tip

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Often outputs the generated text “Tip” or some other visible indication of the type of admonition, especially if a Title is not present. Sometimes outputs a graphical icon or other symbol as well.

Parents

These elements contain tip: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, chapter, colophon, dedication, entry, glossary, glossdiv, highlights, index, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, orderedlist, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, td, textobject, th, variablelist.

Children

The following elements occur in tip: address, anchor, beginpage, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, orderedlist, para, procedure, programlisting, programlistingco, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table, title, variablelist.

<!DOCTYPE tip PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<tip>
<para>
If you tie your shoelaces, you're less likely to trip and 
fall down.
</para>
</tip>