jst@wucs.UUCP (Jon Turner) (06/04/85)
I have been using LaTeX for some time now and occasionally I have a need for double-spacing between lines (like when I'm submitting a paper for publication in a journal, which requires that all manuscripts be double-spaced). Is there any simple way to do this? I have searched the LaTeX manual and the TeX-book without finding any reference to this. For the time being, I have hacked a new article style in which the \baselineskip variable is increased appropriately in every type size, but this is not entirely satisfactory, since it doesn't allow one to change back and forth between double and normal spacing. Please send replies by mail. I will summarize to the net. -- Jon Turner Washington University in St. Louis 314-889-6193 UUCP: jst@wucs.UUCP or ..!{ihnp4,seismo}!wucs!jst ARPANET: wucs!jst@seismo.ARPA CSNET: wucs!jst@seismo.ARPA%csnet-relay
furuta@uw-beaver (Richard Furuta) (06/06/85)
In article <971@wucs.UUCP> jst@wucs.UUCP (Jon Turner) writes: >I have been using LaTeX for some time now and occasionally I have a >need for double-spacing between lines (like when I'm submitting a paper >for publication in a journal, which requires that all manuscripts be >double-spaced). Is there any simple way to do this? In LaTeX, you'd say \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2.0} somewhere before your \begin{document} to double the spacing. For Plain TeX, you'd set the value of \baselineskip. --Rick
podar@sbcs.UUCP (Sunil Podar) (06/12/85)
> In article <971@wucs.UUCP> jst@wucs.UUCP (Jon Turner) writes: > >I have been using LaTeX for some time now and occasionally I have a > >need for double-spacing between lines (like when I'm submitting a paper > >for publication in a journal, which requires that all manuscripts be > >double-spaced). Is there any simple way to do this? > > rick furata's reply: > In LaTeX, you'd say > > \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2.0} > > somewhere before your \begin{document} to double the spacing. For Plain > TeX, you'd set the value of \baselineskip. I realized that you could use the above construct within text too (i.e. not necessarily before \begin{document}, but there is a problem which could be treated as a bug. The renewcommand{\baselinestrtch} within text, perhaps for some reason of design choice, only takes effect when the fontsize changes and not immediately, hence one has to do the following (this is for intext only): \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2.0} \large %just to force the effect of renewing (is it a bug or a kluge?) \normalsize %to revert back to normalsize and one can use the above construct again and again in text with a different value in place of 2.0 to change linespacing (1.0 => back to single). PS: I have discovered many quirks of LaTeX and have made a list of kluges etc. Is this net.text an appropriate forum for TeX/LaTeX and if so I invite you all to share experiences, problems & solutions, macros, etc. I wonder if I ought to post my list? -- Sunil Podar SUNY at Stony Brook CSNET: podar@sbcs.csnet ARPA: podar%suny-sb.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax} !sbcs!podar