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Using the `@table' Command
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   Use the `@table' command to produce two-column tables.

   Write the `@table' command at the beginning of a line and follow it
on the same line with an argument that is a Texinfo command such as
`@code', `@samp', `@var', or `@kbd'.  Although these commands are
usually followed by arguments in braces, in this case you use the
command name without an argument because `@item' will supply the
argument.  This command will be applied to the text that goes into the
first column of each item and determines how it will be highlighted.
For example, `@samp' will cause the text in the first column to be
highlighted with an `@samp' command.

   You may also choose to use the `@asis' command as an argument to
`@table'.  `@asis' is a command that does nothing; if you use this
command after `@table', TeX and the Info formatting commands output the
first column entries without added highlighting (`as is').

   (The `@table' command may work with other commands besides those
listed here.  However, you can only use commands that normally take
arguments in braces.)

   Begin each table entry with an `@item' command at the beginning of a
line.  Write the first column text on the same line as the `@item'
command.  Write the second column text on the line following the
`@item' line and on subsequent lines.  (You do not need to type
anything for an empty second column entry.)  You may write as many
lines of supporting text as you wish, even several paragraphs.  But
only text on the same line as the `@item' will be placed in the first
column.

   Normally, you should put a blank line before an `@item' line.  This
puts a blank like in the Info file.  Except when the entries are very
brief, a blank line looks better.

   The following table, for example, highlights the text in the first
column with an `@samp' command:

     @table @samp
     @item foo
     This is the text for
     @samp{foo}.
     
     @item bar
     Text for @samp{bar}.
     @end table

This produces:

`foo'
     This is the text for `foo'.

`bar'
     Text for `bar'.

   If you want to list two or more named items with a single block of
text, use the `@itemx' command.  (itemx)