Upper case chapter titles, sections, subsections, list of tables and figures in the table of contents?

Question

I used the resources here and it worked for me but still have errors on the list of tables and figures: Upper case chapter titles in the table of contents?. I am using a document class prepared by D. Leif Anderson \documentclass[nosmallcaps,toccaps,12pt]{csuthesis}.

My modification:

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\chapter{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \thispagestyle{plain}%
    \global\@topnum\z@
    \@afterindentfalse
    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
    \refstepcounter{chapter}%
    \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
    {\protect\numberline{\thechapter}\MakeUppercase{#1}}%   
    \fi}
\makeatother

\makeatletter
\renewcommand\section{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \thispagestyle{plain}%
    \global\@topnum\z@
    \@afterindentfalse
    \secdef\@section\@section}
\def\@section[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
    \refstepcounter{section}%
    \typeout{\@secapp\space\thesection.}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}%
    {\protect\numberline{\thesection}\MakeUppercase{#2}}%   
    \fi}
\makeatother

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\makeatletter
\renewcommand\subsection{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
    \thispagestyle{plain}%
    \global\@topnum\z@
    \@afterindentfalse
    \secdef\@subsection\@subsection}
\def\@subsection[#1]#2#3{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
    \if@mainmatter
    \refstepcounter{subsection}%
    \typeout{\@subsecapp\space\thesubsection.}%
    \addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}%
    {\protect\numberline{\thesubsection}\MakeUppercase{#3}}%    
    \fi}
\makeatother

Your help is a lot appreciated...

Answer 1

DISCLAIMER: The following answer only makes sense in this particular case (if at all), with the double-patched document class csuthesis.cls. The lines below are workarounds for workarounds for ...

\documentclass[12pt]{csuthesis}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpatchcmd\maketitle{\scshape Abstract}{ABSTRACT}{}{}
\xpatchcmd\maketitle{\scshape Acknowledgements}{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}{}{}
\makeatletter
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\renewcommand{\tocsection}[3]%
  {\indentlabel{\@ifnotempty{#2}{\MakeUppercase{\ignorespaces#1} #2.\quad}}%
   \MakeUppercase{#3}%
  }
\renewcommand{\tocappendix}[3]%
  {\indentlabel{\MakeUppercase{#1}\@ifnotempty{#2}{ #2}.\quad}%
   \MakeUppercase{#3}%
  }
\let\tocchapter\tocsection
\let\tocsubsection\tocsection
\def\l@section{\@tocline{1}{0pt}{0pt}{}{}}
\def\l@subsection{\@tocline{2}{0pt}{2.5pc}{5pc}{}}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand{\listtablename}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{BIBLIOGRAPHY}
\renewcommand{\indexname}{INDEX}
\let\orig@caption\@caption
\def\@caption #1[#2]{\orig@caption#1[\MakeUppercase{#2}]}
\makeatother
...

\documentclass[12pt]{csuthesis}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\xpatchcmd\maketitle{\scshape Abstract}{ABSTRACT}{}{}
\xpatchcmd\maketitle{\scshape Acknowledgements}{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}{}{}
\makeatletter
\setcounter{tocdepth}{3}
\renewcommand{\tocsection}[3]%
  {\indentlabel{\@ifnotempty{#2}{\MakeUppercase{\ignorespaces#1} #2.\quad}}%
   \MakeUppercase{#3}%
  }
\renewcommand{\tocappendix}[3]%
  {\indentlabel{\MakeUppercase{#1}\@ifnotempty{#2}{ #2}.\quad}%
   \MakeUppercase{#3}%
  }
\let\tocchapter\tocsection
\let\tocsubsection\tocsection
\def\l@section{\@tocline{1}{0pt}{0pt}{}{}}
\def\l@subsection{\@tocline{2}{0pt}{2.5pc}{5pc}{}}
\renewcommand{\contentsname}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand{\listtablename}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand{\bibname}{BIBLIOGRAPHY}
\renewcommand{\indexname}{INDEX}
\let\orig@caption\@caption
\def\@caption #1[#2]{\orig@caption#1[\MakeUppercase{#2}]}
\makeatother
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\title{The Title of This Thesis}
\author{The Author}
\departmentname{The Department Name}
\gradterm{The Grad Term}
\advisor{The Advisor}
\committee{The Committee}
\begin{abstract}
This is the abstract.
\end{abstract}
\begin{acknowledgements}
This is the abstract.
\end{acknowledgements}
\frontmatter
\maketitle
\tableofcontents
%\listoffigures
%\listoftables
\mainmatter
\chapter{First}
\lipsum[1]
\section{One}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure}
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
\caption{figure one}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{One one}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{table}
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
\caption{table one}
\end{table}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{One two}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{figure}
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
\caption{figure two}
\end{figure}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Two}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{table}
\rule{4cm}{3cm}
\caption{table two}
\end{table}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{Two one}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{Two two}
\lipsum[1]
\chapter{Second}
\lipsum[1]
\section{One}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{One one}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{One two}
\lipsum[1]
\section{Two}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{Two one}
\lipsum[1]
\subsection{Two two}
\lipsum[1]
\appendix
\chapter{Appendix}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Answer 2

