text\<open>
Isabelle/Isar provides a simple document preparation system based on
{PDF-\LaTeX}, with support for hyperlinks and bookmarks within that format.
This allows to produce papers, books, theses etc.\ from Isabelle theory
sources.
{\LaTeX} output is generated while processing a \<^emph>\<open>session\<close> in batch mode, as
explained in the \<^emph>\<open>The Isabelle System Manual\<close> \<^cite>\<open>"isabelle-system"\<close>.
The main Isabelle tools to get started with document preparation are
@{tool_ref mkroot} and @{tool_ref build}.
The classic Isabelle/HOL tutorial \<^cite>\<open>"isabelle-hol-book"\<close> also explains
some aspects of theory presentation. \<close>
Markup commands provide a structured way to insert text into the document
generated from a theory. Each markup command takes a single @{syntaxtext}
argument, which is passed as argument to a corresponding {\LaTeX} macro. The
default macros provided by\<^file>\<open>~~/lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty\<close> can be
redefined according to the needs of the underlying document and {\LaTeX}
styles.
Note that formal comments (\secref{sec:comments}) are similar to markup
commands, but have a different status within Isabelle/Isar syntax.
\<^descr> @{command chapter}, @{command section}, @{command subsection} etc.\ mark
section headings within the theory source. This works in any context, even
before the initial @{command theory} command. The corresponding {\LaTeX}
macros are \<^verbatim>\<open>\isamarkupchapter\<close>, \<^verbatim>\<open>\isamarkupsection\<close>, \<^verbatim>\<open>\isamarkupsubsection\<close> etc.\
\<^descr> @{command text} and @{command txt} specify paragraphs of plain text.
This corresponds to a {\LaTeX} environment \<^verbatim>\<open>\begin{isamarkuptext}\<close> \<open>\<dots>\<close> \<^verbatim>\<open>\end{isamarkuptext}\<close> etc.
\<^descr> @{command text_raw} is similar to @{command text}, but without any
surrounding markup environment. This allows to inject arbitrary {\LaTeX}
source into the generated document.
All text passed to any of the above markup commands may refer to formal
entities via \<^emph>\<open>document antiquotations\<close>, see also \secref{sec:antiq}. These
are interpreted in the present theory or proofcontext.
\<^medskip>
The proof markup commands closely resemble those fortheory specifications,
but have a different formal status and produce different {\LaTeX} macros. \<close>
The overall content of an Isabelle/Isar theory may alternate between formal and informal text. The main body consists of formal specificationandproof
commands, interspersed with markup commands (\secref{sec:markup}) or
document comments (\secref{sec:comments}). The argument of markup commands
quotes informal textto be printed in the resulting document, but may again
refer to formal entities via \<^emph>\<open>document antiquotations\<close>.
For example, embedding \<^verbatim>\<open>@{term [show_types] "f x = a + x"}\<close>
within a text block makes \isa{{\isacharparenleft}f{\isasymColon}{\isacharprime}a\ {\isasymRightarrow}\ {\isacharprime}a{\isacharparenright}\ {\isacharparenleft}x{\isasymColon}{\isacharprime}a{\isacharparenright}\ {\isacharequal}\ {\isacharparenleft}a{\isasymColon}{\isacharprime}a{\isacharparenright}\ {\isacharplus}\ x} appear in the final {\LaTeX} document.
Antiquotations usually spare the author tedious typing of logical entities in full detail. Even more importantly, some degree of consistency-checking
between the main body of formal textand its informal explanation is
achieved, since terms andtypes appearing in antiquotations are checked
within the current theory or proofcontext.
\<^medskip>
Antiquotations are in general written as \<^verbatim>\<open>@{\<close>\<open>name\<close>~\<^verbatim>\<open>[\<close>\<open>options\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>]\<close>~\<open>arguments\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>. The short form \<^verbatim>\<open>\\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open><^\<close>\<open>name\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>>\<close>\<open>\<open>argument_content\<close>\<close> (without surrounding \<^verbatim>\<open>@{\<close>\<open>\<dots>\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>)
works for a single argument that is a cartouche. A cartouche without special
decoration is equivalent to\<^verbatim>\<open>\<^cartouche>\<close>\<open>\<open>argument_content\<close>\<close>, which is
equivalent to\<^verbatim>\<open>@{cartouche\<close>~\<open>\<open>argument_content\<close>\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>. The special name
@{antiquotation_def cartouche} is defined in the context: Isabelle/Pure
introduces that as an alias to @{antiquotation_ref text} (see below).
