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daleif
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Re: Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by daleif »

There is no need for the \renewcommand. Could you please post a minimal example instead. I have no idea what it is you want.

BTW: you could also use the Danish TeX Users group, mailing list, see tug.dk

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exutable
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Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by exutable »

Preamble:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,fleqn,oneside, openany]{memoir} % Brug openright hvis chapters skal starte p� h�jresider; openany, oneside
%%%% PACKAGES %%%%
% �� Overs�ttelse og tegns�tning �� %
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % G�r det muligt at bruge �, � og � i sine .tex-filer
\usepackage[danish]{babel} % Dansk sporg, f.eks. tabel, figur og kapitel
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Hj�lper med orddeling ved �, � og �. S�tter fontene til at %v�re ps-fonte, i stedet for bmp
\usepackage{latexsym} % LaTeX symboler
\usepackage{xcolor,ragged2e,fix-cm} % Justering af elementer
\usepackage{pdfpages} % G�r det muligt at inkludere pdf-dokumenter med kommandoen \includepdf[pages={x-y}]{fil.pdf}
\pretolerance=2500 % G�r det muligt at justre afstanden med ord (h�jt tal, mindre orddeling og mere space mellem ord)
\usepackage{ulem} % Gennemstregning af ord med koden \sout{}
\usepackage{fixltx2e} % Retter forskellige bugs i LaTeX-kernen
\usepackage{gensymb} %Tilføjer \celsius og \degree notation
% �� Figurer og tabeller � floats �� %
\usepackage{flafter} % S�rger for at dine floats ikke optr�der i teksten f�r de er sat ind.
\usepackage{multirow} % Fletning af r�kker
\usepackage{hhline} % Dobbelte horisontale linier
\usepackage{multicol} % Fletning af kolonner
\usepackage{colortbl} % Mulig�re farver i tabeller
%\usepackage{float} % G�r det muligt at placere figurer hvor du vil. \begin{figure}[!h] % Will not be floating.
\usepackage{wrapfig} % Inds�ttelse af figurer omsv�bt af tekst. \begin{wrapfigure}{Placering}{St�rrelse}
\usepackage{graphicx} % Pakke til jpeg/png billeder
\pdfoptionpdfminorversion=6 % Muligg�r inkludering af pdf dokumenter, af version 1.6 og h�jere
% �� Matematiske formler og maskinkode ��
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,stmaryrd} % Bedre matematik og ekstra fonte
\usepackage{textcomp} % Adgang til tekstsymboler
\usepackage{mathtools} % Udvidelse af amsmath-pakken.
\usepackage{eso-pic} % Tilf�j billedekommandoer p� hver side
\usepackage{lipsum} % Dummy text \lipsum[..]
\usepackage{rsphrase} % Kemi-pakke til RS-s�tninger
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} % Kemi-pakke til lettere notation af formler
% �� Referencer, bibtex og url'er �� %
\usepackage{url} % Til at s�tte urler op med. Virker sammen med hyperref
\usepackage[danish]{varioref} % Giver flere bedre mulighed for at lave krydshenvisninger
\usepackage{natbib} % Litteraturliste med forfatter-�r og nummerede referencer
\usepackage{xr} % Referencer til eksternt dokument med \externaldocument{<NAVN>}
 
 
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MWE:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\input{preamble/preamble_ida.tex}
\begin{document}
\chapter{test}
\end{document}
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daleif
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Re: Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by daleif »

That is not a minimal example. Please strip away everything unrelated to the problem you have with the chapters, and please only use one single file for your minimal example
exutable
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Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by exutable »

