`@smallexample' and `@smalllisp'
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  In addition to the regular `@example' and `@lisp' commands, Texinfo
has two other "example-style" commands.  These are the `@smallexample'
and `@smalllisp' commands.  Both these commands are designed for use
with the `@smallbook' command that causes TeX to produce a printed
manual in a 7 by 9.25 inch format rather than the regular 8.5 by 11
inch format.

  In TeX, the `@smallexample' and `@smalllisp' commands typeset text in
a smaller font for the smaller `@smallbook' format than for the 8.5 by
11 inch format.  Consequently, many examples containing long lines fit
in a narrower, `@smallbook' page without needing to be shortened.  Both
commands typeset in the normal font size when you format for the 8.5 by
11 inch size; indeed, in this situation, the `@smallexample' and
`@smalllisp' commands are defined to be the `@example' and `@lisp'
commands.

  In Info, the `@smallexample' and `@smalllisp' commands are equivalent
to the `@example' and `@lisp' commands, and work exactly the same.

  Mark the end of `@smallexample' or `@smalllisp' with `@end
smallexample' or `@end smalllisp', respectively.

     This is an example of text written between `@smallexample' and
     `@end smallexample'.  In Info and in an 8.5 by 11 inch manual,
     this text appears in its normal size; but in a 7 by 9.25 inch manual,
     this text appears in a smaller font.

  The `@smallexample' and `@smalllisp' commands make it easier to
prepare smaller format manuals without forcing you to edit examples by
hand to fit them onto narrower pages.

  As a general rule, a printed document looks better if you write all
the examples in a chapter consistently in `@example' or in
`@smallexample'.  Only occasionally should you mix the two formats.

  See Printing "Small" Books: smallbook, for more information about
the `@smallbook' command.