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14.8 Glyphs for Programming
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In Texinfo, code is often illustrated in examples that are delimited by
'@example' and '@end example', or by '@lisp' and '@end lisp'.  In such
examples, you can indicate the results of evaluation or an expansion
using '=>' or '==>'.  Likewise, there are commands to insert glyphs to
indicate printed output, error messages, equivalence of expressions, the
location of point in an editor, and GUI operation sequences.

  The glyph-insertion commands do not need to be used within an example,
but most often they are.  All glyph-insertion commands are followed by
empty braces.

Glyphs Summary

@result

How to show the result of expression.

@expansion

How to indicate an expansion.

@print

How to indicate generated output.

@error

How to indicate an error message.

@equiv

How to indicate equivalence.

@point

How to indicate the location of point.

Click Sequences

Inserting GUI usage sequences.