1.153.3 Get methods

syntax_table <-comment_end: [1..2] -> name

Return 1 or 2 character long comment end sequence as a name. With the argument omitted, the 1 character long comment end sequence is returned.

Diagnostics: Fails silently if no such comment sequence is defined.

syntax_table <-comment_start: [1..2] -> name

Return 1 or 2 character long comment start sequence as a name. With the argument omitted, the 1 character long comment start sequence is returned.

Diagnostics: Fails silently if no such comment sequence is defined.

syntax_table <-context: character=char -> context=char

Some syntactical categories have a context character associated (see syntax_table->syntax). The context characters are stored in this C-array.

syntax_table <-convert: name -> syntax_table

First performs a lookup in @syntax_tables. When successful, this table is returned. Otherwise it returns a new (default) table. See also syntax_table->initialise.

syntax_table <-lookup: name -> syntax_table

Performs a lookup in @syntax_tables.

syntax_table <-syntax: character=char -> category=name|chain

Return the syntactical category of the character. If the character is in multiple categories a chain with category names is returned. See also syntax_table<-context.