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<span id="g_t_0040noindent_003a-Omitting-Indentation"></span><h3 class="section">8.12 <code>@noindent</code>: Omitting Indentation</h3>
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<p>An example or other inclusion can break a paragraph into segments.
Ordinarily, the formatters indent text that follows an example as a new
paragraph. You can prevent this on a case-by-case basis by writing
<code>@noindent</code> at the beginning of a line, preceding the continuation
text. You can also disable indentation for all paragraphs globally with
<code>@paragraphindent</code> (see <a href="_0040paragraphindent.html"><code>@paragraphindent</code></a>).
</p>
<p>Here is an example showing how to eliminate the normal indentation of
the text after an <code>@example</code>, a common situation:
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<pre class="example">@example
This is an example
@end example
@noindent
This line is not indented. As you can see, the
beginning of the line is fully flush left with the
line that follows after it.
</pre></div>
<p>produces:
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<div class="example">
<pre class="example">This is an example
</pre></div>
<pre class="display">
This line is not indented. As you can see, the
beginning of the line is fully flush left with the
line that follows after it.
</pre></div>
<p>The standard usage of <code>@noindent</code> is just as above: at the
beginning of what would otherwise be a paragraph, to eliminate the
indentation that normally happens there. It can either be followed by
text or be on a line by itself. There is no reason to use it
in other contexts, such as in the middle of a paragraph or inside an
environment (see <a href="Quotations-and-Examples.html">Quotations and Examples</a>).
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<p>You can control the number of blank lines in the Info file output by
adjusting the input as desired: a line containing just
<code>@noindent</code> does not generate a blank line, and neither does an
<code>@end</code> line for an environment.
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<p>Do not put braces after a <code>@noindent</code> command; they are not
used, since <code>@noindent</code> is a command used outside of paragraphs
(see <a href="Command-Syntax.html">Command Syntax</a>).
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