"Float too large for page" warning, Figure not showing

[bluedevil.knight]

I have something like the following in my document:
\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{overpic}[scale=.45]{directed_line_graph.eps}
\end{overpic}
\caption{ \label{directed_line_fig}
--fairly long figure legend---
}
\end{figure}

And my figure doesn't show, and I get 'Latex Warning: Float too large
for page by 34.39pt on input line 76."

If I make the Figure caption shorter, it goes away and all is fine.
But this figure sort of requires a long caption. Any suggestions for
fixing this?

[Ulrike Fischer]

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=floats:

... Whatever you do, don’t omit the ‘p’: doing so could cause LaTeX
to believe that ...

--
Ulrike Fischer

[Robin Fairbairns]

Ulrike Fischer <ne...@nililand.de> writes:
>Am Mon, 9 Mar 2009 20:02:05 -0700 (PDT) schrieb bluedevil.knight:
>
>> I have something like the following in my document:
>> \begin{figure}[ht]
>> \centering
>> \begin{overpic}[scale=.45]{directed_line_graph.eps}
>> \end{overpic}
>> \caption{ \label{directed_line_fig}
>> --fairly long figure legend---
>> }
>> \end{figure}
>>
>>
>> And my figure doesn't show, and I get 'Latex Warning: Float too large
>> for page by 34.39pt on input line 76."

i take it that your figure "shows" at the end of the document - right?

>> If I make the Figure caption shorter, it goes away and all is fine.
>> But this figure sort of requires a long caption. Any suggestions for
>> fixing this?
>
>http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=floats:
>

>... Whatever you do, donót omit the ípó: doing so could cause LaTeX
>to believe that ...

indeed. however, it sounds as if he's[*] got a substantial essay in
his caption. quite apart from the shambles this will make of the list
of figures, this seems unsustainable. i would suggest splitting the
float into two parts, using the dpfloat package -- see
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dpfloat

[*] knights are males, after all; she'd be a diabolical dame otherwise ;-)
--
Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

[Enrico Gregorio]

bluedevil.knight <bluedevi...@yahoo.com> wrote:

While beamer allows for a "figure" environment, I think it's useless
for presentations. The graphic object's description is in the same
slide, and there's no need for a figure number: nobody in the audience
will remember it.

Use a simple center environment; but remember to use \includegraphics,
if you want that LaTeX is able to put the graphics where you want.

Ciao
Enrico