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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
@Begin
@PP
The @@Break symbol influences the appearance of paragraphs (Section
-{@NumberOf concatenation}), offering a fixed set of nine styles:
+{@NumberOf concatenation}), offering a fixed set of styles:
@IL
@LI {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ each paragraph;
outdent.break @Index { @Code outdent @@Break }
|2m Like {@Code adjust}, except that @Code "2.0f @Wide {} &0i" is
inserted at the beginning of every line except the first, creating
-an outdented paragraph;
+an outdented paragraph (the outdent width may be changed -- see below);
}
@LI {
@@ -144,7 +144,20 @@ last lines of the paragraphs of {@I object}.
These options work by adding the @Code "u" (unbreakable) suffix to the
appropriate gaps during paragraph breaking, so their precise effect is
as described for this suffix. These options may be countermanded by
-@Code "breakablefirst @Break" and @Code "breakablelast @Break".
+@Code "breakablefirst @Break" and @Code "breakablelast @Break". The
+width of the outdenting used in the @Code "outdent" style may be changed
+like this:
+@IL
+
+@LI {
+2i @Wide { |1rt @Code "{ setoutdent" @I width @Code "} @Break" @I object }
+|2m Within {@I object}, whenever outdenting is required, use @I width
+for the amount of outdenting. Note that this does not itself cause a
+switch to outdenting style. The width may be preceded by @Code "+" or
+@Code -- to indicate a change to the existing outdent value.
+}
+
+@EL
@PP
Several options may be given to the @@Break symbol simultaneously, in
any order. For example,