Hi! Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net? I need it for a syntax definition of the plain TeX format. With builtin TeX commands I mean stuff like \def, \global, and such. A list of commands defined in plain.tex would be great as well, but at least that's easier to compile by myself, as I can just look in the actual file. The tex source is a bit harder to overview... Thanks! nikolai
Nikolai Weibull schrieb:
Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net?
TeXbook, chapters 24-26, should be fairly complete. The source file is freely availabe (http://ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/knuth/tex/), but you may not process it with tex. Yours, Karsten
Karsten Heymann wrote:
Nikolai Weibull schrieb:
Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net?
TeXbook, chapters 24-26, should be fairly complete. The source file is freely availabe (http://ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/knuth/tex/), but you may not process it with tex.
All of TeX's primitives can be found by grep '^primitive\(' tex.web similar solutions are there for etex and pdftex, but in etex a few primitives depend on runtime configuration, so you have to be careful (\beginL \beginr) Cheers, taco
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
Hi!
Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net? I need it for a syntax definition of the plain TeX format.
With builtin TeX commands I mean stuff like \def, \global, and such.
A list of commands defined in plain.tex would be great as well, but at least that's easier to compile by myself, as I can just look in the actual file.
The tex source is a bit harder to overview...
if you look into the scit eproperties files that ship with context, you will fond such lists (although the pdftex list is incomplete) we can always extend ctxtools (which can generate syntax files for some editors) to provide these lists as well Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
On Saturday 25 March 2006 07:35, Hans Hagen wrote:
Nikolai Weibull wrote:
Hi!
Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net? I need it for a syntax definition of the plain TeX format.
With builtin TeX commands I mean stuff like \def, \global, and such.
A list of commands defined in plain.tex would be great as well, but at least that's easier to compile by myself, as I can just look in the actual file.
The tex source is a bit harder to overview...
if you look into the scit eproperties files that ship with context, you will fond such lists (although the pdftex list is incomplete)
we can always extend ctxtools (which can generate syntax files for some editors) to provide these lists as well
Hans
I suggest: _The TeXBook_ (you have the source probably.) _TeX for the Impatient_ (free on internet.) _TeX by Topic_ (free on the internet.) All these books have useful indexes. _TeX for the Impatient_ has a separate list of commands with page references. _TeX by Topic_ has a glossary of just the primitives. TeX primitives (as opposed to plain tex additions) are distinguished in the first two books by asterisks. The remaining need is the list of pdftex additions, and these are listed on page 15ff of _the PDFTeX User Manual_. However having one or more of these books available may obviate the need to compile your own syntax definition list. -- John Culleton Books with answers to marketing and publishing questions: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf Book coaches, consultants and packagers: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf
On 3/25/06, John R. Culleton
I suggest:
_The TeXBook_ (you have the source probably.) _TeX for the Impatient_ (free on internet.) _TeX by Topic_ (free on the internet.)
Thank you! And thanks to everyone else as well. Your comments have been very helpful. The index for "TeX for the Impatient" worked really well, and I also liked http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html as it provided me with a useful taxonomy. Still, the collection of links and pointers in this thread is really quite useful. Perhaps I (or someone else) should wikify it? Again, thank you everyone who took the time to come up with good answers to my question. nikolai
On Mar 25, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Nikolai Weibull wrote:
Hi!
Is there a list of builtin TeX commands anywhere on the net? I need it for a syntax definition of the plain TeX format.
Does that do what you want: http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/cseq.html Best Thomas
Am 2006-03-25 um 14:36 schrieb Thomas A. Schmitz:
Does that do what you want: http://www.tug.org/utilities/plain/ cseq.html
Great! Perhaps not what the OP was looking for, but what I wanted for a long while! Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
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