[XeTeX] squeezing vertical space before/after verse environment

[François Patte]

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Le 02/08/2009 08:35, Sreenivasa Guttal a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I frequently get feedback to reduce the vertical space automatically
> introduced by latex/xelatex in section headers etc. I have some solution
> for section headers now, but could not do the same for verse
> environment. If one looks @ the output, the space introduced by verse
> before and after looks significantly more. My work used indian languages
> like sanskrit.

Build your own environment, for instance:

\makeatletter
\newenvironment{sutra}{%
\refstepcounter{sutra}
                \let\\\@centercr
                \list{}{\itemsep      \z@
                        \itemindent   -1.5em%
                        \listparindent\itemindent
                        \advance\leftmargin 1em}%
                \item\relax}
               {\endlist}
\makeatother

Adjust the parameters until they fit what you wish.

If you want your new environment to be still named "verse", use
\renewenvironment (with the same syntax).


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