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RefDescriptor

Name

RefDescriptor---Substitute for RefName to be used when a RefEntry covers more than one topic and none of the topic names is to be used as the sort name

Synopsis

Content Model
  (#PCDATA | Action | Application | ClassName | Command
  | ComputerOutput | Database | Email | EnVar | ErrorCode
  | ErrorName | ErrorType | Filename | Function | GUIButton
  | GUIIcon | GUILabel | GUIMenu | GUIMenuItem | GUISubmenu
  | Hardware | Interface | InterfaceDefinition | KeyCap
  | KeyCode | KeyCombo | KeySym | Literal | Markup | MediaLabel
  | MenuChoice | MouseButton | MsgText | Option | Optional
  | Parameter | Prompt | Property | Replaceable | ReturnValue
  | SGMLTag | StructField | StructName | Symbol | SystemItem
  | Token | Type
  | UserInput)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

Substitute for RefName to be used when a RefEntry covers more than one topic and none of the topic names is to be used as the sort name. It contains plain text and has common attributes.

Parents

RefDescriptor occurs in RefNameDiv.

Children

RefDescriptor contains these elements: Action, Application, ClassName, Command, ComputerOutput, Database, Email, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, Hardware, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, MouseButton, MsgText, Option, Optional, #PCDATA, Parameter, Prompt, Property, Replaceable, ReturnValue, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Symbol, SystemItem, Token, Type, and UserInput.

Examples

<REFNAMEDIV ID="X061-RP74">
<REFDESCRIPTOR>string
</REFDESCRIPTOR>
<REFNAME>strcat
</REFNAME>
<REFNAME>strdup
</REFNAME>
<REFNAME>strncat
</REFNAME>
<REFNAME>strcmp
</REFNAME>
<REFNAME>strncmp
</REFNAME>
<REFPURPOSE>string operators
</REFPURPOSE>
</REFNAMEDIV>


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