Let text body float around marginpar

Question

How do I create a marginpar so that it is indented into the text body and the text body floats around the marginpar?

I know how to create a marginpar:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\marginpar{Here are some more information about this section.}
\lipsum
\end{document}

This creates A, but I want B.

Thank you @PeterWilson for the hint. At first this looked promising. But some of the paragraphs, where I want to apply this, break to the next page. which does not work well with cutwin. — white_gecko, Jul 10 '20 at 22:36
Is it maybe possible to have something like a hanging indent from the end of the lines? — white_gecko, Jul 12 '20 at 18:49
\parshape must be the thing I need: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/127504/more-condensed-version-of-parshape — white_gecko, Jul 12 '20 at 18:58

Donald Arseneau · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-14T01:16:00.720

The wrapfig environment takes an optional argument saying how much to overhang into the margin. Usage is in the example. With reasonably new LaTeX you can use \dimexpr for calculating the sum, or you can use the calc package and omit \dimexpr.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{shortvrb}
\MakeShortVerb"
\begin{document}
\begin{wrapfigure}{r}[\dimexpr \marginparwidth+\marginparsep]{5cm}
  Here is some information about this section. And are some more
  facts about this section.
\end{wrapfigure}
At the beginning of the document or after "\newpage" the top lines
of text will align naturally.
\lipsum[1]\marginpar{Here is how a marginpar is placed entirely in the marginpar region.}
\lipsum[1]
\section*{Section}
\begin{wrapfigure}{r}[\dimexpr \marginparwidth+\marginparsep]{5cm}
 \vspace{-\intextsep}
 In general locations, the wrapfigure is separated by "\intextsep",
 so if you don't want the extra space, get rid of it with a negative
 "\vspace" or by setting "\intextsep" to zero.
\end{wrapfigure}
\lipsum[1]
\end{document}

Let text body float around marginpar

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