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

[Claus Gerhardt]

I tested my command and it works. However, in order to adjust the space 
above the first item (\partopsep) there must be an empty line above the 
beginning of the environment, i.e.,

bala,   bla

\bi

and not

bala,   bla
\bi

Claus

On Mar 21, 2005, at 5:09, Richard Seguin wrote:

>
> On Mar 20, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Herb Schulz wrote:
>
>> On 3/20/05 9:07 PM, "Richard Seguin" <riseguin at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Claus,
>>>
>>> The \csepb=0.5\medskip statement produces the error message:
>>>
>>> ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted).
>>> <to be read again>
>>>       \protect
>>> 1.79 \csepb=0.5\medskip
>>>
>>> \csepb=2.5pt does compile correctly
>>>
>>> At any rate, this doesn't seem to have any effect on the space above
>>> the first item.
>>>
>>> Richard Séguin
>>>
>>
>> Howdy,
>>
>> Try \csepb=0.5\medskipamount since \medskip is a command, not a 
>> dimension.
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>>
>
> That also works. However, I'm still getting minimal to no effect on 
> the space above the first item. Maybe Bruno is correct about this 
> approach being doomed.
>
> Richard
>
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