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9.1.13 @abbr
{abbreviation[, meaning]}
You can use the @abbr
command for general abbreviations. The
abbreviation is given as the single argument in braces, as in
‘@abbr{Comput.}’. As a matter of style, or for particular
abbreviations, you may prefer to omit periods, as in
‘@abbr{Mr} Stallman’.
@abbr
accepts an optional second argument, intended to be used
for the meaning of the abbreviation.
If the abbreviation ends with a lowercase letter and a period, and is
not at the end of a sentence, and has no second argument, remember to
use the @.
command (see section Ending a Sentence) to get the
correct spacing. However, you do not have to use @.
within
the abbreviation itself; Texinfo automatically assumes periods within
the abbreviation do not end a sentence.
In TeX and in the Info output, the first argument is printed as-is;
if the second argument is present, it is printed in parentheses after
the abbreviation. In HTML the <abbr>
tag is used; in Docbook,
the <abbrev>
tag is used. For instance:
@abbr{Comput. J., Computer Journal}
produces:
Comput. J. (Computer Journal)
For abbreviations consisting of all capital letters, you may prefer to
use the @acronym
command instead. See the next section for
more on the usage of these two commands.
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