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<h4 class="subsection">1.3.5 Format of Descriptions</h4>

<p><a name="index-description-format-15"></a>
Functions, commands, and variables are described in this manual in a
uniform format.  The first line of a description contains the name of
the item followed by its arguments, if any. 
The category&mdash;function, variable, or whatever&mdash;appears at the
beginning of the line. 
The description follows on succeeding lines, sometimes with examples.

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<li><a accesskey="2" href="A-Sample-Command-Description.html#A-Sample-Command-Description">A Sample Command Description</a>
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