[Tex/LaTex] customize vertical space of entries and subgroup names in nomenclature

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I want customize the vertical space (marked by red lines in the picture) between final entry (M1 big-M parameter) and subgroup name (Variables) , say 20pt? How could I achieve that? Many thanks.

The following is my MWE which generates the nomenclature, as shown in the picture.

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\usepackage{etoolbox}

\usepackage[noprefix]{nomencl}

\makenomenclature

\renewcommand*{\nompreamble}{\vspace{10pt}}

\renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{%

\item[\textbf{%

\ifstrequal{#1}{M}{Parameters}{%

\ifstrequal{#1}{N}{Variables}{%

{}}}}]%

\hspace*{-\leftmargin}\vspace{20pt}}

\setlength{\nomitemsep}{1pt}

\begin{document}

Text% to produce a non-empty page
\\

\nomenclature[N]{$t$}{temperature}

\nomenclature[M]{M$_1$}{big-M parameters}

\printnomenclature[2cm]


\end{document}

Best Answer

\nompreamble controls what goes between the main nomenclature title and the nomenclature itself. \nomgroup is a one-parameter macro that controls what goes at the start of each subgroup (section 4 and 5.1 of the nomencl documentation).

As an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[noprefix]{nomencl}
\usepackage{ifthen}

\renewcommand{\nompreamble}{\vspace{0.25in}} % code after main title
\renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{%
  \item[\textbf{%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{M}}{Parameters}{}%
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{N}}{Variables}{}% add more groups as needed
    }]%
    \hspace*{-\leftmargin}\vspace{1in}%
}

\makenomenclature

\begin{document}

\nomenclature[M]{M$_1$}{big-M parameters}
\nomenclature[N]{$t$}{temperature}

\printnomenclature
\end{document}

yields

versus

by default.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to make nomenclature entries indent

Patch \thenomenclature to do also \itemindent 1em:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}

\usepackage{xpatch}
\patchcmd{\thenomenclature}
  {\leftmargin\labelwidth}
  {\leftmargin\labelwidth\itemindent 1em }
  {}{}

\makenomenclature
\begin{document}
a\nomenclature{ALE}{Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Method}
b\nomenclature{AOR}{Angle of repose}
\printnomenclature
\end{document}

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Since your group labels are typeset with \item, then you have also to change them so they skip back by the current \itemindent:

\newcommand{\nomenclheader}[1]{\item[\hspace*{-\itemindent}#1]}
\renewcommand\nomgroup[1]{%
  \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{A}}{%
   \nomenclheader{\textbf{Acronyms}}}{%                   A - Acronyms
    \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{R}}{%
     \nomenclheader{\textbf{Roman Symbols}}}{%            R - Roman
      \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{G}}{%
        \nomenclheader{\textbf{Greek Symbols}}}{%          G - Greek
          \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{S}}{%
           \nomenclheader{\textbf{Superscripts}}}{{%      S - Superscripts
        \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{U}}{%
         \nomenclheader{\textbf{Subscripts}}}{{%           U - Subscripts
        \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{X}}{%
         \nomenclheader{\textbf{Other Symbols}}}%          X - Other Symbols
                       {{}}}}}}}}}}

You'll probably have less problem in maintaining the code above if you say

\usepackage{xstring}

and then

\newcommand{\nomenclheader}[1]{%
  \item[\hspace*{-\itemindent}\normalfont\bfseries #1]}
\renewcommand\nomgroup[1]{%
  \IfStrEqCase{#1}{%
   {A}{\nomenclheader{Acronyms}}%      A - Acronyms
   {R}{\nomenclheader{Roman Symbols}}% R - Roman
   {G}{\nomenclheader{Greek Symbols}}% G - Greek
   {S}{\nomenclheader{Superscripts}}%  S - Superscripts
   {U}{\nomenclheader{Subscripts}}%    U - Subscripts
   {X}{\nomenclheader{Other Symbols}}% X - Other Symbols
  }%
}

