On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 05:24:04PM -0400, rgheck wrote:
> John wrote:
>> On Saturday 22 March 2008 01:59:07 am jean beney wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I notice that after a list (i.e. after \end{itemize}) LyX does not put
>>> an empty line, so that the next standard paragraph is not indented. My
>>> editor wants this paragraph to be indented. Until now, I use a script to
>>> add a newline after \end{itemize}.
>>>
>>
>> The purpose of indentation is to show that where a new paragraph begins.
>> That's why you don't indent the 1st paragraph in a part or chapter.
>> That's also why you don't need to indent after a list.
>> Your editor is wrong! He seems to be one of those people (all too common
>> nowadays) who slavishly follows 'procedure' without regard to purpose.
>>
>>
> Actually, there seems to be a difference here: The list may be part of a
> paragraph that continues after it ends, or it may end a paragraph. Right?
Right, and in this case the indentation is unwanted...
Andre'
