Frank Mittelbach <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > Ok, your proposal has the disadvantage that the error occurs only when > > referring to the label (and at the point of reference instead of > > definition). > > so does yours i think, or how was your proposal meant? It was supposed to hit at \label time. But since putting a label inside of a figure in order to get a \pageref would be legal... > > > any suggestion for a good text? > > > > \label{whatever} without preceding or enclosing \caption. > > Labels must follow the item they are referencing. > > well "whatever" is not known when we generate that text, is it? Probably not. But doesn't \label use something like \protected@edef before \write? If the label name at that time was stored in some macro, it should be possible to have it written out as part of the text. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum