option

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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:20 $

option — An option for a software command

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

option ::=
(#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|action|application|classname|methodname|
 interfacename|exceptionname|ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|
 command|computeroutput|database|email|envar|errorcode|errorname|
 errortype|errortext|filename|function|guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|
 guimenu|guimenuitem|guisubmenu|hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|
 keycombo|keysym|literal|code|constant|markup|medialabel|
 menuchoice|mousebutton|option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|
 replaceable|returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|
 systemitem|uri|token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|
 remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|
 indexterm|beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

DocBook NG “Bourbon” Content Model

option ::=

DocBook NG “Bourbon” Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

Option identifies an optional argument to a software command.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

DocBook does not specify whether or not a symbol (such as - or /) is generated before the content of Option, or what that symbol might be. Generating the text may or may not be desirable, but in either case, it is an interchange issue. See Appendix F, Interchanging DocBook Documents.

Future Changes

The content model of Option will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic) in DocBook V4.0.

See Also

computeroutput, constant, literal, markup, optional, parameter, prompt, replaceable, sgmltag, userinput, varname.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
The <option>-a</option> option on the <acronym>UNIX</acronym>
<command>ls</command> command or the <option>/r</option> option on the
<acronym>DOS</acronym> <command>attrib</command>
command, for example.
</para>

The -a option on the UNIX ls command or the /r option on the DOS attrib command, for example.

For additional examples, see also optional, refentry.