[softwarelist] Re: Ov to Html
- From: M Harding <riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:51:11 +0100
In article <a40487ad54.Alan.Adams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Alan Adams <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <54ad832dc1dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Dave Symes <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Sorry Mr P, slightly off topic, but a bit relevant from an OvPro
> > viewpoint.
> > So, as far as my use of OvPro to Html etc is concerned, I'm kinda
> > fixed up...
> > However, my dear Fay who is the real Wordsmith in the house, has
> > a problem.
> > I use the blank line method to start a paragraph in all my
> > writing.
> > Being from a different 'skool' of thought, she has a thing about
> > paragraphs starting with an indent.
> > The problem is, even though her OvPro document has para indents,
> > set with a Style, once they been through MeDDLe that's all gone
> > as there doesn't seem to be a mapping in the MeDDLe Mappings that
> > match.
> You can't do that using HTML, which is what meDDLe generates.
> You will have to use CSS to achieve that. This link shows how.
> http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/indent.en.html
> I don't think meDDLe has a way to insert CSS automatically.
> > Anyone have any thoughts or suggestion please.
I don't know how vast is the tome and so how laborious it would be,
but a work-around would be to compose a series of 'hard spaces'
(Alt/space) equal to the indent required, then if you're a really
devoted husband you could copy/paste the block of spaces at the
beginning of every paragraph.
> > FWIW. She'll never give up the para indent.
If on the other hand it might drive you to divorce, forget this idea.
Michael Harding
Rev. Preb. M.D. Harding riscos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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