• \lipsum{} ----- How did i live without it for SO long?

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 15:55:46 2024
    XPost: de.comp.text.tex, sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    Sumatra PDF viewer works great with LaTeX and the best part is.......

    ____________________

    i started using \lipsum{} yesterday (it's so Useful!)
    and it's a huge puzzle WHY... i've been using LaTex
    on and off for 30+ years and
    (WHY? and)
    How did i live without it for SO long????

    With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
    function properly without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!


    \lipsum{}
    \lipsum{3} ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.

    >>> 3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
    with this dummy text. ------- really? i've tried 1,3,5 there, and the
    result seems the same.



    ___________________________

    i guess this Text must be carefully crafted to avoid making real sense! ___________________________

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
    elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae,
    felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris.

    Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.

    Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique
    senectus et netus
    et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus
    rhoncus sem.

    Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices.
    Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor
    gravida placerat.

    Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra ac, nunc. Praesent
    eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. Aenean faucibus. Morbi dolor nulla, malesuada eu,
    pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper nulla. Donec
    varius orci eget risus.

    Duis nibh mi, congue eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis, diam. Duis
    eget orci sit amet
    orci dignissim rutrum.



    Nam dui ligula, fringilla a, euismod sodales, sollicitudin
    vel, wisi. Morbi auctor lorem
    non justo. Nam lacus libero, pretium at, lobortis vitae, ultricies et,
    tellus. Donec aliquet,
    tortor sed accumsan bibendum, erat ligula aliquet magna, vitae ornare
    odio metus a mi.
    Morbi ac orci et nisl hendrerit mollis. Suspendisse ut massa. Cras nec
    ante. Pellentesque
    a nulla. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes,
    nascetur ridiculus
    mus. Aliquam tincidunt urna. Nulla ullamcorper vestibulum turpis.
    Pellentesque cursus
    luctus mauris.


    Nulla malesuada porttitor diam.


    __________________________________

    Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.

    in a professional team... Some libero's make real good money?

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  • From Ruud Harmsen@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 20 07:19:01 2024
    XPost: de.comp.text.tex, sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:55:46 -0700: HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb>
    scribeva:


    Sumatra PDF viewer works great with LaTeX and the best part is.......

    ____________________

    i started using \lipsum{} yesterday (it's so Useful!)
    and it's a huge puzzle WHY... i've been using LaTex
    on and off for 30+ years and
    (WHY? and)
    How did i live without it for SO long????

    With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
    function properly without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!



    If you learning LaTeX, could you maybe also learn to use that ONE
    empty line to separate things, not two or three as you routinely do?
    It would improve my reading experience.


    \lipsum{}
    \lipsum{3} ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.

    >>> 3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
    with this dummy text. ------- really? i've tried 1,3,5 there, and the >result seems the same.



    ___________________________

    i guess this Text must be carefully crafted to avoid making real sense! >___________________________

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
    elit. Ut purus elit, vestibulum ut, placerat ac, adipiscing vitae,
    felis. Curabitur dictum gravida mauris.

    Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.

    Donec vehicula augue eu neque. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique
    senectus et netus
    et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Mauris ut leo. Cras viverra metus >rhoncus sem.

    Nulla et lectus vestibulum urna fringilla ultrices.
    Phasellus eu tellus sit amet tortor
    gravida placerat.

    Integer sapien est, iaculis in, pretium quis, viverra ac, nunc. Praesent
    eget sem vel leo ultrices bibendum. Aenean faucibus. Morbi dolor nulla, >malesuada eu,
    pulvinar at, mollis ac, nulla. Curabitur auctor semper nulla. Donec
    varius orci eget risus.

    Duis nibh mi, congue eu, accumsan eleifend, sagittis quis, diam. Duis
    eget orci sit amet
    orci dignissim rutrum.



    Nam dui ligula, fringilla a, euismod sodales, sollicitudin
    vel, wisi. Morbi auctor lorem
    non justo. Nam lacus libero, pretium at, lobortis vitae, ultricies et, >tellus. Donec aliquet,
    tortor sed accumsan bibendum, erat ligula aliquet magna, vitae ornare
    odio metus a mi.
    Morbi ac orci et nisl hendrerit mollis. Suspendisse ut massa. Cras nec
    ante. Pellentesque
    a nulla. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, >nascetur ridiculus
    mus. Aliquam tincidunt urna. Nulla ullamcorper vestibulum turpis. >Pellentesque cursus
    luctus mauris.


