geraci@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Bart J. Geraci) (12/02/89)
How can I doublespace a document in LaTeX?
And have it return to normal?
(looking for \doublespace and \singlespace commands)
The specific document is in {article} style.
Please e-mail replies and I may summarize later.
Thanks for all your assistance,
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bart j. geraci frequently seeks and finds a substitute in religion.
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I just got a repsonse and it works to my satisfaction.
The person with the quick response was Dirk Grunwald
<grunwald@foobar.Colorado.EDU>. Many Thanks!
And the file is:
% Document style option "doublespace"
% -- usage: \documentstyle[...,doublespace,...]{...}
%
% WARNING!
% This option is provided for those who are COMPELLED by powers
% beyond their control to double-space their documents. Known
% powers of this kind include copy-editors and dissertation
% rule-makers in some universities. Double spacing is one of the
% best ways to ruin the appearance of a document and to render
% it difficult to read (in this respect it is equalled only by
% adding too many characters on a line).
%
% This style option produces a double-spaced document by redefining
% the LaTeX parameter \baselinestretch to 2.
%
% It also fixes a number of problems with standard LaTeX, as follows:
%
% 1. A new environment "singlespace" is provided, within which single
% spacing will apply. (Note that on entering this environment the
% \normalsize command is issued automatically.)
% 2. Double spacing is turned off within footnotes and floats (figures
% and tables).
% 3. Proper double spacing happens below tabular environments and in other
% places where LaTeX uses a strut.
% 4. Slightly more space is inserted before footnotes.
%
% Note: This version sets a baselinestretch of 2. If this is too much,
% put \setstretch{1.7} (or some appropriate value) before the
% \begin{document} command. To print the document with single spacing
% again, without removing "singlespace" environments, just put a
% \setstretch{1} at the top of the document.
%
% Author: Stephen Page -- sdpage@uk.ac.oxford.prg
% Release date: 6 July 1986, documentation revised 24 September 1986
%
% Known bugs:
% . The \singlespace environment works sometimes (e.g. around titles)
% but not always. Suggestions for a fix are welcomed!
% . It might be nice if spacing before the footnote rule (\footins)
% were provided in a tidier way.
% . Increasing struts may possibly cause some other obscure part of
% formatting to fall over.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%---Set up double spacing
\def\baselinestretch{2}
%---New command "\setstretch" (slightly more mnemonic... and easier to type)
\def\setstretch#1{\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{#1}}
%---New environment "singlespace".
% The baselinestretch only takes effect at a size change, so do one.
\def\singlespace{\def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize}
\def\endsinglespace{}
%---Stretch the baseline BEFORE calculating the strut size. This improves
% spacing below tabular environments etc., probably...
% Comments are welcomed.
\def\@setsize#1#2#3#4{\@nomath#1\let\@currsize#1\baselineskip
#2\baselineskip\baselinestretch\baselineskip
\setbox\strutbox\hbox{\vrule height.7\baselineskip
depth.3\baselineskip width\z@}
\normalbaselineskip\baselineskip#3#4}
%---Increase the space between last line of text and footnote rule.
% This is a very untidy way to do it!
\skip\footins 20pt plus4pt minus4pt
%---Reset baselinestretch within footnotes and floats. Originally stolen
% from Stanford thesis style.
\def\@xfloat#1[#2]{\ifhmode \@bsphack\@floatpenalty -\@Mii\else
\@floatpenalty-\@Miii\fi\def\@captype{#1}\ifinner
\@parmoderr\@floatpenalty\z@
\else\@next\@currbox\@freelist{\@tempcnta\csname ftype@#1\endcsname
\multiply\@tempcnta\@xxxii\advance\@tempcnta\sixt@@n
\@tfor \@tempa :=#2\do
{\if\@tempa h\advance\@tempcnta \@ne\fi
\if\@tempa t\advance\@tempcnta \tw@\fi
\if\@tempa b\advance\@tempcnta 4\relax\fi
\if\@tempa p\advance\@tempcnta 8\relax\fi
}\global\count\@currbox\@tempcnta}\@fltovf\fi
\global\setbox\@currbox\vbox\bgroup
\def\baselinestretch{1}\@normalsize
\boxmaxdepth\z@
\hsize\columnwidth \@parboxrestore}
\long\def\@footnotetext#1{\insert\footins{\def\baselinestretch{1}\footnotesize
\interlinepenalty\interfootnotelinepenalty
\splittopskip\footnotesep
\splitmaxdepth \dp\strutbox \floatingpenalty \@MM
\hsize\columnwidth \@parboxrestore
--
-bj- We find that the sexual instinct, when disappointed and unappeased,
bart j. geraci frequently seeks and finds a substitute in religion.
Usenet: [{ames,bionet}!]rex!geraci -Baron Richard Von Krafft-Ebing-
Internet & Bitnet: geraci@rex.cs.tulane.edudhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (D.A. Hosek) (12/02/89)
As I have said in postings to this group previously, double.sty is
only a partial solution. For example, having to use the singlespace
environment in quotations is not good. The LaTeX file should have
as little visual markup as possible. For example, the center,
flushleft, and flushright environments as well as all the size-changing
commands should be used seldomly if at all. I am working on a "paper"
document style which will produce a properly formatted undergraduate
paper (a variant, for the most part of the article style). This will
be released early next year when I've had the opportunity to test
everything in it.
A generic document style may follow at a later date.
-dh
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