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Article #3146Re: Double-spacing in TeX
From: Chris Torek
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1986 21:13
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1986 21:13
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In article <2084@dalcs.UUCP> myers@dalcs.UUCP writes:
>\def\doublespaced{\baselineskip=\normalbaselineskip % reset to normal
> \multiply\baselineskip by 150 % doublespacing is
> \divide\baselineskip by 100} % really 1.5 of normal
>\def\doublespace{\doublespaced} % synonym
Note that you can simplify this (and the other examples) by using
\def\doublespaced{\baselineskip=1.5\normalbaselineskip}
\let\doublespace=\doublespaced
Doing this sort of thing is not terribly important unless you are
building a big macro package; but if you are, this saves precious
memory space.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Double-spacing in TeX Message-ID: <4644@mimsy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Dec-86 16:13:23 EST Article-I.D.: mimsy.4644 Posted: Wed Dec 3 16:13:23 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Dec-86 22:49:57 EST References: <1577@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <2084@dalcs.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 17