Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide

Example

The following markup:

<lablist tight>
 <labheads>  \ Unit \ Meaning
 	\in\ inches
 	\mm\ millimeters
 	\cm\ centimeters
 <\lablist> 

produces this output:

Unit

Meaning

in

inches

mm

millimeters

cm

centimeters

The following markup allows long labels to break into multiple lines.

<lablist>
 \Creating Your System Password:\
 To log into your computer, you must enter a password.

 \Viewing the Message of the Day:\
 To view the message of the day when you log into your computer, edit 
your startup configuration file.

 \Setting the System Time and Date:\
 To set the date enter the day, month, and year in the format dd-mm-
yy. To set the time, use the format hh-mm-ss.
 <\lablist>

It produces the following output:

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Adding the nowrap parameter in the same markup produces this output:

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