RE: Alignment in a para

[Avi Kivity <Avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday, August 04, 1999 13:50, DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx
[SMTP:DPawson@xxxxxxxxxxx] wrote:
> I have an instance of
> 
> <item>
> <term>ASBU</term>
> <desc>Automated Services Business Unit</desc>
> </item>
> <item>
> <term>ASBU MIS</term>
> <desc>Management Information System providing production data from ASBU
> operations</desc>
> </item>
> 
> I want the <desc> element content to self align starting from wherever 
> the <term> ends, e.g.
> 
> 
> term   description description blah
>          blah blah
> term   description etc etc.
> 
> I'm doing a (make paragraph at the 
> item level, since I want the term to be in italics.
> 
> Is it necessary to use table for this?
> I have tried first-line-indent and start-indent combinations,
> but they remain fixed. I need it to flex with the content.
> 
Put the term in a line-field:

(element item
    (make paragraph
        start-indent: 1in
        first-line-start-indent: -1in
    )
)

(element term
    (make line-field
        field-width: 1in
        font-posture: 'italic
    )
)

If you really want to depend on the width of the term, you must use tables.

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