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userinput — Data entered by the user
userinput ::= (#PCDATA|link
|olink
|ulink
|action
|application
|classname
|methodname
|interfacename
|exceptionname
|ooclass
|oointerface
|ooexception
|package
|command
|computeroutput
|database
|envar
|errorcode
|errorname
|errortype
|errortext
|filename
|function
|guibutton
|guiicon
|guilabel
|guimenu
|guimenuitem
|guisubmenu
|hardware
|interface
|keycap
|keycode
|keycombo
|keysym
|literal
|code
|constant
|markup
|medialabel
|menuchoice
|mousebutton
|option
|optional
|parameter
|prompt
|property
|replaceable
|returnvalue
|sgmltag
|structfield
|structname
|symbol
|systemitem
|uri
|token
|type
|userinput
|varname
|nonterminal
|anchor
|remark
|subscript
|superscript
|inlinegraphic
|inlinemediaobject
|indexterm
|beginpage
|co
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Name |
Type |
Default |
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moreinfo |
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"none" |
The UserInput
element identifies words or phrases
that the user is expected to provide as input to a computer
program.
Note that UserInput
is not a verbatim
environment, but an inline.
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo
attribute
can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information. 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 userinput:
action
, application
, attribution
, bibliomisc
, bridgehead
, citation
, citetitle
, classsynopsisinfo
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, database
, emphasis
, entry
, filename
, firstterm
, foreignphrase
, funcparams
, funcsynopsisinfo
, function
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
, hardware
, interfacename
, keycap
, lineannotation
, link
, literal
, literallayout
, lotentry
, member
, msgaud
, olink
, option
, optional
, para
, parameter
, phrase
, primary
, primaryie
, productname
, programlisting
, property
, quote
, refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refname
, refpurpose
, remark
, screen
, screeninfo
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, simpara
, subtitle
, synopsis
, systemitem
, td
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocback
, tocentry
, tocfront
, trademark
, ulink
, userinput
.
The following elements occur in userinput:
action
, anchor
, application
, beginpage
, classname
, co
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, constant
, database
, email
, envar
, errorcode
, errorname
, errortext
, errortype
, exceptionname
, filename
, function
, guibutton
, guiicon
, guilabel
, guimenu
, guimenuitem
, guisubmenu
, hardware
, indexterm
, inlinegraphic
, inlinemediaobject
, interface
, interfacename
, keycap
, keycode
, keycombo
, keysym
, link
, literal
, markup
, medialabel
, menuchoice
, methodname
, mousebutton
, nonterminal
, olink
, ooclass
, ooexception
, oointerface
, option
, optional
, package
, parameter
, prompt
, property
, remark
, replaceable
, returnvalue
, sgmltag
, structfield
, structname
, subscript
, superscript
, symbol
, systemitem
, token
, type
, ulink
, uri
, userinput
, varname
.
computeroutput
, constant
, envar
, filename
, lineannotation
, literal
, literallayout
, markup
, option
, optional
, parameter
, programlisting
, prompt
, replaceable
, screen
, screenshot
, sgmltag
, synopsis
, systemitem
, varname
.
<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd"> <para> At the system prompt, enter <userinput>xyzzy</userinput> to gain supervisor access to the system. </para>
At the system prompt, enter xyzzy
to gain
supervisor access to the system.