DocBook: The Definitive GuideBy Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner1st Edition October 1999 1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807 652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM |
Parameter
Synopsis
Mixed Content Model
Parameter ::= ((#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)+)Attributes
Name
Type
Default
Class Enumeration:
Command
Function
OptionNone MoreInfo Enumeration:
None
RefEntry"None" Tag Minimization
Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.
Parameter Entities
%cptr.char.mix; %ndxterm.char.mix; %para.char.mix; %programlisting.content; %refinline.char.mix; %refname.char.mix; %screen.content; %tbl.entry.mdl; %tech.char.class; %title.char.mix; Description
A Parameter identifies something passed from one part of a computer system to another. In this regard Parameter is fairly generic, but it may have a more constrained semantic in some contexts (for example in a ParamDef).
In an document that describes more than one kind of parameter, for example, parameters to functions and commands, the Class attribute can be used to distinguish between them, if necessary.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
Future Changes
In DocBook V4.0, the content model of Parameter will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic).
Parents
These elements contain Parameter: 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, ParamDef, 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.
Children
The following elements occur in Parameter: 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.
See Also
ComputerOutput, Constant, FuncDef, FuncParams, FuncPrototype, FuncSynopsisInfo, Function, Literal, Markup, Option, Optional, ParamDef, Prompt, Replaceable, ReturnValue, SGMLTag, UserInput, VarArgs, VarName, Void
Examples
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"> <para> Using the <parameter class=command>/w</parameter> parameter on the DOS <command>dir</command> command prints a wide directory listing. </para>Using the /w parameter on the DOS dir command prints a wide directory listing.
For additional examples, see also FuncDef, FuncSynopsis, ParamDef.
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