> Would it suffice to use `\begin{hangparas}%`?

No, Latex would still see a paragraph break.

> `\hyperdef{}{ref-...}{}`

Is it safe to assume that the Latex writer always puts this on a line of its own? Should I submit a pull request?

> [Nick Y.'s new filter]

Tried that carefully, but no `\begin{hangparas}`/`\end{hangparas}` pair seems to appear in the output. Am I doing something wrong? Does it work for anyone else here?


Actually, a workaround can be used in Latex to remove the first paragraph break following `\begin{hangparas}`, using \@gobble  (though I'd much prefer an improved filter which would make this superfluous):


I'll also note that the biblatex package itself seems to use latex *lists* to format the bibliography; this might be worth exploring, too, not only for hanging but also for numbered and "block" bibliography formats.

On Saturday, 28 March 2015 03:17:34 UTC, John MacFarlane wrote:

+++ nickba...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org [Mar 27 15 15:22 ]:
>So, (1) can the filter be modified to remove the empty line after
>`\begin{hangparas}`?

The writer puts blank lines between block elements.  But would it
suffice to use `\begin{hangparas}%`?

>And (2), can the latex writer be patched to insert a `%` after each
>`\hyperdef{}{ref-...}{}%` line?

This comes from line 316 of the LaTeX writer, now that each reference
is enclosed in a Div (this is a new feature and may not even be in
the released version of pandoc-citeproc, btw).
So, yes, this could be changed.