preformat-type
Type of Preformatted Text
Type of content contained in the <preformat> element (for example, shape poetry, ASCII art, hand-created tabulations using tabs and
spaces, etc.).
Usage
Many journal tag sets make distinctions among different types of preformatted text (some by
means of attributes, others with distinct elements). In this Tag Set, there are two elements to
handle preformatted material:
- the <code> to hold computer programs, tagged XML documents, samples of XML DTDs or schemas, etc., and the
- <preformat> element, which contains non-code material such as ASCII art, man-machine dialogs, tabular material made with tabs and whitespace, and formatted poetry.
Used on Element: <preformat>
Value | Meaning |
---|---|
Text, numbers, or special characters | A word or phrase that describes the content or names the type of content for the <preformat> element, for example, “man-machine” for a man-machine dialog interaction or “poetry” for an e.e.cummings formatted textual poem. |
Restriction | @preformat-type is an optional attribute; there is no default. |
Suggested usage
Although designed to accept any text as its value, potential values for this attribute
might include:
poetry | Poems |
---|---|
ascii | ASCII art |
man-machine | A man-machine dialog, such as an error message and response |
tabular | Tabular structures created by using spacing and tabs rather than tagging the row
and column content |
Example
...
<preformat preformat-type="dialog" xml:space="preserve"
position="anchor">
C:\users\lap make
'make' is not recognized as:
- an internal or external command
- an operable program
- a batch file
</preformat>
...