Latex: Listing all figures (tables, algorithm) once again at the end of the document

Question

Hi all,

I have been writhing a rather large document with latex. Now I would like to list all the figures / tables / algortihms once again at the end of the file so that I can check if they all look the same.

For example, if every algorithm has the same notation.

How can I do this?

I know about \listofalgorithms and \listoffigures but they only list the names of the algorithms or figures and the pages where they are.

Thanks.

Answer 1

There are probably a number of hackeries you can employ but the easiest way is probably to play with float placement. If you redefine the figure environment and basically ignore the placement parameters (and force it to [p]) then you have everything at the end and you can check for consistency.

There is no standard way to reprint all pictures at the end though.

Answer 2

There seems to be a package designed to do excatly what you ask. I have not used it myself, though. See http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/preprint/figcaps.pdf.

Answer 3

Hendri Adriaens' extract package has roughly the functionality you are after: you can extract named environments, including figures and tables to a supplementary Latex file, which you can then run to get the document containing the extracted content. The extracted content could then be tacked to the end of the original document using pdfpages.

Answer 4

If you only want to temporary put all floats at the end, I recommend using the endfloat package. It puts all your floats on single pages at the end of the document.