http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_frm/thread/551f2ae284d88b2c/1aba92b60e9c1130

Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Date: 2 Jul 1993

I am trying to create a paragraph style in a LaTeX document where the first paragraph is hung left (sometimes called exdented in troff). That is, the first line of the paragraph runs the full width while subsequent lines are indented a given amount from the left. I would like subsequent paragraphs to be indented the same amount from the left, and to be in block format (no more indent on the first line). I would also like equations interspersed with these paragraphs to be full measure. Is there an elegant solution to this?

The solution I am using so far is to use "hangindent," "hangafter," and "hang" in TeX to create hangleft and indented paragraphs, and then to call the left-indent command for each paragraph, together with a \noindent command. This seems a bit awkward, although I can't see how to solve this using an environment, especially since the equations must come out to full measure. I seem to need to use the \noindent command, since setting \parindent to zero points seems to interfere with the "hangindent," "hangafter," or "hang" commands in TeX.

Danny Heap

NB, no answer.

documented on: 2008-06-21