Document Classes ⇒ [memoir] Eliminate aftersecskip

[mudd1]

I'm trying to create a document class based on memoir that adheres to guidelines stating that text after section headings (and subsection etc. for that matter) has to follow after a mere line break. No additional vertical separation is allowed. Furthermore, the style has to use no indentation and a blank line to separate paragraphs.

My take on this, demonstrated using a minimal example (and not the whole mess that is my .cls):

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\documentclass{memoir}
\nonzeroparskip
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\setbeforesecskip{0pt}
\setaftersecskip{0.1pt} % curiously enough I can't use 0pt here

\begin{document}
Text before heading.
\section*{foobar}
Text after heading.
\end{document}

When compiling this, there is clearly a vertical space between heading and paragraph. Looking at the memoir documentation this isn't really surprising:

beforeskip + \parskip (of text font) + \baselineskip (of heading font)
3.5 Heading Title
afterskip + \parskip (of heading font) + \baselineskip (of text font)

The question though then is this: How do I get rid of this \parskip that gets added automatically? I couldn't even find a hook after the heading title that would allow for the dirty solution of automatically adding a \vspace{-\parskip} after every title. My search which command to redefine to get this right without creating even more side-effects didn't get me anywhere so far so I'd be very glad if anybody here could help me out.

Many thanks in advance!

[percep]

How about using \setsecheadstyle as follows:

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\documentclass{memoir}
\nonzeroparskip
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\setbeforesecskip{0pt}
\setaftersecskip{0.1pt} % curiously enough I can't use 0pt here
\newcommand{\headhook}[1]{#1\vspace{-\parskip}}
\setsecheadstyle{\bfseries\headhook}
\begin{document}
Text before heading.
\section*{foobar}
Text after heading.
\end{document}

Seems to do the trick, but maybe someone else can come up with a more elegant solution.

[mudd1]

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\newcommand{\headhook}[1]{#1\vspace{-\parskip}}
\setsecheadstyle{\bfseries\headhook}

Seems to do the trick, but maybe someone else can come up with a more elegant solution.

Great, works like a charm! I could have thought of that myself. Thanks a lot! :)