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Re: [Groff] UTP style?
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] UTP style? |
Date: |
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:38:14 +0100 |
Hi,
> > I know we said we were going to stick as closely as possible to the
> > style of the published book, but this style of having the first
> > paragraph in a section not indented and then subsequent paragraphs
> > indented with no space between paragraphs is really annoying me. Is
> > anyone else bothered by it?
>
> This is standard practice as far as I know. I always typeset my stuff
> that way, as did Rich Stevens and does Don Knuth. The LaTex macros do
> this by default.
Personally, I with Meg in disliking the indented appearance, however I
long ago got used to it and fell we should stick with it because, as Jon
says, well-known and respected computing books do, Kernighan can be
added to that list. Also, it's the norm in literature, not just
computing.
Cheers,
Ralph.