Re: Keeping lists together?
On 14/07/12 05:35, Steve Litt wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there any way, using LaTeX or maybe a LaTeX package, that I could > make lists try to stay on one page? For the clarity of my book, it's > much better if a list doesn't flow across pages, even if it causes > different pages to have significantly different amounts of text. The > latter is cosmetic, the former is a matter of reader understanding. > > I'm thinking maybe something with rubber lengths, but can't really > fathom it out any farther. > > Thanks > > SteveT > > Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ > Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance Could you put the list on a new page then use ERT to create that page as 2 column ? Ok that depends on how big your list is, if you want each item to be on 1 line, you may even be able to get away with 3 column. paul -- -- http://drupal.zleap.net http://www.ubuntu.com skype : psutton111 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paul-sutton/36/595/911
Re: Keeping lists together?
On 07/14/2012 03:32 PM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:49:28 + (UTC), Paul A. Rubin said: Put the list in a minipage? Paul Hi Paul, That ain't a half bad idea. Lately I've explored LyX environments with a LatexType of "Command", which bestows unbelieveable power and configurablity, which I could probably use to make these lists. If I did this, I'd probably start from scratch, as described here: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm I'm still considering, rather than completely strongarming it by using a minipage (great idea, Paul) to use some sort of rubber lengths to bias it against page-splitting, but if I have a 30 item list, it will split it rather than having almost-blank pages before and after. You could try adding some kind of page-splitting penalty to the item commands. Something like that must work. (Or you could try asking on comp.text.tex. That would almost certainly work.) Richard
Re: Keeping lists together?
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:49:28 + (UTC), Paul A. Rubin said: > Put the list in a minipage? > > Paul > Hi Paul, That ain't a half bad idea. Lately I've explored LyX environments with a LatexType of "Command", which bestows unbelieveable power and configurablity, which I could probably use to make these lists. If I did this, I'd probably start from scratch, as described here: http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/ownlists.htm I'm still considering, rather than completely strongarming it by using a minipage (great idea, Paul) to use some sort of rubber lengths to bias it against page-splitting, but if I have a 30 item list, it will split it rather than having almost-blank pages before and after. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ * http://twitter.com/stevelitt Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
Re: Keeping lists together?
On 07/14/2012 02:49 PM, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Put the list in a minipage? That would be the standard way. rh
Re: Keeping lists together?
Put the list in a minipage? Paul
Keeping lists together?
Hi all, Is there any way, using LaTeX or maybe a LaTeX package, that I could make lists try to stay on one page? For the clarity of my book, it's much better if a list doesn't flow across pages, even if it causes different pages to have significantly different amounts of text. The latter is cosmetic, the former is a matter of reader understanding. I'm thinking maybe something with rubber lengths, but can't really fathom it out any farther. Thanks SteveT Steve Litt* http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
Re: Keeping lists together
Steve Litt wrote: Any suggestions on how to keep all items of a list together on one page? Beyond that, if I have a list of questions and each item is a question, and below each question is a list of choices, any way to keep the question and its choices together on one page? Answer to both: stick 'em in a parbox? I think you may have to fiddle with margins/spacing a bit, but I believe that will keep things together.
Keeping lists together
Hi all, Any suggestions on how to keep all items of a list together on one page? Beyond that, if I have a list of questions and each item is a question, and below each question is a list of choices, any way to keep the question and its choices together on one page? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts
