Writing documentation with DocBook-XML 4.3 |  |
Writing documentation with DocBook-XML 4.3 | |
Also supported are a wide variety of special symbols. Refer to O'Reilly's book DocBook for a complete list. Here is a selection:
| Entity | Character | Equivalent | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
∧ | ∧ | ∧ | Logical and |
≈ | ≈ | ≈ | Approximately equal to |
¦ | ¦ | ¦ | Broken vertical bar |
∩ | ∩ | ∩ | Set intersection |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | Cents |
© | © | © | Copyright |
∪ | ∪ | ∪ | Set union |
¤ | ¤ | ¤ | Currency symbol |
† | † | † | Dagger |
‡ | ‡ | ‡ | Double dagger |
° | ° | ° | Degree symbol |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | Division |
↓ | ↓ | ↓ | Down arrow |
∅ | ∅ | ∅ | Empty set |
≡ | ≡ | ≡ | Identical to |
€ | € | € | Euro currency symbol |
∃ | ∃ | ∃ | There exists |
∀ | ∀ | ∀ | For all |
≥ | ≥ | ≥ | Greater than or equal to |
↔ | ↔ | ↔ | Double-headed arrow |
&Harr; | ⇔ | ⇔ | Double-headed arrow |
… | … | … | Horizontal ellipsis |
¡ | ¡ | ¡ | Inverted exclamation point |
¿ | ¿ | ¿ | Inverted question mark |
∈ | ∈ | ∈ | Element of |
« | « | « | Left double angle quotes |
← | ← | ← | Left arrow |
⇐ | ⇐ | ⇐ | Left double arrow |
“ | “ | “ | Left double quote |
„ | „ | „ | Double low-nine quote |
≤ | ≤ | ≤ | Less than or equal to |
‘ | ‘ | ‘ | Left single quote |
‚ | ‚ | ‚ | Single low-nine quote |
— | — | — | Em-dash |
· | · | · | Middle dot |
− | − | − | Minus sign |
|   | Non-breaking space | |
– | – | – | En-dash |
≠ | ≠ | ≠ | Not equal to |
∋ | ∋ | ∋ | Contains |
∉ | ∉ | ∉ | Not an element of |
∨ | ∨ | ∨ | Logical or |
¶ | ¶ | ¶ | Paragraph (pilcrow) symbol |
± | ± | ± | Plus or minus |
£ | £ | £ | Pounds sterling |
′ | ′ | ′ | Prime |
″ | ″ | ″ | Double prime |
» | » | » | Right double angle quotes |
→ | → | → | Right arrow |
⇒ | ⇒ | ⇒ | Double right arrow |
” | ” | ” | Right double quote |
® | ® | ® | Registered |
” | ” | ” | Double high reversed quote |
’ | ’ | ’ | Right single quote |
§ | § | § | Section symbol |
∼ | ∼ | ∼ | Similar to |
⊂ | ⊂ | ⊂ | Subset of |
⊆ | ⊆ | ⊆ | Subset of or equal to |
⊃ | ⊃ | ⊃ | Superset of |
⊇ | ⊇ | ⊇ | Superset of or equal to |
  |   | Thin space | |
× | × | × | Multiplication |
™ | ™ | ™ | Trademark |
↑ | ↑ | ↑ | Up arrow |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | Yen symbol |