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Texinfo has commands for indicating just what kind of object a piece
of text refers to. For example, email addresses are marked by
@email; that way, the result can be a live link to send email
when the output format supports it. If the email address was simply
marked as “print in a typewriter font”, that would not be possible.
@code{sample-code}@kbd{keyboard-characters}@key{key-name}@samp{text}@verb{chartextchar}@var{metasyntactic-variable}@env{environment-variable}@file{file-name}@command{command-name}@option{option-name}@dfn{term}@abbr{abbreviation[, meaning]}@acronym{acronym[, meaning]}@indicateurl{uniform-resource-locator}@email{email-address[, displayed-text]}