# algorithm2e - Unwanted vertical space

Last days I met a strange behavior with algorithm2e which produces an unwanted space after an IF-block.

I put here one MWE which shows that the problem really comes from my customization and not from the algorithm2e package.

I don't understand what I've done wrong...

## MWE

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[longend]{algorithm2e}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\@algoVerboseBlock[3]{%
\hspace{-0.8em} \KwSty{#1} \ifhmode \\ \fi #2 \ifhmode \\ \fi \hspace{-0.8em} \KwSty{#3}%
}

\newcommand\@algoDefVerboseIf[2]{%
\renewcommand\algocf@uIf[2]%
{\If@ifthen{##1}\If@noend{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##2}{#2}}}
%
\renewcommand\algocf@If[2]%
{\If@ifthen{##1}\If@noend{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##2}{#2}}}
%
}
\newcommand\@algoDefVerboseElse[2]{%
\renewcommand{\algocf@Else}[1]%
{\Else@else\If@endif{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##1}{#2}}}
\renewcommand{\algocf@uElse}[1]%
{\Else@else\If@endif{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##1}{#2}}}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{Default}

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\uIf{1}{if...}%
\Else{else... \\ \If{1}{if...}}%
\end{algorithm}

\section{Customization}

\makeatletter
\SetKwIF{If}{ElseIf}{Else}{Si}{Alors}{Sinon Si}{Sinon}{}
\@algoDefVerboseIf{Début Si}{Fin Si}
\@algoDefVerboseElse{Début Sinon}{Fin Sinon}
\makeatother

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\uIf{1}{if...}%
\Else{else... \\ \If{1}{if...}}%
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

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This seems to be a bug in algorithm2e, it occurs without any of your customisations, and should be reported to the package author; a similar bug was fixed in the last releease.

A workaround is to write \\[-\baselineskip] just after the offending block. Here it is in your example, below that I give minial example displaying the bug.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[longend]{algorithm2e}

\makeatletter
\newcommand\@algoVerboseBlock[3]{%
\hspace{-0.8em} \KwSty{#1} \ifhmode \\ \fi #2 \ifhmode \\ \fi \hspace{-0.8em} \KwSty{#3}%
}

\newcommand\@algoDefVerboseIf[2]{%
\renewcommand\algocf@uIf[2]%
{\If@ifthen{##1}\If@noend{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##2}{#2}}}
%
\renewcommand\algocf@If[2]%
{\If@ifthen{##1}\If@noend{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##2}{#2}}}
%
}
\newcommand\@algoDefVerboseElse[2]{%
\renewcommand{\algocf@Else}[1]%
{\Else@else\If@endif{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##1}{#2}}}
\renewcommand{\algocf@uElse}[1]%
{\Else@else\If@endif{\@algoVerboseBlock{#1}{##1}{#2}}}
}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\section{Customization}

\makeatletter
\SetKwIF{If}{ElseIf}{Else}{Si}{Alors}{Sinon Si}{Sinon}{}
\@algoDefVerboseIf{Début Si}{Fin Si}
\@algoDefVerboseElse{Début Sinon}{Fin Sinon}
\makeatother

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\uIf{1}{if...}%
\Else{else... \\ \If{1}{if...}\\[-\baselineskip]}%
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}


\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[longend]{algorithm2e}

\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\If{1}{if...}%
\Else{else... \\ \uIf{2}{if...}}%
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}


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Sorry fo the deleted message. It's my fault even if I didn't want to do that. I've just sent a message to the author of algorithm2e which indicates the bug tracking with your MWE –  projetmbc Nov 3 '12 at 20:35
The bug is now known by the author. It has one solution, so we have to wait for the next version of algorithm2e. –  projetmbc Nov 4 '12 at 14:07
Thanks for explaining the deletion issue and good that you have reported this bug. In the meantime, I hope the workaround above is helpful. –  Andrew Swann Nov 5 '12 at 7:39