Re: Char alignment in literals

Subject: Re: Char alignment in literals
From: Brandon Ibach <bibach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 11:01:54 -0500 (CDT)
Pawson, David said:
> 
> 
> I have a series of paragraphs, each with a literal
> and document data.
> Tel:             xxx
> Fax:            xxx
> etc.
> 
> (element (contacts tel) 
> 	(make paragraph
> 	use: para-style
> 	keep-with-next?:  #t 
> 	(sosofo-append
> 	 (literal "Tel:       ")
> 	(process-children))))
> 
> In order to align them vertically, I want to 
> insert a <tab> within the literal, or cause the 
> content to commence at some fixed point.
> Because of the literal, I cannot use
> first-line-start-indent for the para.
> 
> 
> How should I cause the alignment please?
> DaveP
> 
   Try using the line-field flow object, which allows you to specify a
fixed width, regardless of the length of the content text.  You can
include this inline in the paragraph.

-Brandon :)


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