Re: DOCBOOK: variablelist

[Bob Stayton <bobs@caldera.com>]

> From: Togan Muftuoglu <toganm@users.sourceforge.net>
> 
> Is it possible to use variablelist in the variablelist tag or is there
> something else
> 
> this is what I want
> 
> ABC:
> 	bla bla
> 
> 	DEF:
> 		bla bla
> 
> GH
> 	bla bla
> 
> 	
> <variablelist>
> 	<varlistentry><term> Some word  </term >
> 	<listitem> <para>
> 	bla bla bla </para>
> 		
> 		<variablelist>
> 		<varlistentry><term> New word </term>
> 		<listitem><para>
> 		bla bla </para>
> 		</listitem> </varlistentry>
> 
> 		<varlisentry><term> Another word </term>
> 		<listitem><para>
> 		bla bla </para>
> 		</listitem>
> 		</varlistentry>
> 		</variablelist>
> 	</listem>
> 	</varlistentry>
> </variablelist>	

Yes, <variablelist> is permitted inside a <listitem>.
You might want to bookmark this reference to "DocBook
The Definitive Guide" online:

http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html

It has a complete reference section that indicates which
children elements are permitted inside each element.

bobs
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