On 23/04/14 22:42, (Ted Harding) wrote: > I think some confusion is possibly arising here. See in-line below. > > On 23-Apr-2014 20:45:10 Keith Marshall wrote: >> Doesn't a paragraph logically conclude at any request which introduces a >> break? Or invocation of any macro which itself invokes such a request? >> (In addition to an empty input line, or one with leading white space, >> which implies a break?) All of these exhibit one common feature: the >> introduction of the break. > > I think I have to disagree here.
Then, I think we must respectfully agree to disagree. However... > For example, in the middle of a paragraph I may wish to put some text > centred on lines by itself, and this may be in the middle of a > sentence -- perhaps a parenthetical quotation. Or, in technical > writing, a displayed equation in the middle of a sentence. > > Such things certainly induce a line-break (indeed two) but they can > hardly constitute a separate paragraph (unless one's concept of > "paragraph" allows the same sentence to continue through two or more > "paragraphs"). So I don't agree with Keith that "the introduction of > the break" denotea a new paragraph. A line-break is necessary, but > not sufficient, for the end of a paragraph. ... I strongly suspect that you are confusing the distinct concepts of the "logical paragraph" from the grammatical perspective of the human reader, and from the technical perspective of the layout engine; the latter neither comprehends the grammatical concept, nor does it require any such comprehension. -- Regards, Keith.
