I tried to prevent LyX/LaTeX/TeX from breaking a line in the "body"
part of a LyX-list. The problem is that the line gets stretched
out with extra inter-word space, only to leave a single-word widow
on the following line. I want to eliminate the widow, having it
poke out a bit into the right margin.
I tried surrounding various portions of the line in \mbox{} but
it has no effect! I was able to successfully prevent the intra-
word break of a similar line in another LyX-list item, but not this
one, where I'm trying to supress inter-word breaks. Examining
the LaTeX output, I can't see any difference between the two
\mbox{} constructs; they both come right before the next \item;
it's just that the successful one surrounds a single word.
I tried setting the paper margins to 0.25in, with no effect.
The \mbox{} thing works outside a LyX-list; am I wasting my time
trying to prevent widows in a LyX-list? This list is convenient for
my paper (a resume), with its arbitrary labels and indented left
margin for the rest of the item. I suppose if I could control the
indent of a description list, I could use that, but the
layout->paragraph box says "senseless with this."
TIA,
Jim
