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From: eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Re: error in LaTeX's \paragraph command
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.212958.2236@csrd.uiuc.edu>
Date: 15 Jan 91 21:29:58 GMT
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allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes:

>As quoted from <1991Jan14.180927.14720@csrd.uiuc.edu> by eijkhout@s41.csrd.uiuc.edu (Victor Eijkhout):
>+---------------
>| The \hskip command that accidentally absorbs the 'plus'
>| in only inserted by the \everypar, and that happens at the moment
>| the 'P' is encountered.
>| Remedy: put \leavevmode in front of 'Plus...'.
>+---------------

>Wouldn't it be better to put \relax at the end of the token list for \everypar
>when it's set?  I.e. fix the LaTeX macros, rather than have to use a
>workaround every time.

I agree entirely. I've mailed this problem to one of the people who's
working on the new LaTeX, so the bug will be fixed. Eventually that is.
For the moment of course, anyone can fix it in his/her own style file.
Trouble is if you're not the TeX person on your system.

Victor.