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In my tex document I have an ungodly amount of \\ from when I first started writing tex files. (~5000 in total)

Right now I am trying to delete all of them. I want to just have a blank line between two lines when I create a blink line in the unpublished tex file. Right now I have to hit \\ in order to create a blank line between them.

For example:

Right now:

In tex

ABC

DEF

In pdf

ABC
DEF

When I really want:

In tex

ABC

DEF

In pdf

ABC

DEF

Is there something to put in the preamble to make this happen?

Thanks

Fraïssé
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    A blank line between paragraphs starts a new one. Is that what you're looking for? – 1010011010 Aug 26 '15 at 06:33
  • Now I'm confused. Do you want paragraphs to be marked by a vertical space instead of indentation? – moewe Aug 26 '15 at 06:41
  • Why do you want space between them in the first place? It makes the text artificially longer. And if this text also have a lot of math, relying on blank lines to mark new paragraphs, create a lot of potential for confusing communication. So, do you really need it? – daleif Aug 26 '15 at 06:42
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    \usepackage{parskip} (documentation: http://ctan.cs.uu.nl/macros/latex/contrib/parskip/parskip-doc.pdf) or if you don't like packages: \parskip=<dimension> \parindent=0pt? – 1010011010 Aug 26 '15 at 06:43
  • @daleif I want to create something like: Concept 1 "...." , blank line, Concept 2 "....". Right now I am making this happen by inserting \ after Concept 1 "...". whereas I would rather just have a blank line instead of having \ – Fraïssé Aug 26 '15 at 06:46
  • What are the concepts? Why do you have 5000 of them? Is have a hard look at what exactly this is, and if there is a better syntax or markup to provide this. – daleif Aug 26 '15 at 06:49
  • Just keep a blank line when you want a new paragraph (which is different from a new line). Later you can set up the vertical space for new paragraphs. – Sigur Aug 26 '15 at 06:53
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    It sounds like Concept 1 should be a list item (eg description list) or a sub*section heading. Certainly you don't want \\ But to answer the original question parskip package is what you are looking for. but Concept 1 on its own isn't really a paragraph – David Carlisle Aug 26 '15 at 07:16
  • @1010011010 Hey that worked thanks a lot, but parskip is not affecting the texts in a tcoloredbox, do you have solution for that as well or is it too much to ask? – Fraïssé Aug 26 '15 at 07:32
  • @DavidCarlisle I agree but right now the tex document is too broken to be fixed. It is beyond help. But at least I could remove some \ so whoever takes it over won't have an heart attack because I saw his tex and there were no \ or \newline LOL. – Fraïssé Aug 26 '15 at 07:38
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    @IllegalImmigrant http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/154901/how-do-i-control-parskip-within-a-tcolorbox – 1010011010 Aug 26 '15 at 08:18

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You could try:

\documentclass{article}
% set space between paragraphs
\setlength{\parskip}{0.5cm}
% set indents for paragraphs
\setlength{\parindent}{0.0mm}
\begin{document}
    ABC

    DEF \vspace{2cm} % use vspace (vertical space) when a different spacing is needed.

    GHI
\end{document}
Garth Fleming
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  • Thanks I applied this solution but it does not seem to affect the linespacing within {tcolorbox} do you know if there is a fix for that? – Fraïssé Aug 26 '15 at 08:14