:parml. (Parameter List)

Starts a two-column list of parameter terms and descriptions.

Syntax

┌───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┬───────────────┐
│Tag            │Element        │Attributes     │End            │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│:parml.        │Parameter list │tsize=         │:eparml.       │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│               │               │break=         │               │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│               │               │compact        │               │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│:pt.           │Parameter term │               │               │
├───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┼───────────────┤
│:pd.           │Parameter      │               │               │
│               │definition     │               │               │
└───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┴───────────────┘

Attributes

tsize=

Specifies the space allocated for the parameter term. The default is 10 character units.
break=all | fit | none
Controls the formatting of the parameter terms and descriptions:

break=all

Causes the description to begin on the line below the parameter term, next to the space allocated by tsize=. This is the default.
break=fit
Causes the parameter description to begin on the same line as the term, if the term has fewer characters than specified by tsize=. If the term has more characters, the description begins on the line below the term.
break=none
Causes the description to begin on the same line as the term. If the term has more characters than specified by tsize=, it continues into the description area. The description starts one space after the end of the term.
compact
Causes the list to be formatted without a blank line between each list item. If you omit compact, a blank line appears between each item.

Description

Parameter lists are similar to definition lists; they define terms and descriptions that format in two columns. The elements of the parameter-list tag are the parameter-term tag (:pt.) and the parameter-description tag (:pd.). The term tag identifies the term, and the definition tag identifies the description.

Parameter lists can occur anywhere in text; you can nest them within other lists, and you can nest other lists within parameter lists.

Conditions

• Each parameter-term tag requires a parameter-description tag. 
  Each parameter list requires an end-parameter-list tag.

  Example

  :parml compact tsize=10 break=none.:pt.Tree
  :pd.Plant life in forest
  :pt.Orange
  :pd.Fruit on tree
  :pt.Cow
  :pd.Animal on farm
  :eparml.
  

  Output

  Tree

  Plant life in forest
  Orange
  Fruit on tree
  Cow
  Animal on farm

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