menucascade

Indicates a series of menu choices.

The <menucascade> element can contain one or more <uicontrol> elements. For example: <menucascade><uicontrol>File</uicontrol><uicontrol>Print</uicontrol></menucascade>. If the <menucascade> element includes more than one <uicontrol> element, connecting characters are inserted automatically between the menu items to represent the menu cascade.

metadata

The <metadata> section of the prolog contains information about a topic such as audience and product information. Metadata can be used by computational processes to select particular topics or to prepare search indexes or to customize navigation.

msgblock

Identifies a multi-line system message or set of system messages.

The <msgblock> element can contain multiple message number <msgnum> elements. The <msgblock> element can also contain just the text of the message.

msgnum

Contains the number or identifier of a message produced by an application or program.

The <msgnum> element is an optional element inside a <msgblock> element.

Use the <msgnum> element with the message description <msgph> element.

msgph

Identifies the text content of a message produced by an application or program.

The <msgph> element can also contain the variable name (varname) element to illustrate where variable text content occurs in the message.

Use the <msgnum> element within a <msgph> element when you need to include the message number or identifier.

Use <msgph> only for specific messages generated by the system. Use <systemoutput> for general computer output or responses to a command or situation.