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<cd:commandgroup name="about" xmlns:cd="http://wiki.contextgarden.net/commanddoc/20200807">
<cd:shortdesc>The command <tt>\about</tt> is used for textual references
</cd:shortdesc>
<cd:variants>
<cd:command category="references" file="strc-ref.mkvi" interfacedate="2020-07-14T09:24" interfacefile="i-references.xml" level="document" name="about" variantnumber="1">
<cd:arguments>
<cd:keywords ordinal="1">
<cd:keywordsdoc></cd:keywordsdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:reference"></cd:constant>
</cd:keywords>
</cd:arguments>
</cd:command>
</cd:variants>
<cd:description>The command <code>\about</code> provides the complete title of a referenced block of text (e.g. chapter's title). The title is in quotation marks by default, but these surrounding elements can be changed with the <code>left</code> and <code>right</code> options of {{cmd|setupreferencing}}.
</cd:description>
<cd:examples><cd:example title="">To get the chapter's title the reference <code>myreference</code> is used.
<context source="yes" text="produces">
\starttext
\chapter[myreference]{Chapter 1}
See \about[myreference] for more information.
\stoptext
</context></cd:example></cd:examples>
<cd:notes></cd:notes>
<cd:seealso>
<cd:source file="strc-ref.mkvi" originator="system"></cd:source>
<cd:wikipage originator="system" page="Category:References"></cd:wikipage>
<cd:commandref name="setupreferencing"></cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="at">to insert the page number of a referenced item.</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="in">to insert the number of a referenced item (e.g. figure number).</cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
</cd:commandgroup>
<cd:shortdesc>The command <tt>\about</tt> is used for textual references
</cd:shortdesc>
<cd:variants>
<cd:command category="references" file="strc-ref.mkvi" interfacedate="2020-07-14T09:24" interfacefile="i-references.xml" level="document" name="about" variantnumber="1">
<cd:arguments>
<cd:keywords ordinal="1">
<cd:keywordsdoc></cd:keywordsdoc>
<cd:constant type="cd:reference"></cd:constant>
</cd:keywords>
</cd:arguments>
</cd:command>
</cd:variants>
<cd:description>The command <code>\about</code> provides the complete title of a referenced block of text (e.g. chapter's title). The title is in quotation marks by default, but these surrounding elements can be changed with the <code>left</code> and <code>right</code> options of {{cmd|setupreferencing}}.
</cd:description>
<cd:examples><cd:example title="">To get the chapter's title the reference <code>myreference</code> is used.
<context source="yes" text="produces">
\starttext
\chapter[myreference]{Chapter 1}
See \about[myreference] for more information.
\stoptext
</context></cd:example></cd:examples>
<cd:notes></cd:notes>
<cd:seealso>
<cd:source file="strc-ref.mkvi" originator="system"></cd:source>
<cd:wikipage originator="system" page="Category:References"></cd:wikipage>
<cd:commandref name="setupreferencing"></cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="at">to insert the page number of a referenced item.</cd:commandref>
<cd:commandref name="in">to insert the number of a referenced item (e.g. figure number).</cd:commandref></cd:seealso>
</cd:commandgroup>
