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I need to refer in \frametitle to a section that I have labelled with a new command \mylabel. Here is the code

\documentclass{beamer} 


\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\mylabel}[2]{%
\@bsphack
\begingroup
\def\@currentlabel{#2}%
\label{#1}%
\endgroup
\@esphack

}
\makeatother


\begin{document}



\section[Title 1]{This is a long title that gos on very long long long long long  
 long long title more long long }{\mylabel{LabelTopic1}{This is a long title that  
 gos on very long long long long long long long title more long long }}



\frame<presentation>{\frametitle{\ref{LabelTopic1}}}




\end{document}

This is what I have got enter image description here

The problem is that the name is too long and does not fit in one line of frametitle and the line does not break. I think that something is missing in the command \mylabel. But I don't know what.

Thank you for any help

michele
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  • I've tried \protect. But it doesn't work. Thank you anyhow. – michele Mar 14 '14 at 22:18
  • I am bit niave. I have understood to do the following ' \section[Title 1]{This is a long title that gos on very long long long long long
    long long title more long long }{\mylabel{LabelTopic1}{This is a long title that
    gos on very long long long long long long long title more long long }}     – michele Mar 14 '14 at 22:22
  • I really don't understant. But with me it doesn't work. I am using miktex 2.9. But I don't think that is the problem. It must be somethingelse. – michele Mar 14 '14 at 22:43

1 Answers1

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The title and section names are what is known as moving arguments and the macros inside them should be protected from bad omen and Dutch weather. (Extra reading if interested : Why use \DeclareTextFontCommand vs. just \newcommand?) Compile it twice

\documentclass{beamer} 

\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\mylabel}[2]{%
\@bsphack%
\begingroup%
\def\@currentlabel{#2}%
\label{#1}%
\endgroup%
\@esphack%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}

\section[Title 1]{This is a long title that gos on very long long long
                  long long long long title more long long }{% Watch the next line
                      \protect\mylabel{LabelTopic1}{This is a long title that gos on very 
                      long long long long long long long title more long long}%
                      }

\frame<presentation>{\frametitle{\ref{LabelTopic1}}}
\end{document}

enter image description here

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  • http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/4736/what-is-the-difference-between-fragile-and-robust-commands might also be useful 'extra reading' to link to. – Adam Liter Mar 14 '14 at 22:43
  • @Adam Yes that's included in David's answer – percusse Mar 14 '14 at 22:59
  • Thank you. The reading were indeed intersting. At the end I got it. I had to use XeLaTex or LuaLaTex (not Latex), which allow me to use robust commands (at least I think to have understood). – michele Mar 14 '14 at 23:21