[Tex/LaTex] paragraph design and single lines

paragraphsparskipspacing

By default LaTeX will

  • not indent the first paragraph after a section heading
  • indent every following paragraph
  • not insert a space between paragraphs
\section{heading}
first paragraph which is not indented
second paragraph which is indented but no space in between the paragraphs

So far I like this behavior for longer paragraphs but sometimes there are only very short paragraphs (only one line) or kind of preceding lines before a listing. They become indented as well which sometimes looks very odd.

Heading

Very short first line

–Indented Line of a longer Paragraph. This is an example for a longer paragraph which becomes indented and fills more then only one line

–This is an example line being indented, looking odd:

  1. here comes an example listing

  2. announced by the odd-looking short indented line

Is there a way to have short single lines not automatically not indented but separated by blank lines?

UPDATE

That's the behaviour I would like. Indentation only for paragraphs which follow paragraphs. But by default even a paragraph after a table or listing is beeing indented.

from German Wikipedia

In modern books usually only paragraphs following paragraphs are
indented. The first paragraph after a heading, after a blank line or
other insertions–longer quotes, drawings, tables, listings
etc.–starts flush left.

Further more I think single line paragraphs shouldn't be indented. The probably should be avoided or start flush left.

Best Answer

I think that's rather simple, use the parskip package, it will take care of that automatically as well as of a host of other (more intricate) spacing problems to have a visually appealing document. :)

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