Date:         Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:48:21 +0000
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From:         Sivan Toledo <[log in to unmask]>
Organization: Tel-Aviv University
Subject:      Re: Toledo's \bcaption
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Dan, I think that I introduced this behavior (or bug). I can't remember what it was supposed
to fix. I think that you can change the behavior by redefining \@makecaption in your
file after rlbabel.def is loaded. Try the following definition (I wrote it now and it seems to work for me):

\long\def\@makecaption#1#2{%
  \vskip\abovecaptionskip
  \sbox\@tempboxa{
   \if@rl\R{#1: #2}\else#1: #2\fi}%
  \ifdim \wd\@tempboxa >\hsize
    \if@rl\R{#1: #2\par}%
    \else #1: #2\par%
    \fi
  \else
    \global \@minipagefalse
    \hb@xt@\hsize{\hfil\box\@tempboxa\hfil}%
  \fi
  \vskip\belowcaptionskip}

(You can put this at the end of rlbabel.def, or in a sty file that you load, or in your
.tex file. In the last case, you need to use \makeatletter before this definition
and \makeatother after it, to permit using @ in macro names).

Sivan

On Saturday 22 September 2001 15:12, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > > Hi.
> > >
> > > I am using Sivan Toledo's repackaged hebrew support to write my thesis.
> > >
> > > For each figure I define hebrew and english captions using \bcaption.
> > > Sadly, both appear justified to the left under the figure.
> > >
> > > How can I place them in the center of their lines? Or justify the
> > > hebrew caption to the right? Or remove the hebrew caption altogether
> > > (yet keep it in the hebrew list of figures?)
> >
> > Maybe try taking the macro from hebtech.cls and trim it (remove the
> > second line of text).
>
> I am using simple report, rather than hebtech.
> And anyways - I am not in the position to hack tex styles, if that is what
> you ment.
>
> > Shouldn't a figure caption be centered by default?
>
> I thought so too, but if you uncomment the `hebrew', the caption is flushed
> to the left.
>
> \documentclass{report}
> \usepackage[%hebrew,
> english]{babel}
>
> \begin{document}
> \begin{figure}
> Hello!
> \caption{this is the word ``Hello''}
> \end{figure}
> \end{document}
>
> Any ideas why this happens?