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Certain Expansion

Expansion of an abbreviation given by the editor as certain.

Syntax

Any number of Unicode characters wrapped by round brackets (…) and preceded by abbreviated text.

Overview

NotationConceptual ASTPaper Output
…(⊙)Certain([ ⊙ ])(⊙)
  • EXPANS_CONTENT_ALLOWED = any phenomena allowed within Abbrev (notation, AST or rendering depending on its placement).

Examples

NotationPaper Output
Mar(ius)
Marius

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
Mar(ius)
<ab>
    <expan>
        <abbr>Mar</abbr>
        <ex>ius</ex>
    </expan>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
Mar(ius)
Abbreviation[complete]
  Written
    Plain("Mar")
  Expanded(certain)
    Plain("ius")