[OS X TeX] \intertext

[Michael Sharpe]

On May 1, 2010, at 7:05 AM, George Gratzer wrote:

> 
> On 2010-05-01, at 2:49 AM, Ross Moore wrote:
> 
>> Hi George,
>> 
>> On 01/05/2010, at 3:32 PM, George Gratzer wrote:
>> 
>>> But this completely clobbers the white space. Anything in between?
>> 
>> LaTeX sets these dimensions, defined by TeX itself:
>> 
>> \abovedisplayskip=12pt plus 3pt minus 9pt
>> \belowdisplayskip=12pt plus 3pt minus 9pt
> 
> which is used when?
> 
> GG
> 
>> \abovedisplayshortskip=0pt plus 3pt
>> \belowdisplayshortskip=7pt plus 3pt minus 4pt
>> 
>> You can adjust them locally.
>> 

The \shortintertext macro pays attention only to \abovedisplayshortskip, whose normal setting is 0pt plus 3pt. To set that locally, you write something like

{\abovedisplayshortskip=3pt plus 3pt 
\begin{align} a&=b \shortintertext{Some text} c&=d
\end{align}
}

Michael