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University of Otago LaTeX exam template
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Add \timeallocationskip length #48

Open nstanger opened 3 years ago

nstanger commented 3 years ago

Some vertical space between the time allocation and the question text provides visual separation and improves readability. A default of 0.33\baselineskip looks good, but obviously it could be redefined to any value desired.

[suggested by Stephen Cranefield]

nstanger commented 3 years ago

Watch out for things immediately following that already insert vertical space, e.g., center, subquestion, itemize, etc. The skip should probably be dropped in these situations to avoid excessive vertical white space.

nstanger commented 3 years ago

In fact, even a \\ following the \timeallocation is bad here, and the resulting vertical space is larger than 0.33\baselineskip (at least for a subquestion or other list environment). Of course, adding the skip will probably eliminate the need to explicitly add a \\ at all, but the vertical space still needs to be adjusted somehow.