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Re: [docbook] Which docbook element(s) do I need?
- From: Bob Stayton <bobs at sco dot com>
- To: Erik Leunissen <e dot leunissen at hccnet dot nl>
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 08:18:42 -0700
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Which docbook element(s) do I need?
- References: <3F55041F.7020006@hccnet.nl>
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 10:57:03PM +0200, Erik Leunissen wrote:
> L.S.
>
> I want to write a manual page as in:
>
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActiveTcl/ActiveTcl8.4.1.0-html/tcllib/pool.html
>
> I'm inquiring specifically about the specific paragraph-like elements in
> this page. Please search for "poolName info type ?arg?", which is one of
> these paragraph-like elements that show best what I need.
>
> They are paragraphs that:
> - have a title, which describes a command invocation. It has
> command-like elements and parameter-like elements in turn.
> - have a body that is indented by an arbitrary amount. This body can
> have paragraphs in turn (regular ones and the ones I'm describing here)
>
> Does docbook have elements that can be used (tweaked) to produce these
> paragraphs as in the indicated manual page?
The variablelist element can format the way you
describe. Each command line goes in a <term>
element and the description goes in the <listitem>
element.
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