Name
computeroutput — Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a
computer
Synopsis
computeroutput ::=
(text | Computer-output inlines | Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Markup inlines | Operating system inlines |
Technical inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
Description
A 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.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. It’s often presented in a fixed-width
font.
See Also
constant
, envar
, filename
, lineannotation
, literal
, literallayout
, markup
, option
, optional
, parameter
, programlisting
, prompt
, replaceable
, screen
, screenshot
, synopsis
, systemitem
, tag
, userinput
, varname
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example computeroutput</title>
<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>
</article>