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Different Cross Reference Commands

There are four different cross reference commands:

@xref
Used to start a sentence in the printed manual saying `See ...' or an Info cross-reference saying *Note name: node..
@ref
Used within or, more often, at the end of a sentence; same as @xref for Info; produces just the reference in the printed manual without a preceding `See'.
@pxref
Used within parentheses to make a reference that suits both an Info file and a printed book. Starts with a lower case `see' within the printed manual. (p is for `parenthesis'.)
@inforef
Used to make a reference to an Info file for which there is no printed manual.

(The @cite command is used to make references to books and manuals for which there is no corresponding Info file and, therefore, no node to which to point. See @cite.)