Re: how to adjust vertical spacing between lines in a simple list, pdflatex export

["Christopher W. Ryan" <cryan@binghamton.edu>]

Thanks, but I'm still having trouble.

If the beginning of my org subtree looks like this:

** Review of assessment system for preceptors
:PROPERTIES:
:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ReviewOfAssessmentSystemForPreceptors-12-02-2013
:EXPORT_TITLE: Review of our system for assessing students' clinical
performance
:EXPORT_AUTHOR: Christopher w. Ryan, MD MS
:EXPORT_EMAIL: cryan@binghamton.edu
:EXPORT_LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem}
:END:

*** Introduction

Then I get a Latex preamble looks like this:

% Created 2013-12-09 Mon 15:02
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\tolerance=1000
\usepackage[margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

\title{Review of our system for assessing students' clinical performance}
\author{Christopher w. Ryan, MD MS}
\date{\today}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.9.3f}}

The enumitem package is not loaded. Also, I'm puzzled by the appearance
of \usepackage{charter} twice, when I did not even call it once in the
org subtree.


If, on the other hand, my org subtree looks like this:

** Review of assessment system for preceptors
:PROPERTIES:
:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ReviewOfAssessmentSystemForPreceptors-12-02-2013
:EXPORT_TITLE: Review of our system for assessing students' clinical
performance
:EXPORT_AUTHOR: Christopher w. Ryan, MD MS
:EXPORT_EMAIL: cryan@binghamton.edu
:END:
#+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem}

Then my Latex preamble looks like this:

% Created 2013-12-09 Mon 15:07
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{soul}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{marvosym}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\tolerance=1000
\usepackage[margin=0.75in]{geometry}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{charter}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\providecommand{\alert}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

\title{Review of our system for assessing students' clinical performance}
\author{Christopher w. Ryan, MD MS}
\date{\today}
\hypersetup{
  pdfkeywords={},
  pdfsubject={},
  pdfcreator={Emacs Org-mode version 7.9.3f}}


Note that enumitem is indeed loaded. But including

#+ATTR_LATEX: :options itemsep=1pt

before a simple list in my org-mode subtree does not change the vertical
spacing between list items at all.

And a relevant exerpt from my .tex exported file is

\begin{itemize}
\item Don't fill out a form that the student has signed, blank, ahead of
time
\item Don't fill out a second form after you have already submitted one
\item Don't mention any suggested grade for the clerkship. Performance
in your office counts for half the final grade; the other half is based
on other activities
\end{itemize}

Note no [itemsep= ] option.

--Chris


Christopher W. Ryan, MD, MS
SUNY Upstate Medical University Clinical Campus at Binghamton
425 Robinson Street, Binghamton, NY  13904
cryanatbinghamtondotedu

"Once we recognize that we do not err out of laziness, stupidity, or
evil intent, we can liberate ourselves from the impossible burden of
trying to be permanently right. We can take seriously the proposition
that we could be in error, without deeming ourselves idiotic or
unworthy." [Karen Schulz, in Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error]


Thomas S. Dye wrote:
> #+ATTR_LATEX: :options itemsep=1pt