Create empty linespace?

[prainbow55]

Trying to place an empty linespace between a title and a table, to enhance readability and aesthetics..
The only thing I've found so far that works is the deprecated ln() method.
I've tried to use pdf.cell(..., , new_x="LMARGIN", new_y="NEXT"), likewise pdf.multi-cell(), inserting just about every combination of other parameters I can imagine. All results are either error messages or failure to make an empty space.
I've searched and searched the tutorials and the API ("empty line", "empty space", "newline", "blank space", "blank line", "ln", "ln()", etc.). The solution is simple, I'm sure of it, but I can't stumble across it.

[Lucas-C]

Hi @prainbow55

What makes you think that the FPDF.ln() method is deprecated?
I'm really interested in the answer to this question, to figure if we should fix this somewhere in our documentation.

As a maintainer of fpdf2, I recommend 2 solutions to introduce vertical space in a document:

• use FPDF.ln(), that is not deprecated
• simply set the Y position using FPDF.set_y(), FPDF.set_xy() or even symply by setting pdf.y =.

[prainbow55]

Hi Lucas The documentation under fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.cell states twice that FPDF.ln is deprecated: - in the defn of "cell", - and again under the param description for "ln". https://py-pdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.cell Maybe meaning only in that particular context—as a param to "cell"? It may enhance clarity if you were to add your second solution to the param description, as nothing there led me to FPDF.set. I see now that FPDF.ln has its own, independent entry further down the list. Thanks for your reply, I'm delighted to have my conscience cleared for continuing to use FPDF.ln. Paul

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On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 7:24 AM Lucas Cimon ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @prainbow55 <https://github.com/prainbow55> What makes you think that the FPDF.ln() <https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.ln> method is deprecated? I'm really interested by the answer to this question, to figure if we should fix this somewhere in our documentation. As a maintainer of fpdf2, I recommend 2 solutions to introduce vertical space in a document: - use FPDF.ln() <https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.ln>, that is not deprecated at all - simply set the Y position using FPDF.set_y() <https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.set_y>, FPDF.set_xy() <https://pyfpdf.github.io/fpdf2/fpdf/fpdf.html#fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.set_xy> or even symply by setting pdf.y =. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1279 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AX2NJTCN77EJAGV2OXGL6V3Z2UOABAVCNFSM6AAAAABPTCB7TSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTAOBZGE4TGOA> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Lucas-C]

The documentation under fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.cell states twice that FPDF.ln is deprecated:

Oh OK! 🙂

I think that you mixed up 2 things:

• the ln argument of FPDF.cell() & FPDF.multi_cell() that is indeed deprecated
• the FPDF.ln() method

Those are 2 very distinct things 🙂

[prainbow55]

Your first reply made me examine the documentation more carefully. Shortly after I wrote back, the distinction clicked between the parameter and the method, a distinction that you now underscore in your second reply. Thank you. Since I retired I've been learning to code for two years so far at the age of 69, having spent my main career teaching in the humanities. Every day I learn something new. I'm finding that documentation written by programmers for other programmers often assumes a great deal of background knowledge and doesn't always make those assumptions explicit for newcomers to the field. May I say that yours is far more accessible than many. Thanks for watching the boards and responding promptly.

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On Wed, Oct 9, 2024 at 9:18 AM Lucas Cimon ***@***.***> wrote: The documentation under fpdf.fpdf.FPDF.cell states twice that FPDF.ln is deprecated: Oh OK! 🙂 I think that you mixed up 2 things: - the ln argument of FPDF.cell() & FPDF.multi_cell() that is indeed deprecated - the FPDF.ln() method Those are 2 very distinct things 🙂 — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1279 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AX2NJTDEFVNHMJM5N36DN3LZ2U3KLAVCNFSM6AAAAABPTCB7TSVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43URDJONRXK43TNFXW4Q3PNVWWK3TUHMYTAOBZGMZTONI> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Lucas-C]

Your first reply made me examine the documentation more carefully. Shortly after I wrote back, the distinction clicked between the parameter and the method, a distinction that you now underscore in your second reply. Thank you.

You are very welcome 🙏

Since I retired I've been learning to code for two years so far at the age of 69, having spent my main career teaching in the humanities. Every day I learn something new. I'm finding that documentation written by programmers for other programmers often assumes a great deal of background knowledge and doesn't always make those assumptions explicit for newcomers to the field. May I say that yours is far more accessible than many. Thanks for watching the boards and responding promptly.

Thank you very much ❤️