ComputerOutput ::= ((#PCDATA|Link|OLink|ULink|Action|Application|ClassName|Command| ComputerOutput|Database|Email|EnVar|ErrorCode|ErrorName| ErrorType|Filename|Function|GUIButton|GUIIcon|GUILabel|GUIMenu| GUIMenuItem|GUISubmenu|Hardware|Interface|InterfaceDefinition| KeyCap|KeyCode|KeyCombo|KeySym|Literal|Constant|Markup| MediaLabel|MenuChoice|MouseButton|MsgText|Option|Optional| Parameter|Prompt|Property|Replaceable|ReturnValue|SGMLTag| StructField|StructName|Symbol|SystemItem|Token|Type|UserInput| VarName|Anchor|Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic| InlineMediaObject|IndexTerm)+)
Name | Type | Default |
MoreInfo | Enumeration: None | "None" |
Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.
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.
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.
The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available in the content model of this element.
These elements contain ComputerOutput: Action, Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Database, Emphasis, entry, Filename, ForeignPhrase, FuncParams, FuncSynopsisInfo, Function, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, Hardware, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, LineAnnotation, Link, Literal, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Option, Optional, Para, Parameter, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Property, Quote, RefDescriptor, RefEntryTitle, RefName, RefPurpose, 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.
The following elements occur in ComputerOutput: Action, Anchor, Application, ClassName, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Constant, Database, Email, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, Hardware, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, MouseButton, MsgText, OLink, Option, Optional, Parameter, Prompt, Property, Replaceable, ReturnValue, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, SystemItem, Token, Type, ULink, UserInput, VarName.
In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.
In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: IndexTerm.
If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the ComputerOutput.
Constant, EnVar, Filename, LineAnnotation, Literal, LiteralLayout, Markup, Option, Optional, Parameter, ProgramListing, Prompt, Replaceable, Screen, ScreenShot, SGMLTag, Synopsis, SystemItem, UserInput, VarName
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"> <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.
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