[Tex/LaTex] \listoftodos is empty for the document with \todo

todonotes

The document contains several tex pages which are included with \input. The main.tex has \usepackage{todonotes} and a command to generate list of todos \listoftodos. The other page contains \todo{some note}. I see the todo note itself but the list of todos is empty.

Ideas?

Tried to have \todo and \listoftodos on the same page – the same result. latex --version is "pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.10-2.2 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)". Tried with two versions of todonotes.tex – "2012/07/25" and "2012/07/25". Thanks.

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You need to run pdfTeX on your file at least two times to see the list.

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I've used a combination of fixme and todonotes for my thesis to achieve this effect, where the first page contains hyperlinks to the places that need attention. You can see source of my thesis here.

The fixme package has extensive facilities for prioritizing and formatting your list of corrections, but personally I think that is way overkill for a single-person project like a thesis. I just used a single type of fixme note. In my opinion you just want to have a way to keep track of things you need to come back to, and let readers of your drafts know which parts are due for extra attention: by the time you've pondered whether this is a "warning" or a "note" or a "fatal", and whether it is "anchored" or not, and all the other options the package gives you, you may as well have just fixed the problem in the first place. So, my advice is don't try to be too complicated. There are already ample possibilities to procrastinate while trying to write a thesis, so don't give yourself even more.

EDIT: for your question about linking back from the todo notes to the latex source, look into SyncTeX, as described in answers to this question. In a comment, you mentioned that you use Skim, which I believe can be configured to use SyncTeX.

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The problem is that amsbook defines \@starttoc with two arguments (I don't think it was a wise decision). So you have to redefine \listoftodos to pass correctly what \@starttoc wants:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{amsbook}

\usepackage{todonotes}
\usepackage[linktocpage]{hyperref} % for links

\makeatletter
\providecommand\@dotsep{5}
\renewcommand{\listoftodos}[1][\@todonotes@todolistname]{%
  \@starttoc{tdo}{#1}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\title{A sample book in amsbook style}
\author{me}
\maketitle

\tableofcontents

\listoftodos

\chapter{The test chapter}
Some text\todo{really need some more text!}

\end{document}

\todototoc is not needed as amsbook takes care of it.

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