Latex Multiple Linebreaks

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I use LaTeX to type up programming homeworks for classes  I need to do this   my line of text blah blah blah  new line of text with blank line between    I know I can use double slash to break lines     but LaTeX will only take the first line break  complains about more  and starts a new line  it produces this    my line of text blah blah blah   new line of text with blank line between    How can I get that extra line break in there so I can have space between my lines of text

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While verbatim might be the best choice  you can also try the commands  smallskip    medskip or guess what   bigskip     Quoting from this page      These commands can only be used after   a paragraph break  which is made by   one completely blank line or by the   command  par   These commands output   flexible or rubber space    approximately 3pt  6pt  and 12pt high   respectively  but these commands will   automatically compress or expand a   bit  depending on the demands of the   rest of the page

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Line break accepts an optional argument in brackets  a vertical length   line 1    4in  line 2   To make this more scalable with respect to font size  you can use other lengths  such as    3 baselineskip   or    3ex

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Insert some vertical space  blah blah blah     vspace 1cm    to scale to the font  use ex  the height of a lowercase  x   as the unit  and there are various predefined lengths related to the line spacing available  you might be particularly interested in  baselineskip

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Maybe try inserting lines with only a space

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I find that when I include a blank line in my source after the    then I also get a blank line in my output   Example   It s time to recognize the income tax as another horrible policy mistake like banning beer  and to return to the tax policies that were correct in the Constitution in the first place   Our future depends on it      Wherefore the 16th Amendment must forthwith be repealed    However you are correct that LaTeX only lets you do this once   For a more general solution allowing you to make as many blank lines as you want  use  null to make empty paragraphs   Example   It s time to recognize the income tax as another horrible policy mistake like banning beer  and to return to the tax policies that were correct in the Constitution in the first place   Our future depends on it    null   null   null  Wherefore the 16th Amendment must forthwith be repealed

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This works on pdfLatex  It creates 2 new lines for you

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This just worked for me  I was trying to leave a space in the Apple Pages new LaTeX input area   I typed the following and it left a clean line   mbox  phantom 0

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Do you want more space between paragraphs   Then you can change the parameter  parskip   For example  try    setlength  parskip  10pt plus 1pt minus 1pt    This means that the space between paragraphs is usually 10pt  but can grow or shrink by up to 1pt   This means you give LaTeX the ability to change it up to one 1pt in order to achieve a better page layout   You can remove the plus and minus parts to make it always your specified length   If you are trying to display source code  try the listings package or use verbatim   If you are trying to typeset pseudocode  try the algorithm package

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For programs you are really better off with a verbatim or alltt environment  but if you want a blank line that LaTeX will not bitch about  try  my line of text blah blah blah    mbox          space followed by newline new line of text with blank line between

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You can use the setspace package which gives you spacing environments  e g     documentclass article   usepackage setspace   begin document   doublespace my line of text blah blah blah  new line of text with blank line between  end document    Or use a verbatim environment to control the layout of your code precisely

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