Consequently, \<open>\<open>foo_bar + baz \<le> bazar\<close>\<close> prints literal quasi-formal text
(unchecked). A control symbol \<^verbatim>\<open>\\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open><^\<close>\<open>name\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>>\<close> within the body text, but
without a subsequent cartouche, is equivalent to\<^verbatim>\<open>@{\<close>\<open>name\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>.
Note that the syntax of antiquotations may \<^emph>\<open>not\<close> include source comments \<^verbatim>\<open>(*\<close>~\<open>\<dots>\<close>~\<^verbatim>\<open>*)\<close> nor verbatim text \<^verbatim>\<open>{*\<close>~\<open>\<dots>\<close>~\<^verbatim>\<open>*}\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{text s}\<close> prints uninterpreted source text \<open>s\<close>, i.e.\ inner syntax. This is particularly useful to print portions of text according to the Isabelle
document style, without demanding well-formedness, e.g.\ small pieces of
terms that should not be parsed or type-checked yet.
It isalso possible to write this in the short form \<open>\<open>s\<close>\<close> without any
further decoration.
\<^descr> \<open>@{theory_text s}\<close> prints uninterpreted theory source text \<open>s\<close>, i.e.\
outer syntaxwith command keywords and other tokens.
\<^descr> \<open>@{theory A}\<close> prints the session-qualified theory name \<open>A\<close>, which is
guaranteed to refer to a valid ancestor theoryin the current context.
\<^descr> \<open>@{thm a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n}\<close> prints theorems \<open>a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n\<close>. Full fact expressions are
allowed here, including attributes (\secref{sec:syn-att}).
\<^descr> \<open>@{prop \<phi>}\<close> prints a well-typed proposition \<open>\<phi>\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{lemma \<phi> by m}\<close> proves a well-typed proposition \<open>\<phi>\<close> by method \<open>m\<close> and
prints the original \<open>\<phi>\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{term t}\<close> prints a well-typed term \<open>t\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{value t}\<close> evaluates a term \<open>t\<close> and prints its result, see also
@{command_ref (HOL) value}.
\<^descr> \<open>@{term_type t}\<close> prints a well-typed term \<open>t\<close> annotated with its type.
\<^descr> \<open>@{typeof t}\<close> prints the type of a well-typed term \<open>t\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{const c}\<close> prints a logical or syntactic constant \<open>c\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{abbrev c x\<^sub>1 \<dots> x\<^sub>n}\<close> prints a constant abbreviation \<open>c x\<^sub>1 \<dots> x\<^sub>n \<equiv> rhs\<close>
as defined in the current context.
\<^descr> \<open>@{typ \<tau>}\<close> prints a well-formed type \<open>\<tau>\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{type \<kappa>}\<close> prints a (logical or syntactic) type constructor \<open>\<kappa>\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{class c}\<close> prints a class \<open>c\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{locale c}\<close> prints a locale \<open>c\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{bundle c}\<close> prints a bundle \<open>c\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{command name}\<close>, \<open>@{method name}\<close>, \<open>@{attribute name}\<close> print checked
entities of the Isar language.
\<^descr> \<open>@{goals}\<close> prints the current \<^emph>\<open>dynamic\<close> goal state. This is mainly for
support of tactic-emulation scripts within Isar. Presentation of goal states
does not conform to the idea of human-readable proof documents!
When explaining proofs in detail it is usually better to spell out the
reasoning via proper Isar proof commands, instead of peeking at the internal
machine configuration.
\<^descr> \<open>@{subgoals}\<close> is similar to \<open>@{goals}\<close>, but does not print the main goal.
\<^descr> \<open>@{prf a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n}\<close> prints the (compact) proof terms corresponding to the theorems\<open>a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n\<close>. Note that this requires proof terms to be switched on for the current logic session.
