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= [[DocBook]] markup conventions =
 
  
This page offers conventions for DocBook markup. Please modify this page as you come across more markup you need for the docs.openstack.org site.  
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Read the new content in [http://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/writing-style/general-writing-guidelines.html the Documentation Contributor Guide].
  
== General style conventions ==
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* Use "OpenStack", not Openstack or openstack.
 
* Wrap lines to 70 characters.
 
 
 
== Information or configuration files that the user has to type or read ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<programlisting>
 
config-file-example=asdf
 
foo=bar
 
hello=world
 
</programlisting>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Inline configuration information (option name or value) ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<literal>--use_deprecated_auth</literal>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Configuration information when part should be replaced ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<literal>http://<replaceable>IP_ADDRESS</replaceable>/foo/bar</literal>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Inline mention of a specific command ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<command>nova-manage</command>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Command to type into a shell ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<screen>
 
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>command as a regular usre</userinput>
 
</screen>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<screen>
 
<prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>command as root</userinput>
 
</screen>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<screen>
 
<prompt>(mysql)</prompt> <userinput>command to type</userinput>
 
</screen>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Result of the command ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<screen>
 
<computeroutput>result output goes here</computeroutput>
 
</screen>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
Note that this can be combined with a prompt and input:
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<screen>
 
<prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>command to type</userinput>
 
<computeroutput>result output goes here</computeroutput>
 
</screen>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== File names ==
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<filename>/my/file/is/here</filename>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== File contents ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<programlisting>
 
contents
 
of a
 
file
 
</programlisting>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Ordered procedure to follow (where step 2 needs to be done after step 1) ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<orderedlist>
 
      <listitem></listitem>
 
</orderedlist>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== Instructions to follow with no critical dependency across steps ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<itemizedlist>
 
      <listitem></listitem>
 
</itemizedlist>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
 
 
 
== A list in key/value form ==
 
 
 
 
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
<variablelist>
 
  <varlistentry>
 
    <term>key</term>
 
    <listitem>value</listitem>
 
  </varlistentry>
 
  <varlistentry>
 
    <term>key</term>
 
    <listitem>value</listitem>
 
  </varlistentry>
 
</variablelist>
 
</nowiki></pre>
 

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