    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.17 (Alpha) |
| | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.17 (Alpha) |
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$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $
computeroutput — Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer
computeroutput ::= (#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|action|application|classname|methodname|interfacename|exceptionname|ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|package|command|computeroutput|database|envar|errorcode|errorname|errortype|errortext|filename|function|guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|guimenu|guimenuitem|guisubmenu|hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|keycombo|keysym|literal|code|constant|markup|medialabel|menuchoice|mousebutton|option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|replaceable|returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|systemitem|uri|token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|beginpage|co)*
Name | Type | Default | |||
| moreinfo |
| "none" |
ComputerOutput identifies lines of text generated by
a computer program (messages, results, or other output).
Note that ComputerOutput is not a verbatim
environment, but an inline.
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute
can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information. It’s often presented in a fixed width font.
The InterfaceDefinition
element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available
in the content model of this element.
These elements contain computeroutput:
action, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, code, command, computeroutput, database, emphasis, entry, filename, firstterm, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, hardware, interfacename, keycap, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, option, optional, para, parameter, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, property, quote, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, systemitem, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.
The following elements occur in computeroutput:
action, anchor, application, beginpage, classname, co, code, command, computeroutput, constant, database, email, envar, errorcode, errorname, errortext, errortype, exceptionname, filename, function, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, hardware, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, interface, interfacename, keycap, keycode, keycombo, keysym, link, literal, markup, medialabel, menuchoice, methodname, mousebutton, nonterminal, olink, ooclass, ooexception, oointerface, option, optional, package, parameter, prompt, property, remark, replaceable, returnvalue, sgmltag, structfield, structname, subscript, superscript, symbol, systemitem, token, type, ulink, uri, userinput, varname.
If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry,
it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the
ComputerOutput.
constant, envar, filename, lineannotation, literal, literallayout, markup, option, optional, parameter, programlisting, prompt, replaceable, screen, screenshot, sgmltag, synopsis, systemitem, userinput, varname.
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
The output from the date command,
<computeroutput>Sun Nov 16, 1997 21:03:29</computeroutput>,
uses fixed-width fields so that it can easily be parsed.
</para>
The output from the date command,
Sun Nov 16, 1997 21:03:29,
uses fixed-width fields so that it can easily be parsed.
| | | |
| command | | confdates |