Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Line break after each entry but last

[thag1987]

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0cm}
\newenvironment{entrylist}{
	\begin{tabular*} % create table
		{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{0.2cm}}ll} % two columns left-aligned with 0.2cm space in between
}{
	\end{tabular*}
}

\newcommand{\entry}[4]{
        #1&\parbox[t]{10cm}{
        \textbf{#2}
        \hfill
        {\footnotesize #3}\\
        #4\\}\\}

\begin{document}

    \section{Section 1}

    \begin{entrylist}
        \entry
            {2010 - 2014}
            {Bachelor of Science}
            {University}
            {lorem ipsum\\
             \textit{italic textpart}}
    
        \entry
            {2010 - 2014}
            {Bachelor of Science}
            {University}
            {lorem ipsum\\
            \textit{italic textpart}}  
    \end{entrylist}
    
    \section{Section 2}

\end{document}

This snipped puts a line break after each entry, which adds up to two line breaks before 'Section 2', where I'd like ideally only one to occur. Can I change this in the command? Is there something like the last-child selector in CSS?

[Johannes_B]

LaTeX just expands macros.

There are multiple new-line triggers active.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0cm}
\newenvironment{entrylist}{
	\begin{tabular*} % create table
		{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{0.2cm}}ll} % two columns left-aligned with 0.2cm space in between
	}{
	\end{tabular*}
}

\newcommand{\entry}[4]{
	#1&\parbox[t]{10cm}{
		\textbf{#2}
		\hfill
		{\footnotesize #3}\\
	#4}\\
}

\begin{document}

\section{Section 1}

\begin{entrylist}
	\entry
	{2010 - 2014}
	{Bachelor of Science}
	{University}
	{lorem ipsum\\
		\textit{italic textpart}
	}

	\entry
	{2010 - 2014}
	{Bachelor of Science}
	{University}
	{lorem ipsum\\
		\textit{italic textpart}
	}
\end{entrylist}

\section{Section 2}

\end{document}

A template is a fixed thing, a fixed layout, fixed input. Fill out the blanks, live with the result.

It seems, you are not happy with the current layout. You are investing work and time into this. This is ok. I think you will achieve good results quicker doing everythiing by hand not using a template at all.

[thag1987]

I can't stop now

But I think I get the hang of it slowly. Should have figured out most of the template and have adjusted the structure. Just have to learn all the tweaks now to make it perfect.

Any hint on the line break?

[Johannes_B]

I removed one in the code above. In order to have more control, you have to add an additional argument to the definition of the entry command to define the spaces.

This is the curse of macros, you gain something (time?) and loose something (control). The same goes for templates. A template is (in my pov) a predefined (visual) style, changing that style is often a real pain. Especially since templates are used almost exclusively by starters.

[thag1987]

Problem with the removed one is that it removes the space after each entry, instead of just after the last entry.

That would obviously work if you add the line break manually after each (but the last) entry. But that's not very 'clean'.

[Johannes_B]

Sorry, but i think there is no completely automatic solution.

[thag1987]

ok, I'll leave it for now in this case.

In a perfect scenario I'd like to have no formatting in the document at all. Just text formatted by references on the macros.

[Johannes_B]

Look at the example that you gave above, i added a rule. Maybe you should adjust the skip before a section heading.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0cm}
\newenvironment{entrylist}{
	\begin{tabular*} % create table
		{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{0.2cm}}ll} % two columns left-aligned with 0.2cm space in between
	}{
	\end{tabular*}
}

\newcommand{\entry}[4]{
	#1&\parbox[t]{10cm}{
		\textbf{#2}
		\hfill
		{\footnotesize #3}\\
	#4\\}\\
}

\begin{document}

\section{Section 1}

\begin{entrylist}
	\entry
	{2010 - 2014}
	{Bachelor of Science}
	{University}
	{lorem ipsum\\
		\textit{italic textpart}
	}

	\entry
	{2010 - 2014}
	{Bachelor of Science}
	{University}
	{lorem ipsum\\
		\textit{italic textpart}
	}
\end{entrylist}
\rule{.5\textwidth}{1pt}

\section{Section 2}

\end{document}