On Sunday 23 March 2008 09:56, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > James Mansion wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a writing 'style' that tends to use a lot of bullet lists. I've > > been using 'Itemize' in my Koma-script book. > > > > The style tends to be: > > > > * with a point > > > > * or two > > > > In word annd OOo I use 'keep with next' and 'don't break paragraph' and > > widow and orphan control and the > > layout engine generally Does The Right Thing and the whole group gets > > put on one page. (I sometimes fiddle > > with inter-paragraph spacing for these too) > > > > I'm finding that doing the same thing in LyX is often breaking the page > > between the elements though. > > > > Is there a straightforward way to prevent this? > > No Good Can Come Of This. Inevitably, you'll end up with funky vertical > spacing. That said, it's a LaTeX issue (not a LyX issue), and LaTeX > provides an assortment of ways to screw with page breaking. Since AFAIK > LaTeX assumes that breaking a page between items in a list is always > fair, the simplest solution might be to put your bullet list inside a > parbox (Insert -> Box, then right click the box handle and change from > the default minipage to parbox). You could even bind that to a key > combination, I think (not sure if there's an LFUN for switching to a > parbox) or hack the stdlists.inc file in the layout directory to include > a new boxed-bullet-list environment (wrapping the list in a parbox in > the preamble stuff).
I think some good can come of this, assuming the author is reasonable about what he puts in the box. For instance, my 10 step Universal Troubleshooting Process really should be on one page, along with its header, even if it creates a gap on a page. One technique I personally use to minimize the likelihood of an intra-list break is to tweak my layout file so that list items are closer together. Here's an oversimplified example: http://www.troubleshooters.com/lpm/200210/200210.htm#_ChangingVerticalSpacing HTH SteveT Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