    Nulla malesuada porttitor diam.


    __________________________________

    Nam arcu libero, nonummy eget, consectetuer id, vulputate a, magna.

    in a professional team... Some libero's make real good money?

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  • From Pieter van Oostrum@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Mon Jul 22 14:45:42 2024
    XPost: de.comp.text.tex, sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

    With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
    function properly without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!

    I have no idea what you mean by this.


    \lipsum{}
    \lipsum{3} ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.

    >>> 3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
    with this dummy text. ------- really? i've tried
    1,3,5 there, and the result seems the same.

    You are wrong. \lipsum doesn't have an argument like this. You can however give an optional argument (or two), like \lipsum[3], which typesets the 3rd paragraph of lipsum's text, or \lipsum[1-4], which typesets the first 4 paragraphs. Read the
    documentation for mor info.
    --
    Pieter van Oostrum <pieter@vanoostrum.org>
    www: http://pieter.vanoostrum.org/
    PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4]

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Pieter van Oostrum on Mon Jul 22 12:50:22 2024
    XPost: de.comp.text.tex, sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    On 7/22/2024 5:45 AM, Pieter van Oostrum wrote:
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

    With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
    function properly without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!

    I have no idea what you mean by this.


    \lipsum{}
    \lipsum{3} ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.

    >>> 3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
    with this dummy text. ------- really? i've tried
    1,3,5 there, and the result seems the same.

    You are wrong. \lipsum doesn't have an argument like this. You can however give an optional argument (or two), like \lipsum[3], which typesets the 3rd paragraph of lipsum's text, or \lipsum[1-4], which typesets the first 4 paragraphs. Read the
    documentation for mor info.


    thank you ...

    Without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end,
    the last page (or two?) of my document would have
    lots of spaces between paragraphs....

    Maybe the same effect (the fix) could be achieved by putting
    \vfill at the end.

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  • From Ulrich D i e z@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Mon Jul 22 23:04:55 2024
    XPost: de.comp.text.tex

    [Followup-To: comp.text.tex]

    I guess your posting and my reply tp it is appropriate only at
    comp.text.tex .

    de.comp.text.tex - a German-language newsgroup while the postings are
    written in English language.
    sci.lang - the matter discussed is off topic there.
    alt.usage.english - the matter discussed is off topic there.


    HenHanna wrote:


    On 7/22/2024 5:45 AM, Pieter van Oostrum wrote:
    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

    With the document i'm working on now... LaTeX does NOT
    function properly without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end!!!

    I have no idea what you mean by this.


    \lipsum{}
    \lipsum{3} ---- i don't get what the Arg. does.

    >>> 3 specifies the number of paragraphs you want filled
    with this dummy text. ------- really? i've tried
    1,3,5 there, and the result seems the same.

    You are wrong. \lipsum doesn't have an argument like this. You can however give an optional argument (or two), like \lipsum[3], which typesets the 3rd paragraph of lipsum's text, or \lipsum[1-4], which typesets the first 4 paragraphs. Read the
    documentation for mor info.


    thank you ...

    Without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end,
    the last page (or two?) of my document would have
    lots of spaces between paragraphs....

    Maybe the same effect (the fix) could be achieved by putting
    \vfill at the end.


    Don't give \parskip that much stretchability?

    Or use \raggedbottom instead of \flushbottom ?

    (When I use \flushbottom, then I tend to set \textheight so that the
    difference of \textheight and \topskip is an integer multiple of \baselineskip.)

    Sincerely

    Ulrich

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  • From Peter Flynn@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Wed Jul 24 10:39:31 2024
    Please stop cross-posting to sci.lang and alt.usage.english
    They are not relevant to these questions. Nor is de.com.text.tex
    but at least that is about TeX. The others are not.

    On 22/07/2024 20:50, HenHanna wrote:
    [...]
    Without the \lipsum{} text stuck at the end, the last page (or two?)
    of my document would have lots of spaces between paragraphs....

    OK. Now you have asked the question we can understand.

    This is not normal behaviour. \end{document} will fill up the bottom of
    the last page with white-space. If you see something else, then you must
    be using some extra setting that you have not told us about.

    Maybe the same effect (the fix) could be achieved by putting \vfill
    at the end.

    Yes, but that is not normally required. You need to find the setting
    that is causing the paragraphs to be spread apart, and turn it off.

    Peter

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