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diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex index 083fa732a..054eec421 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex @@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ distribution, articles and presentations. It doesn't pay of to repeat that here, especially not in a time when users often search instead of read from cover to cover. +Occasionally there are extensions to \PDFTEX\ and \LUATEX\ but these are unlikely +to en dup in \LUAMETATEX. If needed one can add functionality using \LUA. Another +reason is that because the way we handle files and generate output being +compatible would only harm the engine. We have some fundamental extensions that +overcome limitations anyway. One area where the are significate changes is in +logging: at some point it no longer made sense to be compatible (with \LUATEX) +because we carry around more information. + \stopsubsection \startsubsection[title=Changes from \TEX\ 3.1415926...] @@ -529,6 +537,17 @@ different extension to the original. You're warned. \stopsubsection +\startsubsection[title=Changes in keyword scanning] + +\topicindex {keywords} + +Some primitives accept (optional) keywords and in \LUAMETATEX\ there are more +keywords than in \LUATEX. Scanning can trigger error messages and lookahead side +effects and in \LUAMETATEX\ these can be different. This is no big deal because +errors are still errors. + +\stopsubsection + \stopsection \stopchapter |