provided you the uuthesis.cls, maybe
> they have commented those lines because they don't want LoFs in that kind
> of thesis.
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> Good luck for your graduation!
>
> Carla
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> P.S. = However, Günter is right, I you had done a MWE, you would probably
> have found the problem by yourself!
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>
> Thank you all that did it.
>
> Funny thing is once I started uncommenting things I realized that I was
> the one who commented it out several years ago when I was doing my master's
> thesis. The rule is if you have more than 25 figures then there is no list
> of figures which I find silly. I have more than 25 for my dissertation but
> for my own personal copy I want the list. I swore I had removed the
> functionality but thought I made changes in the preamble. After being
> unable to fix it I figured it must be something else and emailed out. So
> thanks again, it feels great to be finished!
>
> -Steve
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I'm happy to hear you've solved your problem.
The rule is very silly, indeed!
The LoF is useful when you have a lot of figures, not on the contrary!
Have a good day!
Carla
