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=== The syntax table in '''Settings''', in detail ===
A table that is set up along the following lines.
<table cellspacing="4" cellpadding="2" class="cmd">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="cmd">\XXX<!--
--><span class="first">[...]</span><!--
--><span class="second">[...]</span><!--
--><span class="third">[...]</span><!--
--></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" class="first">
<td class="cmd">[...]</td>
<td>''text''</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" class="second">
<td class="cmd">key</td>
<td>'''default''' variant other</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top" class="third">
<td class="cmd">[...]</td>
<td>''text''</td>
</tr>
</table>
Let us examine the following example:
<syntax>placefloat</syntax>
You would not normally type {{cmd|placefloat}} in your TeX-text, but rather a previously defined kind of float (<tt>figure</tt>, for example). If you '''did''' use {{cmd|placefloat}} literally, then the first argument would be the name of the predefined kind of float, like <tt>figure</tt>.
But normally, the command to use in a document would be {{cmd|placefigure}}:
<syntax>placefigure</syntax>
The first two arguments of {{cmd|placefigure}} are optional (recognisable because they are slanted), the second two are mandatory. The first optional argument takes one of the keywords mentioned in {{cmd|placefloat}}. If the argument is not given, then it uses the keyword in bold (assuming there is one). <tt>reference</tt> stands for a reference label; just insert a name that you want to refer to later. In the third and fourth argument ''text'' is in ''italics'' (to indicate that it is not the keyword '''text''', which does exist). Rather, it is a (terse) description of what you can enter. In this case, you can enter any kind of text. ''content'' is similar.
To get syntax tables like the ones above easily in a different page, add
<pre>
<syntax>placefloat</syntax>
</pre>
where you need it. This will fetch the relevant table(s) from the command database.
== Pre-existing pages ==
