if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['typo-rep'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to node-ini.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

-- This was rather boring to program (more of the same) but I could
-- endure it by listening to a couple cd's by The Scene and The Lau
-- on the squeezebox on my desk.

local trace_stripping = false  trackers.register("nodes.stripping",  function(v) trace_stripping = v end)
                               trackers.register("fonts.stripping",  function(v) trace_stripping = v end)

local delete_node   = nodes.delete
local replace_node  = nodes.replace
local copy_node     = node.copy
local has_attribute = node.has_attribute

local chardata  = characters.data
local collected = false
local glyph     = node.id("glyph")
local attribute = attributes.private("stripping")
local fontdata  = fonts.ids

nodes.stripping  = nodes.stripping or { }
local stripping  = nodes.stripping
stripping.glyphs = stripping.glyphs or { }
local glyphs     = stripping.glyphs

local function initialize()
    for k,v in next, chardata do
        if v.category == "cf" and v.visible ~= "yes" then
            if not glyphs[k]  then
                glyphs[k] = true
            end
        end
    end
    initialize = nil
end

local function process(what,head,current,char)
    if what == true then
        if trace_stripping then
            logs.report("fonts","deleting 0x%05X from text",char)
        end
        head, current = delete_node(head,current)
    elseif type(what) == "function" then
        head, current = what(head,current)
        current = current.next
        if trace_stripping then
            logs.report("fonts","processing 0x%05X in text",char)
        end
    elseif what then  -- assume node
        head, current = replace_node(head,current,copy_node(what))
        current = current.next
        if trace_stripping then
            logs.report("fonts","replacing 0x%05X in text",char)
        end
    end
    return head, current
end

function nodes.stripping.process(head)
    local current, done = head, false
    while current do
        if current.id == glyph then
            -- it's more efficient to keep track of what needs to be kept
            local todo = has_attribute(current,attribute)
            if todo == 1 then
                local char = current.char
                local what = glyphs[char]
                if what then
                    head, current = process(what,head,current,char)
                    done = true
                else -- handling of spacing etc has to be done elsewhere
                    current = current.next
                end
            else
                current = current.next
            end
        else
            current = current.next
        end
    end
    return head, done
end

tasks.appendaction("processors","fonts","nodes.stripping.process",nil,"nodes.process_characters")
tasks.disableaction("processors","nodes.stripping.process")

function nodes.stripping.enable()
    if initialize then initialize() end
    tasks.enableaction("processors","nodes.stripping.process")
    function nodes.stripping.enable() end
end

-- bonus:

local initializers, methods = fonts.initializers, fonts.methods

local function processformatters(head,font)
    local how = fontdata[font].shared.features.formatters -- slow
    if how == nil or how == "strip" then -- nil when forced
        local current, done = head, false
        while current do
            if current.id == glyph and current.subtype<256 and current.font == font then
                local char = current.char
                local what = glyphs[char]
                if what then
                    head, current = process(what,head,current,char)
                    done = true
                else -- handling of spacing etc has to be done elsewhere
                    current = current.next
                end
            else
                current = current.next
            end
        end
        return head, done
    else
        return head, false
    end
end

function initializers.common.formatters(tfmdata,value)
    if initialize then initialize() end
end

initializers.base.otf.formatters = initializers.common.formatters
initializers.node.otf.formatters = initializers.common.formatters

methods.node.otf.formatters = processformatters
methods.base.otf.formatters = processformatters