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Term

Name

Synopsis

  (#PCDATA | FootnoteRef | XRef | Abbrev | Acronym | Citation
  | CiteRefEntry | CiteTitle | Emphasis | FirstTerm
  | ForeignPhrase | GlossTerm | Footnote | Phrase | Quote
  | Trademark | WordAsWord | Link | OLink | ULink | 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 | Anchor | Author | AuthorInitials
  | CorpAuthor | ModeSpec | OtherCredit | ProductName
  | ProductNumber | RevHistory | Comment | Subscript
  | Superscript | InlineGraphic | InlineEquation | Synopsis
  | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis)+

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

Hanging term attached to a ListItem within a VarListEntry in a VariableList; visually, a VariableList is a set of Terms with attached items such as paragraphs. Each ListItem may be associated with a set of Terms. Term may contain in-line elements or synopses. It has common attributes.

Parents

Term occurs in VarListEntry.

Children

Term contains these elements: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, CmdSynopsis, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, FuncSynopsis, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, GlossTerm, Hardware, InlineEquation, InlineGraphic, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, OLink, Option, Optional, OtherCredit, #PCDATA, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, Synopsis, SystemItem, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, WordAsWord, and XRef.

Examples

<VARIABLELIST>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>Window
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>A unique integer identifier (ID) that is
returned by XCreateWindow or XCreateSimpleWindow and is
thereafter used by the program to refer to the created
window resource.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
<VARLISTENTRY>
<TERM>Display
</TERM>
<TERM>XOpenDisplay
</TERM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>A large structure that contains information
about the server and its screens.  It is filled only after
this program connects to a server by calling XOpenDisplay.
</PARA>
<PARA>A small structure containing information about
the server and its screens would be more economical, but we
mention it only to generate another paragraph.
</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</VARLISTENTRY>
</VARIABLELIST>

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