Re: [xep-support] FO Newbie: How do I indent all text in a block?

From: Randolph Kahle (randy.kahle@variantia.net)
Date: Mon Jan 26 2004 - 14:18:09 PST

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    Ryan,

    Thanks for the reply. I experimented with different attributes and
    discovered that margin gave the desired results.

    The link you provided points to a great resource, thank you!

    Regards,

    Randy

    On Jan 26, 2004, at 11:43 AM, Ryan Graham wrote:

    > Try start-indent property. You can also play around with the various
    > margin
    > properties to achieve a similar effect.
    >
    > Here is a good XSL-FO reference:
    >
    > http://www.zvon.org/xxl/xslfoReference/Output/
    >
    > HTH,
    > RG
    >
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
    >> [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] On Behalf Of Randolph Kahle
    >> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:29 AM
    >> To: 'xep-support@renderx.com'
    >> Subject: [xep-support] FO Newbie: How do I indent all text in a block?
    >>
    >>
    >> I am writing a style sheet that builds FO for text and code listings.
    >>
    >> I have the vertical (block on top of block) spacing working. I have
    >> added a different background color for the code area.
    >>
    >> However, I cannot figure out how to have the code block indented.
    >>
    >> For example:
    >>
    >> +----------------+
    >> | Text is fine. It lines |
    >> | up correctly. |
    >> +----------------+
    >> +------------+
    >> | code should |
    >> | indent. |
    >> +------------+
    >>
    >> What happens is the code block is the same width as the text block.
    >>
    >> I have tried adding a border, but that just pushed out to the left. I
    >> tried padding-start, that pushed the starting point of the code to the
    >> right, but that kept the block the same size (and therefore the
    >> background color spanning the page).
    >>
    >> What I need is to start the block a specific distance from the left.
    >>
    >> How do I achieve an indented block?
    >>
    >> Regards,
    >>
    >> Randy
    >>
    >>
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