create_text_entity [name [type]]

This alias creates a new text entity and then inserts, at the cursor, an entity reference to the new text entity. Any selected text is moved to the new text entity. If you simply enter create_text_entity with no arguments, you are prompted for an entity name.

name is the text entity name, which is used to construct the reference.

type is the optional type of the entity and the only supported option is CDATA”. This only applies to SGML documents.

cte is a synonym for create_text_entity.

Examples