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bigskip doesn't work as environment #1600

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The bigskip command was not meant to be used as an environment — in other words it shouldn't be used to wrap other content, it should be used between other content. It outputs vertical space into the document where it was used then ends (discarding any content passed to it).

As such it would typically be used in the inline form \bigskip rather than with \begin{...}\end{...}. Because the SILE syntax is interchangeable you can call it using the environment syntax, but you shouldn't put content inside it because it will just get ignored.

It looks like you might be trying to change either the leading (space between lines) or paragraph skip (space between paragraphs). These values can be adjus…

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This discussion was converted from issue #434 on November 09, 2022 12:16.