Re: [docbook-apps] Indenting first line of a para

[David Tolpin <dvd at davidashen dot net>]

Joachim Ziegler:
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> How do I indent the first line of a paragraph in pdf output?
> (LaTex calls this \parindent.)
> 
> In German text books, paragraphs are often seperated by no skip space 
> between them, but by indenting the first line of a paragraph.

By re-defining normal.para.spacing attribute set in the customization layer.

It is, by default,

<xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">1em</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.8em</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">1.2em</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

You want to remove space-before and add

  <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">24pt</xsl:attribute>

text-indent is the XSL FO way to first-line-indent.


David Tolpin




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