Document Classes ⇒ single spacing for headings but double spacing for text

[seano]

Hi All,
I am using the setspace package to double space my document. Unfortunately, this also formats the chapter and section headings to be double spaced which, because of the large font size, leaves a LOT of space between the lines.

Is there an easy way to work around this?

I have checked the setspace.sty file (version 6.7) but there were no clues there.
I realise that I could use the \singlespacing and \doublespacing commands before and after each heading, but there's surely got to be a more intelligent way to do it...

My document currently looks something like this:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{setspace}
\begin{document}
%
   \include{front_page}
   \include{acknowledgements}
   \tableofcontents{}
%   
   \doublespacing
   \include{chapter1}
   \include{chapter2}
   \include{chapter3}
\end{document}

[balf]

You might include the \singlespacing and \doublespacing commands in a re-definition of your section headings once and for all, using titlesec for that purpose.

B.A.

[localghost]

If not part of strong demands, double spacing should be avoided. For the present you could define some kind of environment that switches to single spacing, starts the section and then switches back to double spacing or use something like titlesec. As a German user you may take a look at the KOMA Script Bundle.


Best regards
Thorsten

[seano]

titlesec looks like it will do what I want, but only if I redefine all of the heading properties, which I don't particularly want to do: I like the defaults as they are and I would prefer to make as few changes as possible (sorry: I have too much experience with Word and still expect LaTeX to have a meltdown at some point)

Is there any way to get the \titleformat command to redefine some aspects of the formatting, but use the default values defined in the .cls file for other aspects?

The syntax of the \titleformat command is:

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\titleformat{cmd}[shape]{format}{label}{sep}{before-code}[after-code]

What I want to do is keep the default formatting from the .cls file (not the defaults from the titlesec package) but add "before-code" and "after-code". I have tried:

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\titleformat{\section}[]{}{}{}{begin{singlespacing}}[end{singlespacing}]

but that just made TeX angry (i.e. lots of errors)

Is there a "value" that you can enter to say "don't change anything" rather than just "default"?

Or does anybody have a better idea?

Thanks.