NABTEXM@TAMZEUS.BITNET (Neil Burleson --- Assistant User Services Coordinator) (05/16/91)
>TeX doesn't do what I want: > >\font\cs=cmr12 \cs > >a paragraph % I want a regular parskip > >\parindent=8 mm \parskip= 0 mm >% I don't want a regular parskip >\item{[1]} a >\item{[2]} short >\item{[3]} list >% I want go back to regular parskip >\parindent=0mm \parskip=3pt plus1pt minus .5pt > >another paragraph >\end I think grouping braces would be in order here, to set off groups one from another. \parskip=xmm\parindent=xxpt 1st paragraph \par % make sure this paragraph is closed before changing % \parskip. A \par or vertical glue is sufficient. {\parskip=ymm New info: A list, another paragraph, or whatever. \smallskip % again to close the paragraph. A \par would have worked } % as well. %Old value of \parskip automatically takes effect here Next paragraph. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe the problem you were having is TeX likes to see a closed paragraph before any of the pargraph-type tokens are changed. The above should work without any problems. The {} also help structure TeX files and make them more readable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Neil Burleson BITNet: NABTEXM@TAMSUMMA (soon: TAMACS) Assist. User Services Coordinator Internet: nabtexm@summa.tamu.edu Academic Computing Services THEnet: ACS::NABTEXM Texas A&M University U.S. mail: 3902 College Main #508 ph: 845-8415, 845-5951 Bryan, TX 77801 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------