[latexrefman-commits] r312 - in /trunk: ChangeLog latex2e.texi

[karl at domain.hid]

Author: karl
Date: Thu Apr  9 01:11:37 2015
New Revision: 312

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman?rev=312&view=rev
Log:
\bigskip etc. defaults

Modified:
    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/latex2e.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/ChangeLog?rev=312&r1=311&r2=312&view=diff
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--- trunk/ChangeLog	(original)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog	Thu Apr  9 01:11:37 2015
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-04-08  Karl Berry  <karl at domain.hid>
+
+	* latex2e.texi (\bigskip \medskip \smallskip): add defaults,
+	other tweaks.  From Jim Hefferson, 7 Apr 2015 23:45:50.
+
 2015-04-07  Karl Berry  <karl at domain.hid>
 
 	* latex2e.texi: start update for 2015.

Modified: trunk/latex2e.texi
URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/latexrefman/trunk/latex2e.texi?rev=312&r1=311&r2=312&view=diff
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--- trunk/latex2e.texi	(original)
+++ trunk/latex2e.texi	Thu Apr  9 01:11:37 2015
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 @c xx random list of a few of the missing items is at the end of this file
 @c
 @c xx mention \nocorr, \textit and ic
- at domain.hid xx give actual smallskip/etc. defaults
 @c
 @c xx merge http://mirror.ctan.org/info/latex-info/ (alt-latex-info)
 @c xx merge http://mirror.ctan.org/latex2e-reference.tar.gz
@@ -5395,8 +5394,10 @@
 
 @node \hfill
 @section @code{\hfill}
-
 @findex \hfill
+
+ at cindex stretch, infinite horizontal
+ at cindex infinite horizontal stretch
 The @code{\hfill} fill command produces a ``rubber length'' which has
 no natural space but can stretch or shrink horizontally as far as
 needed.
@@ -5517,42 +5518,48 @@
 The @code{\addvspace} command normally adds a vertical space of height
 length.  However, if vertical space has already been added to the same
 point in the output by a previous @code{\addvspace} command, then this
-command will not add more space than needed to make the natural length
-of the total vertical space equal to @code{length}.
+command will not add more space than is needed to make the natural
+length of the total vertical space equal to @code{length}.
 
 
 @node \bigskip \medskip \smallskip
 @section @code{\bigskip \medskip \smallskip}
 
-These commands produce a given amount of space.
+These commands produce a given amount of space, specified by the
+document class.
 
 @table @code
 @item \bigskip
 @findex \bigskip
 @findex \bigskipamount
-The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily about one line
-space (with stretch and shrink).
+The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily about one line
+space, with stretch and shrink (the default for the @code{book} and
+ at code{article} classes is @code{12pt plus 4pt minus 4pt}).
 
 @item \medskip
 @findex \medskip
 @findex \medskipamount
-The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily
-about half of a line space (with stretch and shrink).
+The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily about half of
+a line space, with stretch and shrink (the default for the @code{book}
+and @code{article} classes is @code{6pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}).
 
 @item \smallskip
 @findex \smallskip
 @findex \smallskipamount
-The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily about a
-quarter of a line space (with stretch and shrink).
+The same as @code{\vspace at domain.hid@}}, ordinarily about a
+quarter of a line space, with stretch and shrink (the default for the
+ at code{book} and @code{article} classes is @code{3pt plus 1pt minus
+1pt}).
 
 @end table
-
-The @code{\...amount} parameters are determined by the document class.
 
 
 @node \vfill
 @section @code{\vfill}
 @findex \vfill
+
+ at cindex stretch, infinite vertical
+ at cindex infinite vertical stretch
 
 The @code{\vfill} fill command produces a rubber length (glue) which
 can stretch or shrink vertically as far as needed.  It's equivalent to