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DocBook: The Definitive Guide 0.0.25 for DocBook V5.0 (Alpha) |
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DocBook: The Definitive Guide 0.0.25 for DocBook V5.0 (Alpha) |
variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
variablelist ::= ![[-]](graphics/down.gif)
![[+]](graphics/right.gif)
annotationbridgeheadremarkrevhistory
informalequationinformalexampleinformalfigureinformaltable (db.cals.informaltable)informaltable (db.html.informaltable)
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
A variablelist is a list consisting of terms and their definitions or descriptions.
Formatted as a displayed block.
There are many ways to present a variable list. DocBook does not mandate any particular presentation. The termlength attribute may influence the presentation of terms. The termlength attribute is often specified as a number of characters, but other forms are possible. This is an interchange
issue.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Specifies (a hint about) the spacing of the content
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| “compact” |
The spacing should be "compact". |
| “normal” |
The spacing should be "normal". |
Indicates a length beyond which the presentation system may consider a term too long and select an alternate presentation for that term, item, or list
These elements contain variablelist: acknowledgements, annotation, answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, callout, calloutlist,
caption (db.caption), caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, cover, dedication, entry, example, figure, footnote, glossary, glossdef,
glossdiv, glosslist, html:fieldset, html:form, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, informalfigure, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, orderedlist, 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, toc, tocdiv, variablelist, warning.
The following elements occur in variablelist: address, anchor, annotation, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constraintdef, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, html:form, important, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, methodsynopsis, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, productionset, programlisting, programlistingco, qandaset, remark, revhistory, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), task, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, varlistentry, warning.
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example variablelist</title>
<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>
</article>
Font Filename Extensions
TTFTrueType fonts.
PFA, PFBPostScript fonts. PFA files are common on UNIX systems, PFB files are more common on Windows systems.
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