Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Indenting paragraphs for PDF output,XSL customisation

[fyl2xp1 <vnhu38f93 at subdimension dot com>]

That does the job exactly as desired, thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stayton" <bobs@caldera.com>
To: "fyl2xp1" <vnhu38f93@subdimension.com>; "docbook-apps"
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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Indenting paragraphs for PDF output, XSL
customisation


> On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 04:59:44PM +0100, fyl2xp1 wrote:
> > I would like to indent paragraphs for PDF output like this:
> >
> >     para 1 blah blah blah
> > blah blah blah blah blah
> > blah blah blah blah blah
> >     para 2 blah blah blah
> > blah blah blah blah blah
> > blah blah blah blah blah
> >
> > So that vertical space is preserved, I know how to  do the
> > actual vertical spacing:
> >
> > <xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
> >    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0.1cm</xsl:attribute>
> >    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.1cm</xsl:attribute>
> >    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0.1cm</xsl:attribute>
> > </xsl:attribute-set>
> >
> > but how do I do the indentation?
>
> Try adding something like:
>     <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">3em</xsl:attribute>
>
> I've not tried it, but the XSL spec says this is for
> indenting the first line of a block.
>
> Editorial comment:
> Seems to me the property name could have been more clear,
> such as "first-line-start-indent". After all, there
> is a "last-line-end-indent", whose purpose I cannot imagine.
>
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