I am more or less completely confused about what you want to do.

LaTeX Classes

LaTeX uses "class" files, which are sort of templates. They are not interchangeable. Some are in very common use. Others are rare. They use different internal code. This means:

1. You cannot just assume that something you found somewhere that solved the problem in one class will also work in yours. Things about titling, sectioning, automated tables and so forth are quite likely to vary from class to class. So it's not surprising that you found the carrion-code you were trying to use didn't work.

2. If you are posting a question on here please make it clear what class you are using, because it may matter.

The class you are using is in fact, as some googling found out, based on the amsbook class, having been adapted by Dr Anderson, as he elegantly puts it

to meet the bullshit requirements of the Colorado State University Graduate School for the formatting of theses and dissertations

If you don't have to meet those "bullshit requirements" you had much better use a more standard class. If you do, I suggest you don't set about redefining things in a class that meets said requirements.

However ...

Change "List of Figures" to "LIST OF FIGURES"

If you want to do this, redefine \figurename

\renewcommand{\listfigurename}{LIST OF FIGURES}

You can do the same with \contentsname and appendixname. In each case this is going to affect not only the way these appear in the table of contents but in the text as well, of course.

Change the way List of Figures and List of Tables are printed ... in the table of contents only

If you want to have these uppercased in the Table of Contents, but upper and lower case in the text itself, then I think you need something like this. To my way of thinking this would be weird, but there you are.

\makeatletter
\def\@starttoc#1#2{%
\begingroup
\setTrue{#1}%
\let\secdef\@gobbletwo \chapter
\let\@secnumber\@empty % for \@tocwrite and \chaptermark
\ifx\contentsname#2%
\else \@tocwrite{chapter}{\MakeUppercase #2}\fi
\typeout{#2}\@xp\chaptermark\@xp{#2}%
\@makeschapterhead{#2}\@afterheading
\parskip\z@skip
\makeatletter
\@input{\jobname.#1}%
\if@filesw
\@xp\newwrite\csname tf@#1\endcsname
\immediate\@xp\openout\csname tf@#1\endcsname \jobname.#1\relax
\fi
\global\@nobreakfalse \endgroup
\newpage
}
\renewcommand{\tocappendix}[3]{%
\indentlabel{\MakeUppercase{#1}\@ifnotempty{#2}{ #2}.\quad}#3}
\makeatother

(All this goes in the preamble, before \begin{document}. It involves minor adaptation of code from amsbook.cls, which the sainted Dr Anderson adapted to meet what he accurately called the "dumber, uglier CSU standards".)

A Tiny Rant

One of the beauties of LaTeX is that, ideally at least, some sensible typographical thought goes into designing class files. Weirdly inconsistent modifications like this take an inordinate amount of time and effort, with not only a limited positive return in terms of typographical beauty -- but a positively negative effect. Far, far, far, far better just finding a thoughtfully designed class and sticking with it than fiddling like this in order to produce internally incoherent and typographically amateurish documents, piling cobbled-together class files scavenged online with peculiar little (mal)adaptations designed in-house. That is not only not what LaTeX is about, it is what it is not about!