Where the alias definition must be in quotes and the optional minvars
argument defines the minimum number of variables which must be
specified when the alias is called from the command line.
Typing the aliascommand with no arguments will
update all the stored alias definitions based on the entries in the
alias configuration files and will give a list of all available alias
definitions.
Alias definitions can also be added by manually adding an entry to the
user alias configuration file. A typical entry has the following
form:
[scanrel] definition="scan
%1 @(%1)+%2 @(%1)+%3 %4" numbervars=4 minvars=4 help="Do a relative scan using the
default preset. Eg. scanrel s1 -1 1 .1"
The above entry shows the alias
definition for the scanrel alias. The alias name itself is the
section name and the definition is defined using the definition key.
Note that command-line arguments are specified using a %n syntax
where the arguments included in the definition must be sequentially
numbered. The numbervars key indicates the number of variables
defined in the definition and the minvars indicates the minimum number
of variables which must be given on the command line. This is
included to allow alias definitions where some of the arguments are
optional. The help key is used with the help
command to provide additional information about a specific alias.
