Text Formatting ⇒ \parskip for theorems

[a.clarke]

Does anyone know how to make \setlength{\parskip}{...} work within theorem environments?

For example:

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\begin{theorem}
blah

blah

blah
\end{theorem}

Doesn't space paragraphs properly like normal paragraphs.

In fact, if it's possible to make it possible for all environments, it would be much appreciated.

[localghost]

I advice against modifying the \parskip length because it also affects the ToC and possibly distorts its layout. As a workaround this could be prevented by the parskip package.

But I would go the way of setting these skips manually. There are three commands which add dynamic space between paragraphs.

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\begin{theorem}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  \smallskip
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  \medskip
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  \bigskip
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
\end{theorem}

This suggestion is for standard classes. Other classes like memoir or those from the KOMA Script bundle have built-in features.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