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My problem comes down to the following: vertical space is added before the \items of a list within a macro. The layout I want to use is based on the classicthesis-styled CV (currvita) template by Alessandro Plasmati and the defined commands (\MarginText and \Description) should produce a margin text that is aligned vertically with the first line of the \Description text.

However, when using lists, vertical space is added before the list. How can I suppress this? I already tried \setlength{topskip}{0pt} and also the space controls added by the enumitem package.

Why do lists behave like this?

MWE: 

\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl} \reversemarginpar \newcommand{\MarginText}[1]{\marginpar{\raggedleft#1}} \newcommand{\Description}[1]{#1} \begin{document} \Description{\MarginText{Papers} \begin{itemize} \item a bibitem \item another one \end{itemize} } \end{document}

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Old Version

When I use \bibentry in the classicthesis-styled CV, the entries are listed after a line break, however I want the \bibentry next to the category (e.g. papers, conferences, posters etc.). Also, the bibliography gets listed below (which I don't want)—how can I change this? See an example in the uploaded screenshot and the MWE below.

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MWE

%---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % PACKAGES AND OTHER DOCUMENT CONFIGURATIONS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl} \usepackage[nochapters]{classicthesis} \usepackage[LabelsAligned]{currvita} %*********************** % FONTS %*********************** \usepackage{fontspec,xunicode} \setmainfont[Ligatures={Common,Historical}]{Adobe Caslon Pro} \setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase]{Futura} %*********************** % LAYOUT %*********************** \reversemarginpar % Move the margin to the left of the page \newcommand{\MarginText}[1]{\marginpar{\raggedleft\itshape\small#1}\marginparsep0pt} % New command defining the margin text style \usepackage{xcolor}\renewcommand{\cvheadingfont}{\Huge\sf{\bf}\color{Maroon}} \usepackage{hyperref} \newlength{\datebox}\settowidth{\datebox}{Long 2011} % Set the width of the date box in each block \newcommand{\NewEntry}[3]{\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \parbox{\datebox}{\small \sffamily \textit{#1}}\hspace{1em} #2 #3 % Define a command for each new block - change spacing and font sizes here: #1 is the left margin, #2 is the italic date field and #3 is the position/employer/location field \vspace{0.5em}} % Add some white space after each new entry \newcommand{\Description}[1]{\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0\noindent\raggedright\footnotesize{#1}\par\normalsize\vspace{1em}} % Define a command for descriptions of each entry - change spacing and font sizes here % bib stuff \usepackage[round]{natbib} \usepackage{bibentry} \nobibliography* %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} % Stop the page count at the bottom of the first page %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION SECTION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{cv}{\spacedallcaps{The Applicant}}\vspace{1.5em} % Your name \noindent\spacedlowsmallcaps{Personal Information}\vspace{0.5em} % Personal information heading \NewEntry{*}{\textit{Born in the USA,}}{19 July 2013} % Birthplace and date \NewEntry{email}{\href{mailto:[email protected]}{[email protected]}}% Email address \NewEntry{address}{Ice cream street 3, 0188484 Popsicle, Alaska} % Personal website \NewEntry{phone}{(H) +33 (0) 3455 9222\ \ $\cdotp$\ \ (M) +33 (0) 455 1116661} % Phone number(s) \vspace{1em} % Extra white space between the personal information section and goal \noindent\spacedlowsmallcaps{Goal}\vspace{1em} % Goal heading, could be used for a quotation or short profile instead \vspace{2em} % Goal text %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % EDUCATION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \spacedlowsmallcaps{Education}\vspace{1em} \NewEntry{2009--2013}{University XYZ} \Description{\MarginText{Ph.\,D.} Info, info, info\ \ $\cdotp$\ \ School: School of Physics \newline Thesis: \textit{"Title title"} Description: ... \\ Advisors: Dr.\,XC \textsc{Hellloo}} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % PUBLICATIONS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \spacedlowsmallcaps{Publications}\vspace{1em} \Description{\MarginText{Papers} \begin{itemize} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \end{itemize} } \Description{\MarginText{Posters} Text text text \begin{itemize} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \end{itemize} } \Description{\MarginText{Conferences} \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} } %------------------------------------------------ \end{cv} %\nocite{*} \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \bibliography{lib-x} \end{document}

lib-x.bib

@article{Bohr:1923tl, author = {Bohr, N}, title = {{The structure of the atom}}, journal = {Nature}, year = {1923}, volume = {112}, pages = {29--44} }
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    You could use the marginnote package, use it to define \newcommand{\MarginText}[1]{\marginnote{\raggedleft#1}}, and call it as part of the first item: \begin{itemize}\item\MarginText{Papers}a bibitem ... Commented Aug 1, 2013 at 14:00

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Here is a version for your updated problem. I use enumitem to easily kill the top spacing on the list, and before the list I ensure that we back up vertically (this code is now placed in the list options). Note the \leavevmode added to the \MarginText command, for consistency of spacing:

Sample output

\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl} \reversemarginpar \newcommand{\MarginText}[1]{\leavevmode\marginpar{\raggedleft#1}\ignorespaces} \newcommand{\Description}[1]{#1} \usepackage{enumitem} \begin{document} \Description{\MarginText{Papers} \begin{itemize}[topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,before=\vspace*{\dimexpr-\baselineskip-\parskip},after=\vspace*{\baselineskip}] \item a bibitem \item another one \end{itemize} } \Description{\MarginText{Other} Some text And some more} \end{document}

In your example you would probably want to define a new list type and use it when necessary:

