Page Layout ⇒ Add extra Lines between Chapters but not Sections in ToC

[Ile]

Hi. I'm down to just two stumbling blocks before I can submit the final draft of my thesis.

The first problem I've already solved thanks to one of the older threads here. The second I can't find the answer to anywhere: how do I add extra lines between chapters in my Table of Contents without adding extra lines beneath sections?

This is what I have:

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\def\nnfootnote{%
     \@ifnextchar [\@xfootnotenext
       {\protected@xdef%
%       \@thefnmark{\thempfn}%   removed the number from FOOTNOTETEXT command:
        \@thefnmark{ }%
    \@footnotetext}}
%
\renewcommand{\chapter}{\if@openright\cleardoublepage\else\clearpage\fi
%                   \thispagestyle{myheadings}%
                    \global\@topnum\z@
                    \@afterindentfalse
                    \secdef\@chapter\@schapter}
\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne 
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                   {\protect\numberline {\thechapter .}#1}% % I added .  so there would be a period after roman numeral 
                    \else
                      \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{#1}%
                    \fi
                    \chaptermark{#1}%
                    \addtocontents{lof}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \addtocontents{lot}{\protect\addvspace{10\p@}}%
                    \if@twocolumn
                      \@topnewpage[\@makechapterhead{#2}]%
                    \else
                      \@makechapterhead{#2}%
                      \@afterheading
                    \fi}
\def\@makechapterhead#1{%
%  \vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright \normalfont
    \ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
        \centerline{\large\bfseries \@chapapp\space \thechapter}
        \par\nobreak
        \vskip 12\p@
    \fi
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \centerline{\large \bfseries \uppercase{#1}}\par\nobreak
    \vskip 18\p@
  }}
\def\@schapter#1{\if@twocolumn
                   \@topnewpage[\@makeschapterhead{#1}]%
                 \else
                   \@makeschapterhead{#1}%
                   \@afterheading
                 \fi}
\def\@makeschapterhead#1{%
  %\vspace*{50\p@}%
  {\parindent \z@ \raggedright
    \normalfont
    \interlinepenalty\@M
    \centerline{\large \bfseries  \uppercase{#1}}\par\nobreak
    \vskip 18\p@
  }}

This is the result:

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I. Introduction................................	1 
II. Chapter 2................................ 7
   II.1	Subsection 1................................	7 
   II.2 Subsection 2 ............................. 10
III. Chapter 3................................ 23

This is what I want the result to look like:

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I. Introduction................................	1 

II. Chapter 2................................ 7
   II.1	Subsection 1................................	7 
   II.2 Subsection 2 ............................. 10

III. Chapter 3................................ 23

Can anyone help? Thanks.

[paul]

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\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne 
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%
                                   {\protect\numberline {\thechapter .}#1}% 

At this point, where you add \numberline... to the toc, you could add some vertical space. A much better solution would be to load the titlesec and titletoc packages instead, and use \titlecontents to adjust the formatting...

[Ile]

Thank you for your reply. I did try something like this:

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\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%  
                             {\protect\vskip 12\p@\numberline{\thechapter .}#1}

This does add the vertical space but it also splits the number of the chapter and the title of the chapter onto two different lines.

[paul]

Thank you for your reply. I did try something like this:

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\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}%  
                             {\protect\vskip 12\p@\numberline{\thechapter .}#1}

This does add the vertical space but it also splits the number of the chapter and the title of the chapter onto two different lines.

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\def\@chapter[#1]#2{\ifnum \c@secnumdepth >\m@ne
                         \refstepcounter{chapter}%
                         \typeout{\@chapapp\space\thechapter.}%
                         \addtocontents{toc}{\vspace{12pt}\protect\contentsline{chapter}{\protect\numberline {\thechapter .}#1}{\thepage}}
[color=#0000BF]...[/color]

(actually, it'd probably be better to change \l@chapter...but)

Better:

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\titlecontents{chapter}[0pt]
  {\addvspace{12pt}\bfseries}
  {\makebox[1.5em][l]{\thecontentslabel.}}
  {}
  {\hfill\contentspage}

(with \usepackage{titletoc})

[Ile]

That works! Thank you so much.