texinfo: Cross Reference Commands

Cross References

Cross Reference Parts

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8.2 Different Cross Reference Commands
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There are four different cross reference commands:

'@xref'
     Used to start a sentence in the printed manual and in HTML with 'See ...'
     or an Info cross reference saying 'Note: NAME.'.

'@ref'
     Used within or, more often, at the end of a sentence; produces just
     the reference in the printed manual and in HTML without the
     preceding 'See' (same as '@xref' for Info).

'@pxref'
     Used within parentheses, at the end of a sentence, or otherwise
     before punctuation, to make a reference.  Its output starts with a
     lowercase 'see' in the printed manual and in HTML, and a lowercase
     '*note' in Info.  ('p' is for 'parenthesis'.)

'@inforef'
     Used to make a reference to an Info file for which there is no
     printed manual.

The '@cite' command is used to make references to books and manuals for
which there is no corresponding Info file and, therefore, no node to
which to point.  Note: @cite.