Formatting Specification

Status

• Type: Normative
• Stability: Draft

Scope

Formatting in LaTeX must be conservative.

FerroTeX aims for:

• stable whitespace formatting
• safe indentation for environments/groups
• non-destructive behavior with comments and math

Formatting Modes

• textDocument/formatting (whole document)
• textDocument/rangeFormatting (selected region)

Rules (initial)

• Indent nested environments.
• Preserve comment-only lines.
• Do not reflow paragraphs unless explicitly enabled.
• Preserve math content verbatim by default.

Safety and Idempotence

Formatting MUST be:

• idempotent (formatting twice yields same result)
• bounded (no exponential behavior)

Configuration

Formatting behavior is controlled via configuration (see configuration.md).