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Blank lines in align environment
When I put a blank line between a line of text and the align environment, it will add two blank lines instead. It seems that the align environment automatically adds a set of blank lines. I don't want two sets of blank lines, but this makes my code very hard to read. Compare (the 'correct way')
\begin{align*}
L\frac{di}{dt} + Ri = EU(t) \\
i(0) = 0
\end{align*}
In Heaviside's operator notation, this is
\begin{align*}
pLi + Ri &= EU(t)\\
i &= \frac{E}{pL + R}U(t)
\end{align*}
and
\begin{align*}
L\frac{di}{dt} + Ri = EU(t) \\
i(0) = 0
\end{align*}
In Heaviside's operator notation, this is
\begin{align*}
pLi + Ri &= EU(t)\\
i &= \frac{E}{pL + R}U(t)
\end{align*}
This may seem trivial but in a large document it's really hard to read the first example and relatively easy to read the second.
Is there a way to change this, e.g. with a \renewcommand?
By the way, is there an easier way of putting code on this site besides hitting space bar 4 times for each line? I tried HTML tags but they don't work.
%) to separate the lines in your first example. For highlighting code in tex.sx posts, you can select all the code and then click on the{}icon. – Alan Munn Nov 26 '11 at 20:28TeXto start a new paragraph; the behaviour you are seeing is to be expected. You are not seeing two blank lines, but are seeing a paragraph skip. – cmhughes Nov 26 '11 at 20:38