    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
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variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
variablelist ::= (blockinfo?, (title,titleabbrev?)?, (caution|important|note|tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting| programlistingco|screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis| cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis| constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis| formalpara|para|simpara|address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco| mediaobject|mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample| informalfigure|informaltable|anchor|bridgehead|remark| highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|indexterm|beginpage)*, varlistentry+)
Name | Type | Default |
| termlength | CDATA | None |
A VariableList is a list consisting of Terms and their definitions or descriptions.
Formatted as a displayed block.
There are many ways to deal with the problems presented in formatting a variable list with long Terms. DocBook does not mandate any particular presentation. The TermLength attribute may influence the presentation of Terms.
These elements contain variablelist: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, entry, example, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, highlights, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, textobject, th, tip, warning.
The following elements occur in variablelist: abstract, address, anchor, authorblurb, beginpage, blockinfo, blockquote, bridgehead, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, fieldsynopsis, formalpara, funcsynopsis, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, note, para, programlisting, programlistingco, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, simpara, synopsis, tip, title, titleabbrev, varlistentry, warning.
<!DOCTYPE variablelist PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<variablelist><title>Font Filename Extensions</title>
<varlistentry><term><filename>TTF</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
TrueType fonts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>PFA</filename></term>
<term><filename>PFB</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
PostScript fonts. <filename>PFA</filename> files are common on
<acronym>UNIX</acronym> systems, <filename>PFB</filename> files
are more common on Windows systems.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>Font Filename Extensions
TrueType fonts.
PostScript fonts. PFA files are common on UNIX systems, PFB files are more common on Windows systems.
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