\<^descr> \<open>@{full_prf a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n}\<close> is like \<open>@{prf a\<^sub>1 \<dots> a\<^sub>n}\<close>, but prints the full proof terms, i.e.\ also displays information omitted in the compact proof term, which is denoted by ``\<open>_\<close>'' placeholders there.
\<^descr> \<open>@{ML_text s}\<close> prints ML text verbatim: only the token language is
checked.
\<^descr> \<open>@{ML s}\<close>, \<open>@{ML_infix s}\<close>, \<open>@{ML_type s}\<close>, \<open>@{ML_structure s}\<close>, and \<open>@{ML_functor s}\<close> check text \<open>s\<close> as ML value, infix operator, type,
exception, structure, and functor respectively. The source is printed
verbatim. The variants \<open>@{ML_def s}\<close> and \<open>@{ML_ref s}\<close> etc. maintain the
document index: ``def'' means to make a bold entry, ``ref'' means to make a
regular entry.
There are two forms for type constructors, with or without separate type
arguments: this impacts only the index entry. For example, \<open>@{ML_type_ref \<open>'a list\<close>}\<close> makes an entry literally for ``\<open>'a list\<close>'' (sorted under the
letter ``a''), but \<open>@{ML_type_ref 'a \<open>list\<close>}\<close> makes an entry for the
constructor name ``\<open>list\<close>''.
\<^descr> \<open>@{emph s}\<close> prints document source recursively, with {\LaTeX} markup \<^verbatim>\<open>\emph{\<close>\<open>\<dots>\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{bold s}\<close> prints document source recursively, with {\LaTeX} markup \<^verbatim>\<open>\textbf{\<close>\<open>\<dots>\<close>\<^verbatim>\<open>}\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{verbatim s}\<close> prints uninterpreted source text literally as ASCII
characters, using some type-writer font style.
\<^descr> \<open>@{bash_function name}\<close> prints the given GNU bash function verbatim. The
name is checked wrt.\ the Isabelle system environment \<^cite>\<open>"isabelle-system"\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{system_option name}\<close> prints the given system option verbatim. The name is checked wrt.\ cumulative \<^verbatim>\<open>etc/options\<close> of all Isabelle components,
notably \<^file>\<open>~~/etc/options\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>@{session name}\<close> prints given session name verbatim. The name is checked
wrt.\ the dependencies of the current session.
\<^descr> \<open>@{path name}\<close> prints the file-system path name verbatim.
\<^descr> \<open>@{file name}\<close> is like \<open>@{path name}\<close>, but ensures that \<open>name\<close> refers to a
plain file.
\<^descr> \<open>@{dir name}\<close> is like \<open>@{path name}\<close>, but ensures that \<open>name\<close> refers to a
directory.
\<^descr> \<open>@{url name}\<close> produces markup for the given URL, which results in an
active hyperlink within the text.
\<^descr> \<open>@{cite arg}\<close> produces the Bib{\TeX} citation macro \<^verbatim>\<open>\cite[...]{...}\<close> with its optional and mandatory argument. The analogous \<^verbatim>\<open>\nocite\<close>, and the \<^verbatim>\<open>\citet\<close> and \<^verbatim>\<open>\citep\<close> variants from the \<^verbatim>\<open>natbib\<close>
package\<^footnote>\<open>\<^url>\<open>https://ctan.org/pkg/natbib\<close>\<close> are supported as well.
The argument syntaxis uniform for all variants andis usually presented in
control-symbol-cartouche form: \<open>\<^cite>\<open>arg\<close>\<close>. The formal syntax of the
nested argument language is defined as follows: \<^rail>\<open>arg: (embedded
@'in')? (name + @'and') \<newline> (@'using' name)?\<close>
Here the embedded textis free-form {\LaTeX}, which becomes the optional
argument of the \<^verbatim>\<open>\cite\<close> macro. The named items are Bib{\TeX} database
entries and become the mandatory argument (separated by comma). The optional
part ``\<^theory_text>\<open>using name\<close>'' specifies an alternative {\LaTeX} macro name.
