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diff --git a/doc/user/str_defs b/doc/user/str_defs index 71bd71e..42ea403 100644 --- a/doc/user/str_defs +++ b/doc/user/str_defs @@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ directory, containing definitions like this: "import @BasicSetup" "def @Batlow { Batlow Food Distributors Pty. Ltd. }" } -The meaning of the first line, {@Code "import @BasicSetup"}, will -be explained shortly. After that comes @Code "def" for `define,' -then the name of the symbol being defined, then its value between -braces. So this example defines a symbol called @Code "@Batlow" to -stand for the object following it between braces. Lout will read this -file during its setup phase (Section {@NumberOf setup}). +The meaning of the first line, {@Code "import @BasicSetup"}, will be +explained shortly. After that comes @Code "def" for `define,' then +the name of the symbol being defined, then its value between braces. +So this example defines a symbol called @Code "@Batlow" to stand for +the object following it between braces. Lout will read this file +during its setup phase (Section {@NumberOf setup}). Alternatively, you +can place definitions directly into your document files, following your +@Code "@SysInclude" lines and before {@Code "@Doc"}, {@Code "@Report"}, +or whatever symbol your document proper starts with. @PP Your symbols may have any names you wish made from letters and {@Code "@"}. However, it is good practice to have exactly one |