[Docutils-develop] [docutils:feature-requests] #60 Allow definition_list_item to have multiple terms

[Günter M. <mi...@us...>]

A test script to generate output with a "hand-crafted" document tree with extra term in a definition list.

Currently fails with "html5" writer, the "html4" writer produces invalid output (missing `</dt>`). The "manpage" writer does not fail, however the second term becomes part of the common definition (at least visibly) in the `man` output. 
LaTeX needs a bit of adaption, too.


Attachments:

- [multiple_definition_list_terms.py](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/_discuss/thread/28a1d7bcc1/218e/attachment/multiple_definition_list_terms.py) (1.4 kB; text/x-python)


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**[feature-requests:#60] Allow definition_list_item to have multiple terms**

**Status:** open
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Thu Jan 03, 2019 09:10 AM UTC by Takeshi KOMIYA
**Last Updated:** Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:03 AM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**

- [support_multiple_terms_on_definition_list_item.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/60/attachment/support_multiple_terms_on_definition_list_item.patch) (3.7 kB; application/octet-stream)


In HTML  spec, definition list accepts multiple terms in a item.  This patch allows doctree model to have multiple terms as children of definition_list_item also.
https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/grouping-content.html#the-dl-element

In sphinx, a custom directive named "glossary" allows multiple terms for one definition_list_item.
https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/directives.html#glossary


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