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diff --git a/tex/context/base/mkiv/char-tex.lua b/tex/context/base/mkiv/char-tex.lua
index 7f544b147..09547d005 100644
--- a/tex/context/base/mkiv/char-tex.lua
+++ b/tex/context/base/mkiv/char-tex.lua
@@ -42,17 +42,14 @@ local trace_defining = false trackers.register("characters.defining", fu
local report_defining = logs.reporter("characters")
---[[ldx--
-<p>In order to deal with 8-bit output, we need to find a way to go from <l n='utf'/> to
-8-bit. This is handled in the <l n='luatex'/> engine itself.</p>
-
-<p>This leaves us problems with characters that are specific to <l n='tex'/> like
-<type>{}</type>, <type>$</type> and alike. We can remap some chars that tex input files
-are sensitive for to a private area (while writing to a utility file) and revert then
-to their original slot when we read in such a file. Instead of reverting, we can (when
-we resolve characters to glyphs) map them to their right glyph there. For this purpose
-we can use the private planes 0x0F0000 and 0x100000.</p>
---ldx]]--
+-- In order to deal with 8-bit output, we need to find a way to go from UTF to
+-- 8-bit. This is handled in the 32 bit engine itself. This leaves us problems with
+-- characters that are specific to TeX, like curly braces and dollars. We can remap
+-- some chars that tex input files are sensitive for to a private area (while
+-- writing to a utility file) and revert then to their original slot when we read in
+-- such a file. Instead of reverting, we can (when we resolve characters to glyphs)
+-- map them to their right glyph there. For this purpose we can use the private
+-- planes 0x0F0000 and 0x100000.
local low = allocate()
local high = allocate()
@@ -102,21 +99,6 @@ private.escape = utf.remapper(escapes) -- maybe: ,"dynamic"
private.replace = utf.remapper(low) -- maybe: ,"dynamic"
private.revert = utf.remapper(high) -- maybe: ,"dynamic"
---[[ldx--
-<p>We get a more efficient variant of this when we integrate
-replacements in collapser. This more or less renders the previous
-private code redundant. The following code is equivalent but the
-first snippet uses the relocated dollars.</p>
-
-<typing>
-[󰀤x󰀤] [$x$]
-</typing>
---ldx]]--
-
--- using the tree-lpeg-mapper would be nice but we also need to deal with end-of-string
--- cases: "\"\i" and don't want "\relax" to be seen as \r e lax" (for which we need to mess
--- with spaces
-
local accentmapping = allocate {
['"'] = { [""] = "¨",
A = "Ä", a = "ä",
@@ -452,10 +434,8 @@ implement { -- a waste of scanner but consistent
actions = texcharacters.defineaccents
}
---[[ldx--
-<p>Instead of using a <l n='tex'/> file to define the named glyphs, we
-use the table. After all, we have this information available anyway.</p>
---ldx]]--
+-- Instead of using a TeX file to define the named glyphs, we use the table. After
+-- all, we have this information available anyway.
function commands.makeactive(n,name) -- not used
contextsprint(ctxcatcodes,format("\\catcode%s=13\\unexpanded\\def %s{\\%s}",n,utfchar(n),name))
@@ -747,9 +727,7 @@ function characters.setactivecatcodes(cct)
tex.catcodetable = saved
end
---[[ldx--
-<p>Setting the lccodes is also done in a loop over the data table.</p>
---ldx]]--
+-- -- Setting the lccodes is also done in a loop over the data table.
-- function characters.setcodes() -- we could loop over csletters
-- if trace_defining then