[XeTeX] Indent a block of text

[Herbert Schulz]

On May 17, 2009, at 10:32 AM, zhu qun-ying wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I encounter a problem when trying to indent a block of text. In the  
> form of
> Normal Text ....
>     Indented Text
>     .....
> Normal Text
> .....
>   Indented Text
>   ...
> Normal Text
>
> I could use itemize to archive the effect but I don't feel it right,  
> then after search in the net, i found this method:
> {\addtolength{\leftskip}{4em} Indented Text}
>
> But it does not work consistently. Please see the attached test  
> file.  Where am I wrong? What is the best method to get this effect?
>
> It seems running LaTeX in stead of XeLaTex has the same problem.
>
> I am runing TeXLive 2008 under Slackware 12.2:
> XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.6 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> kpathsea version 3.5.7
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>
> Thanks
>
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> qun-ying
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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)