simpara

simpara — A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements

Synopsis

simpara ::= [-]

Description

A simpara is a “simple paragraph,” one that may contain only character data and inline elements. The para element is less restrictive; it may also contain block level structures (lists, figures, and so on).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

See Also

formalpara, para

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example simpara</title>

<simpara>
Just the text, ma'am.
</simpara>

</article>

Just the text, ma'am.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.