\<^descr> @{command "print_antiquotations"} prints all document antiquotations that
are defined in the current context; the ``\<open>!\<close>'' option indicates extra
verbosity. \<close>
subsection \<open>Styled antiquotations\<close>
text\<open>
The antiquotations \<open>thm\<close>, \<open>prop\<close> and \<open>term\<close> admit an extra \<^emph>\<open>style\<close> specificationto modify the printed result. A style is specified by a name with a possibly empty number of arguments; multiple styles can be sequenced with commas. The following standard styles are available:
\<^descr> \<open>lhs\<close> extracts the first argument of any application form with at least
two arguments --- typically meta-level or object-level equality, or any
other binary relation.
\<^descr> \<open>rhs\<close> is like \<open>lhs\<close>, but extracts the second argument.
\<^descr> \<open>concl\<close> extracts the conclusion \<open>C\<close> from a rule in Horn-clause normal form \<open>A\<^sub>1 \<Longrightarrow> \<dots> A\<^sub>n \<Longrightarrow> C\<close>.
\<^descr> \<open>prem\<close> \<open>n\<close> extract premise number \<open>n\<close> from from a rule in Horn-clause
normal form \<open>A\<^sub>1 \<Longrightarrow> \<dots> A\<^sub>n \<Longrightarrow> C\<close>. \<close>
subsection \<open>General options\<close>
text\<open>
The following options are available to tune the printed output of
antiquotations. Note that many of these coincide with system and
configuration options of the same names.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def show_types}~\<open>= bool\<close> and
@{antiquotation_option_def show_sorts}~\<open>= bool\<close> control printing of
explicit type and sort constraints.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def show_structs}~\<open>= bool\<close> controls printing of
implicit structures.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def show_abbrevs}~\<open>= bool\<close> controls folding of
abbreviations.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def names_long}~\<open>= bool\<close> forces names of types and constants etc.\ to be printed in their fully qualified internal form.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def names_short}~\<open>= bool\<close> forces names of types and constants etc.\ to be printed unqualified. Note that internalizing the output again in the current context may well yield a different result.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def names_unique}~\<open>= bool\<close> determines whether the
printed version of qualified names should be made sufficiently long to
avoid overlap with names declared further back. Set to\<open>false\<close> for more
concise output.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def eta_contract}~\<open>= bool\<close> prints terms in \<open>\<eta>\<close>-contracted form.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def display}~\<open>= bool\<close> indicates if the text is to
be output as multi-line ``display material'', rather than a small piece of text without line breaks (which is the default).
In this mode the embedded entities are printed in the same style as the
main theorytext.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def break}~\<open>= bool\<close> controls line breaks in
non-display material.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def cartouche}~\<open>= bool\<close> indicates if the output
should be delimited as cartouche.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def quotes}~\<open>= bool\<close> indicates if the output
should be delimited via double quotes (option @{antiquotation_option
cartouche} takes precedence). Note that the Isabelle {\LaTeX} styles may
suppress quotes on their own account.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def mode}~\<open>= name\<close> adds \<open>name\<close> to the print mode to be used for presentation. Note that the standard setupfor {\LaTeX} outputis already present by default, with mode ``\<open>latex\<close>''.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def margin}~\<open>= nat\<close> and
@{antiquotation_option_def indent}~\<open>= nat\<close> change the margin or
indentation for pretty printing of display material.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def goals_limit}~\<open>= nat\<close> determines the maximum
number of subgoals to be printed (for goal-based antiquotation).
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def source}~\<open>= bool\<close> prints the original source text of the antiquotation arguments, rather than its internal
representation. Note that formal checking of @{antiquotation "thm"},
@{antiquotation "term"}, etc. is still enabled; use the @{antiquotation "text"} antiquotation foruncheckedoutput.
Regular \<open>term\<close> and \<open>typ\<close> antiquotations with \<open>source = false\<close> involve a
full round-trip from the original source to an internalized logical entity backto a source form, according to the syntax of the current context. Thus the printed outputis not under direct control of the author, it may
even fluctuate a bit as the underlying theoryis changed later on.
