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-rw-r--r-- | doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex index 9068bbc0c..e4c00d3a2 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ There is however a catch. The keyword scanners in \LUAMETATEX\ are implemented slightly different. When \TEX\ scans a keyword it will (case insensitive) scan for a whole keyword. So, it scans for \type {height} and when it doesn't find it it will scan for \type {depth} etc. When it does find a keyword in this case it -expects a dimension next. When that criterium is not met it will issue an error +expects a dimension next. When that criterion is not met it will issue an error message. In order to avoid look ahead failures like that it is recommended to end the @@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ criteria makes a difference. Experiments with this demonstrated the usual: when asked what looks best contradictions mix with expectations and being triggered by events that one related to \TEX, like successive hyphenated lines. -The \prm {linebreakcriterium} parameter can be set to a value made from four bytes. We're +The \prm {linebreakcriterion} parameter can be set to a value made from four bytes. We're not going to explain the magic numbers because they come from and are discussed in original \TEX. It is enough to know that we have four criteria: @@ -908,9 +908,9 @@ The original decisions are made in the following way: \starttyping function loose(badness) - if badness > loose_criterium then + if badness > loose_criterion then return very_loose_fit - elseif badness > decent_criterium then + elseif badness > decent_criterion then return loose_fit else { return decent_fit @@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ function loose(badness) end function tight(badness) - if badness > decent_criterium then + if badness > decent_criterion then return tight_fit else { return decent_fit @@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ doesn't work out as you expect. Don Knuth did a good job on the heuristics and after many decades there is no real need to change something. Consider it a playground. -The parameter \prm {ignoredepthcriterium} is set to -1000pt at startup and is a +The parameter \prm {ignoredepthcriterion} is set to -1000pt at startup and is a special signal for \prm {prevdepth}. You can change the value locally for educational purposes but best not mess with this standard value in production code unless you want special effects. @@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ variable is global. Traditional \TEX\ has the \prm {parfillskip} parameter that determines the way the last line is filled. In \LUAMETATEX\ we also have \prm {parfillleftskip}. The counterparts for the first line are \prm {parinitleftskip} and \prm -{parinitrightskip}. +{parinitrightskip}. We also have \prm {parfillrightskip} as consistency alias. \startbuffer \leftskip 2em diff --git a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex index f19cee29e..67a16d295 100644 --- a/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex +++ b/doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex @@ -988,6 +988,9 @@ end \stopluacode +When in the preceding list a primitive has \type {[todo]} in front it is sort of +experimental and it will be discussed later on when it's stable. + \stopsubsection \startsubsection[title=Changed function names] |