symbol — A name that is replaced by a value before processing
symbol ::=
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)remark
replaceable
subscript
superscript
xref
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
A Symbol
is a name that represents a value. It should be used
in contexts in which the name will actually be replaced by a value before
processing. The canonical example is a #define
d symbol in
a C program where the C preprocessor replaces every occurance of the symbol
with its value before compilation begins.
The Limit
value of the Class
attribute
identifies those symbols that represent system limitations (for example, the
number of characters allowed in a path name or the largest possible positive
integer). DocBook V3.1 introduced the Constant
element,
which may be more suitable for some of these symbols.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
FIXME:
Enumerated values: | |
---|---|
“limit” | FIXME: |
These elements contain symbol
: bridgehead
, citation
, citetitle
, classsynopsisinfo
, computeroutput
, emphasis
(db.emphasis), entry
, firstterm
, funcsynopsisinfo
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
, html:button
, html:label
, html:legend
, link
, literallayout
, member
, olink
, orgdiv
, para
, phrase
(db.phrase), primary
, primaryie
, programlisting
, quote
, refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refname
, refpurpose
, screen
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, simpara
, subtitle
, synopsis
, td
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocentry
, userinput
.
The following elements occur in symbol: text, alt
, anchor
, annotation
, biblioref
, indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular), indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject
, link
, olink
, phrase
(db._phrase), remark
, replaceable
, subscript
, superscript
, xref
.