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8. PARAGRAPHS AND LISTSTypeset example 8.2: Paragraph’s line not too shortThe last line of this paragraph will be no shorter than a particular length. a b c d ef g h iThe last line of this paragraph will be no shorter than a particular length. a b c d e f gh i j kIn some cases the paragraph shaping commands change the definitions of \\ or \par.Just in case you need to restore them, copies of the original definitions are in \memorigdbs(for \\) and \memorigpar (for \par).\flushleftrightIf you use one of the shapes listed later in this section and things go wrong, the declaration\flushleftright returns all paragraphing parameters 1 to their normal values,thus producing paragraphs as normal — justified left and right with the last line flushleftand raggedright.8.4.1 Last line not shortOn occasion a paragraph may end with a single short word as the last line.\linenottooshort[〈length〉]Following the \linenottooshort declaration paragraphs will be set as normal, exceptthat the last line will not be shorter than 〈length〉 (default 2em).Source for example 8.2\linenottooshort[4em]The last line of this paragraph will be no shorter than a particularlength. a b c d e f g h i % j k l m nThe last line of this paragraph will be no shorter than a particularlength. a b c d e f g h i j k % l m n8.4.2 Russian typographyApparently in the Russian typographic tradition the last line of a multiline paragraph musteither be at least as long as the \parindent and have at least \parindent at the end, orit must fill the whole line (i.e., flushleft and flushright).\russianpar1 Except for the \parindent, which it leaves at its current value.128