[OS X TeX] No indentation of first paragraph in new environment

[Nathan Paxton]

	So I tried \@afterheading in two locations, as below, but the  
behavior of the text didn't change in any noticeable way. Any other  
suggestions?

-Nathan
On 14 May 2008, at 10:38 PM, Nathan Paxton wrote:

> % ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
> %
> % The acknowledgements environment puts a large, bold, centered
> % "Acknowledgements" label at the top of the page.
>
> \newenvironment{acknowledgments}
> {
>  \newpage
>  \thispagestyle{plain}
> 	\@mkboth{\acknowledgename}{\acknowledgename}
>  \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Acknowledgments}
> %  \vspace*{-.8in} % NAP comment out May 2008
HERE
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>  {\centerline{\bf {\LARGE Acknowledgments}}}
>  \vspace*{.2in}
OR HERE
>
> }
> {}
> On 14 May 2008, at 6:53 PM, Morten Høgholm wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008 00:25:31 +0200, Nathan Paxton wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 	I would like to have the environment act like chapters, sections,  
>>> et
>>> cetera, and not indent the first paragraph of content in the
>>> environment. I assume this is simple, but I've never delved much  
>>> into
>>> writing latex macros, so I'd appreciate some help.
>>
>> The macro you are looking for is called \@afterheading. Just put it  
>> as the last thing before the text to be input.
>> -- 
>> Morten
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> Nathan A. Paxton
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> Dept. of Government, Harvard University
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> John Winthrop House, Harvard University
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> napaxton AT fas DOT harvard DOT edu
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Nathan A. Paxton
Ph.D. Candidate
Dept. of Government, Harvard University

Resident Tutor
John Winthrop House, Harvard University

napaxton AT fas DOT harvard DOT edu
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~napaxton
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When you have to stay eight years away from California, you live in a  
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         -Coco Chanel
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