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Diffstat (limited to 'tex/context/base/mkiv/pack-obj.mkiv')
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diff --git a/tex/context/base/mkiv/pack-obj.mkiv b/tex/context/base/mkiv/pack-obj.mkiv index d08c66494..4b3b6c2f0 100644 --- a/tex/context/base/mkiv/pack-obj.mkiv +++ b/tex/context/base/mkiv/pack-obj.mkiv @@ -20,24 +20,22 @@ %D \macros %D {setobject,getobject,ifinobject} %D -%D Boxes can be considered reuable objects. Traditionally once passed -%D to the \DVI\ file, such objects cannot be reused. In \PDF\ however, -%D reusing is possible and sometimes even a necessity. Therefore, -%D \CONTEXT\ supports reusable objects and \LUATEX\ has native support -%D for so called box resources. +%D Boxes can be considered reuable objects. Traditionally once passed to the \DVI\ +%D file, such objects cannot be reused. In \PDF\ however, reusing is possible and +%D sometimes even a necessity. Therefore, \CONTEXT\ supports reusable objects and +%D \LUATEX\ has native support for so called box resources. %D -%D The first application of objects in \CONTEXT\ concerned \METAPOST\ -%D graphics and fill||in form fields. Reusing resources can save lots -%D of bytes and sometimes also runtime. +%D The first application of objects in \CONTEXT\ concerned \METAPOST\ graphics and +%D fill||in form fields. Reusing resources can save lots of bytes and sometimes also +%D runtime. %D %D \starttyping %D \setobject{class}{name}\somebox{} %D \getobject{class}{name} %D \stoptyping %D -%D Here \type {\somebox} can be whatever box specification suits \TEX. -%D Although the implementation in \MKIV\ is somewhat different the -%D principles have not changed. +%D Here \type {\somebox} can be whatever box specification suits \TEX. Although the +%D implementation in \MKIV\ is somewhat different the principles have not changed. \installcorenamespace {objects} |