synopsis — A general-purpose element for representing the syntax of commands or functions
info
? (db.titleforbidden.info)lineannotation
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
co
code
command
computeroutput
constant
email
envar
filename
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
literal
markup
nonterminal
olink
option
optional
package
parameter
prompt
property
remark
replaceable
subscript
superscript
symbol
systemitem
tag
termdef
token
uri
userinput
xref
abbrev
acronym
coref
date
emphasis
(db.emphasis)firstterm
footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
glossterm
phrase
(db.phrase)quote
subscript
superscript
wordasword
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
remark
subscript
superscript
xref
accel
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
co
code
command
computeroutput
constant
email
envar
filename
guibutton
guiicon
guilabel
guimenu
guimenuitem
guisubmenu
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
keycap
keycode
keycombo
keysym
link
literal
markup
menuchoice
mousebutton
nonterminal
olink
option
optional
package
parameter
prompt
property
remark
replaceable
shortcut
subscript
superscript
symbol
systemitem
tag
termdef
token
uri
userinput
xref
textobject
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
A synopsis
is a verbatim environment for displaying command, function, and other syntax summaries.
Unlike cmdsynopsis
and funcsynopsis
which have a complex interior structure, synopsis
is simply a verbatim environment.
This element is displayed “verbatim”; whitespace and linebreaks within this element are significant. A synopsis
element is usually displayed in a fixed width font.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Determines whether line numbering continues from the previous element or restarts.
Enumerated values: | |
---|---|
“continues” |
Line numbering continues from the immediately preceding element with the same name. |
“restarts” |
Line numbering restarts (begins at 1, usually). |
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
Identifies the language (i.e. programming language) of the verbatim content.
Determines whether lines are numbered.
Enumerated values: | |
---|---|
“numbered” |
Lines are numbered. |
“unnumbered” |
Lines are not numbered. |
Specifies the initial line number.
Can be used to indicate explicitly that whitespace in the verbatim environment is preserved. Whitespace must always be preserved in verbatim environments whether this attribute is specified or not.
Enumerated values: | |
---|---|
“preserve” |
Whitespace must be preserved. |
These elements contain synopsis
: acknowledgements
, annotation
, answer
, appendix
, article
, bibliodiv
, bibliography
, bibliolist
, blockquote
, callout
, calloutlist
,
caption
(db.caption), caution
, chapter
, colophon
, constraintdef
, cover
, dedication
, entry
, example
, figure
, footnote
, glossary
, glossdef
,
glossdiv
, glosslist
, html:fieldset
, html:form
, important
, index
, indexdiv
, informalexample
, informalfigure
, itemizedlist
, legalnotice
, listitem
, msgexplan
, msgtext
, note
, orderedlist
, para
, partintro
, preface
, procedure
, qandadiv
, qandaset
, question
, refsect1
, refsect2
, refsect3
, refsection
, refsynopsisdiv
, revdescription
, sect1
, sect2
, sect3
, sect4
, sect5
, section
, setindex
, sidebar
, simplesect
, step
, taskprerequisites
, taskrelated
, tasksummary
, td
, textobject
, th
, tip
, toc
, tocdiv
, variablelist
, warning
.
The following elements occur in synopsis: text, abbrev
, accel
, acronym
, alt
, anchor
, annotation
, application
, author
, biblioref
, citation
, citebiblioid
, citerefentry
,
citetitle
, classname
, co
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, constant
, coref
, database
, date
, editor
, email
, emphasis
(db.emphasis), envar
, errorcode
, errorname
, errortext
, errortype
, exceptionname
, filename
, firstterm
, footnote
, footnoteref
, foreignphrase
, function
, glossterm
, guibutton
, guiicon
, guilabel
, guimenu
, guimenuitem
, guisubmenu
, hardware
, html:button
, html:fieldset
, html:input
, html:label
, html:select
, html:textarea
, indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular), indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange), info
(db.titleforbidden.info), initializer
, inlineequation
, inlinemediaobject
, interfacename
, jobtitle
, keycap
, keycode
, keycombo
, keysym
, lineannotation
, link
, literal
, markup
, menuchoice
, methodname
, modifier
, mousebutton
, nonterminal
, olink
, ooclass
, ooexception
, oointerface
, option
, optional
, org
, orgname
, package
, parameter
, person
, personname
,
phrase
(db.phrase), productname
, productnumber
, prompt
, property
, quote
, remark
, replaceable
, returnvalue
, shortcut
, subscript
, superscript
, symbol
, systemitem
, tag
, termdef
, textobject
, token
, trademark
, type
, uri
, userinput
, varname
, wordasword
, xref
.
cmdsynopsis
, computeroutput
, funcsynopsis
, lineannotation
, literallayout
, programlisting
, screen
, screenshot
, userinput
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example synopsis</title> <synopsis>chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] group file...</synopsis> </article>
chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f] group file...
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example synopsis</title> <synopsis>int max(int int1, int int2);</synopsis> </article>
int max(int int1, int int2);