In contrast, @{antiquotation_option source}~\<open>= true\<close> admits direct
printing of the given source text, with the desirable well-formedness
check in the background, but without modification of the printed text.
Cartouche delimiters of the argument are stripped for antiquotations that
are internally categorized as ``embedded''.
\<^descr> @{antiquotation_option_def source_cartouche} is like
@{antiquotation_option source}, but cartouche delimiters are always
preserved in the output.
For Boolean flags, ``\<open>name = true\<close>'' may be abbreviated as ``\<open>name\<close>''. All
of the above flags are disabled by default, unless changed specifically for
a logic session in the corresponding \<^verbatim>\<open>ROOT\<close> file. \<close>
section \<open>Markdown-like text structure\<close>
text\<open>
The markup commands @{command_ref text}, @{command_ref txt}, @{command_ref text_raw} (\secref{sec:markup}) consist of plain text. Its internal structure consists of paragraphs and (nested) lists, using special Isabelle
symbols and some rules for indentation and blank lines. This quasi-visual
format resembles \<^emph>\<open>Markdown\<close>\<^footnote>\<open>\<^url>\<open>http://commonmark.org\<close>\<close>, but the full
complexity of that notationis avoided.
This is a summary of the main principles of minimal Markdown in Isabelle:
\<^item> List items start with the following markers \<^descr>[itemize:] \<^verbatim>\<open>\<^item>\<close> \<^descr>[enumerate:] \<^verbatim>\<open>\<^enum>\<close> \<^descr>[description:] \<^verbatim>\<open>\<^descr>\<close>
\<^item> Adjacent list items with same indentation and same marker are grouped
into a single list.
\<^item> Singleton blank lines separate paragraphs.
\<^item> Multiple blank lines escape from the current list hierarchy.
Notable differences to official Markdown:
\<^item> Indentation of list items needs to match exactly.
\<^item> Indentation is unlimited (official Markdown interprets four spaces as
block quote).
\<^item> List items always consist of paragraphs --- there is no notion of
``tight'' list.
\<^item> Section headings are expressed via Isar document markup commands
(\secref{sec:markup}).
\<^item> URLs, font styles, other special content is expressed via antiquotations
(\secref{sec:antiq}), usually with proper nesting of sub-languages via text cartouches. \<close>
section \<open>Document markers and command tags \label{sec:document-markers}\<close>
text\<open> \emph{Document markers} are formal comments of the form \<open>\<^marker>\<open>marker_body\<close>\<close>
(using the control symbol \<^verbatim>\<open>\<^marker>\<close>) and may occur anywhere within the
outer syntax of a command: the inner syntax of a marker body resembles that for attributes (\secref{sec:syn-att}). In contrast, \emph{Command tags} may
only occur after a command keyword and are treated as special markers as
explained below.
Document markers are stripped from the document output, but surrounding
white-space is preserved: e.g.\ a marker at the end of a line does not
affect the subsequent line break. Markers operate within the semantic
presentation context of a command, and may modify it to change the overall
appearance of a command span (e.g.\ by adding tags).
Each document marker has its own syntax defined in the theorycontext; the
following markers are predefined in Isabelle/Pure:
\<^descr> \<open>\<^marker>\<open>title arg\<close>\<close>, \<open>\<^marker>\<open>creator arg\<close>\<close>, \<open>\<^marker>\<open>contributor arg\<close>\<close>, \<open>\<^marker>\<open>date arg\<close>\<close>, \<open>\<^marker>\<open>license arg\<close>\<close>, and \<open>\<^marker>\<open>description arg\<close>\<close> produce markup in the PIDE
document, without any immediate effect on typesetting. This vocabulary is
taken from the Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative\<^footnote>\<open>\<^url>\<open>https://www.dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms\<close>\<close>.
The argument is an uninterpreted string, except for @{document_marker
description}, which consists of words that are subject to spell-checking.
\<^descr> \<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag name\<close>\<close> updates the list of command tags in the presentation context: later declarations take precedence, so \<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag a, tag b, tag c\<close>\<close>
produces a reversed list. The default tags are given by the original \<^theory_text>\<open>keywords\<close> declaration of a command, and the system option
@{system_option_ref document_tags}.
