in reply to ugly lines in pod

I tend to use something like:

=item B<< Neque >>, B<< Porro >>, B<< Quisquam Est >> Qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. =item B<< Ut Enim >>

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Re^2: ugly lines in pod
by WoodyWeaver (Monk) on Oct 31, 2014 at 20:33 UTC

    Sorry if the question wasn't clear. Unfortunately, it is more of a "make it pretty" problem rather than a functional problem, and I'm not expressing it well.

    I wanted to document the web page the way I wanted it, rather than what was natural to pod, I suppose. I wanted a bulleted list. Starting with
    =over =item Neque =item Porro =item Quisquam Est Qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. =item Ut Enim =back
    renders as
    <dl><dt><strong><a name="neque" class="item">Neque</a></strong></dt> <dt><strong><a name="porro" class="item">Porro</a></strong></dt> <dt><strong><a name="quisquam_est" class="item">Quisquam Est</a></stro +ng></dt> <dd> <p>Qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem.</p> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="ut_enim" class="item">Ut Enim</a></strong></dt> </dl>

    That is fine (although perhaps it would be nice without the bolding) but I really don't like the blank line between Quisquam Est and Qui dolorem. I really don't want a paragraph marker in the dd container.

    But really, this is unimportant. I'll just rewrite it another way.

      It isn't a blank line, it's a margin, and can be controlled via CSS.

        (bows head) ah, node 3333. "Hint: try perltidy -html -css=mystyle.css filename.pl and edit mystyle.css to change the appearance of filename.htm". Many thanks.