[OS X TeX] Question: adjusting spacing in the enumerate environment

[Claus Gerhardt]

Define a new environment
\newskip\csep
\newskip\csepb
\csep=\medskipamount
\csepb=0.5\medskip
\newcommand{\bi}{\partopsep=\csep\begin{enumerate}\itemsep=\csepb}

\csep can be set to any amount, eg., \csep=xxpt

The usage is

\bi
\item
text

\item
text
\end{enumerate}

In case you have difficulty with 0.5\medskip use the package calc.sty

Claus


On Mar 20, 2005, at 5:16, Richard Seguin wrote:

> I'm using this technique to adjust the item spacing in the enumerate 
> environment within the article class:
>
> \newcommand{\tighten}{\addtolength{\itemsep}{-9pt}}
>
> ....
>
> \begin{enumerate}\tighten
>
> ...
>
> \end{enumerate}
>
> No matter what I've tried though, I haven't been able to shrink the 
> space between the top list element and what precedes it so that it 
> looks like the enumerate environment in the amsart class. In the 
> amsart class, that spacing is identical to the spacing between the 
> list items.
>
> Has anyone else been able to do this successfully, and how did you do 
> it? Furthermore, is it better to approach this matter using a 
> renewenvironment?
>
> Richard Séguin
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