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<span id="g_t_0040ref-1"></span><h3 class="section">6.6 <code>@ref</code></h3>
<span id="ref"></span><span id="index-ref"></span>
<span id="index-Cross_002dreferences-using-_0040ref"></span>
<span id="index-References-using-_0040ref"></span>
<p><code>@ref</code> is nearly the same as <code>@xref</code> except that it does
not generate a ‘See’ in the printed output, just the reference itself.
This makes it useful as the last part of a sentence.
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<p>For example,
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<span id="index-Hurricanes"></span>
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<pre class="example">For more information, @pxref{This}, and @ref{That}.
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<p>produces in Info:
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<pre class="example">For more information, *note This::, and *note That::.
</pre></div>
<p>and in printed output:
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>For more information, see Section 1.1 [This], page 1,
and Section 1.2 [That], page 2.
</p></blockquote>
<p>The <code>@ref</code> command can tempt writers to express themselves in a
manner that is suitable for a printed manual but looks awkward in the
Info format. Bear in mind that your audience could be using both the
printed and the Info format. For example:
</p>
<span id="index-Sea-surges"></span>
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<pre class="example">Sea surges are described in @ref{Hurricanes}.
</pre></div>
<p>looks ok in the printed output:
</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Sea surges are described in Section 6.7 [Hurricanes], page 72.
</p></blockquote>
<p>but is awkward to read in Info, “note” being a verb:
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<pre class="example">Sea surges are described in *note Hurricanes::.
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