How do I get the same effect as using the parskip package when using the memoir class.
I want no indents, and spaces between paragraphs. What is the proper way to do this in the memoir class?
[Tex/LaTex] Memoir parskip package
memoirparagraphsparskipspacing
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Package parskip sets \parindent to zero. The following example saves the old value, loads parskip and restores \parindent:
\documentclass{article}
\edef\restoreparindent{\parindent=\the\parindent\relax}
\usepackage{parskip}
\restoreparindent
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Section 1}
\subsection{Sub 1}
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
\end{document}
You don't use the parskip package in memoir: it's listed among the ones that the class emulates (page xxix of the manual).
In section 3.3.1 it is explained how to set a nonzero \parskip, but I'd like, first, to quote from the manual:
3.3.1 Paragraphs
In traditional typography the first line of a paragraph, unless it comes immediately after a chapter or section heading, is indented. Also, there is no extra space between paragraphs. Font designers go to great pains to ensure that they look good when set with the normal leading. Sometimes, such as when trying to meet a University’s requirements for the layout of your thesis, you may be forced to ignore the experience of centuries.If you like the idea of eliminating paragraph indentation and using extra interparagraph space to indicate where paragraphs start and end, consider how confused your reader will be if the last paragraph on the page ends with a full line; how will the reader know that a new paragraph starts at the top of the following page?
You can use
\nonzeroparskip
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
in the preamble.
\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example
\nonzeroparskip
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Title}
\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}
If you're not satified by this setting, you can use
\abnormalparskip{12pt plus 2pt minus 2pt}
or any other length you want (don't forget the stretch and shrink parts) instead of \nonzeroparskip.
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Memoir explicitly warns against this: (p. 47)
But it also provides methods for doing so:
Or you can set a specific value yourself using