Distorted caption in listings

Question

The following code produces strange results. Everything looks fine, if I don't include the subfig package or don't use the xleftmargin parameter. It also works if I use captionpos=t. Is there a workaround for this problem? I have to use subfig, xleftmargin and captionpos=b. I am using TexLive 2013 with all updates installed.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{listings}

\lstset{
   breaklines=true,
   captionpos=b,
   numbers=left,
   xleftmargin=20em
}

\begin{document}

\begin{lstlisting}[caption={information information information information information information information}]
A = B
C = D
\end{lstlisting}
\blindtext

\end{document}

Result:

enter image description here

@Jubobs: This is just to illustrate the problem. I set ´xleftmargin=2em´ to print line numbers not in the text margin. — user3389757, Apr 27 '14 at 16:27
Well, if I set xleftmargin=2em, I don't see anything wrong with the caption... A tip: You can use backticks ``` to mark your inline code as I did in my edit. — jub0bs, Apr 27 '14 at 16:28
If you just need subfig but don't need the features from the caption package, load subfig with the caption=false option as in \usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}. — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 27 '14 at 16:31
@Jucobs: There is another problem with hyphenation (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/173767/hyphenation-in-listings-captions-doesnt-work-correctly) and it looks weird if the hyphen is not at the end of the line. — user3389757, Apr 27 '14 at 16:35
Perhaps the solution in How to center a listing? might help. — hpesoj626, Apr 27 '14 at 16:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

If you just need subfig but don't need the features from the caption package, which is the real responsible of this behaviour, load subfig with the caption=false option as in

\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}

A complete example with your code in which I've also included the change in \pretolerance suggested by Herbert in his answer to Hyphenation in listings captions doesn't work correctly:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[caption=false]{subfig}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\lstset{
   breaklines=true,
   captionpos=b,
   numbers=left,
   xleftmargin=20em
}

\begin{document}

\begin{lstlisting}[caption={\pretolerance=100 information information information information information information information}]
A = B
C = D
\end{lstlisting}
\blindtext

\end{document}

enter image description here

Thanks for your help but in my real document I also need the caption package which distorted the caption again. Is there a solution for this? I have tried to change the include order but no success... :( — user3389757, Apr 28 '14 at 21:12

Distorted caption in listings

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