<div dir="ltr">If I created a simple document as<br><br>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\documentclass{minimal}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\makeatletter</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\TeXXeTstate=1</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\def\equation{\beginL$$\refstepcounter{equation}}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\def\endequation{\eqno \hbox{\@eqnnum}$$\endL\@ignoretrue}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\makeatother</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\begin{document}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\begin{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">1+1=2</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\end{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\begin{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">1+1=2</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\end{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\begin{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">1+1=2</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\end{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\begin{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">1+1=2</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\end{equation}</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">\end{document}</p>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br><br>Just the \beginL and \endL that I have put before and after $$ respectively casuses a new par between these equations.  My question is, is there any way that I could remove that extra par except by having \vskip -\baselineskip? And I do not think that is a good idea for removing the extra par.<br>
<br>Thanks<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vafa<br>
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