<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
          xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
          xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
          xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment"
          xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
          version="5.0" xml:id="normal.para.spacing">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>normal.para.spacing</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">attribute set</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>normal.para.spacing</refname>
<refpurpose>What space do you want between normal paragraphs</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
<src:fragment xml:id="normal.para.spacing.frag"><xsl:attribute-set name="normal.para.spacing">
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.optimum">1em</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.minimum">0.8em</xsl:attribute>
  <xsl:attribute name="space-before.maximum">1.2em</xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set></src:fragment>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsection><info><title>Description</title></info>
<para>Specify the spacing required between normal paragraphs as well as
the following block-level elements:
</para>
<literallayout>ackno
acknowledgements
cmdsynopsis
glosslist
sidebar
simpara
simplelist
</literallayout>
<para>To customize the spacing, you need to reset all three attributes.</para>

<para>To specify properties on just <tag>para</tag> elements without
affecting these other elements,
use the
<link linkend="para.properties">para.properties</link>
attribute-set. </para>
</refsection>
</refentry>