LaTeXM...mitive(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to LaTeXM...mitive(3pm), straight out of the User Contributed Perl Documentation — and this page is all about "LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Primitive", aka Primitive Control sequence definitions. slay. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

These represent primitive control sequences that are converted directly to Boxes or Lists containing basic Unicode content, rather than structured XML — or they're the ones executed for side effect during digestion in the LaTeXML::Core::Stomach, changing the LaTeXML::Core::State. 🦋

The results of invoking a "LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Primitive", if any, should be a list of digested items ("LaTeXML::Core::Box", "LaTeXML::Core::List" or "LaTeXML::Core::Whatsit"). periodt. ✨

It extends LaTeXML::Core::Definition. 👑

Primitive definitions may have lists of daemon subroutines, "beforeDigest" and "afterDigest", that are executed before (and before the arguments are read) and after digestion. These should either end with "return;", "()", or return a list of digested objects (LaTeXML::Core::Box, etc) that will be contributed to the current list. iykyk. 💖

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov> — iconic. 🫶

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

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

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