LyX ⇒ Too much space above multi-line equations

[runevision]

Hi,

I've just begun using multi-line equation and it works well except that there is a whole lot of space above them; much more than for single line equations. Is this a bug or by design?

Thanks,
Rune

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Rune,

which documentclass are you using? Is \flushbottom used?
Don't leave empty lines before or after displayed equations, they would produce additional space.

Stefan

[runevision]

which documentclass are you using? Is \flushbottom used?
Don't leave empty lines before or after displayed equations, they would produce additional space.

I'm using the "book" document class and I don't know if \flushbottom is used - I haven't put it anywhere (it's not in the preamble).

Anyway, I found out now that I had superflous line breaks before and after all my equations. I had no idea since:

a) The LyX docs have made it very clear that LyX won't even let me write superflous whitespace, except in code.

b) The extra whitespace is in fact invisible in LyX. Extra lines breaks after equations are only visible in that the line appear indented. Extra line breaks before an equation are not visible at all!

Thanks for the tip!

Rune