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From: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Preventing line breaks in (HTML) published description lists
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:46:58 +0200
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Paul Michael Reilly <pajatopmr@gmail.com> writes:
> I added a plain list to my file:
>
> ...
>   - term1 :: this means something
>   - term2 :: this means something else
>   - term3 :: and something different still
> ...
>
> fully expecting the term and the description rendered in HTML to be on the same
> line as is shown in the Latex published Org Mode manual.  But the items were
> rendered as:
>
> ...
>   term1
>       this means something
>   term2
>       this means something else
>   term3
>       and something different still
> ...
>
> I suspect this might be an HTML artifact, nevertheless, how would I convince
> org-mode to arrange for the HTML rendering to attempt to keep the terms and
> descriptions on the same line?  An example or reference would be much
> appreciated.


Don't use a definition list at all:

   - *term1* this means something
   - *term2* this means something else
   - *term3* and something different still



   Sebastian