variablelist
Name
variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
Synopsis
Content Model
variablelist ::= ((title,titleabbrev?)?, varlistentry+)
Attributes
Name |
Type |
Default |
| termlength | CDATA | None |
Parameter Entities
The following parameter entities contain variablelist:
Description
A VariableList is a list consisting of Terms and their definitions or descriptions.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
There are many ways to deal with the problems presented in formatting a variable list with long Terms. DocBook does not mandate any particular presentation. The TermLength attribute may influence the presentation of Terms.
![[5.0]](figures/rev_5.0.png)
Future ChangesParents
These elements contain variablelist: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, entry, example, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, highlights, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, textobject, tip, warning.
Examples
<!DOCTYPE variablelist PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<variablelist><title>Font Filename Extensions</title>
<varlistentry><term><filename>TTF</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
TrueType fonts.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>PFA</filename></term>
<term><filename>PFB</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>
PostScript fonts. <filename>PFA</filename> files are common on
<acronym>UNIX</acronym> systems, <filename>PFB</filename> files
are more common on Windows systems.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
For additional examples, see also refentry .