Bicaption for longtables doesn't work

Question

I'm trying to use bicaption for longtable, but I get this error:

! Misplaced \noalign.
\caption ->\noalign 
                    \bgroup \@ifnextchar [{\egroup \LT@c@ption \@firstofone ...
l.26 \bicaption{Test}{Test}
                            \\

Here is an example:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{caption}[2012/02/19 v3.2f]
\usepackage[list=off]{bicaption}[2011/10/30 v1.0a]

\captionsetup[bi-first]{bi-first}
\captionsetup[bi-second]{bi-second}

\DeclareCaptionOption{bi-first}[]{
  \def\tablename{Preglednica}
  \def\figurename{Slika}}
\DeclareCaptionOption{bi-second}[]{
  \def\tablename{Table}
  \def\figurename{Figure}}

\date{12/20/15}

\begin{document}

 \begin{longtable}{llllllll}
\bicaption{Test}{Test} \\
\label{test}
Test & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7\\\toprule
1 & 0 & 0.282468 & 0.275974 & 0.25 & 0.217532 & 0.292887 & 0.260465\\
2 & 0.282468 & 0 & 0.279236 & 0.2 & 0.24 & 0.054393 & 0.232558\\
3 & 0.275974 & 0.279236 & 0 & 0.24821 & 0.243437 & 0.221757 & 0.172093\\
4 & 0.25 & 0.2 & 0.24821 & 0 & 0.424979 & 0.158996 & 0.195349\\
5 & 0.217532 & 0.24 & 0.243437 & 0.424979 & 0 & 0.146444 & 0.204651\\
6 & 0.292887 & 0.054393 & 0.221757 & 0.158996 & 0.146444 & 0 & 0.255814\\
7 & 0.260465 & 0.232558 & 0.172093 & 0.195349 & 0.204651 & 0.255814 & 0
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

What could be wrong???

Thanks

It probably does not support longtable, the caption in longtable is not the usual caption construction so unless bicaption directly lists longtable support, it is probably a bit much to ask for. Hopefully someone else can tell you what is needed for it to work with longtable — daleif, Dec 20 '15 at 13:00
The bicaption package documentation does not include an own compatibility list. It should work with all packages the main caption package is adapted to, at least that was my intention. — , Dec 20 '15 at 13:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · 2020-01-04T10:55:53.030

This is clearly a bug in bicaption. Since the combination bicaption+longtable is not part of my pre-release test cases (yet) it could be that this has never worked and an additional adaption is necessary here.

I have just opened a ticket and will fix that ASAP:

https://sourceforge.net/p/latex-caption/tickets/28/

Update (2016-02-01)

I fixed the bug by adding longtable support to \bicaption, it should be available on CTAN and as update for your TeX distribution soon.

Update (2020-01-03)

Starting with v3.4h of the caption package options cannot be used anymore prior to definition. Therefore \captionsetup[bi-first]{bi-first} and \captionsetup[bi-second]{bi-second} has to be done after \DeclareCaptionOption{bi-first}..., otherwise the document will not compile anymore.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 20 '15 at 13:07

oh Axel just answered but this works for now:

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}

\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fontenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{caption}[2012/02/19 v3.2f]
\usepackage[list=off]{bicaption}[2011/10/30 v1.0a]
\usepackage{booktabs}
\captionsetup[bi-first]{bi-first}
\captionsetup[bi-second]{bi-second}

\DeclareCaptionOption{bi-first}[]{
  \def\tablename{Preglednica}
  \def\figurename{Slika}}
\DeclareCaptionOption{bi-second}[]{
  \def\tablename{Table}
  \def\figurename{Figure}}

\date{12/20/15}

\begin{document}
\let\oldcaption\caption
 \begin{longtable}{llllllll}
\multicolumn{8}{c}{%
\makebox[0pt]{\parbox{\textwidth}{\centering
\let\caption\oldcaption
\expandafter\def\csname @captype\endcsname{table}%
\bicaption{Test}{Test}}}} \\
\label{test}
Test & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7\\\toprule
1 & 0 & 0.282468 & 0.275974 & 0.25 & 0.217532 & 0.292887 & 0.260465\\
2 & 0.282468 & 0 & 0.279236 & 0.2 & 0.24 & 0.054393 & 0.232558\\
3 & 0.275974 & 0.279236 & 0 & 0.24821 & 0.243437 & 0.221757 & 0.172093\\
4 & 0.25 & 0.2 & 0.24821 & 0 & 0.424979 & 0.158996 & 0.195349\\
5 & 0.217532 & 0.24 & 0.243437 & 0.424979 & 0 & 0.146444 & 0.204651\\
6 & 0.292887 & 0.054393 & 0.221757 & 0.158996 & 0.146444 & 0 & 0.255814\\
7 & 0.260465 & 0.232558 & 0.172093 & 0.195349 & 0.204651 & 0.255814 & 0
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

It is working, but problem is that counting of tables is wrong. Counter is one more that it should be. How could this be corrected? — usil, Dec 20 '15 at 18:04
@lobi oh sorry add \addtocounter{table}{-1} just before the \bicaption — David Carlisle, Dec 20 '15 at 19:37

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 06 '19 at 09:22

I use Benjamin and David's solution, and solve it by "use head and first head":

\begin{longtable}{|p{2cm}|p{3cm}|p{7cm}|p{3cm}|}
\caption{my caption}
\label{variability_impl_mech}
\endfirsthead
\endhead
\hline
% Your Table Contents
\end{longtable}

See https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/219145/200620 for details.

Bicaption for longtables doesn't work

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