Name
literal — Inline text that is some literal value
Synopsis
literal ::=
(text | phrase
db._phrase | replaceable
| Graphic inlines | Indexing inlines | Linking inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
Attribute synopsis
Description
A literal
is some specific piece of data, taken
literally, from a computer system. It is similar in some ways to
userinput
and computeroutput
, but
is somewhat more of a general classification. The sorts of things that
constitute literals vary by domain.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. A literal is frequently distinguished
typographically and literal
is often used wherever
that typographic presentation is desired.
See Also
command
, computeroutput
, constant
, markup
, option
, optional
, parameter
, prompt
, replaceable
, tag
, userinput
, varname
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example literal</title> <para>There are several undocumented settings for <varname>debug</varname>, among them <literal>3.27</literal> to enable a complete trace and <literal>3.8</literal> to debug the spellchecker. For a complete list of the possible settings, see <filename class="headerfile">edit/debug.h</filename>.</para> </article>
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