[thelist] tabs or compressing dictionary lists

[Donald Patenaude]

How about this.

<DL>
  <DT>
  <DD>tel 
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;123/456-7890</DD>
</DL>
<DL>
  <DT>
  <DD>fax 
:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;456/123-7890</DD>
</DL>
<DL>
  <DT>
  <DD>contact :&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jane Doe, Director</DD>
</DL>

At 11:14 AM 3/20/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Is there a way to compress a dictionary list (<dl>) so that the term and 
>definition appear on the same line?
>
>the code in question looks like:
><DL>
>  <DT>tel :
>  <DD>123/456-7890</DD>
></DL>
><DL>
>  <DT>fax :
>  <DD>456/123-7890</DD>
></DL>
><DL>
>  <DT>contact :
>  <DD>Jane Doe, Director</DD>
></DL>
>it's screen appearance looks like:
>tel :
>      123/456-7890
>fax :
>      456/123-7890
>contact :
>      Jane Doe, Director
>
>I would like to have them appear like:
>tel :      123/456-7890
>fax :      456/123-7890
>contact :  Jane Doe, Director
>
>Does anyone know how to make this happen?  Is there some way to compress a 
>dictionary list to one line or use tabs or something so that a portion of 
>a line is left-aligned on a point?
>
>tia,
>jis,
>oc
>
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