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Perhaps there is a better way to do this. But one way to do this is to to use \def. It is not considered good to use \def, but somehow I find its use more intuitive compared to \newcommand, so I will give you an example with that. To avoid clash with latex commands, I start my commands with ...

Look at package enumitem. That may solve your problem. On the other hand, you may not need it. Depends on what exactly you are trying to do. Post a minimal working example and you will get better help.

I thought that perhaps you had tried that...but was not sure. Anyhow, have you tried asking your question on the following forum:

http://www.apfelwiki.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=6

People there know a lot about Texshop. Perhaps there is no solution, but you can try asking there.

Did you all try looking at Preferences in TexShop 2.18.

1. Go to Texshop -> Preferences
2. Preview Tab
3. In preview window position choose "Remember last position on close"

That might solve the problem.

Most likely there is a better solution than the one below. But the following also works.


\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\def\MyItem[#1]#2{\item[{\rm #1}]#2}

\begin{document}
\begin{description}
\item[First item] This is the first item.
\item[{\rm Second item}] This is the second item ...

I had a similar question and gmedina suggested using
\setlength{\abovedisplayskip}{<length>} and
\setlenght{\belowdisplayskip}{<length>}
to change the vertical space above and below the display. I do not know how to link to that thread, but a search for the term abovedisplayskip should bring it up.

I am not entirely sure what you want. But if I am thinking correctly, \vfill will solve your problem. Use \vfill instead of \vspace.

The following might work. Not sure though.

What editor are you using and how does your file compile? Do you have to run Bibtex manually (by issuing the command or pressing a button for bibtex) or do you use a script such as Latexmk.pl which takes care of running Bibtex for you whenever you hit ...

Thanks very much Stefan. You are right. The vertical space was still present when I tried the solution in my post. I used \vspace to reduce that vertical space. However, your solution is better. Thanks.

From searching the web, I learnt the following way of suppressing the section title of the bibliography section, and then used my own custom style.

Command
gets rid of the section title name.