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gwada74
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Paragraph indent

Post by gwada74 »

Hi,

I would to get an indent each time I enter a new line. I get the indent only if two paragraphs are separated with a blank line.

How should I do ?
Last edited by gwada74 on Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:25 am, edited 1 time in total.

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frabjous
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Re: Paragraph indent

Post by frabjous »

A blank line is the standard way of indicating paragraph breaks in LaTeX. You can also use the \par command. (Or if you want to indent something that isn't a new paragraph, you can use \indent.)

Messing around with catcodes to change the default behavior might theoretically be possible, but especially in this case, is not at all advisable. Too many things are likely to break. I'd strongly advise you not to try.

Why do you want it to work that way anyway?
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