Re: [docbook] Defintion list

[Aidan Lister <aidanis@gmail.com>]

Perfect,

Thanks.


On 7/5/05, Michael Smith <smith@xml-doc.org> wrote:
> Hi Aidan,
> 
> If I understand correctly, I think what you want is the
> Variablelist element, like this:
> 
>   <variablelist>
>     <listentry>
>       <term><ulink>a</ulink></term>
>       <term><ulink>b</ulink></term>
>       <listitem><para>Some description for a and b</para></lisitem>
>     </listentry>
>     <listentry>
>       <term><ulink>c</ulink></term>
>       <listitem><para>Some description for c</listitem>
>       ...
> 
> that by default that will display as:
> 
>   a, b
>     Some description for a and b
> 
>   c
>     Some description for c
> 
> I think. Anyway, there is a parameter you can set to toggle it
> between being rendered as a list or as in table form.
> 
> There is no parameter for having the word "and" rendered between
> "a" and "b". It just generates a comma-separated list of the
> terms. Which seems like what you'd want, in most cases.
> 
>   --Mike
> 
> Aidan Lister <aidanis@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any element to adequately represent a dd/dl/dt list?
> >
> > I have something like this:
> >
> > <ulink>a</ulink> and <ulink>b</ulink> - Some description
> > <ulink>c</ulink> - Some description
> > <ulink>d</ulink> - Some description
> >
> > Rather than chuck each line in a paragraph I'm hoping there's docbook
> > markup I can use. Ideally I'd use a <orderedlist> but I can't include
> > xml in the listitem's label="<...>" attribute.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Aidan
> 
> --
> Michael Smith
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> 
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