General ⇒ blank lines in the code inside gather environment

[daviddoria]

If I have several complicated equations, I have been putting them in a gather group.

Is there a way to put blank lines in the code so it is more readable to edit?

For example, the following gives a "paragraph ended before gather was complete" error.

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\begin{gather}
q_1 = \begin{pmatrix}
P_{\mbox{11}} & P_{\mbox{12}} & P_{\mbox{13}} \\
\end{pmatrix}\\

q_1 = \begin{pmatrix}
P_{\mbox{21}} & P_{\mbox{22}} & P_{\mbox{23}} \\
\end{pmatrix}
\end{gather}

Thanks,

Dave

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Dave,

you could use a % symbol at the beginning of the otherwise empty line.

Stefan

[daviddoria]

bah - so easy!

thanks