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90  <dd><p>The <code>@deffn</code> command is the general definition command for  <dd><p>The <code>@deffn</code> command is the general definition command for
91  functions, interactive commands, and similar entities that may take  functions, interactive commands, and similar entities that may take
92  arguments.  You must choose a term to describe the category of entity  arguments.  You must choose a term to describe the category of entity
93  being defined; for example, &quot;Function&quot; could be used if the entity is  being defined; for example, &ldquo;Function&rdquo; could be used if the entity is
94  a function.  The <code>@deffn</code> command is written at the beginning of a  a function.  The <code>@deffn</code> command is written at the beginning of a
95  line and is followed on the same line by the category of entity being  line and is followed on the same line by the category of entity being
96  described, the name of this particular entity, and its arguments, if  described, the name of this particular entity, and its arguments, if
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104  @end deffn  @end deffn
105  </pre></td></tr></table>  </pre></td></tr></table>
106    
107  <p>This shows a rather terse definition for a &quot;command&quot; named  <p>This shows a rather terse definition for a &ldquo;command&rdquo; named
108  <code>forward-char</code> with one argument, <var>nchars</var>.  <code>forward-char</code> with one argument, <var>nchars</var>.
109  </p>  </p>
110  <p><code>@deffn</code> prints argument names such as <var>nchars</var> in italics or  <p><code>@deffn</code> prints argument names such as <var>nchars</var> in italics or
111  upper case, as if <code>@var</code> had been used, because we think of these  upper case, as if <code>@var</code> had been used, because we think of these
112  names as metasyntactic variables--they stand for the actual argument  names as metasyntactic variables&mdash;they stand for the actual argument
113  values.  Within the text of the description, write an argument name  values.  Within the text of the description, write an argument name
114  explicitly with <code>@var</code> to refer to the value of the argument.  In  explicitly with <code>@var</code> to refer to the value of the argument.  In
115  the example above, we used <samp>`@var{nchars}'</samp> in this way.  the example above, we used <samp>`@var{nchars}'</samp> in this way.

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