Adjust the vertical spaces between two sections in Nomenclature, LyX

Question

I am using LyX to write my thesis, and I sort my notation into two sections ('Abbreviation' and 'Formula symbols and units') with nomencl.

I would like to insert some vertical space above the section 'Formula symbols and units' How can I achieve that?

Answer 1

The package nomencl uses the environment \thenomenclature to open the needed environment. If your documentclass uses chapter the environment will use the definition:

\chapter*{\nomname}

Otherwise the the header will be created by

\section*{\nomname}

In both cases the skip above is always the same as for normal chapters or section.