Conference vaxuum::document_ft

192.0. "Note containing list forgets left margin" by SARAH::P_DAVIS (Peter Davis, X-NYer) Thu Apr 02 1987 15:03

    I have a note containing a list, and the formatter seems to forget
    where the note's left margin was following the list.  The right
    margin works ok, but text following the list is flush with the regular
    body text left margin, instead of the note left margin.  The typeface
    is still the note bold typeface.  This was observed with the GENERAL
    doctype.  I haven't tried other doctypes.
    
    For example,
    
    <NOTE>
    <P>Some text in the note.
    <LIST>(UNNUMBERED)
    <LE>Item 1
    <P>Item 1 text.
    <LE>Item 2
    <P>Item 2 text.
    <ENDLIST>
    This line appears in the bold typeface of the note, but is flush
    with the regular (non-note) text.
    <ENDNOTE>
    
    I realize I neglected to put a <P> or <CP> tag before the final
    line, but I don't think that should violate the left margin.  I
    will try tagging that line to see if the problem persists.

    The paragraph tag is indeed essential. Document doesn't presume
    what's going to follow the termination of the list. So, results
    are unpredictable if the <p> or <cp> is missing.
    
    It might be helpful to remember that we're tagging these elements
    to identify what they are. Without such a tag, Document won't know
    what to do with what it's got.

    Adding the <P> tag did indeed solve the problem, but I don't understand
    why document would forget the left (but not the right margin). 
    It seems to me that until <ENDNOTE> is encountered, nothing should
    go outside the note margins.

     
    It's not a matter of setting/remembering margins. It's a matter
    of specifying what the text element is. Without the <p> tag, the
    sentence is just a random series of letters, and there's no context
    to put it in.
    
    patti anklam