Inline elements are used to mark words or phrases within a
paragraph of text. These elements affect the font used to format
particular items.
To Emphasize a Word or Phrase |
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Use the Emphasis element as shown:
<emphasis>text </emphasis> |
Here's how you might emphasize an important word:
A thousand times <emphasis>no</emphasis> |
To Cite a Title |
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Use the CiteTitle element as shown:
<CiteTitle> title
of a Book</CiteTitle> |
Here's how you would cite the title of this guide:
<CiteTitle>The Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide<CiteTitle> |
To Mark the Title of a Book, Chapter,
or Section |
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Use the Title element as shown:
<Title> title
of the Book, Chapter, or Section</Title> |
Here's how you would cite the title of this section:
<Title>To Mark the Title of a Book, Chapter, or Section</Title> |
To Display a Computer Literal |
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To display data presented to the user by a computer use the
ComputerOutput element as follows:
<computeroutput> text</computeroutput> |
To Display a Filename |
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To display the name of a computer file, use the Filename element
as follows:
<filename>some
filename</filename> |
This markup:
Add the entity to your <filename>Volume.sgm</filename> file. |
produces this output:
Add the entityto your Volume.sgm
file.
To Display a Variable |
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To dispaly a variable, use the Symbol element as shown:
<symbol Role="Variable"> text</symbol> |
This command-line syntax uses a variable to show that the
user supplies a file name.
dtpad <symbol Role="Variable">filename</symbol> |
It produces this output:
Symbol can appear within ComputerOutputs or ProgramListings.
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