Code: Select all

Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,fleqn,oneside, openany]{memoir} % Brug openright hvis chapters skal starte p� h�jresider; openany, oneside
%%%% PACKAGES %%%%
% �� Overs�ttelse og tegns�tning �� %
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % G�r det muligt at bruge �, � og � i sine .tex-filer
\usepackage[danish]{babel} % Dansk sporg, f.eks. tabel, figur og kapitel
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Hj�lper med orddeling ved �, � og �. S�tter fontene til at %v�re ps-fonte, i stedet for bmp
\usepackage{latexsym} % LaTeX symboler
\usepackage{xcolor,ragged2e,fix-cm} % Justering af elementer
\usepackage{pdfpages} % G�r det muligt at inkludere pdf-dokumenter med kommandoen \includepdf[pages={x-y}]{fil.pdf}
\pretolerance=2500 % G�r det muligt at justre afstanden med ord (h�jt tal, mindre orddeling og mere space mellem ord)
\usepackage{ulem} % Gennemstregning af ord med koden \sout{}
\usepackage{fixltx2e} % Retter forskellige bugs i LaTeX-kernen
\usepackage{gensymb} %Tilføjer \celsius og \degree notation
% �� Kapiteludssende �� %
\definecolor{numbercolor}{gray}{0.7} % Definerer en farve til brug til kapiteludseende
\newif\ifchapternonum
\makechapterstyle{jenor}{ % Definerer kapiteludseende -->
\setlength{\beforechapskip}{0.01pt}
\renewcommand\printchaptername{}
\renewcommand\printchapternum{}
\renewcommand\printchapternonum{\chapternonumtrue}
\renewcommand\chaptitlefont{\fontfamily{pbk}\fontseries{db}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{18}{35}\selectfont\raggedleft}
\renewcommand\chapnumfont{\fontfamily{pbk}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{50}{0in}\selectfont\color{numbercolor}}
\renewcommand\printchaptertitle[1]{%
\noindent
\ifchapternonum
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{X}
{\let\\\newline\chaptitlefont ##1\par}
\end{tabularx}
\par\vskip-2.5mm\hrule
\else
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{Xl}
{\parbox[b]{\linewidth}{\chaptitlefont ##1}} & \raisebox{-15pt}{\chapnumfont \thechapter}
\end{tabularx}
\par\vskip2mm\hrule
\fi
}
 
 
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This is the MWE, there is way too much space between the top and the chapter.
exutable
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Re: Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by exutable »

So apparently negative numbers work fine for the chapterskip length.

Works perfect now
daleif
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Problems with blank pages and Chapter spacing

Post by daleif »

Seems to look best with (requires the calc package)

\setlength{\beforechapskip}{-\topskip-\baselineskip}

Test it with

\pagestyle{showlocs}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{showlocs}


Though, I don't like a chapter design that is so compressed. But then again I know you seem to have odd rules where you are.

And again your example is not minimal.

Here is something a bit more minimal

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,fleqn,oneside, openany]{memoir}
\usepackage{xcolor,ragged2e,fix-cm,calc}
\usepackage{fixltx2e,lipsum}
\definecolor{numbercolor}{gray}{0.7}
\newif\ifchapternonum
\makechapterstyle{jenor}{
\setlength{\beforechapskip}{-\topskip-\baselineskip}
\renewcommand\printchaptername{}
\renewcommand\printchapternum{}
\renewcommand\printchapternonum{\chapternonumtrue}
\renewcommand\chaptitlefont{\fontfamily{pbk}\fontseries{db}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{18}{35}\selectfont\raggedleft}
\renewcommand\chapnumfont{\fontfamily{pbk}\fontseries{m}\fontshape{n}\fontsize{50}{0in}\selectfont\color{numbercolor}}
\renewcommand\printchaptertitle[1]{%
\noindent
\ifchapternonum
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{X}
{\let\\\newline\chaptitlefont ##1\par}
\end{tabularx}
\par\vskip-2.5mm\hrule
\else
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{Xl}
{\parbox[b]{\linewidth}{\chaptitlefont ##1}} & \raisebox{-15pt}{\chapnumfont \thechapter}
\end{tabularx}
\par\vskip2mm\hrule
\fi
}
} % <--
\chapterstyle{jenor}
\pagestyle{showlocs}
\aliaspagestyle{chapter}{showlocs}
\begin{document}
\chapter{test}
\lipsum
\end{document}
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