Definition of terms for project Breccia
: see also http://reluk.ca/project/wayic/refractory/index.brec
@
- A containment operator.
: see `^^containment clause$` @ language_definition.brec
: see `^^CS$` @ language_definition.brec
alphanumeric
- (of a character) Having a Unicode property of `Alphabetic` or `Decimal_Number`.
: re `Alphabetic` see https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-26.html#Alphabetic
: re `Decimal_Number`
see https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/tr44-26.html#General_Category_Values
.brec
- The file extension for Breccia.
: see `Filename extension` @ README.html
Breccia
/ pronounced /brɛ́kɪə/ as in ‘breckia’ \ Cf. the geologic homograph pronounced /brɛ́tʃə/.
─ mass noun
- A lightweight markup language for point-form outlining and drafting
based on sequences and recursions of text elements known as a fracta.
: see `lightweight markup.+drafting.+recurs.+fracta` @ README.html
Breccian
─ adjective
: see `^^Breccia$`
compile
─ verb, with object
- Convert (a text) from source to simulacral form.
containment operator
: see `^^@$`
file head
- Another term for a file descriptor.
foregap
- A type of separator.
: see `^^F$` @ `^^ Separation$` @ language_definition.brec
formal
─ adjective
- (of a fractal type) Defined by a form particular to it.
: e.g. `^^◆ formal type$` @ `^^legend$` @ `^^fractal types$` @ language_definition.brec
: cf. `^^informal$`
fracta
─ plural noun
: see `^^fractum$`
fractal
─ adjective
: see `^^fractum$`
fractum
─ noun
- The basic formal unit of Breccian composition, recursion and order.
: see `basic formal unit of Breccian composition, recursion and order\.$` @
`^^ Fractum$` @ language_definition.brec
headless file
- A Breccian file without a file descriptor.
hierarchic order
─ mass noun
- The order of hierarchic relata.
: re `hierarchic relata` see head @ language_definition.brec
hierarchy
- (of fracta) The system of relations among hierarchic relata.
: re `hierarchic relata` see head @ language_definition.brec
informal
─ adjective
- (of a fractal type) Defined in terms of other fractal types.
: e.g. `^^◆ informal type$` @ `^^legend$` @ `^^fractal types$` @ language_definition.brec
: cf. `^^formal$`
linear order
─ mass noun
- The arrangement in a file of characters and lines in relation to each other
according to the conventional sequence of reading.
/ Aka ‘document order’.
: see e.g. https://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/glossary.html#dt-document-order
newline
- A character or sequence of characters indicating a line break.
/ In Breccia, it comprises either a line feed, or a carriage return followed by a line feed.
: see `^^allowed whitespace$` @ language_definition.brec
postgap
- A type of separator.
: see `^^P$` @ `^^ Separation$` @ language_definition.brec
private
─ adjective
- (of a fractum) Marked as pertaining soley to the author, or authors,
by the use of a privatizer.
simulacra
─ plural noun
: see `^^simulacrum$`
simulacral
─ adjective
: see `^^simulacrum$`
simulacrum
─ noun
- The compiled, executable form of a Breccian text,
as opposed to the initial, written form of its source code.
: see @ `^^ Simulacrum$` @ language_definition.brec
source
─ mass noun
- Source code.
source code
─ mass noun
- Breccian text in written form, as opposed to simulacral form.
subjoin
─ verb
- Descend by way of a jointer.
subjoint
─ adjective
- Descendent by way of a jointer.
surjoin
─ verb
- Be or cause to be ancestral by way of a jointer.
surjoint
─ adjective
- Ancestral by way of a jointer.
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