On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:46:07AM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > \\~\\ is an easy-to-remember way to force output of a blank line.
And saves a line in the source. > It is good to know alternative commands, because in some situations > one command works while another command doesn't, and the reason why > one works and other doesn't is not always apparent. Yeah, \newline sometimes doesn't work unless the previous line ends with \\ > The command \newline is identical to the command \\ without the > optional space parameter. The syntax of the command \\ is: I didn't find it was identical, \\ on its own on a line would not cause a blank line. Then again maybe the previous line didn't end in \\. > \\[space] > > \\*[space] > > in which the parameter space is the amount of vertical space inserted > between the lines. The *-form prevents a pagebreak between the lines. So space is a variable? Integer or float? > I learned of the command from my "bible" for LaTeX, which is: > > A Guide to LaTeX > Helmut Kopka & Patrick W. Daly > Third Edition > Addison-Wesley > ISBN 0-201-39825-7 Ahh, Douglas's favourite book. For a scathing review: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201398257/qid=931159822/sr=1-1/002-7129288-5319829 There are good ones of course. :-) -- Chris. ====== "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
