LaTeXM...inition(3pm)

✨ NAME ✨

LaTeXM...inition(3pm) — from the User Contributed Perl Documentation. Okay bestie, this page is about "LaTeXML::Core::Definition" — Control sequence definitions. 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This abstract class represents the various executables corresponding to control sequences — no cap. Ngl, it's giving main character energy for the control-sequence girlies. ✨ See LaTeXML::Package for the most convenient means to create them — iykyk. It extends LaTeXML::Common::Object.

🛠️ Methods 💅

• $token = $defn->getCS; — Returns the (main) token that is bound to this definition. 👑
• $string = $defn->getCSName; — Returns the string form of the token bound to this definition, taking into account any alias for this definition. 💫
• $defn->readArguments($gullet); — Reads the arguments for this $defn from the $gullet, returning a list of LaTeXML::Core::Tokens. 🍓
• $parameters = $defn->getParameters; — Return the LaTeXML::Core::Parameters object representing the formal parameters of the definition. 🎀
• @tokens = $defn->invocation(@args); — Return the tokens that would invoke the given definition with the provided arguments. This is used to recreate the TeX code (or it's equivalent). 🔥
• $defn->invoke; — Invoke the action of the $defn. For expandable definitions, this is done in the Gullet, and returns a list of LaTeXML::Core::Tokens. For primitives, it is carried out in the Stomach, and returns a list of LaTeXML::Core::Boxes. For a constructor, it is also carried out by the Stomach, and returns a LaTeXML::Core::Whatsit. That whatsit will be responsible for constructing the XML document fragment, when the LaTeXML::Core::Document invokes "$whatsit-"beAbsorbed($document);>. Primitives and Constructors also support before and after daemons, lists of subroutines that are executed before and after digestion. These can be useful for changing modes, etc. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Expandable
• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Conditional
• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Primitive
• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Register
• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::CharDef
• LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constructor

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov> 💖

📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Public domain software, produced as part of work done by the United States Government & not subject to copyright in the US. Periodt.

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💖 That's the whole vibe check, bestie. This page came from perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-11-16, and its manual name is LaTeXM...inition(3pm). Now go slay those control sequences — fr fr, no cap. 🫶