PreviewUpdateService.getMacroNames
How to read this API
These are TypeScript APIs compiled into SnapTeX; a .tex project cannot load them at runtime.
function name(...)is a helper that your rule imports and calls.apply(...),render(...),extract(...), andcollect(...)are callbacks that your rule implements and SnapTeX calls.renderer.name(...),context.name(...),input.name(...), anddeps.name(...)are methods SnapTeX supplies to callbacks; do not import or construct them.service.name(...)is an instance method called after your host or test constructsPreviewUpdateService.
Register extension declarations through SNAP_TEX_RULES in src/rules.ts. See Source API Scope for imports, value ownership, output safety, rebuilds, and testing.
Returns macro names known to the current document.
Signature
ts
service.getMacroNames(): string[]Returns
A new array of keys from document.metadata.macros. The order is not part of the API contract; sort the result at the presentation boundary when needed.
Call relationships
- Reads: metadata state populated by the latest
render. - Called by: host LaTeX completion providers and tests.
- Does not: expose or mutate the macro definitions object.