[Tex/LaTex] Single Spacing Long Subsection Header in Table of Contents

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I'm assembling my master's thesis in latex, using my university's provided latex style file. They mandate that if you have a long entry in the table of contents / list of figures et cetera, that the resulting multi-line entry be single spaced (vertically) rather than double spaced. Here is the definition for table of contents and the list of figures from their provided style file:

\def\tableofcontents{
  \@restonecolfalse
  \if@twocolumn\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn\fi
  \def\@chapapp{CONTENTS}
  \chapter*{TABLE OF CONTENTS\@mkboth{CONTENTS}{CONTENTS}}
  \renewcommand{\@chapapp}{CHAPTER}
  \@starttoc{toc}\if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi}

\renewcommand*{\l@chapter}     {\@dottedtocline{0}{0em}{1.5em}}

And the list of figures:

\def\listoffigures{
  \@restonecolfalse
  \if@twocolumn\@restonecoltrue\onecolumn\fi
  \chapter*{LIST OF FIGURES\@mkboth{LIST of FIGURES}{LIST OF FIGURES}}
  \@starttoc{lof}
  \if@restonecol\twocolumn\fi
  \addtocontents{lof}{\noindent\mbox{Figure}\hfill\mbox{Page}}}

\def\l@figure{\@dottedtocline{1}{1em}{2.3em}}

I have looked into the tocloft package, but I'm not sure its capabilities address this particular issue. If anyone has any suggestions, they would be very helpful.

Best Answer

Use a short ToC entry, eg \subsection[Discussion and Analysis]{Discussion of the survey results and analysis of the questions}

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