[Tex/LaTex] Redefining \listoffigures and \listoftables to flow like regular two-column text

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I found this redefinition of a table of contents very useful for my very long table of contents within my two-column book. With a slightly modified version of the command in the link, I got what I wanted:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \section*{\huge\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
    \@starttoc{toc}%
}
\makeatother

The problem is that I can't figure out how to do the same for listoffigures and listoftables. Does anyone know how?

I took a guess at what might do the job (below), but that definitely didn't work. If anyone can point me to documentation, that would also be appreciated. I know how to get rid of any undesired page breaks; that's not an issue.

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section*{\huge\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
    \@startlof{lof}%
}
\makeatother

A minimal working example:

\documentclass[9pt,openany,twocolumn]{book}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \section*{\huge\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
    \@starttoc{toc}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\let\cleardoublepage\relax
\frontmatter
\begingroup
\let\clearpage\relax
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\endgroup

\mainmatter
\chapter{Armadillo}
\section{Grubs}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Pink Fairy armadillo}
  \label{fig1}
\end{figure}

\chapter{Beetle}
\section{Leaves}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Dung beetle}
  \label{fig2}
\end{figure}

\chapter{Cat}
\section{Birds}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Siamese cat}
  \label{fig3}
\end{figure}

I think I'm hungry??

\end{document}

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Best Answer

As noted in the comments, you have to use \listfigurename and \listtablename for the LoF and the LoT, respectively.

Also the command for generating them is \@starttoc in every case:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \section*{\huge\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
    \@starttoc{toc}%
}
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section*{\huge\listfigurename
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\listfigurename}{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}}
    \@starttoc{lof}%
}
\renewcommand\listoftables{%
    \section*{\huge\listtablename
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\listtablename}{\MakeUppercase\listtablename}}
    \@starttoc{lot}%
}
\makeatother

MWE (9pt is not a valid option, minimum is 10):

\documentclass[openany,twocolumn]{book}

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\tableofcontents{%
    \section*{\huge\contentsname
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\contentsname}{\MakeUppercase\contentsname}}
    \@starttoc{toc}%
}
\renewcommand\listoffigures{%
    \section*{\huge\listfigurename
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\listfigurename}{\MakeUppercase\listfigurename}}
    \@starttoc{lof}%
}
\renewcommand\listoftables{%
    \section*{\huge\listtablename
        \@mkboth{%
           \MakeUppercase\listtablename}{\MakeUppercase\listtablename}}
    \@starttoc{lot}%
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\let\cleardoublepage\relax
\frontmatter
\begingroup
\let\clearpage\relax
\tableofcontents
\listoffigures
\endgroup

\mainmatter
\chapter{Armadillo}
\section{Grubs}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Pink Fairy armadillo}
  \label{fig1}
\end{figure}

\chapter{Beetle}
\section{Leaves}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Dung beetle}
  \label{fig2}
\end{figure}

\chapter{Cat}
\section{Birds}
\begin{figure}
  \caption{Siamese cat}
  \label{fig3}
\end{figure}

I think I'm hungry??

\end{document}

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