Re: [docbook] Indenting paragraph start

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi,
Actually, simply removing the space-before attributes in a customization 
layer will not have any effect, because attribute-sets at different import 
levels are merged, so you would still inherit the original attribute values. 
Instead, you need to set them to zero in your customization layer, so the 
whole attribute-set would be:

<xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">0pt</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0pt</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">0pt</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="text-indent">24pt</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

If you aren't clear what a customization layer is, see this reference:

http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/CustomMethods.html#CustomizationLayer

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Hudson" <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>
To: "Tommy Nordgren" <tommy.nordgren@comhem.se>
Cc: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [docbook] Indenting paragraph start


> Have you tried this?
> http://sourceware.org/ml/docbook-apps/2004-q1/msg00211.html
>
> 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
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> --Scott
>
> Tommy Nordgren wrote:
>> How can I customize the style sheets, to indent the first line of a
>> paragraph?
>>
>> ----------------------------------
>> Skinheads are so tired of immigration, that they are going to move to
>> a country that don't accept immigrants!
>> Tommy Nordgren
>> tommy.nordgren@comhem.se
>>
>>
>>
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