sectioningspacing
I would like to redefine subsections so that there is no empty line afterwards, only a new line, e.g.
Subsection name
bla bla bla
I have tried the
\makeatletter
\renewcommand{\subsection}{%
\@startsection{subsection}{2}%
{)mm}%
{\baselineskip}%
{afterskip values}%
{\normalfont\large\bf}}
\makeatother
with several values, but I only seem to be able to get either an empty line or no linebreak at all
This is a very interesting layout. Try the following code. A boolean is hooked to the \everypar. This means that if there is plain paragraph first it is set to false and the next subsection will have normal spacing. Note also the strange place where the \secskip command end up, but it seems to work.
EDIT 1: Restore original \everypar and remove vertical space of \lastskip before moving subsection up. Remove all glue and add \raggedbottom to prevent stretching.
EDIT 2: It looks if the additional vertical spacing is \baselineskip
\usepackage{titlesec}
\makeatletter
\newif\ifaftersec\aftersecfalse
\newcommand\setsubskip{%
\global\aftersectrue
\everypar{%
\global\aftersecfalse
\if@noskipsec
\global\@noskipsecfalse
\clubpenalty\@M
\hskip-\parindent
\begingroup
\@svsechd\unskip{\hspace{\@tempskipb}}%
\endgroup
\else
\clubpenalty\@clubpenalty\everypar{}%
\fi}}
\newcommand\subskip{%
\ifaftersec
\removelastskip% EDIT 2
\vspace{-\baselineskip}% EDIT 2 ??????????????
\fi
\global\aftersecfalse}
\titleformat{\section}[leftmargin]{\raggedright\scshape}{}{0pt}{}[\setsubskip]
\titlespacing*{\section}{2.5cm}{2.5ex}{0.5cm}
\titleformat{\subsection}{\subskip\bfseries}{}{0pt}{}[]
\titlespacing*{\subsection}{0pt}{2ex}{1ex}
\raggedbottom
\makeatother
All personal preferences aside, a modification of \abstractname allows you to print an abstract with whatever title you want:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\begin{document}
\begin{abstract}
\lipsum[1]
\end{abstract}
\section{First section} \lipsum[2]
\section{Second section} \lipsum[3]
\section{Last section} \lipsum[4]
\renewcommand{\abstractname}{Closing Remarks}
\begin{abstract}
\lipsum[5]
\end{abstract}
\end{document}
If you want more control over the closing remark layout and formatting, a copy of the existing abstract environment is possible, from which one can play around and make something to suit.
Best Answer
articledefines subsection asthe skip after is
1.5ex \@plus .2exthat is between 1.5 and 1.7 ex depending on the page contents. You can make that as small as you like but keep it > 0 otherwise you flag that you want a run in heading so{1sp}is as small as you can go.