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

if not context then os.exit() end -- generic function in node-dum

local next, type = next, type
local concat, keys = table.concat, table.keys

local nodes, node, fonts = nodes, node, fonts

local trace_characters  = false  trackers.register("nodes.characters", function(v) trace_characters = v end)
local trace_fontrun     = false  trackers.register("nodes.fontrun",    function(v) trace_fontrun    = v end)
local trace_variants    = false  trackers.register("nodes.variants",   function(v) trace_variants   = v end)

-- bad namespace for directives

local force_discrun     = true   directives.register("nodes.discrun",      function(v) force_discrun     = v end)
local force_boundaryrun = true   directives.register("nodes.boundaryrun",  function(v) force_boundaryrun = v end)
local force_basepass    = true   directives.register("nodes.basepass",     function(v) force_basepass    = v end)
local keep_redundant    = false  directives.register("nodes.keepredundant",function(v) keep_redundant    = v end)

local report_fonts      = logs.reporter("fonts","processing")

local fonthashes        = fonts.hashes
local fontdata          = fonthashes.identifiers
local fontvariants      = fonthashes.variants
local fontmodes         = fonthashes.modes

local otf               = fonts.handlers.otf

local starttiming       = statistics.starttiming
local stoptiming        = statistics.stoptiming

local nodecodes         = nodes.nodecodes
local handlers          = nodes.handlers

local nuts              = nodes.nuts

local getattr           = nuts.getattr
local getid             = nuts.getid
local getfont           = nuts.getfont
local getsubtype        = nuts.getsubtype
local getchar           = nuts.getchar
local getdisc           = nuts.getdisc
local getnext           = nuts.getnext
local getprev           = nuts.getprev
local getboth           = nuts.getboth
local getdata           = nuts.getdata
----- getdisc           = nuts.getdisc
local setchar           = nuts.setchar
local setlink           = nuts.setlink
local setnext           = nuts.setnext
local setprev           = nuts.setprev

local isglyph           = nuts.isglyph -- unchecked
local ischar            = nuts.ischar  -- checked

----- traverse_id       = nuts.traverse_id
----- traverse_char     = nuts.traverse_char
local nextboundary      = nuts.traversers.boundary
local nextdisc          = nuts.traversers.disc
local nextchar          = nuts.traversers.char

local flush_node        = nuts.flush

local disc_code         = nodecodes.disc
local boundary_code     = nodecodes.boundary
local word_boundary     = nodes.boundarycodes.word

local protect_glyphs    = nuts.protect_glyphs
local unprotect_glyphs  = nuts.unprotect_glyphs

local setmetatableindex = table.setmetatableindex

-- some tests with using an array of dynamics[id] and processes[id] demonstrated
-- that there was nothing to gain (unless we also optimize other parts)
--
-- maybe getting rid of the intermediate shared can save some time

local run = 0

local setfontdynamics = { }
local fontprocesses   = { }

-- setmetatableindex(setfontdynamics, function(t,font)
--     local tfmdata = fontdata[font]
--     local shared = tfmdata.shared
--     local v = shared and shared.dynamics and otf.setdynamics or false
--     t[font] = v
--     return v
-- end)

setmetatableindex(setfontdynamics, function(t,font)
    local tfmdata = fontdata[font]
    local shared = tfmdata.shared
    local f = shared and shared.dynamics and otf.setdynamics or false
    if f then
        local v = { }
        t[font] = v
        setmetatableindex(v,function(t,k)
            local v = f(font,k)
            t[k] = v
            return v
        end)
        return v
    else
        t[font] = false
        return false
    end
end)

setmetatableindex(fontprocesses, function(t,font)
    local tfmdata = fontdata[font]
    local shared = tfmdata.shared -- we need to check shared, only when same features
    local processes = shared and shared.processes
    if processes and #processes > 0 then
        t[font] = processes
        return processes
    else
        t[font] = false
        return false
    end
end)

fonts.hashes.setdynamics = setfontdynamics
fonts.hashes.processes   = fontprocesses

-- if we forget about basemode we don't need to test too much here and we can consider running
-- over sub-ranges .. this involves a bit more initializations but who cares .. in that case we
-- also need to use the stop criterium (we already use head too) ... we cannot use traverse
-- then, so i'll test it on some local clone first ... the only pitfall is changed directions
-- inside a run which means that we need to keep track of this which in turn complicates matters
-- in a way i don't like

