Definition attributes are summarized in Table 
.
As with the format table, the `Name' column gives the names by which you can refer to the attributes when entering them.
Conditions provide extra information about a definition to the editor.
The argument of the conds term is a sequence of conditions.
Each condition is a term with a single text slot holding the name
of the condition. Use the INITIALIZE command (
CM-I
) with
a term cursor over a condition sequence slot to insert a condition term.
The alias attribute provides an alternate name which the input editor recognises as refering to the definition. Alternate names are often convenient abbreviations for the full names of definitions.
The iteration attributes control selection of a definition by the display
layout algorithm. They are used to come up with convenient notations
for iterated structures. They are discussed in Section
.
The parens and prec attributes both affect parenthesization.
See Section
.
The display form that you get for a display form definition when
you first open up a display object assumes there are no attributes, and
hides the attribute slot. To open up the attribute slot of a display form
definition that hides the slot, position a term cursor over the whole
definition and use the SELECT-DFORM-OPTION (
CM-S
) command.
