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setindentskip

Purpose
Set the size of an indentation step.
Synopsis
procedure setindentskip(doc:xmldoc, skip:integer)
Arguments
doc 
Document to use
skip 
Number of spaces to add for each indentation (at least 1; default is 2)
Example
This code reads in a document and displays its contents on screen applying automatic formatting with single space indentation and increased line length. 
  declarations
    DB: xmldoc
  end-declarations

! Reading data from an XML file
  load(DB, "refexample.xml")

! Set indentation mode for XML output (default after load: MANUAL)
  setindentmode(DB, XML_AUTO)

! Set smaller indentation skip than default
  setindentskip(DB, 1)

! Increase default line length
  setlinelen(DB, 80)

! Display document contents on screen
  save(DB, "")
Further information
When the document is formatted automatically (see setindentmode) the number of spaces specified by this procedure is added to the current margin each time a new indent step is created.
Related topics
save, setindentmode, setlinelen
Module
mmxml

Parent Topic Procedures and functions

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