[net.text] double-spacing in TeX and LaTeX

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.
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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

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