[Tex/LaTex] Creating a new list of appendices with tocloft

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I just implemented Mike Renfro's solution from here, but the content in the list of appendices also gets listed in the toc, which should not be the case. How would one ensure this is avoided? Below is the code I've used. The report class has been used because I want to have chapters in the document.

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}\usepackage{tocloft}
\newcommand{\listappendixname}{List of Appendices}
\newlistof{appendix}{app}{\listappendixname}
\setcounter{appdepth}{2}
\renewcommand{\theappendix}{\Alph{appendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftbeforeappendixskip}{\baselineskip}
\setlength{\cftappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\newlistentry[appendix]{subappendix}{app}{1}
\renewcommand{\thesubappendix}{\theappendix.\arabic{subappendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftsubappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixindent}{0em}

\renewcommand{\appendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{appendix}%
  \chapter{\theappendix\space #1}%
  \addcontentsline{app}{appendix}{\protect\numberline{\theappendix}#1}%
  \par
}

\newcommand{\subappendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{subappendix}%
  \section{\thesubappendix\space #1}%sub
  \addcontentsline{app}{subappendix}{\protect\numberline{\thesubappendix}#1}%
}

\usepackage{fmtcount,etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\thechapter}{\Numberstring{chapter}}{}{}
\patchcmd{\chaptermark}{\thechapter}{\NUMBERstring{chapter}}{}{}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\thetocchap}{\NUMBERstring{chapter}}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listofappendix

\chapter{Foo} \lipsum[1]
\section{Bar} \lipsum[2]%sub
\chapter{Additional Foo} \lipsum[3]
\section{Additional Bar} \lipsum[4]%sub

\begin{appendices}

\appendix{Baz} \lipsum[5]
\subappendix{Qux} \lipsum[6]
\appendix{Additional Baz} \lipsum[7]
\subappendix{Additional Qux} \lipsum[8]
\end{appendices}
\end{document}

Best Answer

Add \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{-2}} in the document body immediately before \begin{appendices}. (And don't forget to load the appendix package.)

\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{appendix}
\newcommand{\listappendixname}{List of Appendices}
\newlistof{appendix}{app}{\listappendixname}
\setcounter{appdepth}{2}
\renewcommand{\theappendix}{\Alph{appendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftbeforeappendixskip}{\baselineskip}
\setlength{\cftappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\newlistentry[appendix]{subappendix}{app}{1}
\renewcommand{\thesubappendix}{\theappendix.\arabic{subappendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftsubappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixindent}{0em}

\renewcommand{\appendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{appendix}%
  \chapter{\theappendix\space #1}%
  \addcontentsline{app}{appendix}{\protect\numberline{\theappendix}#1}%
  \par
}

\newcommand{\subappendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{subappendix}%
  \section{\thesubappendix\space #1}%sub
  \addcontentsline{app}{subappendix}{\protect\numberline{\thesubappendix}#1}%
}

\usepackage{fmtcount,etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\@makechapterhead}{\thechapter}{\Numberstring{chapter}}{}{}
\patchcmd{\chaptermark}{\thechapter}{\NUMBERstring{chapter}}{}{}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\thetocchap}{\NUMBERstring{chapter}}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listofappendix

\chapter{Foo} \lipsum[1]
\section{Bar} \lipsum[2]%sub
\chapter{Additional Foo} \lipsum[3]
\section{Additional Bar} \lipsum[4]%sub

\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{-2}}

\begin{appendices}

\appendix{Baz} \lipsum[5]
\subappendix{Qux} \lipsum[6]
\appendix{Additional Baz} \lipsum[7]
\subappendix{Additional Qux} \lipsum[8]
\end{appendices}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] List of Appendices

Rooting through the cls file in the link posted above, I tried to dissect the following block, which looked rather promising:

\newcommand\listofappendices{%
    \@chapteronefalse
    \if@arabic\relax\else\renewcommand{\thepage}{\roman{page}}\fi
    \if@twocolumn
      \@restonecoltrue\onecolumn
    \else
      \@restonecolfalse
    \fi
    \chapteruaf*{\listappname
      \@mkboth{\uppercase{\listappname}}%
              {\uppercase{\listappname}}}%
    \@chapteronetrue
    %% get this in contents as a section
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\listappname}
    \@starttoc{loa}%
    \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
    \newpage\renewcommand{\thepage}{\arabic{page}}}

Basically, I realized that this command was setting up the List of Appendices for me, all I needed was a way to automatically populate it, instead of manually adding entries to the loa file.

At the head of each Appendix:

\chapter*{This is the first appendix}
\addcontentsline{loa}{appendix}{This is the entry for the first appendix in the List of Appendices}

The \chapter* suppresses a TOC entry for the appendix, while the \addcontentsline adds the entry to the LOA file. To get the style to match, I added the following line to the end of the code block in the cls file:

\newcommand\l@appendix{\@dottedtocline{1}{1.5em}{2.3em}}

Works perfectly now, and I don't have to worry about manually creating the List of Appendices every time I build my document.

[Tex/LaTex] Creating a separate list of appendices with tocloft

This might be too late for the original poster, but here's what I came up with. Largely adapted from lockstep's answer, but matches the Appendix/Subappendix model, and follows the ToC style requested:

List of Appendices and Subappendices

\documentclass[toc=flat,numbers=noenddot]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{tocloft}

\newcommand{\listappendixname}{List of Appendices}
\newlistof{appendix}{app}{\listappendixname}
\setcounter{appdepth}{2}    
\renewcommand{\theappendix}{\Alph{appendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftbeforeappendixskip}{\baselineskip}
\setlength{\cftappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\newlistentry[appendix]{subappendix}{app}{1}
\renewcommand{\thesubappendix}{\theappendix.\arabic{subappendix}}
\renewcommand{\cftsubappendixpresnum}{Appendix\space}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixnumwidth}{1in}
\setlength{\cftsubappendixindent}{0em}

\newcommand{\myappendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{appendix}%
  \section*{\theappendix\space #1}%
  \addcontentsline{app}{appendix}{\protect\numberline{\theappendix}#1}%
  \par
}

\newcommand{\subappendix}[1]{%
  \refstepcounter{subappendix}%
  \subsection*{\thesubappendix\space #1}%
  \addcontentsline{app}{subappendix}{\protect\numberline{\thesubappendix}#1}%
}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Foo} \lipsum[1]
\subsection{Bar} \lipsum[2]
\section{Additional Foo} \lipsum[3]
\subsection{Additional Bar} \lipsum[4]

\listofappendix

\myappendix{Baz} \lipsum[5]
\subappendix{Qux} \lipsum[6]
\myappendix{Additional Baz} \lipsum[7]
\subappendix{Additional Qux} \lipsum[8]
\end{document}

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