Re: [docbook] the proper markup for displaying a file snippet?

[Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>]

On 7.7.2011 14:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   if i wanted to display the contents (or an excerpt thereof) of a
> simple text file such as, say, a config file, what is the semantically
> proper element?  i don't want to use <programlisting> because it's not
> technically a program. 

I think that using programlisting for configuration files is approriate.
It's very hard to draw clear line between configuration files and
programw written in some highly declarative or DSL languages.

		Jirka

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