Re: docbook style sheets or jadetex problem?

Subject: Re: docbook style sheets or jadetex problem?
From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 13 Sep 1999 20:40:42 -0400
Joerg Wittenberger <Joerg.Wittenberger@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I ran into another oddity: I tried to reduce the huge space at the
> begin of a list in Norms style sheets.  But I could net get into
> control over that space.  In dblist.dsl I found:
> 
> (define ($list$)
>   (make display-group
>     start-indent: (if (INBLOCK?)
> 		        (inherited-start-indent)
> 				      (+ %block-start-indent%
>   (inherited-start-indent)))
>     space-before: (if (INLIST?) %para-sep% %block-sep%)
>     space-after:  (if (INLIST?) %para-sep% %block-sep%)))
> 
> I modified space-before: to 0pt and even to negative values.  While
> positive values are properly added to the gap, there is always a
> minimum gap of %block-sep% and I can't see why.

Joerg, did you ever solve this?  If not, I think I had found a
workaround -- I could try to dig that up.

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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>


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