Reputation: 11
I am using LaTex (pdflatex) to write my thesis. I am using a two-sides book documentclass.
I want to create a layout with a big outermargin where to write the captions of figures, tables and equations.
I found that the sidecap package works perfectly for figures and tables with these settings:
\usepackage[margincaption,outercaption,ragged,wide]{sidecap}
\sidecaptionvpos{figure}{t}
\sidecaptionvpos{table}{t}
% Custom commands for captions
\captionsetup[SCfigure]{
format=plain,
font=footnotesize,
labelfont=bf,
}
\captionsetup[SCtable]{
format=plain,
font=footnotesize,
labelfont=bf,
}
At the same time I used the eqfloat declaration to be able to write the caption for equations:
\usepackage{aliascnt}
\newaliascnt{eqfloat}{equation}
\newfloat{eqfloat}{h}{eqflts}
\floatname{eqfloat}{Equation}
\newcommand*{\ORGeqfloat}{}
\let\ORGeqfloat\eqfloat
\def\eqfloat{%
\let\ORIGINALcaption\caption
\def\caption{%
\addtocounter{equation}{-1}%
\ORIGINALcaption
}%
\ORGeqfloat
}
\captionsetup[eqfloat]{
format=plain, % Plain format
font=footnotesize, % Footnotesize font size
labelfont=bf, % Bold label (title)
}
This is the appearance of the pdf now, I would like to also have the equation's caption on the side
Here an example code to test it:
\documentclass[a4paper, twoside]{book}
\usepackage{titlesec} % Customize section titles
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Ensure correct font encoding
\usepackage[english]{babel} % English rules handling
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % UTF-8 input encoding
\usepackage{graphicx} % include figures
\usepackage{tabularx} % Creates adjustable-width columns tables
\usepackage{lipsum} % Lorem ipsum text for testing
\usepackage{booktabs} % New rules for table formatting
\usepackage{caption} % Customizes captions for figures and tables
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{aliascnt}
% Set up page layout with wider outer
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{
inner=2.5cm,
outer=5cm,
top=3cm,
bottom=3cm,
marginparsep=0.5cm,
marginparwidth=4cm,
}
\usepackage[margincaption,outercaption,ragged,wide]{sidecap}
\sidecaptionvpos{figure}{b}
\sidecaptionvpos{table}{b}
% Custom commands for captions
\captionsetup[SCfigure]{
format=plain,
font=footnotesize,
labelfont=bf,
}
\captionsetup[SCtable]{
format=plain,
font=footnotesize,
labelfont=bf,
}
\newaliascnt{eqfloat}{equation}
\newfloat{eqfloat}{h}{eqflts}
\floatname{eqfloat}{Equation}
\newcommand*{\ORGeqfloat}{}
\let\ORGeqfloat\eqfloat
\def\eqfloat{%
\let\ORIGINALcaption\caption
\def\caption{%
\addtocounter{equation}{-1}%
\ORIGINALcaption
}%
\ORGeqfloat
}
\captionsetup[eqfloat]{
format=plain, % Plain format
font=footnotesize, % Footnotesize font size
labelfont=bf, % Bold label (title)
}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{SCtable}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ll}
\toprule
Name & Age \\
\midrule
Alice & 25 \\
Bob & 30 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{A sample table}
\end{SCtable}
\lipsum[2]
\begin{eqfloat}
\caption{The famous equation by Einstein}
\begin{equation}
E = mc^2
\end{equation}
\end{eqfloat}
\lipsum[4]
\begin{SCfigure}[h]
\includegraphics[width=5cm]{example-image}
\caption{Caption for your figure}
\end{SCfigure}
\lipsum[3]
\end{document}
I tried to redeclare the caption for the eqfloat in the text by using the marginnote package, but something fails.
I also tried to use the minipage package, but I have not clear how to properly use it with the eqfloat environment.
Anyone can help me? I need any solution that do not require to specifically change everything when i want to comment an equation, since there will be many!
Thanks in advance!
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