Ligature of As-Written Signs

A ligature made of as-written signs.

Syntax

Any number of Unicode characters (followed by the optional certainty notation) enclosed between equal signs =โ€ฆ=.

Overview

NotationSimplified ASTPaper Output
=๐‘†ร—๐‘=Ligature {content: [Plain("๐‘†ร—๐‘")], cert: ฮณ}โงต๐‘†ร—๐‘โงท
  • ๐‘† = any sign (Unicode character) โˆ‰ STOP_SET (cf. Technical Catalogue of Symbols) otherwise preceded by the escape character \.
  • ๐‘ = number of characters (represented by char or digits).
  • โ€ฝแตŸ โˆˆ {?, !, ฮต} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (ฮต).
  • ฮณ โˆˆ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
  • โ—‡แตŸ โˆˆ {โฏ‘, โฏ, ฮต} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (ฮต).

See Ligated Signs for the automatic rectification performed by the formatter to improve legibility.

Examples

NotationPaper Output
 
=abc=
abc
=abc?=
abc
=abc!=
abc

EpiDoc Outputs

NotationEpiDoc (XML)
 
=abc=
<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="medium">abc</hi>
</ab>
=abc?=
<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="low">abc</hi>
</ab>
=abc!=
<ab>
    <hi rend="ligature" cert="high">abc</hi>
</ab>

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

NotationAST
 
=abc=
Ligature[medium]
  Plain("abc")

=abc?=
Ligature[low]
  Plain("abc")

=abc!=
Ligature[high]
  Plain("abc")