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<div><h2 id="a0000000041">6.5.1 Context Objects</h2>
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    <dt><b class="bf">class </b><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">Context</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape"><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>load<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000281" id="a0000000281"></a>  Instantiate a new context. </p><p>If the <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">load</i></span> argument is set to true, the context will load all of the base macros defined in plasT<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X. This includes all of the macros used in the standard T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X and L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X distributions. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">contexts</b></tt></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000282" id="a0000000282"></a> stack of all macro and category code collections currently in the document being processed. The item at index 0 include the global macro set and default category codes. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">counters</b></tt></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000283" id="a0000000283"></a> a dictionary of counters. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">currentlabel</b></tt></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000284" id="a0000000284"></a> the object that is given the label when a \<tt class="ttfamily">label</tt> macro is invoked. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">isMathMode</b></tt></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000285" id="a0000000285"></a> boolean that specifies if we are currently in T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X’s math mode or not. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">addGlobal</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key, value</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000287" id="a0000000287"></a> add a macro <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">value</i></span> with name <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key</i></span> to the global namespace. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">addLocal</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key, value</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000288" id="a0000000288"></a> add a macro <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">value</i></span> with name <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key</i></span> to the current namespace. </p></dd>

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    <dd><p><a name="a0000000289" id="a0000000289"></a> same as <tt class="ttfamily">push()</tt> </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">catcode</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">char, code</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000290" id="a0000000290"></a> set the category code for a character in the current scope. <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">char</i></span> is the character that will have its category code changed. <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">code</i></span> is the T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X category code (0-15) to change it to. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">chardef</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name, num</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000291" id="a0000000291"></a> create a new T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X chardef like \<tt class="ttfamily">chardef</tt>. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span> is the name of the command to create. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">num</i></span> is the character number to use. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">__getitem__</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000292" id="a0000000292"></a> look through the stack of macros and return the one with the name <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">key</i></span>. The return value is an <em>instance</em> of the requested macro, not a reference to the macro class. This method allows you to use Python’s dictionary syntax to retrieve the item from the context as shown below. </p><pre>
tex.context['section']
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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">importMacros</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">context</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000293" id="a0000000293"></a> import macros from another context into the global namespace. The argument, <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">context</i></span>, must be a dictionary of macros. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">label</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">label</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000294" id="a0000000294"></a> set the given label to the currently labelable object. An object can only have one label associated with it. </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">let</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">dest, source</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000295" id="a0000000295"></a> create a new T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X let like \<tt class="ttfamily">let</tt>. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">dest</i></span> is the command sequence to create. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">source</i></span> is the token to set the command sequence equivalent to. </p><p><b class="bfseries">Example</b> </p><pre>
c.let('bgroup', BeginGroup('{'))
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    <dd><p><a name="a0000000296" id="a0000000296"></a> imports all of the base macros defined by plasT<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X. This includes all of the macros specified by the T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X and L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X systems. </p></dd>

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    <dd><p><a name="a0000000297" id="a0000000297"></a> loads a language package to configure names such as \<tt class="ttfamily">figurename</tt>, \<tt class="ttfamily">tablename</tt>, etc. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">language</i></span> is a string containing the name of the language file to load. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">document</i></span> is the document object being processed. </p></dd>

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    <dd><p><a name="a0000000298" id="a0000000298"></a> load an INI formatted package file (see section <a href="sec-packages.html">4.3</a> for more information). </p></dd>

