Some customization is specific for the different cases, especially when the formatting is not done in a separate document unit (see Output Element Units), but some customization is relevant for all the special elements. The formatting of special elements bodies is handled the same for all the special elements, when formatted as separate elements. To specify a special element in those contexts, the special elements varieties are used, as described in Table 15.1.
| Special Element | Special Element Variety |
|---|---|
| Table of contents | contents |
| Short table of contents | shortcontents |
| Footnotes | footnotes |
| About | about |
Table 15.1: Association of special elements names with their special element variety
The variety of special elements is in the element extra
hash special_element_variety key.