Hi everyone,
A few weeks ago I made this suggestion for vertically condensing the Itemize
environment:
% %%% Vertically denser Itemize style %%%
\renewenvironment{itemize}{%
\ifnum\@itemdepth>3 \@toodeep
\else \advance\@itemdepth\@ne
\edef\@itemitem{labelitem\romannumeral\the\@itemdepth}%
\list{\csname\@itemitem\endcsname}%
{\def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{\upshape##1}}}%
\fi
\setlength{\parsep}{-4pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{-4pt}
}{%
\endlist
}
The preceding has one problem. If an item wraps, the space between its
wrapped lines is bigger than the space between items themselves. This doesn't
convey the list as distinct items.
So I used the \setstretch{} command to condense wrapped lines of the same
item, and then set \parsep and \parskip from -4 to -1 to compensate for the
reduced interitem spacing resulting from the \setstretch{}. The result is a
very nice list whose multiline items appear as a unit, distinct from other
items.
The following is the code:
% %%% Vertically denser Itemize style %%%
\renewenvironment{itemize}{%
\ifnum\@itemdepth>3 \@toodeep
\else \advance\@itemdepth\@ne
\edef\@itemitem{labelitem\romannumeral\the\@itemdepth}%
\list{\csname\@itemitem\endcsname}%
{\def\makelabel##1{\hss\llap{\upshape##1}}}%
\fi
\setlength{\parsep}{-1pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{-1pt}
\setstretch{0.8}
}{%
\endlist
}
Please remember that in order to use \setstretch, you must have
\usepackage{setspace} preceding it (probably near the top of your preamble).
Steve
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