On 12/12/2012 16:50, Ulrike Fischer wrote: >> What I found odd was that I'd view the \indent as >> a part of the 'shape within a paragraph', in the same way that say >> \rightskip is (used to alter what happens *within* any 'outer' \parshape >> or \hangindent). However, it's treated as part of the text itself, not >> the shaping. > > I now see what you mean. I personally do find it quite natural, that > \parindent is "attached" to the first word of the paragraph.
That's what I'm trying to find out: how other people see this. > I find the result of this (in a latex document) much more > disturbing: > > a\\b\\c\par > > Only the last line is on the right ;-(. There's a reason for all of these questions :-) Hopefully the information will make it's way into l3galley, soon-ish. -- Joseph Wright
