[XeTeX] Indent a block of text

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 17, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On May 17, 2009, at 11:23 AM, zhu qun-ying wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks, that is great!
>>
>> quote or quotation has indent on the right also. I would only like  
>> the indent to be at the left only.  It there a parameter could  
>> change that behavior?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> Since TeX doesn't set a paragraph until it's complete you
>>> must leave a blank line or use \par between the last
>>> paragraph in the test to be indented and the closing brace,
>>> `}'.
>>>
>>> By the way would the quotation (with first line
>>> indentation) or quote (without first line indentation but
>>> extra spacing between paragraphs) do the job for you?
>>>
>>> Good Luck,
>>>
>>> Herb Schulz
>>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Does
>
> \newenvironment{BlockIndent}{\list{}%
>    {\setlength{\listparindent}{\parindent}%
>     \setlength{\itemindent}{\listparindent}}%
>     \item[]\relax}
> {\endlist}
>
> do the job? It does put some vertical space before and after the  
> environment. It is based on the definition of the quotation  
> environment found in report.cls.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)


Howdy,

And here's one that removes the extra vertical spacing:

\newenvironment{BlockIndent}{\list{}%
    {\setlength{\listparindent}{\parindent}%
     \setlength{\itemindent}{\listparindent}%
     \setlength{\topsep}{0pt}}%
     \item[]\relax}
{\endlist}

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)