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Prompt

Name

Prompt--- Character indicating the start of an input field in a computer display.

Synopsis

Content Model
  (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name Value(s) Type Default Value
MoreInfo (RefEntry|None)   None

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Character indicating the start of an input field in a computer display. It may contain plain text, Replaceable, and InlineGraphic,, Replaceable, and InlineGraphic, and has MoreInfo and common attributes.

Prompt, new in version 3.0, duplicates the Prompt value of the Class attribute of SystemItem; that value will be eliminated in the future.

Parents

These elements contain Prompt: Action, Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Database, Emphasis, Filename, ForeignPhrase, FuncParams, FuncSynopsisInfo, Function, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, Hardware, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, LineAnnotation, Link, Literal, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Option, Optional, Para, Parameter, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Property, Quote, RefDescriptor, RefEntryTitle, RefName, RefPurpose, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, SystemItem, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, Trademark, ULink, UserInput, and entry.

Children

Prompt contains these elements: InlineGraphic, #PCDATA, and Replaceable.

In some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

MoreInfo

Indicates whether the element's content has an associated RefEntry.

Examples

<SCREEN ID="SC-1015-12-24" WIDTH="44">
<PROMPT>%</PROMPT> <USERINPUT>make install</USERINPUT>
install -c -m 0644 rgb.txt /usr/lib/X11
install -c -m 0644 rgb.dir /usr/lib/X11
install -c -m 0644 rgb.pag /usr/lib/X11
install -c -s showrgb /usr/lib/X11
install in ./rgb done
</SCREEN>


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