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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:07 $
computeroutput — Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer
computeroutput ::= (#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|action|application|classname|methodname| interfacename|exceptionname|ooclass|oointerface|ooexception| command|computeroutput|database|email|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, 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, 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.