Re: [docbook] the proper markup for displaying a file snippet?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

I think literallayout is the appropriate element.  As the Definitive Guide says, " it 
does not have strong semantic overtones". You can add a class="monospaced" attribute 
if you want that font in the output.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 5:42 AM
Subject: [docbook] the proper markup for displaying a file snippet?


>   (apologies for such trivial questions -- i'm only just getting back  to docbook 
> after quite some time away.)
>
>   if i wanted to display the contents (or an excerpt thereof) of a  simple text file 
> such as, say, a config file, what is the semantically  proper element?  i don't want 
> to use <programlisting> because it's not  technically a program.  and 
> <literallayout> and <screenshot> seem  similarly inappropriate.  what i want is 
> something equivalent to  <filelisting>.  what do people here use for that?  thanks.
>
> rday
>
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