Uninscribed Signs or Spaces (v. or vac.)

Uninscribed signs or spaces.

Syntax

The greather-than sign > followed by the letter c for “character” and a number corresponding to the character count (followed by the optional precision notation), the whole enclosed within square brackets […].

Overview

Notation	Conceptual AST	Paper Output
`[>cN‽ᵟ]`	`Vacat{ count: n, unit: Char, precision: γ }`	`vac. char. n◇ᵟ`

𝑛 ∈ ℕ (natural numbers).
‽ᵟ ∈ {?, !, ε} = uncertainty marker ?, certainty marker !, or empty string (ε).
◇ᵟ ∈ {⯑, ⯁, ε} = rendering of the uncertainty/certainty marker in the notation or empty string (ε).
γ ∈ {Low, High, Medium} = certainty level corresponding to the marker used in the notation.
𝑁 = number of characters (represented by char or digits).

Examples

Notation	Paper Output
`[>c]`	vac. char.
`[>c3]`	vac. char. 3
`[>c7?]`	vac. char. 7
`[>c5!]`	vac. char. 5

EpiDoc Outputs

Notation	EpiDoc (XML)
`[>c]`	`<ab> <space quantity="1" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </ab>`
`[>c3]`	`<ab> <space quantity="3" unit="character" precision="medium"/> </ab>`
`[>c7?]`	`<ab> <space quantity="7" unit="character" precision="low"/> </ab>`
`[>c5!]`	`<ab> <space quantity="5" unit="character" precision="high"/> </ab>`

Structural Analysis (Conceptual AST)

Notation	AST
`[>c]`	`Vacat(char. 1, medium)`
`[>c3]`	`Vacat(char. 3, medium)`
`[>c7?]`	`Vacat(char. 7, low)`
`[>c5!]`	`Vacat(char. 5, high)`