On Feb 15, 2012, at 11:43 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Eric Weir wrote:
> > In formatting a document using koma-script article class, when I apply the
> > bibliography environment LyX inserts "References" followed by this on the
> > line below: "key-1 [1]". What is this? What function does it serve? Not
> > knowing anything it strikes me as irrelevant to my purposes.
>
> This is the label which marks the bibliography item. You'll need it in order
> to refer to an entry. Look at sec 6.5.1 of the User Guide.
>
> > Also, when I compile to pdf I get a single line stranded at the bottom the
> > page. I didn't think this could happen in latex. How do I remedy it?
>
> You can (mostly) avoid such things ("orphans") by changing LaTeX's penalty
> values. I have good experiences with
>
> \tolerance 1414
> \hbadness 1414
> \emergencystretch 1.5em
> \hfuzz 0.3pt
> \widowpenalty = 10000
> \vfuzz \hfuzz
> \raggedbottom
>
> However, sometimes orphans and widows are generated anyway (because LaTeX
> thinks it is still the best solution).
Thanks, Jürgen. I'll check out the guide regarding the label. And I'm gonna
hold off on tweaks to eliminate orphans till I'm a little farther along in
getting started with latex/lyx--at least till it becomes more of a problem than
it is on this occasion.
Sincerely,
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