[pmwiki-users] Re: How to indent first line of a paragraph only?

[V.Krishn]

On Saturday 20 August 2005 17:14, V.Krishn wrote:
> Hello,
> In reference to:
> http://www.pmichaud.com/pipermail/pmwiki-users/2005-July/015407.html
>
> > Lastly, if we can come up with a good markup for "paragraph indent"
> > I'm not opposed to adding it to the distribution.
>
> 1. Para's(or any Block's) First-Line indent:
> CSS:
> .line-indent {
> text-indent: 20px;
> margin-left: 20px;
> }
> MARKUP (_|)
> _|Some text with its first line indent. Some text with its first line
> indent. Some text with its first line indent.
>
> For more indenting:
> __|
>
> 2. Para's(or any Block's) First-Line outdent:
> CSS:
> .line-outdent {
> text-indent: -20px;
> margin-left: 20px;
> }
> MARKUP (|_)
>
> |_Some text with its first line outdent. Some text with its first line
>
> outdent. Some text with its first line outdent.
>
> For more outdentation:
> |__
>
> Presently,
> '->' does indenting for the "whole para", whereas
> '-<' does para outdenting for the first-line(same as 2 above but with 40px
> margin-left). If the overall left-margin has to be maintained then 40px for
> outdenting would be better.
>
> I hope the markup is ok and easy to remember or should we use the other way
> around?
> Regards.
> V.Krishn

On Second thought markups
--|
and
|--
could also be used instead.
Thanks.