[OS X TeX] Unwanted blank page

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Mon Jan 2 00:16:29 CET 2006


Use the article class for your Homework, not the book class.

Claus


On Jan 1, 2006, at 23:15, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> I am writing a textbook in which there is an exercise section in  
> each chapter.
> I have
> \chapter
> \section(Lecture}
> \section{Exercises}
> \begin{exercise}
> \end{exercise}
> etc
> and all is well as the exercises are numbered (chapter #, exercise #)
> So far, so good.
>
> For practical reasons, this time, I want to hand out the exercises  
> in class, as I go.
>
>
> I cut and pasted the exercises into another file, HomeWork_01 which  
> after the same preamble now reads:
>
>    \noindent{\Large \textsc{Math} \textbf{016} HomeWork 01}
>    \hspace{35mm}
>    Schremmer
>    12/29/2005
>
>    \begin{exercise}
>    \end{exercise}
>    etc
>
> Problem 1. Now, of course, the exercises are numbered (0, exercise  
> #). So, I thought that I would just change the file to
>
>    \noindent{\Large \textsc{Math} \textbf{016} HomeWork 01}
>    \hspace{35mm}
>    Schremmer
>    12/29/2005
>
>    \setcounter{chapter}{0}
>    \chapter{}
>
>    \begin{exercise}
>    \end{exercise}
>    etc
>
> The exercises are now properly numbered, (1, exercise #) and I  
> don't care about the Chapter 1 title.
>
> The trouble is that on page 1 there is just the heading and then  
> there is a blank page and the exercises start on page 3.
>
> Question: How do I get rid of all that un-ecological space? (As far  
> as I can see, Companion2ed explains only how to add blank space!)
>
> Problem 2. In the text book, where the exercises were, I now have:
>
> \section{Exercises}
> %\include{016-HomeWork_02}
> %Reminder: When actually including, change project root in 016- 
> HomeWork_02 to 016-Arithmetic.tex
> To be handed out in class.
>
> Because I am going to have 24 chapters, what I would like, of  
> course, is code for changing mode without having to do all these  
> changes manually—at the considerable risk of botching things. Using  
> %!TEX root = ../Main.tex should make it doable but this way beyond  
> my capability.
>
> What made me think of this being feasible is the responses I got on  
> this list about "How to comment out includegraphics?"
>
> Regards for the New Year
> --Schremmer
>
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