Text Formatting ⇒ parskip package: what does the option parfill do?

[hiryu]

Hi everybody,

Can someone explain to me what does the option parfill in the parskip package actually do? I took a look at the documentation but didn't understand what they mean.

I tried to compile a couple of files both with \usepackage{parskip} and \usepackage[parfill]{parskip}, but couldn't find any difference.

A basic example showing the difference would be much appreciated!

Many thanks, best wishes

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi hiryu!

Can someone explain to me what does the option parfill in the parskip package actually do?

The parskip option modifies the \parfillskip length:

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\setlength{\parfillskip}{30\p@ \@plus 1fil}

Originally, it's 0pt plus 1fil.

\parfillskip is inserted at the end of a paragraph. By this option, i.e. by raising this value, you avoid that a paragraph ends almost flush right. So, paragraphs could easier be distinguished.

Stefan