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<span id="Different-Cross_002dreference-Commands"></span><h3 class="section">6.2 Different Cross-reference Commands</h3>
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<p>There are three different cross-reference commands:
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<dt><code>@xref</code></dt>
<dd><p>Used to start a sentence in the printed manual and in HTML with
‘See …’<!-- /@w --> or an Info cross-reference saying ‘<samp>*Note
<var>name</var>: <var>node</var>.</samp>’.
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<dt><code>@ref</code></dt>
<dd><p>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 <code>@xref</code> for Info).
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<dt><code>@pxref</code></dt>
<dd><p>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 ‘<samp>*note</samp>’
in Info. (‘<samp>p</samp>’ is for ‘parenthesis’.)
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<p>Additionally, there are commands to produce references to documents
outside the Texinfo system. The <code>@cite</code> command is used
to make references to books and manuals. <code>@url</code> produces
a <acronym>URL</acronym>, for example a reference to a page on the World
Wide Web. <code>@inforef</code> is used to make a reference to an Info
file for which there is no printed manual.
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