[OS X TeX] Paragraph Spacing

[George Ghio]

Yep, done that as well, Thanks for taking the time to help.

George
On 15/11/2004, at 10:32 AM, Aaron Jackson wrote:

> Or you could just use \\ and \indent.
>
> On Nov 14, 2004, at 6:14 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
>
>> On 14 nov 2004, at 23:53, George Ghio wrote:
>>
>>> How do I close up the gaps? I have used 
>>> <\setlength{\parskip}{-3.5ex}>
>>> which is less than satisfactory in that the spacing is not quite 
>>> consistent
>>>  across the document.
>>
>> Wrong command: the \paragraph command is actually a sectioning 
>> command (\part, \chapter, \section, \subsection, \subsubsection, 
>> \paragraph, \subparagraph, each taking a parameter to be used as a 
>> title, and they all have an optional parameter for use in other 
>> locations than the title itself (ToC, page headers)). I may have 
>> missed a level, I usually don't go that deep.
>>
>> Normal paragraph breaking is done either with an empty line, like 
>> this:
>>
>> When he goes by people turn away and shut their doors. He is a
>> part of the town they don't want to know about.
>>
>> I first met Jack on one of those nights with broken cloud scudding
>> past on the wind. I had just left a friends house and was going home. 
>> I came
>> around the corner and there he was. Right in the middle of the road. 
>> Hell! He
>> was right in front of me. I swerved and hit the brakes. It was too 
>> little
>> too late. I went right over him. I sat there clutching the wheel 
>> shaking. When
>> I looked up I saw Jack and his dog walking up the road. Cloud passed 
>> across
>> the moon and he disappeared.
>>
>> I must have sat there for an hour before I stopped shaking enough
>> to drive home. It took me thirty minutes to drive the eight 
>> kilometres to my
>> place.
>>
>> (And setting the lengths \parskip to 0pt, and \parindent to something 
>> larger than zero).
>>
>> if you really want a command, used \par, but I _strongly_ suggest you 
>> use empty lines in your sources, as it makes it easier to see where 
>> each paragraph ends.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Maarten
>>
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