Citations in captions (LATEX)

[Andreas B. Wellm]

Hello,

I wonder whether someone knows a way to use citations in the caption of
a floating object like a picture, as a construct like this gives an
error message :

\begin{figure}[p]
[....(some picture)...]
\caption{Picture courtesy of \cite{some_company})
\end{figure}

results in an error message like:

File: sample.ps Graphic file (type eps)
<sample.ps>
! Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a.
<to be read again>
)
l.319 ...Picture Courtesy of \cite{some_company}}

?

Andreas B. Wellm
a.b....@bham.ac.uk
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[Peter Møller Neergaard]

Andreas B. Wellm <a.b....@bham.ac.uk> wrote:

> \begin{figure}[p]
> [....(some picture)...]
> \caption{Picture courtesy of \cite{some_company})
> \end{figure}

A general and helpfull advise to avoid to many errors in ones documents is
to follow the syntax of LaTeX. It prescribes that a `{' is ended with `}'
so if you change your last `)' to `}' your example should run fine (after
defining an appropriate \bib_item{some_company}). ;-)

Peter

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[Robin Fairbairns]

In article <33B20DED...@bham.ac.uk>,

Andreas B. Wellm <a.b....@bham.ac.uk> wrote:

>I wonder whether someone knows a way to use citations in the caption of
>a floating object like a picture, as a construct like this gives an
>error message :
>

>\begin{figure}[p]
>[....(some picture)...]
> \caption{Picture courtesy of \cite{some_company})

^
Judging by the error message output below, this was a typo...

>\end{figure}
>
>results in an error message like:
>
>File: sample.ps Graphic file (type eps)
> <sample.ps>
>! Illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a.
><to be read again>
> )
>l.319 ...Picture Courtesy of \cite{some_company}}

You've got two options. The simple one is to say \protect\cite{blah}

The more sensible one is to get your system upgraded to something more
recent than 1995/06/01: in all subsequent releases, \cite is a robust
command, in an (apparently vain) attempt to staunch the flow of
complaints like this from people who haven't read LaTeX manuals[1].

[1] For example, Leslie Lamport, LaTeX A document Preparation System;
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass, 1994, ISBN 0-201-52983-1, p.210.
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