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    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">loadPackage</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">tex, file, <span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>options<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000299" id="a0000000299"></a> loads a L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X package. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">tex</i></span> is the T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X processor to use in parsing the package content </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">file</i></span> is the name of the package to load </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">options</i></span> is a dictionary containing the options to pass to the package. This generally comes from the optional argument on a \<tt class="ttfamily">usepackage</tt> or \<tt class="ttfamily">documentclass</tt> macro. </p><p>The package being loaded by this method can be one of three type: 1) a native L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X package, 2) a Python package, or 3) an INI formatted file. The Python version of the package is searched for first. If it is found, it is loaded and an INI version of the package is also loaded if it exists. If there is no Python version, the true L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X version of the package is loaded. If there is an INI version of the package in the same directory as the L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X version, that file is loaded also. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newcommand</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, nargs<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, definition<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, opt<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000300" id="a0000000300"></a> create a new L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X command like \<tt class="ttfamily">newcommand</tt>. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span> is the name of the macro to create. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">nargs</i></span> is the number of arguments including optional arguments. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">definition</i></span> is a string containing the macro definition. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">opt</i></span> is a string containing the default optional value. </p><p><b class="bfseries">Examples</b> </p><pre>
c.newcommand('bold', 1, r'\\textbf{#1}')
c.newcommand('foo', 2, r'{\\bf #1#2}', opt='myprefix')
</pre></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newcount</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, initial<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000301" id="a0000000301"></a> create a new count like \<tt class="ttfamily">newcount</tt>. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newcounter</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name, <span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>resetby, initial, format<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000302" id="a0000000302"></a> create a new counter like \<tt class="ttfamily">newcounter</tt>. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span> is the name of the counter to create. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">resetby</i></span> is the counter that, when incremented, will reset the new counter. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">initial</i></span> is the initial value for the counter. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">format</i></span> is the printed format of the counter. </p><p>In addition to creating a new counter macro, another macro corresponding to the \<tt class="ttfamily">the<span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span></tt> is created which prints the value of the counter just like in L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newdef</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, args<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, definition<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, local<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000303" id="a0000000303"></a> create a new T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X definition like \<tt class="ttfamily">def</tt>. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span> is the name of the definition to create. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">args</i></span> is a string containing the T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X argument profile. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">definition</i></span> is a string containing the macro code to expand when the definition is invoked. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">local</i></span> is a boolean that specifies that the definition should only exist in the local scope. The default value is true. </p><p><b class="bfseries">Examples</b> </p><pre>
c.newdef('bold', '#1', '{\\bf #1}')
c.newdef('put', '(#1,#2)#3', '\\dostuff{#1}{#2}{#3}')
</pre></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newdimen</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, initial<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000304" id="a0000000304"></a> create a new dimen like \<tt class="ttfamily">newdimen</tt>. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newenvironment</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, nargs<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, definition<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, opt<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000305" id="a0000000305"></a> create a new L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X environment like \<tt class="ttfamily">newenvironment</tt>. This works exactly like the <tt class="ttfamily">newcommand()</tt> method, except that the <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">definition</i></span> argument is a two element tuple where the first element is a string containing the macro content to expand at the \<tt class="ttfamily">begin</tt>, and the second element is the macro content to expand at the \<tt class="ttfamily">end</tt>. </p><p><b class="bfseries">Example</b> </p><pre>
c.newenvironment('mylist', 0, (r'\\begin{itemize}', r'\\end{itemize}'))
</pre></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newif</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, initial<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000306" id="a0000000306"></a> create a new if like \<tt class="ttfamily">newif</tt>. This also creates macros corresponding to \<tt class="ttfamily"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span>true</tt> and \<tt class="ttfamily"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name</i></span>false</tt>. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newmuskip</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, initial<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000307" id="a0000000307"></a> create a new muskip like \<tt class="ttfamily">newmuskip</tt>. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">newskip</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">name<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>, initial<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000308" id="a0000000308"></a> create a new skip like \<tt class="ttfamily">newskip</tt>. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd> </dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">packages</b></tt></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000309" id="a0000000309"></a> a dictionary of L<sup style="font-variant:small-caps; margin-left:-0.3em">a</sup>T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X packages. The keys are the names of the packages. The values are dictionaries containing the options that were specified when the package was loaded. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">pop</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape"><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>obj<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000310" id="a0000000310"></a> pop the top scope off of the stack. If <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is specified, continue to pop scopes off of the context stack until the scope that was originally added by <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is found. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">push</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape"><span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">[</big></span>context<span class="textnormal"><big class="xlarge">]</big></span></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000311" id="a0000000311"></a> add a new scope to the stack. If a macro instance <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">context</i></span> is specified, the new scope’s namespace is given by that object. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">ref</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj, label</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000312" id="a0000000312"></a> set up a reference for resolution. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is the macro object that is doing the referencing. </p><p><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">label</i></span> is the label of the node that <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is looking for. </p><p>If the item that <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is looking for has already been labeled, the <tt class="ttfamily">idref</tt> attribute of <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">obj</i></span> is set to the abject. Otherwise, the reference is stored away to be resolved later. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">setVerbatimCatcodes</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape"></i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000313" id="a0000000313"></a> set the current set of category codes to the set used for the verbatim environment. </p></dd>

</dl> </p><p>  <dl class="description">

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd>  </dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt></dt>
    <dd></dd>

    <dt><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily"><b class="bfseries">whichCode</b></tt></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">(</tt></span><span style="width:0.0pt" class="parbox"><span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">char</i></span><span class="rmfamily"><tt class="ttfamily">)</tt></span></span></dt>
    <dd><p><a name="a0000000314" id="a0000000314"></a> return the character code that <span class="rmfamily"><i class="itshape">char</i></span> belongs to. The category codes are the same codes used by T<sub style="text-transform:uppercase; margin-left:-0.2em">e</sub>X and are defined in the <tt class="ttfamily">Token</tt> class. </p></dd>

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