E.5 @exampleindent: Environment Indenting ¶

The Texinfo processors indent each line of @example and similar environments. You can use the @exampleindent command to specify this indentation. Write an @exampleindent command at the beginning of a line followed by either ‘asis’ or a number:

@exampleindent indent

The indentation is according to the value of indent:

asis

Do not change the existing indentation (not implemented in printed output).

0

Omit all indentation.

n

Indent environments by n space characters in Info output, by n ems in printed output.

The default value of indent is 5 spaces in Info, and 0.4in in printed output, which is somewhat less. (The reduction is to help fit more characters onto physical lines in printed manuals.)

It is best to write the @exampleindent command before the end-of-header line at the beginning of a Texinfo file, so the region formatting commands indent paragraphs as specified. See Start of Header.