:lm. (Left Margin)

Sets the left margin of the text.

Syntax

┌───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┐
│Tag            │Element        │Attributes     │End            │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│:lm.           │Left margin    │margin=        │               │
└───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┘

Attributes

margin=

Specifies where the left margin of the text is to begin. To set the margin for the current line, specify a number greater than the position of the cursor. For example, to set the left margin to 15, begin the left margin tag before space 15. Otherwise, the margin becomes effective on the next line.

Note: When counting character spaces, you are actually counting average character widths.

Description

Use the left-margin tag and the right-margin tag (:rm.) to specify the boundaries of the text in the window.

When the text window is sized, the text area adjusts from the right to fit within the specified margin boundaries; that is, the right margin adjusts to the new window size. The left margin remains constant. If the window is sized smaller than the specified margins, the margins remain the same, and the text area is reduced to one character space.

You can place multiple margin tags in your file. The margins specified remain effective until they are reset. If no margin value is specified, the default is 1.

Conditions

None

Example

This example shows the use of both margin tags.

:p.:rm margin=10.
:lm margin=20.This text begins 20 spaces to the
right of the left window border and ends 10 spaces to the
left of the right window border.
All text is aligned as specified
by the margin values. :lm margin=5.Here the left margin
is changed to 5.  Because this margin tag begins
more than 5 spaces on the line, the margin specified
becomes effective on the following line, and the text
begins 5 spaces from the left window border.
The right margin remains unchanged.

Output


This text begins 20 spaces to the right of the left window border and ends 10 spaces to the left of the right window border. All text is aligned as specified by the margin values. Here the left margin is changed to 5. Because this margin tag begins more than 5 spaces on the line, the margin specified becomes effective on the following line, and the text begins 5 spaces from the left window border. The right margin remains unchanged.

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