texinfo: Def Cmds in Detail

Definition Commands

Def Cmd Conventions

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16.5 The Definition Commands
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Texinfo provides more than a dozen definition commands, all of which are
described in this section.

  The definition commands automatically enter the name of the entity in
the appropriate index: for example, '@deffn', '@defun', and '@defmac'
enter function names in the index of functions; '@defvr' and '@defvar'
enter variable names in the index of variables.

  Although the examples that follow mostly illustrate Lisp, the commands
can be used for other programming languages.

Functions Commands

Commands for functions and similar entities.

Variables Commands

Commands for variables and similar entities.

Typed Functions

Commands for functions in typed languages.

Typed Variables

Commands for variables in typed languages.

Data Types

The definition command for data types.

Abstract Objects

Commands for object-oriented programming.