<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
          version="5.0" xml:id="body.start.indent">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>body.start.indent</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">length</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>body.start.indent</refname>
<refpurpose>The start-indent for the body text</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment xml:id="body.start.indent.frag">
<xsl:param name="body.start.indent">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>4pc</xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:param>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>

<para>This parameter provides
the means of indenting the body text relative to
section titles.
For left-to-right text direction, it indents the left side.
For right-to-left text direction, it indents the right side.
It is used in place of the 
<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter> for
all XSL-FO processors except FOP 0.25.
It enables support for side floats to appear
in the indented margin area.
</para>
<para>This start-indent property is added to the fo:flow
for certain page sequences.  Which page-sequences it is 
applied to is determined by the template named
<literal>set.flow.properties</literal>.
By default, that template adds it to the flow
for page-sequences using the <quote>body</quote>
master-reference, as well as appendixes and prefaces.
</para>
<para>If this parameter is used, section titles should have
a start-indent value of 0pt if they are to be
outdented relative to the body text.
</para>

<para>If you are using FOP, then set this parameter to a zero
width value and set the <parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>
parameter to the negative value of the desired indent.
</para>

<para>See also <parameter>body.end.indent</parameter> and
<parameter>title.margin.left</parameter>.
</para>

</refsection>
</refentry>
