less vertical space waste between \item s of \describe etc

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@88160 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

Author: maechler

doc/NEWS.Rd

@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
       macros \emph{may} generate correct code (but not always) and always
       results in confusing-to-read code.
       %% Someone defined 'true' as -1, for example.
+
+      \item The cascaded stylesheet \file{R.css} now adds less vertical
+      white space when rendering Rd files' \verb{\itemize},
+      \verb{\enumerate}, and \verb{\describe} list \verb{\item}s to HTML.
+
+      Where \R is used via extensive \abbr{IDE}s such as \command{RStudio},
+      their maintainers may need to adapt \file{R.css} files accordingly.
     }
   }
 

doc/html/R.css

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 .rimage img { /* from knitr - for examples and demos */
     width: 96%;
     margin-left: 2%;
-} 	
+}
 
 .katex { font-size: 1.1em; }
 
@@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ h6 {
     font-style: italic;
 }
 
+/* want small paragraph margins when used _inside_ *.Rd \item <......>
+   i.e.,   <dd> ... </dd>  and and <li> .... </li> : */
+dd p, li p {
+    margin-top:    0px;
+    margin-bottom: 0px;
+    padding-top:    0.4ex;
+    padding-bottom: 0.4ex;
+}
+
 img.toplogo {
     width: 4em;
     vertical-align: middle;