par: par (a paragraph reformatter, vaguely similar to fmt, but better) par: par: Par began in July 1993 as a small program designed to do one narrow par: task: reformat a single paragraph that might have a border on either par: side. It expanded to handle multiple paragraphs, offer more options, par: and take better guesses, at the cost of becoming extremely complex. par: Its only redeeming features are that it is extremely useful, portable, par: and very stable. par: par: par: