Command/ description

\description

Summary

The instances of \description are defined by \definedescription

Settings example

\DESCRIPTION[...,...]{...} ... \par
[...,...]	reference
{...}	text
...	content
\par	delimiter

Description

Actually there is no predefined command \description. Instead, you can use \definedescription to define a command (whose name is arbitrary) to typeset a headword as distinct from its description.

Note: You can use \par to separate the items, but a better idea is to use the startdescription form of the defined instance.

Examples

Example 1

\definedescription[description][location=top,headstyle=bold]
\description{icon}
An icon is a representation of an action or the name of a computer
program. Icons are frequently used in operating systems on several
computer platforms. \par

See also

• startdescription
• \definedescription
• \setupdescription
• strc-des.mkvi

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