begin penalty and label control with enumerate

Question

Using a begin penalty (Avoid a break between a list and its introductory statement) works with enumerate

How to format labels with the enumerate environment was discussed in format labels of enumerate

Using a begin penalty and label formatting with enumerate at the same time poses a conundrum. Consider this example:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[bottom=1cm, top =1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{enumerate}
%\usepackage{enumitem}                                                          
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-8]
\lipsum[5][1-5]

another paragraph

consider the following cases:
\begin{enumerate}[1), beginpenalty=10000]
\item case 1
\item case 2
\end{enumerate}

\lipsum[6-7]
\end{document}

First it compiles only when commenting out the line

\usepackage{enumitem}

However, the package enumitem must be supplied for using beginpenalty=10000. Can you help?

Replace enumerate with enumtem (option [shortlabels]). — Bernard, May 03 '19 at 16:48
@Bernard, do you mean enumitem? This environment is undefined even with the enumitem package. — Viesturs, May 03 '19 at 17:24
@Bernard, the environment enumitem is undefined even with the enumitem package. — Viesturs, May 03 '19 at 17:28
There is no enumitem environment: it's a package to customise standard lists and defines newlists if you wish. — Bernard, May 03 '19 at 17:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '19 at 17:32

Use this code:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[bottom=1cm, top =1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[shortlabels]{enumitem}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-8]
\lipsum[5][1-5]

another paragraph

consider the following cases:
\begin{enumerate}[1), beginpenalty=10000]
\item case 1
\item case 2
\end{enumerate}

\lipsum[6-7]

\end{document}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '19 at 19:21

You can better exploit enumitem features:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[bottom=1cm, top =1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-8]
\lipsum[5][1-5]

another paragraph

consider the following cases:
\begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*), beginpenalty=10000]
\item case 1
\item case 2
\end{enumerate}

\lipsum[6-7]
\end{document}

The advantage over shortlabels is that you can separately set label and ref and more overall flexibility.

begin penalty and label control with enumerate

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