<refentry id="man.indent.refsect">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>man.indent.refsect</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo role="type">boolean</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>man.indent.refsect</refname>
<refpurpose>Adjust indentation of refsect* and refsection?</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment id='man.indent.refsect.frag'>
<xsl:param name="man.indent.refsect" select="0"/></src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1><title>Description</title>

<para>If the value of <parameter>man.indent.refsect</parameter> is
non-zero, the width of the left margin for
<sgmltag>refsect1</sgmltag>, <sgmltag>refsect2</sgmltag> and
<sgmltag>refsect3</sgmltag> contents and titles (and first-level,
second-level, and third-level nested
<sgmltag>refsection</sgmltag>instances) is adjusted by the value of
the <parameter>man.indent.width</parameter> parameter. With
<parameter>man.indent.width</parameter> set to its default value of
<literal>3n</literal>, the main results are that:

<itemizedlist>
  <listitem>
    <para>contents of <sgmltag>refsect1</sgmltag> are output with a
    left margin of three characters instead the roff default of seven
    or eight characters</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para>contents of <sgmltag>refsect2</sgmltag> are displayed in
    console output with a left margin of six characters instead the of
    the roff default of seven characters</para>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <para> the contents of <sgmltag>refsect3</sgmltag> and nested
    <sgmltag>refsection</sgmltag> instances are adjusted
    accordingly.</para>
  </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

If instead the value of <parameter>man.indent.refsect</parameter> is
zero, no margin adjustment is done for <literal>refsect*</literal>
output.</para>

<tip>
  <para>If your content is primarly comprised of
  <sgmltag>refsect1</sgmltag> and <sgmltag>refsect2</sgmltag> content
  (or the <sgmltag>refsection</sgmltag> equivalent)&#160;– with few or
  no <sgmltag>refsect3</sgmltag> or lower nested sections , you may be
  able to “conserve” space in your output by setting
  <parameter>man.indent.refsect</parameter> to a non-zero value. Doing
  so will “squeeze” the left margin in such as way as to provide an
  additional four characters of “room” per line in
  <sgmltag>refsect1</sgmltag> output. That extra room may be useful
  if, for example, you have many verbatim sections with long lines in
  them.</para>
</tip>

</refsect1>
</refentry>
