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In the final formatting of <code class="filename">doc2.xml</code>, note that the
paragraph tags appear on separate lines preceding and following the
paragraph content. This occurs despite the fact that the configuration
file specifies no break values in the <code class="literal">para</code> section,
because if you omit formatting options for an element, it "inherits" the
default properties. In the case of the <code class="literal"><para></code>
element, the relevant unspecified properties are the
<code class="literal">entry-break</code> and <code class="literal">exit-break</code> values.
For block elements, both have a value of <code class="literal">1</code> by default
(that is, one newline), which causes a line break after the opening tag
and before the closing tag.
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If you want to see all the formatting options
<span><strong class="command">xmlformat</strong></span> will use, run it with the
<code class="option">--show-config</code> option. For example:
</p><pre class="screen">
% <strong class="userinput"><code>xmlformat --show-config</code></strong>
*DEFAULT
format = block
entry-break = 1
element-break = 1
exit-break = 1
subindent = 1
normalize = no
wrap-length = 0
*DOCUMENT
format = block
entry-break = 0
element-break = 1
exit-break = 1
subindent = 0
normalize = no
wrap-length = 0
example
format = block
entry-break = 2
element-break = 2
exit-break = 2
subindent = 0
normalize = no
wrap-length = 0
para
format = block
entry-break = 1
element-break = 1
exit-break = 1
subindent = 1
normalize = yes
wrap-length = 60
replaceable
format = inline
screen
format = verbatim
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No configuration file is specified on the command line, so
<span><strong class="command">xmlformat</strong></span> reads the default configuration file,
<code class="filename">xmlformat.conf</code>. Then it displays the resulting
configuration options. You can see that the <code class="literal">para</code>
section has inherited break values from the <code class="literal">*DEFAULT</code>
section.
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