Overriding a property of a base page template in a template configuration has no effect

[brechtm]

Take for example this template configuration:

[TEMPLATE_CONFIGURATION]
name = My Article
template = article

[page]
left_margin = 0cm
header_text = 'HEADER'

The changes made to page, which serves as the base for contents_page for example, have no effect.

• [ ] write test reproducing this
• [ ] fix the bug

[fjean]

Any news on this? I'm trying to customize the document margins (like in the example above), and it doesn't work.

[brechtm]

Sorry, no progress yet. For now, you can adjust the margins in each of the page sections (e.g. contents_page) individually.

[fjean]

Thanks @brechtm, indeed it works by setting the margins for each section.

[TEMPLATE_CONFIGURATION]
name = My Article
template = article

[VARIABLES]
left_margin = 2.0cm

[title_page]
left_margin = $(left_margin)

[front_matter_page]
left_margin = $(left_margin)

[contents_page]
left_margin = $(left_margin)