is an option for cells and notebooks which specifies additional name aliases to be allowed on input.
InputAliases
is an option for cells and notebooks which specifies additional name aliases to be allowed on input.
Details
- The setting InputAliases->{"name1"->expr1,…} specifies that the namei should be replaced on input by the corresponding expri.
- The expri should be strings or box expressions. »
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Create a notebook that uses dli as an alias for \[DotlessI] :
Alias input starts with an , indicated on screen by Esc :
Typing again produces the desired result form:
Scope (1)
Define an alias for a two-dimensional typeset expression:
Properties & Relations (1)
Find out the InputAliases for the selected notebook:
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1999 (4.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1999), InputAliases, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputAliases.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1999. "InputAliases." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputAliases.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1999). InputAliases. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputAliases.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_inputaliases, author="Wolfram Research", title="{InputAliases}", year="1999", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputAliases.html}", note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_inputaliases, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={InputAliases}, year={1999}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/InputAliases.html}, note=[Accessed: 04-January-2026]}