Sample output

\documentclass[a4paper]{scrartcl} \usepackage[nochapters]{classicthesis} \usepackage[LabelsAligned]{currvita} %*********************** % FONTS %*********************** \usepackage{fontspec,xunicode} %\setmainfont[Ligatures={Common,Historical}]{Adobe Caslon Pro} %\setsansfont[Mapping=tex-text,Scale=MatchLowercase]{Futura} %*********************** % LAYOUT %*********************** \reversemarginpar % Move the margin to the left of the page \newcommand{\MarginText}[1]{\leavevmode\marginpar{\raggedleft\itshape\small#1}\ignorespaces} % New command defining the margin text style \usepackage{xcolor}\renewcommand{\cvheadingfont}{\Huge\sf{\bf}\color{Maroon}} \usepackage{enumitem} \newlist{thislineitemize}{itemize}{1} \setlist[thislineitemize]{label=\textbullet,topsep=0pt,partopsep=0pt,before=\vspace*{\dimexpr-\baselineskip-\parskip},after=\vspace*{\baselineskip}} \usepackage{hyperref} \newlength{\datebox}\settowidth{\datebox}{Long 2011} % Set the width of the date box in each block \newcommand{\NewEntry}[3]{\noindent\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0 \parbox{\datebox}{\small \sffamily \textit{#1}}\hspace{1em} #2 #3 % Define a command for each new block - change spacing and font sizes here: #1 is the left margin, #2 is the italic date field and #3 is the position/employer/location field \vspace{0.5em}} % Add some white space after each new entry \newcommand{\Description}[1]{\bgroup\hangindent=2em\hangafter=0\noindent \raggedright\footnotesize#1\par\egroup\vspace{1em}} % Define a command for descriptions of each entry - change spacing and font sizes here % bib stuff \usepackage[round]{natbib} \usepackage{bibentry} \nobibliography* \begin{document} \thispagestyle{empty} % Stop the page count at the bottom of the first page \begin{cv}{\spacedallcaps{The Applicant}}\vspace{1.5em} % Your name \noindent\spacedlowsmallcaps{Personal Information}\vspace{0.5em} % Personal information heading \NewEntry{*}{\textit{Born in the USA,}}{19 July 2013} % Birthplace and date \NewEntry{email}{\href{mailto:[email protected]}{[email protected]}}% Email address \NewEntry{address}{Ice cream street 3, 0188484 Popsicle, Alaska} % Personal website \NewEntry{phone}{(H) +33 (0) 3455 9222\ \ $\cdotp$\ \ (M) +33 (0) 455 1116661} % Phone number(s) \vspace{1em} % Extra white space between the personal information section and goal \noindent\spacedlowsmallcaps{Goal}\vspace{1em} % Goal heading, could be used for a quotation or short profile instead \vspace{2em} % Goal text %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % EDUCATION %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \spacedlowsmallcaps{Education}\vspace{1em} \NewEntry{2009--2013}{University XYZ} \Description{\MarginText{Ph.\,D.} Info, info, info\ \ $\cdotp$\ \ School: School of Physics \newline Thesis: \textit{``Title title''} Description: \dots \\ Advisors: Dr.\,XC \textsc{Hellloo}} %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- % PUBLICATIONS %---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \spacedlowsmallcaps{Publications}\vspace{1em} \Description{\MarginText{Papers} \begin{thislineitemize} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \end{thislineitemize} } \Description{\MarginText{Posters} Text text text \begin{itemize} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \item \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} \end{itemize} } \Description{\MarginText{Conferences} \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} } %------------------------------------------------ \end{cv} %\nocite{*} \bibliographystyle{plainnat} \bibliography{lib-x} \end{document}

As to the general "Why", list environments as standard start on a newline. This is usually desirable as you don't have worry about whether the call falls inside a paragraph or not. But in some situations it is not what one wants.

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  • This doesn't work because I use the same commands with normal text environment (i.e. without lists) and then the second paragraph of the text overlaps with the first paragraph, e.g. \Description{\MarginText{Papers} Just Text without any lists. \And the second paragraph.} Commented Aug 4, 2013 at 9:03
  • You can move the backspacing code around. I have rewritten the answer with it now placed in the list. Commented Aug 4, 2013 at 16:08
  • ok, thanks! actually, I just could have defined two commands instead of one. your first version for lists and the old version for normal text... Commented Aug 5, 2013 at 12:28
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To have no references list at the end, instead of \bibliography{lib-x} put \nobibliography{lib-x}. Source: http://gking.harvard.edu/files/bibentry2.pdf

The reason you have the line break in the "Conferences" section is because you put a line break in there, i.e. you wrote

\Description{\MarginText{Conferences} \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} }

but you can remove the line break by

\Description{\MarginText{Conferences} \bibentry{Bohr:1923tl} }

In my test, this messed with the position of the \MarginText, but I don't know why. I think the reason there's a line break in the "Papers" section has to do with the itemize, but that could be wrong.

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    Thank you for the \nobibliogrpahy{} solution, darthbith! Commented Jul 30, 2013 at 13:30
  • It seems that when using the macro \newcommand, empty lines are not allowed which is strange, because technically it should do so. see [tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1050/… Commented Jul 31, 2013 at 12:00
  • I don't understand what you mean... your problem is that you have extra empty lines, not that there aren't empty lines where you expect them, right? Commented Jul 31, 2013 at 12:50
  • yeah, i got lost, i guess. sorry for the confusion Commented Jul 31, 2013 at 13:10

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