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@@ -130,8 +130,14 @@ optical paragraph optimization:
\NC \type {leftprotruding} \NC number \NC left protruding factor (\prm {lpcode}) \NC\NR
\NC \type {rightprotruding} \NC number \NC right protruding factor (\prm {rpcode}) \NC\NR
\NC \type {expansion} \NC number \NC expansion factor (\prm {efcode}) \NC\NR
+\NC \type {compression} \NC number \NC compression factor (\prm {cfcode}) \NC\NR
\stoptabulate
+The \prm {lpcode}, \prm {rpcode} and \prm {efcode} are comparable to the ones
+introduced by \PDFTEX, while \prm {cfcode} complements \prm {efcode}: a
+compression alongside expansion code per character. In \LUAMETATEX\ the expansion
+mechanism is also available in math.
+
From \TEX\ we inherit the following tables. Ligatures are only used in so call
base mode, when the engine does the font magic. Kerns are used in text and
optionally in math: More details follow below.