[comp.text.tex] How to create a floating body environment?

daya@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Daya Atapattu) (01/14/91)

I would like to have a floating environment similar to figure and table.  The
caption should not contain the part "Figure: ".  I prefer (but can manage
without) to have a counter as in figure that gets incremented and a way of
using \label and \ref to refer to that number.  These number should not,
however, generate an index as in the case figure.  If you have done something
like this or know how to do it please email or post.

- Daya

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 Daya Atapattu                              Indiana University  
 daya@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu       	    Dept. of Computer Science
 atapatt@iubacs.bitnet			    Bloomington, IN 47405