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authorzuntum <zuntum>2001-10-31 22:52:58 +0000
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+ Par is a filter which copies its input to its output, changing all
+ white characters (except newlines) to spaces, and reformatting
+ each paragraph. Paragraphs are separated by protected, blank, and
+ bodiless lines (see the Terminology section for definitions), and
+ optionally delimited by indentation (see the d option in the Options
+ section).
+
+ Each output paragraph is generated from the corresponding input
+ paragraph as follows:
+
+ 1) An optional prefix and/or suffix is removed from each input
+ line.
+ 2) The remainder is divided into words (separated by spaces).
+ 3) The words are joined into lines to make an eye-pleasing
+ paragraph.
+ 4) The prefixes and suffixes are reattached.
+
+ If there are suffixes, spaces are inserted before them so that they
+ all end in the same column.