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.TH "HTMLDocument.addPreformatted" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
HTMLDocument::addPreformatted \- Add a preformatted block
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B ElementTree addPreformatted(
\fIElementTree parent, String initialtext=createString(0)\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "parent"
The parent element
.PP
.B "initialtext"
Optionally, initial text content for the element.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Add a preformatted block to the end of the specified element. This is useful for displaying program code and other text where indentation may be significant or useful to preserve.
.IP "" -4
 pre = addPreformatted(parent,"");
 code = appendInlineElement(pre,"j = 0;
 for i in [1..10] {
   j += i;
 }");
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.