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DocBook: The Definitive Guide

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807
652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

ComputerOutput

Name

ComputerOutput -- Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

ComputerOutput ::=
((#PCDATA|Link|OLink|ULink|Action|Application|ClassName|Command|
  ComputerOutput|Database|Email|EnVar|ErrorCode|ErrorName|
  ErrorType|Filename|Function|GUIButton|GUIIcon|GUILabel|GUIMenu|
  GUIMenuItem|GUISubmenu|Hardware|Interface|InterfaceDefinition|
  KeyCap|KeyCode|KeyCombo|KeySym|Literal|Constant|Markup|
  MediaLabel|MenuChoice|MouseButton|MsgText|Option|Optional|
  Parameter|Prompt|Property|Replaceable|ReturnValue|SGMLTag|
  StructField|StructName|Symbol|SystemItem|Token|Type|UserInput|
  VarName|Anchor|Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|
  InlineMediaObject|IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

MoreInfo

Enumeration:

None
RefEntry

"None"

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

%cptr.char.mix;%ndxterm.char.mix;%para.char.mix;
%programlisting.content;%refinline.char.mix;%refname.char.mix;
%screen.content;%tbl.entry.mdl;%tech.char.class;
%title.char.mix;

Description

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.

Processing expectations

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.

(4.0) Future Changes

The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available in the content model of this element.

Attributes

MoreInfo

If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the ComputerOutput.

See Also

Constant, EnVar, Filename, LineAnnotation, Literal, LiteralLayout, Markup, Option, Optional, Parameter, ProgramListing, Prompt, Replaceable, Screen, ScreenShot, SGMLTag, Synopsis, SystemItem, UserInput, VarName

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<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.

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