Thank-you to all for the various options, which I plan to pursue, but have not yet been able to do. Much appreciated.
Zdenek points to the crux of the matter: since I want the label to appear in a list of tables, it makes sense to use a table, and make a few adjustments. In general, algorithms, being finite, will never do everything the way one would like them all the time--some times it requires intervention. The real question is when to intervene and how, not whether to do so. After all, every extension package at some level offers some functionality that original (Xe(La(TeX))) wasn't set up for, and so is doing things other than what was 'originally' natural....! BTW I found the missing character problem. Apparently TeXShop was picking it up from elsewhere, and that my font was an old version. Once I put the correct one in place, the problem vanished. K >>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:32 PM, in message <CAC1phyaB3GZs-LO0Urie35Ocw0L4FD3dsRqvSoF8g=tkffb...@mail.gmail.com>, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wag...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't know, what functionality of captions you need. For only text below >> (or above) the tabular, there are simple methods such as multicolumn or a >> surrounding tabular or a minipage / parbox. >> >> For more specific functionality you should really think about what the >> purpose and structure of this table in this document are. Maybe, letting it >> flow is better suited. >> > The purpose of \caption is not only to typeset the caption but also > display the number, add the caption to the list of tables (figures) > and allow for cross references. It is defined in the floating > environments only. If you want to have this functionality outside > floating environments, you must cheat LaTeX. Vafa wrote the solution. > >> Generally speaking: before forcing LaTeX to do something, it doesn't >> naturally support, think about adapting to LaTeX's way. >> >> >>> >>>> ciao >>>> >>>> Toscho >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> K >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >>>>> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >>>> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> > > -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex