I use the subfig package and when I compiled my thesis in Linux I encountered a problem, when I used the \subref command in the caption of a figure. The compilation was stopped with the error message “Argument of \@tempf has an extra }.”
Scanning the internet I found this forum entry in German where it was proposed to add the command “\protect” before “\subref{fig:1}, which actually did the trick for me. I didn’t have this problem though with MikTeX.
March 15, 2007 at 18:34
I just came across the exact same problem while writing on my thesis and Google brought me directly to your solution here. Thanks!
February 7, 2008 at 14:42
Same problem here, same solution works. Thanks!
September 23, 2009 at 08:51
I had a different error message, but the problem was similar. And your solution worked. Thanks!
! Use of \caption@@settype doesn’t match its definition.
\new@ifnextchar …served@d = #1\def \reserved@a {
#2}\def \reserved@b {#3}\f…
Amy