Complete example

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}
\usepackage{bm}

\usepackage{xstring}
\usepackage{xpatch}
\patchcmd{\thenomenclature}
  {\leftmargin\labelwidth}
  {\leftmargin\labelwidth\itemindent 1em }
  {}{}

\newcommand{\nomenclheader}[1]{%
  \item[\hspace*{-\itemindent}\normalfont\bfseries#1]}
\renewcommand\nomgroup[1]{%
  \IfStrEqCase{#1}{%
   {A}{\nomenclheader{Acronyms}}%      A - Acronyms
   {R}{\nomenclheader{Roman Symbols}}% R - Roman
   {G}{\nomenclheader{Greek Symbols}}% G - Greek
   {S}{\nomenclheader{Superscripts}}%  S - Superscripts
   {U}{\nomenclheader{Subscripts}}%    U - Subscripts
   {X}{\nomenclheader{Other Symbols}}% X - Other Symbols
  }%
}

\begin{document}
Some text for getting output.

\nomenclature[rV]{$V$}{Fluid control volume}
\nomenclature[ruf]{$\bm{u}_f$}{Fluid velocity}
\nomenclature[gepsilonf]{$\epsilon_f$}{Fluid porosity}
\nomenclature[rfb]{$\bm{f}_b$}{Body force per unit volume}
\nomenclature[gepsilonf]{$\epsilon_f$}{Fluid porosity}
\nomenclature[gsigma]{$\bm{\sigma}$}{Cauchy stress tensor}

\printnomenclature
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Complex nomenclature entries in LyX

Mico's suggestion to use \mid instead of | is not only for style but will fix your problem:

$E_{\left(A_i\mid B_I\right)}$

EDIT: as egreg notes, \left( and \right) do nothing as far as LaTeX is concerned here and in some cases they can add an unwanted space. I leave them here because that's what the OP has. Note that LyX renders the corresponding math differently (the left( and \right) parentheses are larger in LyX).

output:

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Here is an MWE .lyx file:

#LyX 2.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
\lyxformat 413
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass article
\use_default_options true
\maintain_unincluded_children false
\language english
\language_package default
\inputencoding auto
\fontencoding global
\font_roman default
\font_sans default
\font_typewriter default
\font_default_family default
\use_non_tex_fonts false
\font_sc false
\font_osf false
\font_sf_scale 100
\font_tt_scale 100
\graphics default
\default_output_format default
\output_sync 0
\bibtex_command default
\index_command makeindex -g
\paperfontsize default
\spacing single
\use_hyperref false
\papersize default
\use_geometry false
\use_amsmath 1
\use_esint 1
\use_mathdots 1
\use_mhchem 1
\cite_engine basic
\use_bibtopic false
\use_indices false
\paperorientation portrait
\suppress_date false
\use_refstyle 1
\index Index
\shortcut idx
\color #008000
\end_index
\secnumdepth 3
\tocdepth 3
\paragraph_separation indent
\paragraph_indentation default
\quotes_language english
\papercolumns 1
\papersides 1
\paperpagestyle default
\tracking_changes false
\output_changes false
\html_math_output 0
\html_css_as_file 0
\html_be_strict false
\end_header

\begin_body

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset CommandInset nomenclature
LatexCommand nomenclature
symbol "$E_{\\left(A_i\\mid B_I\\right)}$"
description "description..."

\end_inset


\end_layout

\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset CommandInset nomencl_print
LatexCommand printnomenclature
set_width "auto"

\end_inset


\end_layout

\end_body
\end_document

And exported to LaTeX (pdflatex):

%% LyX 2.1.0dev created this file.  For more info, see http://www.lyx.org/.
%% Do not edit unless you really know what you are doing.
\documentclass[english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{nomencl}
% the following is useful when we have the old nomencl.sty package
\providecommand{\printnomenclature}{\printglossary}
\providecommand{\makenomenclature}{\makeglossary}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage{babel}
\begin{document}
\nomenclature{$E_{\left(A_i\mid B_I\right)}$}{description...}

\settowidth{\nomlabelwidth}{$E_{\left(A_i\mid B_I\right)}$}
\printnomenclature{}
\end{document}

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