is there a reference of %!TeX directives?

Asked Feb 04 '23 at 19:31

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Well, can't find if this has been asked here before, and failing to found good answer with search engines (I tried only with Qwant and DuckDuckGo.) Is there somewhere a good and complete reference somewhere on these

% !TeX directives

put at the top of files by some editors (or IDE like editing environments)?

asked Feb 04 '23 at 19:31

gildux

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see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/78101/when-and-why-should-i-use-tex-ts-program-and-tex-encoding/84687#84687 – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Feb 04 '23 at 19:56
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(some editors also have their own magic comments, you should consult the documentation of whichever editor you use) – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Feb 04 '23 at 19:59
Thanks Sam. Seeing that support list let me think there's a kind of (de facto?) standard, isn't it? Or you mean it's some hazard if things are so? (in that later case, question can be closed.) – gildux Feb 04 '23 at 20:06
Not really a coincidence, I think one editor started and others adopted the magic comments and sometimes added custom one. – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Feb 04 '23 at 20:12
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They come from TeXshop originally – Joseph Wright Feb 04 '23 at 20:19
Many thanks Sam and Joseph – gildux Feb 05 '23 at 01:50
The question is not about when or why, but: a full list of allowed directives and established rules (for example absence or more space between percent sign and exclamation mark, etc.) And the answer appears to be: there's no kind of standardisation and it's the jungle (answer not found in page pointed as duplication.) – gildux Feb 05 '23 at 18:35

is there a reference of %!TeX directives?

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