On Friday 18 May 2007 22:17, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, 18 May 2007, Steve Litt wrote:
> > LyX 1.4.2, Mandriva 2007 Linux.
> >
> > I'm wondering if any of you have solved this already. I'm using a
> > derivative ofthe Book document class.
> >
> > In my table of contents, every section whose number ends in 2 digits
> > (like 10.12), or maybe it's every section whose number is 5 chars
> > including the dot, crashes into the text for that contents line. This
> > happens even if the text is incredibly short.
> >
> > Anyone experienced this yet? Anyone solved it yet?
>
> I think you are talking about same problem I have had a few times.
>
> See the archives for Subject: "space needed in table of contents" in
> January of 2006.
>
>
> Jeremy C. Reed
Thanks Jeremy,
That was exactly it.
%%% PREVENT TOC NUMBERS FROM CRASHING INTO TEXT
\usepackage{tocloft}% %%% Customize TOC
\addtolength{\cftsecnumwidth}{1em}% %%% Make space for long numbers in toc
lines
\setlength{\cftbeforechapskip}{1ex}% %%% 1 ex above each chapter
Your entry in the LyX Users mailing list archive is here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/msg44621.html
WARNING! Use of package tocloft eliminates the page break before the table of
contents. To get such a page break, insert ERT \newline.
SteveT
Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/
