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Terms used in PrismaTex and in these docs.

TermDefinition
AI creditsThe amount, in euros, that AI features use. See Plans and AI credits.
AI modelThe AI engine behind the assistant: Luna, Sol or Terra.
AssistantThe AI built into the editor. In Ask mode it answers without changing anything; in Edit mode it prepares a proposal.
BibTeX, BiberPrograms that build the bibliography from a .bib file. Biber goes with the biblatex package. PrismaTex runs them automatically.
CompilationTurning LaTeX sources into a PDF with an engine: pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, LuaLaTeX or Latexmk.
Main documentThe .tex file compiled to produce the PDF; it contains \documentclass.
Overfull hboxA LaTeX warning: a line runs past the margin. The PDF is produced, but the layout is faulty.
ProjectAll the files of a document, saved online.
ProposalThe changes prepared by the assistant, which you keep or undo. See Reviewing AI changes.
SyncTeXThe link between the PDF and the source code that lets you jump from one to the other (Go to source, Go to PDF).
TemplateThe starting layout of a project: ACL paper, thesis, CV… See Templates.
TokenA unit of text (a short word or part of a word) used to measure the AI's work, and therefore the credits used.
VersionA snapshot of the project at a given moment, which you can compare or restore. See Version history.

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