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(texinfo)Defining New Texinfo Commands

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Defining New Texinfo Commands
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  Texinfo provides several ways to define new commands:

   * A Texinfo "macro" allows you to define a new Texinfo command as any
     sequence of text and/or existing commands (including other
     macros).  The macro can have any number of "parameters"--text you
     supply each time you use the macro.

     Incidentally, these macros have nothing to do with the `@defmac'
     command, which is for documenting macros in the subject of the
     manual (Note: Def Cmd Template).

   * `@alias' is a convenient way to define a new name for an existing
     command.

   * `@definfoenclose' allows you to define new commands with
     customized output in the Info file.

Defining Macros

Defining and undefining new commands.

Invoking Macros

Using a macro, once you've defined it.

Macro Details

Beyond basic macro usage.

alias

Command aliases.

definfoenclose

Customized highlighting.