[texhax] A Question about \par

[Robin Fairbairns]

>     When writing my documents in LaTeX I use the command \par to indicate
> the start of a new paragraph. LaTeX nicely indents the start of a new
> paragraph. However, for the first paragraph in a section, LaTeX does not
> indent even though I have a \par command. I do not understand why, and I
> wish it would indent.

why?  because it's a common (majority?) style in english-language
typography.

why didn't _you_ bother to look at the faq, after you'd received the
copy of your mail advertising it? -- got to http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq and
enter "indent" in the search box.

the _first_ result answers your question.