Content Model | ||
Attributes | Common attributes | |
Name |
Type |
Default |
termlength | CDATA | None |
Parameter Entities | ||
admon.mix | bookcomponent.content | component.mix |
divcomponent.mix | example.mix | footnote.mix |
glossdef.mix | highlights.mix | indexdivcomponent.mix |
legalnotice.mix | list.class | para.mix |
qandaset.mix | refcomponent.mix | revdescription.mix |
sidebar.mix | tabentry.mix | tbl.entry.mdl |
textobject.mix |
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, textobject, 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.