computeroutput

Name

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

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model
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|constant|markup|medialabel|menuchoice|
 mousebutton|option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|
 replaceable|returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|
 systemitem|token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|
 remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|
 indexterm|beginpage|co)*
Attributes Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

moreinfo
none
refentry
"none"
Parameter Entities
cptr.char.mix ndxterm.char.mix para.char.mix
refinline.char.mix refname.char.mix 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.

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.

Parents

These elements contain computeroutput: action, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, command, computeroutput, database, emphasis, entry, filename, 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, term, tertiary, tertiaryie, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.

Children

The following elements occur in computeroutput: action, anchor, application, beginpage, classname, co, 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, userinput, varname.

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 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.