How to control spacing in end of itemize?

Question

This refers to my previous question

How to reduce space in beginning but not in end of itemize

Now I need to control spacing in the last of itemize like I could control in the beginning as suggested in previous question. How can I control it?

Answer 1

The following addresses both questions - how to adjust the separation above and below an itemize environment. It's done using a key-value approach (thanks to [keyval](ht, which allows you to set beforeskip and afterskip (defaults are 0pt).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{keyval}% http://ctan.org/pkg/keyval
\makeatletter
\newlength{\mylist@beforeskip}
\newlength{\mylist@afterskip}
\define@key{mylist}{beforeskip}{\setlength{\mylist@beforeskip}{#1}}
\define@key{mylist}{afterskip}{\setlength{\mylist@afterskip}{#1}}
\newenvironment{mylist}[1][,]
  {\setkeys{mylist}{beforeskip=0pt,afterskip=0pt,#1}%
   \par\vspace*{\mylist@beforeskip}%
   \begin{itemize}}
  {\end{itemize}%
   \vspace*{\mylist@afterskip}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\noindent Here is some text. Regular \verb|itemize|:
\begin{itemize}
  \item stuff \item stuff \item 
\end{itemize}
Here is some text. New \verb|mylist|:
\begin{mylist}
  \item stuff \item stuff \item
\end{mylist}
Here is some text. New \verb|mylist| with \verb|beforeskip=-\baselineskip|:
\begin{mylist}[beforeskip=-\baselineskip]
  \item stuff \item stuff \item
\end{mylist}
Here is some text. New \verb|mylist| with \verb|afterskip=-\baselineskip|:
\begin{mylist}[afterskip=-\baselineskip]
  \item stuff \item stuff \item
\end{mylist}
Here is some text. New \verb|mylist| with \verb|beforeskip=afterskip=-\baselineskip|:
\begin{mylist}[beforeskip=-\baselineskip,afterskip=-\baselineskip]
  \item stuff \item stuff \item
\end{mylist}
Here is some text.
\end{document}