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I am using the minitoc package to add chapter TOC's in a thesis. The entire document (including the main table of contents) is doublespaced, but I want the chapter toc's to be single spaced. I specify the minitoc options in the document preamble as:

\usepackage[tight,k-tight]{minitoc}

The resulting chapter toc's are still double-spaced, though.

How does one override the properties of the main table of contents to produce a single-spaced minitoc?

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Assuming you're using the setspace package and its command \doublespacing to switch to, well, double-spacing, you can always enclose some part that needs to be singlespaced in a singlespace environment. Alternatively, you could issue the command \singlespacing before the start of the minitoc and then issue a \doublespacing command when it's done, as in

...
\singlespacing
\dominitoc
\doublespacing % or \onehalfspacing, or whatever
...
Mico
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  • OK, that is the same solution as the one in the link given in my answer, but you were faster. – Stephen Sep 22 '11 at 18:51
  • @Stephen: Manipulating \baselinestretch is fraught with occasional pitfalls. It's much safer in general to use the setspace package and then \singlespacing or, equivalently, \setstretch{1.0}. (The latter command may look more numerically precise and hence more scientific than the former... – Mico Sep 22 '11 at 18:55
  • For some reason this doesn't change the minitoc to singlespace in my file. There are two solutions that brought it down to 1.5 spacing, neither of which make any sense. These include:

    \begin{spacing}{0.0} \minitoc \end{spacing}

    and

    \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{0.0} \minitoc \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.0}

    Perhaps there is something in my thesis style that is overwriting the local line spacing changes?

     – Deaton Sep 22 '11 at 20:52
  • Hi. If you've loaded the setspace package, you should be using the commands \begin{singlespacing} \minitoc \end{singlespacing} to start and end the single-spaced portions -- note the single part in the environment name. I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with the spacing environment, so I can't help you there. – Mico Sep 22 '11 at 21:11
  • Thanks for the help, btw. According to this, \begin{spacing}{1.0} \minitoc \end{spacing} is equivalent to \setstretch{1.0} (both belong to the setspace package. In my case, if I issue even \setstretch{0.0}, the minitoc spacing only reduces to oneandhalf spacing. – Deaton Sep 22 '11 at 21:26
  • Maybe you should add a list of all packages you load in an addendum to your original question. Some other package must be setting some of TeX's "deep" variables related to line spacing; only if you list all packages do we have a chance to find out which one (or ones) are involved in this. – Mico Sep 22 '11 at 21:46
  • Wow, I've been using the setspace package for years and I didn't even know it provides the environment spacing... Incidentally, there are a couple of mistakes in one of my earlier comments: the single-spaced environment is called singlespace, not singlespacing. :-( – Mico Sep 22 '11 at 22:01
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for chapter tocs use

\begingroup
\parskip=1pt
\chapter{...}
\minitoc
\endgroup

You can also give package chaptertoc a try, it is easier to use, from my point of view

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    I've never heard about this chaptertoc package and sounds interesting (minitoc is powerful but an alternative could be useful); however, I haven't been able to locate it in CTAN. Where can I find the package? – Gonzalo Medina Sep 23 '11 at 17:50
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This post might be a solution here, too. Otherwise

\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1}
% The Minitoc here
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{2}

might help.

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