[XeTeX] Indent a block of text

[Herbert Schulz]

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)