[lug] Changing LaTeX labeling of Figures and Tables

[J. Wayde Allen]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Ed Hill wrote:

> Since you didn't specify, I going to assume that you're using an
> "article" (\documentclass[...]{article}).

That is correct.


> In that case, the colon is
> specified in the file:
> 
>   /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls

Yes, I've hacked this to incorporate several other minor changes.  What
you've provided below may be exactly what I need.

> You can make a local copy of the original "article.cls" file and create
> your own definition that uses '.' instead of ':'.

That's actuall what I've been trying to do.

- Wayde
  (wallen at village.org)