[Tex/LaTex] Changing “Contents” name in revtex4-1

namingrevtextable of contents

I need to change the way "Contents" appears in \tableofcontents in a revtex4-1 document.

Other answers indicate \renewcommand{\contentsname}{changes!}, however when I uncomment any of those in

\documentclass[]{revtex4-1}

\def\title{A title}
\def\author{Me}

%\renewcommand{\contentsname}{T\lowercase{able of} C\lowercase{ontents}}
%\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{L\lowercase{ist of} F\lowercase{igures}}
%\renewcommand{\contentsname}{T\lowercase{able of} C\lowercase{ontents}}

\begin{document}
\maketitle
\newpage

\section*{A\lowercase{cknowledgments}}
none!
\newpage

\section*{A\lowercase{bstract}}
\begin{center}
{``\title''}\\
\end{center}
\vspace{.3cm}
Some text.
\newpage

\setlength{\baselineskip}{12pt}
\tableofcontents
\clearpage
\setlength{\baselineskip}{20pt}

\makeatletter
\let\toc@pre\relax
\let\toc@post\relax
\makeatother 

\listoffigures
\newpage

\listoftables
\clearpage

\section{\label{sec_defs}D\lowercase{efinitions}}
\end{document}

I get "Latex Error: \contentsname undefined" (or similar for \listfigurename).

Help?

Best Answer

The revtex4-1 class uses the non-standard macros \tocname, \lofname, and \lotname to name the Table of Contents and the related lists, so you have to redefine these macros.

Problem

The problem is that there is generic code for all toc-generating commands which expands to something like (see the definition of \@starttoc in ltxutil.dtx):

\toc@pre      % Loads previously saved \tocmax@section etc. and sets
              % \tocdim@section etc. to a fixes small value (5pt) 
...
\@input{\jobname.#1} % Formats the toc, lof etc. but only
                     % computes \tocdim@section etc. if the 
                     % .toc is loaded
...
\toc@post     % Saves \tocdim@section etc. as \tocmax@section in .aux

The \tocdim@section values are only computed properly in the actual table of contents (the lof and lot do not contain section lines). If a lof of lot appears after the toc, then \toc@pre resets the values and \toc@post saves the reset values, which then get read and used next time.

The only way this code works properly as written is to make sure that the \tableofcontents command comes last.

Quick Fix

Disable the resetting and writing of the various \tocmax@* information after the \tableofcontents is typeset:

\tableofcontents

\makeatletter
\let\toc@pre\relax
\let\toc@post\relax
\makeatother 

\listoffigures
\listoftables

[Tex/LaTex] tocdepth for the table of contents in revtex4

revtex4-1 (specifically the aps style) does not rely on tocdepth and prints sections, subsections and subsubsections in the table of contents independently on the counter's value.

The only way to remove sections level is to redefine the relative command producing the entry in the table of contents so they do nothing. One has to keep in mind that the class has been produced to print paper for some journals, which have their styles and authors should not change them.

Of course, you're justified to look for a change if you're using the class for personal purposes. Doing the change in a paper to be submitted will only annoy the copy editors.

\documentclass{revtex4}

% disable subsections and subsubsections in the TOC
\makeatletter
\def\l@subsection#1#2{}
\def\l@subsubsection#1#2{}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Sec}
blah
\subsection{Subsec}
blah blah
\subsubsection{Subsubsec}
blah blah blah
\end{document}

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