I am writing a large document using LaTeX and WinEdt. I have labeled each chapter, section and so on. I would like to print out a list of just the labels (so that I don't duplicate one later on, and so that I have it handy in order to write \refs).
Is there a way to do this?
This can be done in a very simple manner directly within WinEdt:
Gather interface (from the View menu in WinEdt>=6)Collect Items button in its toolbarLabel tab and there you can see all your labelsAlso, you can now press the button Copy in the interface toolbar and paste it in a blank document to perform a search on your labels
I don't know about a list of labels, but you can try using the showkeys package from CTAN to print the labels in the margins wherever you define them. I use this in my final proof reading to make sure I have everything labeled and in order.
I wanted a list of all the labels in my project and wasn't entirely satisfied with the answers listed here so I wrote a bit of Python to search through my LaTeX project files, find all the labels, and print them out by category. Here is an iPython notebook that demonstrates the code. This code presumes that all your labels are of the form chp:chapter_name or fig:fig_name. i.e. word characters with a colon in the middle. The regular expressions patterns can be modified to fit whatever convention you're using.
Here is the important part of the code:
# reg exp to find full label specifications
patt = re.compile("\\label{(\w*:\w*)}")
# reg exp to find `addtotoc` labels
app_patt = re.compile("(\w+:\w+)")
lbls = []
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(chdir):
for fn in files:
if fn == 'main.tex':
# my project has some appendices that are pulled into
# the project using includepdf and the labels for these
# are specified using `addtotoc`. This if statement
# finds those labels in main.tex.
with open(os.path.join(root, fn)) as f:
lbls.extend(re.findall(app_patt, f.read()))
elif fn.endswith(".tex") and fn<>"zTemplateChapter1.tex":
# there's a template file in my project that I don't
# want to search for labels.
with open(os.path.join(root,fn)) as f:
txt = f.read()
labels = re.findall(patt, txt)
lbls.extend(labels)
typs = []
names = []
for lbl in lbls:
t, n = lbl.split(':')
typs.append(t)
names.append(n)
The output for my project looks like:
app:
depth_param_est
param_est
preprocessing
water_column
chp:
BPS
Depth
Intro
OpticalRS
ParamEst
Water
sec:
curve_fit_est
lin_reg_est
fig:
bps_fig1
pd_K_ests
pe_curve_fit
pe_dwm_bars
pe_linear_K_est
pe_linear_K_est_dr
pe_location_map
pe_surf_corr_K
wcc_depths
wcc_imgcomp
wcc_location_map
wcc_method_comp
wcc_parallel
tab:
est_parameters
eq:
albedo_plus
geometric_factor
k_from_slope
linregress
lyz_model_sag
lyz_model_transformed
lyz_shallow_water
lyz_transform
mar_sag_comp
mar_wcc
maritorena9a
maritorena_albedo_subsurf
maritorena_model
maritorena_toa
refraction
sag_index_radiance
sag_ref_index
surf_correction
surf_ref
toa_refletance
toar_deep
I had the same problem. I solved it with just a few code lines using the tocloft package. In my opinion the advantage over other solutions is the easy use (put it in an separate file or package and comment it in or out), it is easy to understand and it is easy to adapt to your own needs or to dublicate for other lists (i.e. citations, collect section names, counting your footnotes, ...).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tocloft}
% create a new list incl. counter
\newlistof{labelTagCounter}{labelTags}{List of \textbackslash labeltags}
% redefine the label command
\let\myLabel\label
\renewcommand{\label}[1]{
\refstepcounter{labelTagCounter}% step the counter
\addcontentsline{labelTags}{labelTagCounter}{\thelabelTagCounter:\quad#1}% add item to list
\myLabel{#1}% now execute the original label command
}
\AtEndDocument{
\cleardoublepage
\listoflabelTagCounter% print the list
}
\begin{document}
Lorem ipsum dolor\label{labelA} sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr\label{labelB}, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam\label{labelC} erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidun\label{labelA}t ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua\label{labelD}. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat\label{labelC}, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo\label{labelC} dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.
\newpage
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in\label{labelE} hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum\label{labelA} dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue\label{labelC} duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.
\end{document}
I do not have WinEdt. So I cannot test the following in WinEdt.
You could use the lablst.tex file. Compile lablst.tex file.
(That is, do Something like latex lablst.tex)
(1) It will ask you to type the name of your latex file. Enter the name of your latex file. (For example, if the name of your latex file is myfile.tex then type myfile.)
(2) It will ask you to type the document class. Enter the document class. (For example, if your document class is article then enter article)
(3) It will ask you to type the list of packages you used. (you can just hit enter fro this or, if you prefer, type the list.)
Then it will produce a file with a list of all the labels you have used. The following is an example. My file name is test.tex, which is given below. (I used TeXShop to do this.)
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Table of Contents}\label{toc}
The \verb-\tableofcontents- command produces table of contents.
\subsection{List of figures\label{list} and Tables}\label{lof}
The commands \verb-\listoffigures- and \verb-\listoftables- produce
list of figures and list of tables, respectively.
\section{Cross Referencing}
You can assign a \textit{key} of your choice to a \verb-figure-, a \verb-table-,
an \verb-equation-, \verb-equation array-, \verb-enumerate-, \verb-theorems-
or a \verb-section-. The key is assigned a number by the \verb-\label- command
and the number is printed by the \verb-\ref- command. For example,
``see section~\ref{toc} for table of contents" can be produced by
\verb-see section~\ref{toc} for table of contents-. \verb-toc- is the key assigned
to section 1 by \verb-\label{toc}-.
\subsection*{labeling words}
You can label a word with a key and refer to it back using \verb-\pageref- command.
For example, the list of figures sub-section appears on page~\pageref{list}.
\end{document}
The following is the lablst.tex output.
Build Tree option which would collect all references, bibliography entry keys etc. Then, you can see the existing ones either while typing or, if I remember correctly, using <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Enter</kbd>.
newlablst.sty into your ~/texmf/tex/latex/ folder. Then include \usepackage{newlablst} to your preamble. See an example at github. Label list will be printed at the end of your output document.
This answer does not explicitly use WinEdt, but will display a list of labels in the document itself, with hyperlinking, if needed:
The crossreftools package provides a \crtlistoflabels macro, that is available unless the final option is used.
Please compile at least twice in order to get the cross - referencing information correctly.
In any case, load crossreftools quite at the end of the preamble.
The labels are stored separately again in a .lla file.
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{crossreftools}
\begin{document}
\crtlistoflabels
\chapter{Foo}\label{foochapter}
\section{A foo section}\label{foosection}
\begin{figure}
\caption{Foo} \label{foofigure}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
The way I do it in WinEdt 10:
In the .log file, you can see the warning where duplicate labels are listed. Then, get to the Search/Find menu -> Select "Find in Files" and type in the duplicate label to navigate where they are in the file(s).
