1 <refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
2 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
3 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
4 xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
5 xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
6 version="5.0" xml:id="body.start.indent">
8 <refentrytitle>body.start.indent</refentrytitle>
9 <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">length</refmiscinfo>
12 <refname>body.start.indent</refname>
13 <refpurpose>The start-indent for the body text</refpurpose>
17 <src:fragment xml:id="body.start.indent.frag">
18 <xsl:param name="body.start.indent">
20 <xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
21 <xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
22 <xsl:otherwise>4pc</xsl:otherwise>
28 <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
30 <para>This parameter provides
31 the means of indenting the body text relative to
33 For left-to-right text direction, it indents the left side.
34 For right-to-left text direction, it indents the right side.
35 It is used in place of the
36 <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> for
37 all XSL-FO processors except FOP 0.25.
38 It enables support for side floats to appear
39 in the indented margin area.
41 <para>This start-indent property is added to the fo:flow
42 for certain page sequences. Which page-sequences it is
43 applied to is determined by the template named
44 <literal>set.flow.properties</literal>.
45 By default, that template adds it to the flow
46 for page-sequences using the <quote>body</quote>
47 master-reference, as well as appendixes and prefaces.
49 <para>If this parameter is used, section titles should have
50 a start-indent value of 0pt if they are to be
51 outdented relative to the body text.
54 <para>If you are using FOP, then set this parameter to a zero
55 width value and set the <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>
56 parameter to the negative value of the desired indent.
59 <para>See also <parameter>body.end.indent</parameter> and
60 <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>.