Making first paragraphs not indented in exported HTML

[Daniel]

On 2022-04-11 03:44, Steve Litt via lyx-users wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> In the past, some exporters have implemented the custom of not
> indenting the first of several successive paragraphs by using a
> different class of paragraph for the first of a series of paragraphs.
> This way of doing things makes more work for the person writing the
> export, and more work for the person converting the export to
> acceptable ePub, because those special classes will need to be backed
> out or otherwise specially handled.
> 
> Not indenting the first of a series of paragraphs is easily
> accomplished by the following two lines of CSS:
> 
> p::first-letter{margin-left: 3em;}
> :not(p) + p::first-letter{margin-left:0.0001em;}
> 
> Let CSS decide which is the first of several consecutive paragraphs,
> and let CSS define what to do with that paragraph. Make it easy on
> everybody.
> 
> I took an hour to figure this out. Could somebody please take 3 minutes
> to forward it to the developer's list and also the person who is
> writing the HTML export?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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I'd suggest that you file a bug/enhancement report at 
https://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome (including the LyX version 
you are using and exact steps to reproduce the problem).

Best,
Daniel