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+Remark
+
+When a CWEB file is adapted we need to convert to C. This is normally done with the tangle
+program but as we want to be independent of other tools (which themselves can result in a
+chain of dependencies) we use a Lua script which happens to be run with LuaMetaTeX.
+
+Of course there is a chicken egg issue here but at some point we started with C files so
+now we only need to update.
+
+The script is located in the "tools" path alongside the "source" path and it is run in its
+own directory (which for me means: hit the run key when the document is open). As we always
+ship the C files, there is no need for a user to run the script.
+
+Hans Hagen \ No newline at end of file