<refentry id="title.margin.left">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>title.margin.left</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo role="type"></refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>title.margin.left</refname>
<refpurpose>Adjust the left margin for titles</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment id='title.margin.left.frag'>
<xsl:param name="title.margin.left">
  <xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="$fop.extensions != 0">-4pc</xsl:when>
    <xsl:when test="$passivetex.extensions != 0">0pt</xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>0pt</xsl:otherwise>
  </xsl:choose>
</xsl:param>
</src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>

<para>This parameter provides
one means of adjusting the left margin for titles.
The left margin of the body region
is calculated to include this space,
and titles are outdented to the left by this amount,
effectively leaving titles at the left margin
and the body text indented.
Currently this method is only used for FOP because
it cannot properly use the <parameter>body.start.indent</parameter>
parameter.
the relative 
</para>
<para>
The default value for FOP is -4pc, which means the
body text is indented 4 picas relative to
the titles.
The default value for other processors is 0pt, and
the body indent is provided by the <parameter>body.start.indent</parameter>
parameter.
</para>
<para>
If you set the value to zero, be sure to still include
a unit indicator such as <literal>0pt</literal>, or
the FO processor will report errors.
</para>
<para>
This parameter must be set to 0pt if the
<parameter>passivetex.extensions</parameter>
parameter is nonzero because PassiveTeX cannot handle
the math expression with negative values 
used to calculate the indents.
</para>

</refsect1>
</refentry>
