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Two-column Tables

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11.4.3 '@itemx': Second and Subsequent Items
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Use the '@itemx' command inside a table when you have two or more first
column entries for the same item, each of which should appear on a line
of its own.

  Use '@item' for the first entry, and '@itemx' for all subsequent
entries; '@itemx' must always follow an '@item' command, with no blank
line intervening.

  The '@itemx' command works exactly like '@item' except that it does
not generate extra vertical space above the first column text.  If you
have multiple consecutive '@itemx' commands, do not insert any blank
lines between them.

  For example,

     @table @code
     @item upcase
     @itemx downcase
     These two functions accept a character or a string as
     argument, and return the corresponding uppercase (lowercase)
     character or string.
     @end table

This produces:

'upcase'
'downcase'
     These two functions accept a character or a string as argument, and
     return the corresponding uppercase (lowercase) character or string.

(Note also that this example illustrates multi-line supporting text in a
two-column table.)