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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.
⇒ Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious ⇒ reverence, and deem them like the ark of the ⇒ covenant, too sacred to be touched.
We also frequently encounter tagged paragraphs, which begin with a tag or label at the left margin and indent the remaining text.
⇒ one This is the first paragraph. Notice how the ⇒ first line of the resulting paragraph lines ⇒ up with the other lines in the paragraph.
If the tag is too wide for the indentation, the line is broken.
⇒ longlabel ⇒ The label does not align with the subsequent ⇒ lines, but they align with each other.
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.
⇒ o This list item starts with a bullet. When ⇒ producing output for a device using the ASCII ⇒ character set, an 'o' is formatted instead.
Often, use of the same macro without a tag continues such a discussion.
⇒ -xyz This option is recognized but ignored. ⇒ ⇒ It had a security hole that we don't discuss.
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