On 2011-06-10, Bruce Pourciau wrote:
> At various spots within a document where paragraphs are separated with
> indentation, I often have claims, propositions, laws, etc, which I
> would like formatted flush left with some vertical space before and
> after. For various reasons, I wish to avoid using the AMS theorem,
> lemma, etc, environments to do this. I've been using soft returns
> (command-return on a Mac) -- two above and two below -- but this
> method results in too much vertical space around the assertion. I
> could also use normal paragraphing, where I insert a \noindent and
> adjust the vertical spacing above and below, but this seems
> cumbersome. Any easier, more systematic methods for this?
How about the FancyBreak module?
(Save the code below in a file fancybreak.module in your LYXDIR,
reconfigure LyX and select via Document>Settings>Modules.
Then, a new paragraph style "Fancybreak" should appear in the drop
down list.
Günter
#\DeclareLyXModule{fancybreak}
#DescriptionBegin
# Define FancyBreak style for 'breaks' or 'transitions' between paragraphs.
#
# Separate pragraphs with some ornaments or simple vertical space.
# This is usually used for gaps in the narrative (also called a 'transition'),
# e.g. love scenes left out in older novels
# or to start a new section without a section header
# (also called an 'anonymous section').
#DescriptionEnd
# Author: Günter Milde <mi...@users.sf.net>
Format 11
# Modelled after the fancybreak in the memoir LaTeX document class.
# Changes: no starred version, 1/2 baselineskip above and below.
Style FancyBreak
LatexName fancybreak
LatexType command
ParSep 1
NextNoIndent 1
KeepEmpty 1 # allow for plain break
Align Center
AlignPossible Center
LabelString "break"
LeftMargin "break"
LabelType Static
LabelSep x
LabelFont
Series Medium
Shape Italic
Size Small
Color magenta
EndFont
Preamble
\providecommand{\fancybreak}[1]{\par
\penalty -100
\vskip 0.5\baselineskip
\noindent\parbox{\linewidth}{\centering #1}\null
\penalty -20
%% \vskip -\onelineskip
\vskip 0.5\baselineskip
\@afterindentfalse
\@afterheading}
EndPreamble
End
