Displaying Text in Lists

The list procedures display lists. To use these procedures, call the appropriate procedure before the list is generated. After the list is generated, call the corresponding end procedure.

The following list procedures are available:

List Type	Beginning Procedure	End Procedure
Definition (terms and their definitions)	html_dl	html_dl_end
Directory	html_dir	html_dir_end
Menus	html_menu	html_menu_end
Ordered (numbered or lettered)	html_ol	html_ol_end
Unordered (bulleted)	html_ul	html_ul_end

To display a list, except for the definition list, call the appropriate list procedure before starting the output. Call html_li to identify each item in the list; you can also call html_li_end for completeness. After specifying the output, call the corresponding end procedure.

The following code example displays an ordered list:

do html_ol('')
do html_li('')
print 'First item in list' (1,1)
do html_li_end 
do html_li('')
print 'Second item in list' (+1,1)
do html_li_end 
do html_li('')
print 'Last item in list' (+1,1)
do html_li_end 
do html_ol_end

To display a definition list, call html_dl before starting the output. Call html_dt to identify a term and html_dd to identify a definition. After specifying the output, call html_dl_end. You can also call html_dd_end and html_dt_end for completeness.

The following code example displays a definition list:

do html_dl('')
do html_dt('')
print 'A daisy' (1,1)
do html_dt_end 
do html_dd('')
print 'A sweet and innocent flower' (+1,1)
do html_dd_end 
do html_dt('')
print 'A rose' (+1,1)
do html_dt_end 
do html_dd('')
print 'A very passionate flower' (+1,1)
do html_dd_end 
do html_ol_end