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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html deleted file mode 100644 index b475d5b74e3..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-linespace.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label linespace</title> -</head><body> -<h3>Double-spaced documents in LaTeX</h3> -<p/>A quick and easy way of getting inter-line space for copy-editing is -to change <code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> — <code>\</code><code>linespread{1.2}</code> (or, -equivalently <code>\</code><code>renewcommand{<code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code>}{1.2}</code>) may -be adequate. Note that <code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> changes don’t take -effect until you select a new font, so make the change in the preamble -before any font is selected. Don’t try changing <code>\</code><code>baselineskip</code>: -its value is reset at any size-changing command so that results will -be inconsistent. -<p/>For preference (and certainly for a production document, such as a -dissertation or an article submission), use a line-spacing package. -The only one currently supported is <i>setspace</i> (do <em>not</em> -be tempted by <i>doublespace</i> — its performance under current -LaTeX is at best problematical). <i>Setspace</i> switches off -double-spacing at places where even the most die-hard official would -doubt its utility (footnotes, figure captions, and so on); it’s very -difficult to do this consistently if you’re manipulating -<code>\</code><code>baselinestretch</code> yourself. -<p/>Of course, the real solution (other than for private copy editing) is -<em>not</em> to use double-spacing at all. Universities, in particular, -have no excuse for specifying double-spacing in submitted -dissertations: LaTeX is a typesetting system, not a -typewriter-substitute, and can (properly used) make single-spaced text -even more easily readable than double-spaced typewritten text. If you -have any influence on your university’s system (for example, through -your dissertation supervisor), it may be worth attempting to get the -rules changed (at least to permit a “well-designed book” format). -<p/>Double-spaced submissions are also commonly required when submitting -papers to conferences or journals. Fortunately (judging by the -questions from users in this author’s department), this demand is -becoming less common. -<p/>Documentation of <i>setspace</i> appears as TeX comments in the -package file itself. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>setspace.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/setspace/setspace.sty">macros/latex/contrib/setspace/setspace.sty</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/setspace.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=linespace">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=linespace</a> -</body> |