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<h4 class="subsection" id="Paragraphs-1">3.2.1 Paragraphs</h4>
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<p>Paragraphs can be separated and indented in various ways. Some start
with a blank line and have a first-line indentation, like most of the
ones in this manual. Block paragraphs omit the indentation.
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<p>We also frequently encounter <i class="slanted">tagged</i> paragraphs, which begin
with a tag or label at the left margin and indent the remaining text.
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<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted"> ⇒ one This is the first paragraph. Notice how the
⇒ first line of the resulting paragraph lines
⇒ up with the other lines in the paragraph.
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<p>If the tag is too wide for the indentation, the line is broken.
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⇒ The label does not align with the subsequent
⇒ lines, but they align with each other.
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<p>A variation of the tagged paragraph is the itemized or enumerated
paragraph, which might use punctuation or a digit for a tag,
respectively. These are frequently used to construct lists.
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⇒ producing output for a device using the ASCII
⇒ character set, an 'o' is formatted instead.
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<p>Often, use of the same macro without a tag continues such a discussion.
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⇒
⇒ It had a security hole that we don't discuss.
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