auctex: Floats
2.4.2 Floats
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Figures and tables (i.e., floats) may also be inserted using AUCTeX.
After choosing either 'figure' or 'table' in the environment list
described above, you will be prompted for a number of additional things.
FLOAT POSITION
This is the optional argument of float environments that controls
how they are placed in the final document. In LaTeX this is a
sequence of the letters 'htbp' as described in the LaTeX manual.
The value will default to the value of 'LaTeX-float'.
CAPTION
This is the caption of the float. The default is to insert the
caption at the bottom of the float. You can specify floats where
the caption should be placed at the top with
'LaTeX-top-caption-list'.
SHORT CAPTION
If the specified caption is greater than a specific length, then a
short caption is prompted for and it is inserted as an optional
argument to the '\caption' macro. The length that a caption needs
to be before prompting for a short version is controlled by
'LaTeX-short-caption-prompt-length'.
LABEL
The label of this float. The label will have a default prefix,
which is controlled by the variables 'LaTeX-figure-label' and
'LaTeX-table-label'.
Moreover, you will be asked if you want the contents of the float
environment to be horizontally centered. Upon a positive answer a
'\centering' macro will be inserted at the beginning of the float
environment.
-- User Option: LaTeX-float
Default placement for floats.
-- User Option: LaTeX-figure-label
Prefix to use for figure labels.
-- User Option: LaTeX-table-label
Prefix to use for table labels.
-- User Option: LaTeX-top-caption-list
List of float environments with top caption.
-- User Option: LaTeX-short-caption-prompt-length
Number of chars a caption should be before prompting for a short
caption.
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