Plain TeX: Some paragraphs of an \item{}{} are butting into the left margin

[Wolfgang Helbig]

Hello Suresh,

according to the TeXbook, Exercise 14.19, begin each paragraph with 
\item{}. And then of course there is no need anymore to group the 
paragraphs.

Greetings,
Wolfgang
>
> On Sat, 28 Nov 2020 at 05:09, Suresh Govindachar via texhax 
> <texhax at tug.org <mailto:texhax at tug.org>> wrote:
>
>     % Hello,
>     %
>     % Below are two plain TeX
>     %   \item{{\bf Response:}}{multiple paragraphs here}
>     %
>     % Why do the second and third para of the first item and
>     % the second para of the second item butt into the left margin?
>     % And how to prevent this?
>     %
>     % Thanks.
>
>
>     \hsize = 6.5in
>     \vsize = 9in
>
>     \baselineskip=1.5\baselineskip
>
>     \vskip 20pt
>     \parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent
>     \item{{\bf Topic:}} {This is the name of a topic.}
>
>     \parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent
>     \item{{\bf Response:}}
>     {Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque
>     blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci
>     placerat rhoncus
>
>     Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a
>     ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat
>     feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id.  Suspendisse sed velit
>     ut eros luctus feugiat.  Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,
>     varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare
>     fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat
>     sed.
>
>     Why is this paragraph in the left region? Donec nec ullamcorper
>     ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus ex mi, congue
>     vestibulum velit congue in.  Praesent pretium ante felis, sit amet
>     rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id interdum. Aliquam
>     purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat nibh. Praesent
>     dignissim pellentesque
>
>     fringilla. Sed tristique sollicitudin nisl auctor auctor. Morbi
>     auctor euismod pellentesque. Morbi nec ex felis. Mauris sagittis
>     erat eu ultricies pellentesque. Nam sagittis egestas posuere. Proin
>     consequat ullamcorper convallis. Ut convallis elementum massa ac
>     facilisis. Vestibulum faucibus mi id libero lacinia pulvinar.}
>
>     \vskip 20pt
>     \parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent
>     \item{{\bf Topic:}}
>     {This is another topic.}
>
>     \parskip=10pt \parindent=30pt \noindent
>     \item{{\bf Response:}}
>     {Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque
>     blandit dapibus nunc, ac cursus orci gravida id. Morbi accumsan orci
>     placerat rhoncus
>
>     Why is this paragraph in the left region? Nullam posuere ligula a
>     ligula maximus, sit amet suscipit magna bibendum. Integer consequat
>     feugiat ex, et laoreet nisi scelerisque id.  Suspendisse sed velit
>     ut eros luctus feugiat.  Fusce turpis risus, porta vitae faucibus a,
>     varius non mauris. Aliquam euismod quam vitae magna ornare
>     fermentum. Nullam cursus elit tortor, vitae congue velit feugiat
>     sed.
>
>     Donec nec ullamcorper ligula. Nunc eu enim lacus. Vestibulum luctus
>     ex mi, congue vestibulum velit congue in. Praesent pretium ante
>     felis, sit amet rhoncus felis pretium non. Donec tempus in ex id
>     interdum. Aliquam purus diam, aliquet sed elit ac, finibus feugiat
>     nibh. Praesent dignissim pellentesque}
>
>     \vfill\eject\par\vfill
>     \supereject
>     \end
>
>
>


-- 
Wolfgang Helbig

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