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

[Maarten Sneep]

On 15 mei 2008, at 15:20, Nathan Paxton wrote:

> 	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
>>
>>  {\centerline{\bf {\LARGE Acknowledgments}}}
>>  \vspace*{.2in}
> OR HERE
>>
>> }
>> {}

At "OR HERE", insert \@afterindentfalse\@afterheading

Maarten