Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[Steve Litt]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 03:25:02 +0530
 Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا
 wrote:

> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <
> fredericknoro...@gmail.com>  
> Date: 23 April 2017 at 17:44
> Subject: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC
> To: LyX Users 
> 

> Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a

[snip]

> Kindly cc your reply to my address too. Many thanks,

LOL, I almost answered this guy when he asked the same thing on 4/23,
but when he asked me to go through the extra effort of cc'ing him, I
just didn't bother. Maybe I'm different, but if a mailing list is
important enough for me to ask a question on, its inhabitants deserve
enough of my respect to sign up for the list so they simply reply to the
list.

I wrote about this in my netiquette document:

http://troubleshooters.com/linux/netiquette.htm

Search for the phrase "Not on the list", and go to the second
occurrence.

Anyway, four days later, after several people gave good answers
(including one who gave the answer I was going to give on 4/23), this
monument of modern netiquette asks the same question again.

Maybe some day he'll think to check the archives.

Nahh.
 
SteveT

Steve Litt 
April 2017 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
 of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques

Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[Guenter Milde]

On 2017-04-24, Wolfgang Engelmann wrote:

> Am 24.04.2017 um 13:51 schrieb PhilipPirrip:
>> On 04/23/2017 08:14 AM,  Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या 
>> *فريدريك نورونيا  wrote:
>>> Dear all,

>>> Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a 
>>> carriage-return/line-break in my table of contents, for a very long 
>>> title? I'm using Lyx 2.2.0

>>> The problem text is below (and neither \\ nor \newline works) :

>>> \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{How Goan Identity and India's 
>>> Independence \\ Put Britain in a Diplomatic Dilemma}
>>> \addtocontents{toc}{Victor Rangel-Ribeiro \par}

>> Hi Frederick,
>> I don't quite understand why you're using these low-level commands 
>> instead of ordinary sectioning ones, but here's the answer:
>> in order for \newline to survive writing into the .toc file, you need 
>> to protect it, thus
>> \protect\newline should work (not sure how well).


> What about using a short title in the TOC?
> >insert>short title

Note, that this box generates just an alternative title for the toc
which may actually also be longer or 
contain a hard line break :-)

Günter

Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[PhilipPirrip]

On 04/24/2017 09:09 AM, Kornel Benko wrote:

I noticed. But the question was:
help me with a tip on how to insert a carriage-return/line-break in my 
table of contents, for a very long title?

His try was with LaTeX, but we may want to use lyx if possible.



That's why I started my answer with some doubts. Notice that it's not 
just the title he's writing into the .toc, but also author's name.
Made me think the code he used is what he really needs. We'll see... 
hopefully.

Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[Kornel Benko]

Am Montag, 24. April 2017 um 08:43:18, schrieb PhilipPirrip 
> On 04/24/2017 08:33 AM, Kornel Benko wrote:
> 
> > Wouldn't be easier to insert new line with Ctrl-Return?
> 
> Notice that Frederick is using LaTeX code (\addcontentsline, 
> \addtocontents) to write directly into the .toc file.
> 
> 

I noticed. But the question was:
help me with a tip on how to insert a carriage-return/line-break in my 
table of contents, for a very long title?

His try was with LaTeX, but we may want to use lyx if possible.

Kornel

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Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[PhilipPirrip]

On 04/24/2017 08:33 AM, Kornel Benko wrote:


Wouldn't be easier to insert new line with Ctrl-Return?


Notice that Frederick is using LaTeX code (\addcontentsline, 
\addtocontents) to write directly into the .toc file.

Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[Kornel Benko]

Am Montag, 24. April 2017 um 07:51:01, schrieb PhilipPirrip 
> On 04/23/2017 08:14 AM,  Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या
> *فريدريك نورونيا  wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a
> > carriage-return/line-break in my table of contents, for a very long
> > title? I'm using Lyx 2.2.0
> >
> > The problem text is below (and neither \\ nor \newline works) :
> >
> > \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{How Goan Identity and India's
> > Independence \\ Put Britain in a Diplomatic Dilemma}
> > \addtocontents{toc}{Victor Rangel-Ribeiro \par}
>
> Hi Frederick,
> I don't quite understand why you're using these low-level commands
> instead of ordinary sectioning ones, but here's the answer:
> in order for \newline to survive writing into the .toc file, you need to
> protect it, thus
> \protect\newline should work (not sure how well).
>

Wouldn't be easier to insert new line with Ctrl-Return?

Kornel

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Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 24.04.2017 um 13:51 schrieb PhilipPirrip:
On 04/23/2017 08:14 AM,  Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या 
*فريدريك نورونيا  wrote:

Dear all,

Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a 
carriage-return/line-break in my table of contents, for a very long 
title? I'm using Lyx 2.2.0


The problem text is below (and neither \\ nor \newline works) :

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{How Goan Identity and India's 
Independence \\ Put Britain in a Diplomatic Dilemma}

\addtocontents{toc}{Victor Rangel-Ribeiro \par}


Hi Frederick,
I don't quite understand why you're using these low-level commands 
instead of ordinary sectioning ones, but here's the answer:
in order for \newline to survive writing into the .toc file, you need 
to protect it, thus

\protect\newline should work (not sure how well).



What about using a short title in the TOC?
>insert>short title
Wolfgang

Re: Extra long chapter title causing problems in TOC

[PhilipPirrip]

On 04/23/2017 08:14 AM,  Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या 
*فريدريك نورونيا  wrote:

Dear all,

Could you kindly help me with a tip on how to insert a 
carriage-return/line-break in my table of contents, for a very long 
title? I'm using Lyx 2.2.0


The problem text is below (and neither \\ nor \newline works) :

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{How Goan Identity and India's 
Independence \\ Put Britain in a Diplomatic Dilemma}

\addtocontents{toc}{Victor Rangel-Ribeiro \par}


Hi Frederick,
I don't quite understand why you're using these low-level commands 
instead of ordinary sectioning ones, but here's the answer:
in order for \newline to survive writing into the .toc file, you need to 
protect it, thus

\protect\newline should work (not sure how well).