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-rw-r--r--doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex4
-rw-r--r--doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-enhancements.tex24
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diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex
index 277d39251..9068bbc0c 100644
--- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex
+++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex
@@ -457,10 +457,10 @@ up such that it can adapt itself:
\hbox to 3cm {x\leaders\hrule\hfil x}
\hbox{x \vrule width 4cm \relax x}
\hbox{x \srule width 4cm \relax x}
-\hbox{x \vrule font \font char `( width 4cm \relax x}
\hbox{x \srule font \font char `( width 4cm \relax x}
\hbox{$x \srule fam \fam char `( width 4cm \relax x$}
-\hbox{$x \vrule fam \fam char `( width 4cm \relax x$}
+% \hbox{x \vrule font \font char `( width 4cm \relax x}
+% \hbox{$x \vrule fam \fam char `( width 4cm \relax x$}
\stopbuffer
\typebuffer
diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-enhancements.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-enhancements.tex
index 46d986bfb..ba320440b 100644
--- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-enhancements.tex
+++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-enhancements.tex
@@ -1767,6 +1767,30 @@ else \quote {last} has been seen.
\stopsection
+\startsection[title=Kerns and penalties]
+
+\startsubsection[title=\prm {hkern} and \prm {vkern}]
+
+\topicindex {kerns}
+
+These two primitives complement \prm {hskip} and \prm {vskip} and force the right
+mode when issued. Contrary to the skips, internally we still have a common kern
+command code but that is not something the user has to worry about.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=\prm {hpenalty} and \prm {vpenalty}]
+
+\topicindex {penalties}
+
+As the kern and skip related primitives mentioned in the in the previous section
+these two primitives are there fort consistency: they force the right (related)
+mode. (Sometimes being a bit more explicit is cleaner.)
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
\startsection[title=Scanning]
\startsubsection[title=Keywords]
diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex.tex
index e75053972..a86846628 100644
--- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex.tex
+++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex.tex
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
% End Feburari 2023 I observed 8.2 seconds for 360 pages and making a format needed
% 1.9 seconds instead if the usual 2.1 but that can be a side effect of the terminal
% because the amount of output which is sensitive for refresh delays set. The new
-% target is nwo 50 pages per second for this manual but on this laptop that is
+% target is now 50 pages per second for this manual but on this laptop that is
% unlikely to happen any time soon. With tabulateusesize and tabulatesparseskips
% experiments enabled we needed 8.1 second and 44.3 pps.