Re: Indenting a paragraph

[Guy Worthington <guyw@multiline.com.au>]

Jirka Kosek writes:
> Guy Worthington wrote:
> 
> > I like the european way of typesetting paragraphs, where
> > the first paragraph after a heading isn't indented, but all
> > following paragraphs are.  Here's an idea in ASCII art:
> > HEADING ONE
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Only thing you need is such modification of stylesheets that doesn't
> indent first para. It should be sufficient to add something like this
> into your customization layer:
> 
> <xsl:template match="para[1]">
>    <fo:block text-indent="0em">
>      <xsl:apply-imports/>
>    </fo:block>
> </xsl:template>
> 
> <xsl:template match="para">
>    <fo:block text-indent="1em">
>      <xsl:apply-imports/>
>    </fo:block>
> </xsl:template>

Perfect! You've made xsl code look almost readable.  Paragraph
layout in the customization layer is now controlled by the
this code:

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<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
<!-- Paragraph layout -->
<!-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -->
<xsl:template match="para[1]">
  <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing">
    <xsl:call-template name="anchor"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </fo:block>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template match="para">
  <fo:block xsl:use-attribute-sets="normal.para.spacing">
    <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">0.15in</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">1pt</xsl:attribute>
    <xsl:call-template name="anchor"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates/>
  </fo:block>
</xsl:template>

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The original problem (of having the bullet point for the listitem
typeset on the line above the text for the list item) still exists.
That is an itemizedlist look like:

o  
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxx

o  
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

o  
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

For now I've overcome the problem by containing the listitem text
in a simpar element.  That is:

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <simpara>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</simpara>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

which, although a poor workaround, gives the correct list layout

o xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxx

o xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

o xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx