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Gosh, that was a lot to digest, I know. Sorry. Let’s pause for a moment and catch our breath.
Whether it is to modify them or to actually use them, the rest of the library needs to refer to format tables in one way or another. You refer to a specific format table by using a so-called format table designator. Format table designators can be of various forms.
First of all, it is possible to use a table object directly (as returned
by make-format-table
). You may also refer to a format table by
name, if you have registered it (see Table Registration) and
finally, if you don’t specify anything, the so-called current
format table is used (see Current Format Table).
• Table Registration: | Naming format tables | |
• Current Format Table: | The default format table |