How to remove the white space on the left of gather* when using standalone class?

Question

\documentclass[preview,border=12pt,varwidth]{standalone}% change it back to your own document class
\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}
\abovedisplayskip=0pt\relax% remove this line in  your production
\begin{gather*}
\int \sec^2(5 - 3x/4)\,\mathrm{d}x\\
\int \frac{1}{\cos^2 (5 - 3x/4)}\,\mathrm{d}x
\end{gather*}
\end{document}

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How to remove the white space on the left of gather* when using standalone class?

Use $\begin{gathered}...\end{gathered}$ – egreg Nov 24 '13 at 13:46 — egreg, Nov 24 '13 at 13:46

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 09 '17 at 21:09

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Redefine gather; it's just a one liner. You don't even have to set \abovedisplayskip to zero.

\documentclass[border=12pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\newcommand{\diff}{\mathop{}\!d}
\renewenvironment{gather*}{$\gathered}{\endgathered$}

\begin{document}
\begin{gather*}
\int \sec^2(5 - 3x/4)\diff x\\
\int \frac{1}{\cos^2 (5 - \frac{3}{4}x)}\diff x
\end{gather*}
\end{document}

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edited Jun 09 '17 at 21:09

David Carlisle

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answered Nov 24 '13 at 13:50

egreg

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+1 Honestly I have known this solution but I want to insist on using gather*. – kiss my armpit Nov 24 '13 at 14:53
@DonutE.Knot Aren't you using it? ;-) – egreg Nov 24 '13 at 14:55
It is a bit cumbersome if I have to add such an environment whenever I want to use gather* just for producing the tight output for accompanying my answer on gather* and its variants. – kiss my armpit Nov 24 '13 at 14:57
Don't forget \! before ***ed math environment. :-) – kiss my armpit Nov 24 '13 at 14:58
It is a duplicate of my own old question. – kiss my armpit Nov 24 '13 at 15:04

How to remove the white space on the left of gather* when using standalone class?

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