The Iname= Keyword

The optional iname= keyword assigns input names to prefixes, suffixes, and other words. The name is taken to begin with the first non-blank character following the blank after the keyword and continues up to the next semicolon or the end of the line. The name can contain underscores and dashes (-). A particular iname value should not be specified more than once per section of the encodings file. The iname= keyword can be specified any number of times for the same word to specify multiple input names.

A specified iname or input name can be entered by users as part of a label, but are never used in producing human-readable labels. The intended purpose of the iname= keyword is to specify common word misspellings.

note that extra names for the same word can also be specified with an exact alias (a word with markings and compartments identical to a preceding word), as described in Chapter 7, General Considerations for Specifying Encodings. Using an iname is preferable to using an exact alias.