LaTeX command inline in the caption of a figure

Question

I want the caption of a figure to contain a LaTeX command without it being executed:

Using verbatim environment doesn't work in this case and throws errors. Please suggest a solution to this.

Use \texttt{\string\include\string{data/myNewChapterName.tex\string}}... — Werner, Aug 14 '15 at 16:39
@Werner \string will not survive, when the caption is moved to the .lof file. — Heiko Oberdiek, Aug 14 '15 at 16:49
@HeikoOberdiek: Yes. I meant to add that one should use the optional argument of \caption[..]{...} since it seemed appropriate in this case (for such a long caption). That is, not include the lengthy bracketed text as part of the .lof-entry. — Werner, Aug 14 '15 at 16:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 14 '15 at 16:52

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A manual solution, which also survives the list of figures:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\begin{figure}
  \caption{For example,
    \texttt{\textbackslash include\{data/myNewChapterName.tex\}}}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

answered Aug 14 '15 at 16:52

Heiko Oberdiek

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LaTeX command inline in the caption of a figure

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