2.5 Renderers🔗ℹ

A renderer is responsible for converting a processed document into a rendered format, such as HTML, Latex, PDF (via Latex), or Markdown.

After decoding and before other processing, a Scribble document is independent of its rendered format, and it simultaneously customizes rendering for all possible formats through styles. Some style information applies to all or multiple renderers, while some is specific to a renderer and ignore by other renderers. A render’s output may be subject to further customization, such as through CSS for HTML output or through Latex style files and macros for Latex and PDF output; those customizations might be attached to a document through styles, or they may be externally applied, depending on what the renderer supports.

Although a renderer is mostly involved with the last pass of document processing (see Document Passes), a renderer is selected before any documentation passes. The renderer can choose specifically how cross-reference information is represented in a CollectInfo or ResolveInfo table, for example.