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-rw-r--r--doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-building.tex14
-rw-r--r--doc/context/sources/general/manuals/luametatex/luametatex-modifications.tex3
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]