[texhax] make minipage table in figure appear in lot?

[Lars Madsen]

Axel E. Retif :

> On  26 Jun, 2008, at 07:46, Bryan W. Lepore wrote:
>
>> i have a minipage table inside a figure environment.  the _figure_
>> appears
>> in the list of figures (since \caption[this is a figure]{} is used).
>> it'd be nice to have it appear in the list of tables also.
>>
>> is there a way to do that without revamping the table-inside-a-
>> figure to a
>> figure-inside-a-table?
>
> After \end{figure}, The LaTeX Companion, 2nd. ed. (p. 47):
>
> \addcontentsline{lot}{figure}{\protect\numberline{\thefigure}The text
> caption}.
>
> Best,
>
> Axel
>

first of all why both? and why is a table inserted as a figure? just 
wondering.

Second, since figure floats placing

\addcontentsline{lot}{figure}{\protect\numberline{\thefigure}The text
  caption}

after \end{figure} may result in wrong page numbers, I would place it just 
before \end{figure}





/daleif