[Orgmode] Re: Preventing line breaks in (HTML) published description lists

[Bernt Hansen]

Paul Michael Reilly <address@hidden> 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.
>
> Thanks,

Adding this seems to work:

#+STYLE: <style type="text/css">dt {clear: left; float: left; width: 4em; } 
</style>

-Bernt