refname — The name of (one of) the subject(s) of a reference page
refname ::= (text | Bibliography inlines | Error inlines | Graphic inlines | GUI inlines | Indexing inlines | Keyboard inlines | Linking inlines | Markup inlines | Math inlines | Object-oriented programming inlines | Operating system inlines | Product inlines | Programming inlines | Publishing inlines | Technical inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
A refentry
is a small unit of reference
documentation describing a single topic. The refname
identifies the topic. Often this is the name of the command or function
that the reference page describes.
Some reference pages describe a whole family of very closely
related commands or functions. In this case, a
refentry
will have multiple
refname
s, one for each command or function. When a
refentry
has several refname
s, it
is likely to have a refdescriptor
that identifies the
whole family of functions.
May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context.
Formatting reference pages may require a fairly sophisticated
processing system. Much of the meta-information about a reference page
(its name, type, purpose, title, and classification) is stored in
wrappers near the beginning of the refentry
.
Common presentational features, such as titles and running headers, may require data from several of these wrappers plus some generated text. Other formatting often requires that these elements be reordered.
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