The optional \<open>scope\<close> tells how far the tagging is applied to subsequent proofstructure: ``\<^theory_text>\<open>("proof")\<close>'' means it applies to the following proof text, and ``\<^theory_text>\<open>(command)\<close>'' means it only applies to the current command.
The default within a proof body is ``\<^theory_text>\<open>("proof")\<close>'', but for toplevel goal
statements it is ``\<^theory_text>\<open>(command)\<close>''. Thus a \<open>tag\<close> marker for \<^theory_text>\<open>theorem\<close>, \<^theory_text>\<open>lemma\<close> etc. does \emph{not} affect its proof by default.
An old-style command tag \<^verbatim>\<open>%\<close>\<open>name\<close> is treated like a document marker \<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag (proof) name\<close>\<close>: the list of command tags precedes the list of
document markers. The head of the resulting tags in the presentation contextis turned into {\LaTeX} environments to modify the type-setting.
The following tags are pre-declared for certain classes of commands, and
serve as default markup for certain kinds of commands:
\<^medskip> \begin{tabular}{ll} \<open>document\<close> & document markup commands \\ \<open>theory\<close> & theory begin/end \\ \<open>proof\<close> & all proof commands \\ \<open>ML\<close> & all commands involving ML code \\ \end{tabular} \<^medskip>
The Isabelle document preparation system \<^cite>\<open>"isabelle-system"\<close> allows
tagged command regions to be presented specifically, e.g.\ to fold proof
texts, or drop parts of the text completely.
For example ``\<^theory_text>\<open>by auto\<close>~\<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag invisible\<close>\<close>'' causes that piece of proof to
be treated as \<open>invisible\<close> instead of \<open>proof\<close> (the default), which may be
shown or hidden depending on the document setup. In contrast, ``\<^theory_text>\<open>by
auto\<close>~\<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag visible\<close>\<close>'' forces this text to be shown invariably.
Explicit tag specifications within a proofapplyto all subsequent commands
of the same level of nesting. For example, ``\<^theory_text>\<open>proof\<close>~\<open>\<^marker>\<open>tag invisible\<close> \<dots>\<close>~\<^theory_text>\<open>qed\<close>'' forces the whole sub-proof to be typeset as \<open>visible\<close> (unless
some of its parts are tagged differently).
\<^medskip>
Command tags merely produce certain markup environments for type-setting.
The meaning of these is determined by {\LaTeX} macros, as defined in \<^file>\<open>~~/lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty\<close> or by the document author. The Isabelle
document preparation tools also provide some high-level options to specify
the meaning of arbitrary tags to ``keep'', ``drop'', or ``fold'' the
corresponding parts of the text. Logic sessions may also specify ``document
versions'', where given tags are interpreted in some particular way. Again
see \<^cite>\<open>"isabelle-system"\<close> for further details. \<close>
The @{antiquotation rail} antiquotation allows to include syntax diagrams
into Isabelle documents. {\LaTeX} requires the style file \<^file>\<open>~~/lib/texinputs/railsetup.sty\<close>, which can be used via \<^verbatim>\<open>\usepackage{railsetup}\<close> in \<^verbatim>\<open>root.tex\<close>, for example.
The rail specification language is quoted here as Isabelle @{syntax string}
or text @{syntax"cartouche"}; it has its own grammar given below.
The lexical syntax of \<open>identifier\<close> coincides with that of @{syntax
short_ident} in regular Isabelle syntax, but \<open>string\<close> uses single quotes
instead of double quotes of the standard @{syntax string} category.
Each \<open>rule\<close> defines a formal language (with optional name), using a notation
that is similar to EBNF or regular expressions with recursion. The meaning and visual appearance of these rail language elements is illustrated by the
following representative examples.
\<^item> Empty \<^verbatim>\<open>()\<close>
\<^rail>\<open>()\<close>
\<^item> Nonterminal \<^verbatim>\<open>A\<close>
\<^rail>\<open>A\<close>
\<^item> Nonterminal via Isabelle antiquotation \<^verbatim>\<open>@{syntax method}\<close>
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