Re: [help-texinfo] Texinfo tag to indicate synonym or also-known-as ??

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:09:26 -0600
> From: "Robert Dodier" <address@hidden>
> 
> Sorry if this is a FAQ. I have a texinfo document (the Maxima
> reference manual) in which there several deffn's for arithmetic
> operators such as + - * / . I wonder if there is some way to
> indicate synonyms for these, e.g. plus and addition for +,
> minus and subtraction for -, etc. I'm not sure if the synonyms
> should appear in the text of the description for each operator --
> maybe they should and maybe not -- but certainly the synonyms
> should appear in the index so that someone looking up "plus"
> for instance would be sent to the text for "+".

How about adding index entries for the synonyms where you have the
index entry for the main deffn?