[Tex/LaTex] Creating List of Equations

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I want to create list of equations, I used:

\documentclass[final]{york-thesis}

\usepackage{tocloft}

\begin{document}

\makefrontmatter

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}\par}

\listofmyequations

\input{Chapter1}
\input{Chapter2}
\input{Chapter3}
\input{Chapter4}

\end{document}

It created the list of equations, but I have three issues:

The Table of Content, List of Tables, List of Figures (which are automatically generated by the latex template file) is not starting at the beginning of the page as they were before this command.
List of Tables, List of Figures were included in the Table of Content before but now they disappear.
I would like to add also List of Equations to the Table of Content.

Below is part of cls file where I guess is related of the construction of the Table of Content, I hope it helps figuring out why the Table of Content, List of Tables and List of Figures are not starting at the beginning of pages.

\newboolean{hasfigures}\setboolean{hasfigures}{false}
\newboolean{hastables}\setboolean{hastables}{false}
\newboolean{masters}\setboolean{masters}{false}
\newcommand{\spacing}[1]{\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{#1}%
\large\normalsize}


\renewcommand\contentsname{Table of Contents}
\renewcommand\listfigurename{List of Figures}
\renewcommand\listtablename{List of Tables}
\renewcommand\bibname{Bibliography}
\newcommand{\contentsheader}[2] { \addtocontents{#1} {
  \centerline{\underline{#2}\protect\hfill%
    \underline{Page}}}}
\renewcommand\tableofcontents { \chapter*{\contentsname}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of Contents}
\@starttoc{toc}}
\renewcommand\listoffigures { \chapter*{\listfigurename}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Figures}
\@starttoc{lof}}
\renewcommand\listoftables { \chapter*{\listtablename}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{List of Tables}
\@starttoc{lot}}


\tableofcontents
\ifthenelse{\boolean{hastables}}{\listoftables}{}
\ifthenelse{\boolean{hasfigures}}{\listoffigures}{}
\@ifdefined{@prefacefile}{\makepreface}
\@ifdefined{@abbreviationsfile}{\makeabbreviations}
\newpage
\pagenumbering {arabic}
\setcounter {page}{1}}

Best Answer

The described issue isn't seen in this example. I've added \usepackage{tocbibind} for including of ToC etc. into ToC and added the LoE to the ToC as well.

However, the manual usage of \myequation is error-prone and isn't recommended!

\documentclass[final]{york-thesis}

\usepackage{tocbibind}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{xpatch}


\begin{document}

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
\addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}\par}

\xpretocmd{\listofmyequations}{\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{\listequationsname}}{}{}

\tableofcontents

%\makefrontmatter % can't use this command due to erros


\clearpage
\listofmyequations

\chapter{First chapter}

\section{First section}

\begin{equation}
E=mc^2 
\end{equation}
\myequations{Some equation}

%\input{Chapter1}
%\input{Chapter2}
%\input{Chapter3}
%\input{Chapter4}

\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] List of Equations / Table of Equations

Here's a modified version of Lev Bishop's code; I used the xstring package to remove the string "eq:" from the labels:

\documentclass[english]{article}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{2}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{2}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{xstring}
\usepackage[unicode=true, pdfusetitle,
 bookmarks=true,bookmarksnumbered=false,bookmarksopen=false,
 breaklinks=false,pdfborder={0 0 0},backref=false,colorlinks=false]
 {hyperref}

\makeatletter
\numberwithin{equation}{section}

% we use this for our refernces as well
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\ref}[1]{\mbox{\autoref{#1}}}}

% redefinition of \equation for convenience
\let\oldequation = \equation
\let\endoldequation = \endequation
\AtBeginDocument{\let\oldlabel = \label}% \AtBeginDocument because hyperref redefines \label
\newcommand{\mynewlabel}[1]{%
  \StrBehind{#1}{eq:}[\Str]% remove "eq:" from labels
  \myequations{\Str}\oldlabel{#1}}
  \renewenvironment{equation}{%
  \oldequation
  \let\label\mynewlabel
}{\endoldequation}

