Hi Paul and thanks much. Changing the text to single space and then changing back to double space works! This is much faster than putting in -.2 or -3 in the custom vertical space dialog box before each offending extra-space. Seems to me that in the 10 years or so that I have been using lyx I should have discovered this earlier on my own. Mea Culpa.
BUT, it sure seems to me that we should not need to go from Double Space to Single Space and then back again just to ensure even spacing between paragraphs. I generally make quotations single space and normal argument in double space. Going from one to the other in a draft risks confusion in the final document. Do you think I should enter a bug report? I don't recall having ever done one, but suppose I could figure it out. John On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 1:11:09 PM PST Paul A. Rubin wrote: > On 3/5/19 11:21 AM, John White wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:30:36 AM PST Guenter Milde wrote: > > > On 2019-03-04, John White wrote: > > > > On Thursday, February 7, 2019 2:04:22 AM PST Richard Kimberly Heck > > > > wrote: > > > >> On 2/7/19 12:35 AM, John White wrote: > > > >> > 2.3.0 on debian stretch. Article class. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > I love lyx, but for years I have been bothered by its tendency to > > > >> > > > > >> > often put too much blank space between different paragraphs, > > > > sections, > > > > > >> > quotations, etc. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Far as I know, the only way to fix this is to insert vertical > > > > space, > > > > > >> > e.g. insert/formating/vertical space/custom -.2 in or some > > > > such. Quite > > > > > >> > time consuming. > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > Anyone know a better way? > > > > > > Do you use indendation or vertical space (parindent vs. parskip) to > > > > separate > > > > > paragraphs? > > > > > > > > > > > > There is a long-standing bug with parskip: > > > > > > https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/4796 > > > > > > > > > > > > Günter > > > > Thanks, > > > > I was using indentation but switching to vertical space did not help. > > I am attaching the same file with vertical space and the generated pdf > > so you can see. The problem is the excess space between paragraphs 2 > > and 3. > > > > John > > I don't think it's a function of parskip or any tweaking of space. As I > mentioned before, exiting and then entering double-spacing seems to be > the culprit. > > Paul
