I am struggling with converting a specific paragraph format in a document to a LaTeX format.
I have defined a Paragraph+Character style called Outcome.
I have defined the Outcome style for the compiler.
Prefix: \begin{SecOutcomes}
Suffix: (return)\end{SecOutcomes}
Paragraph Prefix: \item(space)
Paragraph Suffix: (return)
When I compile, I get an extra \item in the output.
\begin{SecOutcomes}\item
\item Decide whether you are a scientist or an engineer at heart.
\end{SecOutcomes}
I have played around with variations on the location of the (return), all to no avail.
Where should I make changes to avoid this issue?
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JJW
Your prefix should have a return too (⌥↩ to get it into the text field), the UI here is hard to visualise as the display is a single line only, but you need:
Prefix: (return)\begin{SecOutcomes}(return)
You don’t need (return) in the Paragraph suffix unless you want blank lines between items. I put a (return) before prefix just in case (it is often needed for markdown to ensure blank lines before blocks), but that is perhaps not essenstial for you. Doing that I get:
Lorum ipsum.
\begin{SecOutcomes}
\item Decide whether you are a scientist or an engineer at heart.
\end{SecOutcomes}
Lorum Ipsum
It seems that the internal style must not be a Paragraph + Character style, only a Paragraph style. Otherwise, the compiler seems to generate an extra \item(return) tag for each paragraph.
This works for the compiler directive.
Prefix: \begin{SecOutcomes}(return)
Suffix: (return)\end{SecOutcomes}
Paragraph Prefix: \item(space)
Paragraph Suffix:
With the Scrivener input as below, the results follow.
LaTeX source …
\begin{SecOutcomes}
\item Decide whether you are a scientist or an engineer at heart.
\item Make a small contribution to science.
\end{SecOutcomes}
PDF output …
Thanks for the suggestion.
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JJW
That is not my experience, either editor style works equivalently in the compiler for me (though I was testing with multimarkdown output)…