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
      \addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{3em}

\makeatother

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\listofmyequations

\section{Brushless Motor Fundamentals}
\subsubsection{DC Motor Operation}
Torque is generated in DC motors from the magnetic force,
also known as the Lorentz force, which is produced when an
electric current is passed through a coil in a magnetic field.
This force is given by \ref{eq:Force}.
\begin{equation}
  F=q[E+(v\times B)]
  \label{eq:Force}
\end{equation}
where $F$ is the force perpendicular to the coil,
$E$ is the electric field in the coil,
$v$ is the velocity of the charged particles in the coil,
and $B$ is the magnetic field. From mechanics, torque is
\begin{equation}
  \tau=F\times r
  \label{eq:Torque}
\end{equation}
If the electrical force in \ref{eq:Force} is ignored,
and the remaining magnetic force is used in \ref{eq:Torque},
with the assumption that $v$ is perpendicular to $B$, we find that
\begin{equation}
      \tau=qvBrsin\theta
  \label{eq:Magnetic}
\end{equation}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] List of Equations in standard list style

This approach answers only your question [A] (see below for a complete solution).

Replace the line

\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{3em}

with

\setlength{\cftmyequationsindent}{1.5em}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{2.3em}

so to match the corresponding definitions for \listoffigures in tocloft.sty:

\setlength{\cftfigindent}{1.5em}
\setlength{\cftfignumwidth}{2.3em}

MWE:

\documentclass[
    pdftex,
    listof=totoc,
]{scrreprt}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{xstring}
\usepackage{tocloft}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\makeatletter
\numberwithin{equation}{chapter}

% we use this for our refernces as well
\AtBeginDocument{\renewcommand{\ref}[1]{\mbox{\autoref{#1}}}}

% redefinition of \equation for convenience
\let\oldequation = \equation
\let\endoldequation = \endequation
\AtBeginDocument{\let\oldlabel = \label}% \AtBeginDocument because hyperref redefines \label
\newcommand{\mynewlabel}[1]{%
  \StrBehind{#1}{eq:}[\Str]% remove "eq:" from labels
  \myequations{\Str}\oldlabel{#1}}
  \renewenvironment{equation}{%
  \oldequation
  \let\label\mynewlabel
}{\endoldequation}

\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}
\newlistof{myequations}{equ}{\listequationsname}
\newcommand{\myequations}[1]{%
      \addcontentsline{equ}{myequations}{\protect\numberline{\theequation}#1}}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsindent}{1.5em}
\setlength{\cftmyequationsnumwidth}{2.3em}

\makeatother

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.5cm]{image1}
      \caption{figure 1}
    \label{fig:1}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.5cm]{image1}
      \caption{figure 2}
    \label{fig:2}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[!htb]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.5cm]{image1}
      \caption{figure 3}
    \label{fig:3}
\end{figure}

\blinddocument

\begin{equation}
1 + 1 = 2
\label{eq:first}
\end{equation}

\begin{equation}
2 + 2 = 4
\label{eq:second}
\end{equation}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.5cm]{image1}
      \caption{figure 4}
    \label{fig:4}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
    \centering
        \includegraphics[width=5cm,height=4.5cm]{image1}
      \caption{figure 5}
    \label{fig:5}
\end{figure}

\listoffigures
\listofmyequations

\end{document}

Output:

enter image description here

A different approach can be used to achieve both [A] and [B].

I don't like this one very much, but here it is.

We use the package float and declare the Equation environment to be a new floating environment.

So, replace all the stuff between \makeatletter ... \makeatother with:

\newfloat{Equation}{htbp}{equ}[chapter]
\newcommand{\listequationsname}{List of Equations}

At this point you can use equations inside Equation in this way:

\begin{Equation}[!htb]
\centering
\begin{equation}
1 + 1 = 2
\end{equation}
\caption{First equation}
\label{eq:first}
\end{Equation}

and to print the List of Equations you have to write the line:

\listof{Equation}{\listequationsname}

instead of

\listofmyequations