How can I change list item dingbats?

Question

Is there a way to change the round bullets and the other characters used on the unordered list items?

Answer

  We put an example of how to add a DINGBAT attribute to the unordered list
  tag in the Imp Guide for Release 3.2.

  Unfortunately the example had a bug in it and will be corrected for the
  next issue of the manual.

  1.  Modify DSMLISTM to recognize the DINGBAT attribute. After the line that
      sets the indent:

           .se @in = &dh'&$IN.dh

      Add the following:

          .cm @dbat gets the value of the dingbat attr if specified
          .gs attval dingbat as @dbat
          .se @dingbat(&@nest@l(0).) = &V'&@dbat

  2.  Modify DSM#LTYP to use the character specified on the dingbat
      attribute:

         .if &@ltype eq u
         .an &E'&@dingbat(&@nest@l(0).). eq 1
         .an &L'&@dingbat(&@nest@l(0).). ne 0
         .th .se @id@l '&V'&@dinbat(&@nest@l(0).).'
         .el .se @id@l '&V'&@id@l@&*a..'

  3.  Next modify DSMELIST and DSMELQU which restore the previous environment
      if lists are nested:

          .if &@ltype eq u
          .an &E'&@dingbat(&@nest@l(0).). eq 1
          .an &L'&@dingbat(&@nest@l(0).). ne 0
          .th .se @id@l '&V'&@dingbat(&@nest@l(0).).'
          .el .se @id@l '&V'&@id@l@&*a..'

  To use the new attribute:

        :ul dingbat='$'.
        :li.This item has a dollar sign dingbat
        :eul.

Last updated: 93/08/24 17:18:04