-ALIASES += true="\b true"
-ALIASES += false="\b false"
-ALIASES += NULL="\b NULL"
+# NOTE: using <b> and <tt> tags is different from using \c \b because in the last case
+# \c gets applied to the first word following and \b to the second word following;
+# we want both bold and typetext attributes to be applied to the same word!
+ALIASES += true="<b><tt>true</tt></b>"
+ALIASES += false="<b><tt>false</tt></b>"
+ALIASES += NULL="<b><tt>NULL</tt></b>"
+
+# these are useful for creation of tables
+ALIASES += beginTable="<center><table class='doctable'>"
+ALIASES += beginInvisibleTable="<center><table class='doctable' border='0'>"
+ALIASES += row{2}="<tr><td>\1</td> <td>\2</td></tr>"
+ALIASES += row{3}="<tr><td>\1</td> <td>\2 \3</td></tr>"
+ALIASES += row{4}="<tr><td>\1</td> <td>\2 \3 \4</td></tr>"
+ALIASES += endTable="</table></center>"
+
+# NOTE: we could put aliases also for e.g. @wxDefaultSize, @wxDefaultPosition, @wxID_ANY,
+# @wxEmptyString, @wxNullIcon, etc etc