[OS X TeX] Problem with Figure Numbering and Glossaries

[Maarten Sneep]

On 28 mei 2004, at 18:25, Lisa Schweitzer wrote:

> I am still (!!!) trying to clean up my dissertation in the last seconds
> before filing it and I've noticed that TexShop is doing something 
> weird. In
> figure captions, it numbers the figure properly (Figure 1.1, 1.2, 1.3) 
> but
> in the reference in the text, the reference includes the separate 
> numbering
> for each section (so instead of the nice Figure 1.3, I get Figure 
> 1.7.1.
> Ick. I just want the figures numbered consecutively throughout the 
> chapter.

A common cause for this is \label{} before \caption{}, make sure you 
keep the right order when labeling:

\begin{figure}
\centering\includegraphics{whatever}
\caption{The caption}
\label{fig:afigurelabel}
\end{figure}

> Also, have any of you produced documents with both Glossaries and 
> Indexes?
> What do you use to make glossaries? I am a little intimidated by 
> compiling
> GlossTex in the time I have left. Does it work well with TexShop? Any 
> tips
> on successful compiling on in OSX?

For the index makeindex should suffice, but the important bit is to 
decide what to index. This is _not_ easy, and may take a lot of time. 
Most convenient method I've found is to print out a copy, take a marker 
and read the whole piece, marking all words and page ranges that you 
want to index.

As far as glossaries are concerned: the important bit is to decide what 
to put in them, beyond that a list item in twocolumn mode may suffice.

Maarten

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