-- we need to deal with the basemode fonts here and can only run over ranges as we
-- otherwise get luatex craches due to all kind of asserts in the disc/lig builder

local ligaturing = nuts.ligaturing
local kerning    = nuts.kerning

-- -- -- this will go away
--
-- local disccodes        = nodes.disccodes
-- local explicit_code    = disccodes.explicit
-- local automatic_code   = disccodes.automatic
-- local expanders        = nil
--
-- function fonts.setdiscexpansion(v)
--     if v == nil or v == true then
--         expanders = languages and languages.expanders
--     elseif type(v) == "table" then
--         expanders = v
--     else
--         expanders = false
--     end
-- end
--
-- function fonts.getdiscexpansion()
--     return expanders and true or false
-- end
--
-- fonts.setdiscexpansion(true)
--
-- -- -- till here

local function start_trace(head)
    run = run + 1
    report_fonts()
    report_fonts("checking node list, run %s",run)
    report_fonts()
    local n = head
    while n do
        local char, id = isglyph(n)
        if char then
            local font = getfont(n)
            local attr = getattr(n,0) or 0
            report_fonts("font %03i, dynamic %03i, glyph %C",font,attr,char)
        elseif id == disc_code then
            report_fonts("[disc] %s",nodes.listtoutf(n,true,false,n))
        elseif id == boundary_code then
            report_fonts("[boundary] %i:%i",getsubtype(n),getdata(n))
        else
            report_fonts("[%s]",nodecodes[id])
        end
        n = getnext(n)
    end
end

local function stop_trace(u,usedfonts,a,attrfonts,b,basefonts,r,redundant,e,expanders)
    report_fonts()
    report_fonts("statics : %s",u > 0 and concat(keys(usedfonts)," ") or "none")
    report_fonts("dynamics: %s",a > 0 and concat(keys(attrfonts)," ") or "none")
    report_fonts("built-in: %s",b > 0 and b or "none")
    report_fonts("removed : %s",r > 0 and r or "none")
 -- if expanders then
 --     report_fonts("expanded: %s",e > 0 and e or "none")
 -- end
    report_fonts()
end

function handlers.characters(head,groupcode,size,packtype,direction)
    -- either next or not, but definitely no already processed list
    starttiming(nodes)

    local usedfonts = { }
    local attrfonts = { }
    local basefonts = { }
    local basefont  = nil
    local prevfont  = nil
    local prevattr  = 0
    local variants  = nil
    local redundant = nil
    local firstnone = nil
    local lastfont  = nil
    local lastproc  = nil
    local lastnone  = nil

    local a, u, b, r, e = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

    if trace_fontrun then
        start_trace(head)
    end

    -- There is no gain in checking for a single glyph and then having a fast path. On the
    -- metafun manual (with some 2500 single char lists) the difference is just noise.

    local function protectnone()
        protect_glyphs(firstnone,lastnone)
        firstnone = nil
    end

    local function setnone(n)
        if firstnone then
            protectnone()
        end
        if basefont then
            basefont[2] = getprev(n)
            basefont = false
        end
        if not firstnone then
            firstnone = n
        end
        lastnone = n
    end

    local function setbase(n)
        if firstnone then
            protectnone()
        end
        if force_basepass then
            if basefont then
                basefont[2] = getprev(n)
            end
            b = b + 1
            basefont = { n, false }
            basefonts[b] = basefont
        end
    end

    local function setnode(n,font,attr) -- we could use prevfont and prevattr when we set them first
        if firstnone then
            protectnone()
        end
        if basefont then
            basefont[2] = getprev(n)
            basefont = false
        end
        if attr > 0 then
            local used = attrfonts[font]
            if not used then
                used = { }
                attrfonts[font] = used
            end
            if not used[attr] then
                local fd = setfontdynamics[font]
                if fd then
                    used[attr] = fd[attr]
                    a = a + 1
                end
            end
        else
            local used = usedfonts[font]
            if not used then
                lastfont = font
                lastproc = fontprocesses[font]
                if lastproc then
                    usedfonts[font] = lastproc
                    u = u + 1
                end
            end
        end
    end

    for n in nextchar, head do
        local font = getfont(n)
     -- local attr = (none and prevattr) or getattr(n,0) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
        local attr = getattr(n,0) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
        if font ~= prevfont or attr ~= prevattr then
            prevfont = font
            prevattr = attr
            variants = fontvariants[font]
            local fontmode = fontmodes[font]
            if fontmode == "none" then
                setnone(n)
            elseif fontmode == "base" then
                setbase(n)
            else
                setnode(n,font,attr)
            end
        elseif firstnone then
            lastnone = n
        end
        if variants then
            local char = getchar(n)
            if char >= 0xFE00 and (char <= 0xFE0F or (char >= 0xE0100 and char <= 0xE01EF)) then
                local hash = variants[char]
                if hash then
                    local p = getprev(n)
                    if p then
                        local char    = ischar(p) -- checked
                        local variant = hash[char]
                        if variant then
                            if trace_variants then
                                report_fonts("replacing %C by %C",char,variant)
                            end
                            setchar(p,variant)
                            if redundant then
                                r = r + 1
                                redundant[r] = n
                            else
                                r = 1
                                redundant = { n }
                            end
                        end
                    end
                elseif keep_redundant then
                    -- go on, can be used for tracing
                elseif redundant then
                    r = r + 1
                    redundant[r] = n
                else
                    r = 1
                    redundant = { n }
                end
            end
        end
    end

    if firstnone then
        protectnone()
    end

    if force_boundaryrun then

        -- we can inject wordboundaries and then let the hyphenator do its work
        -- but we need to get rid of those nodes in order to build ligatures
        -- and kern (a rather context thing)

        for b in nextboundary, head do
            if getsubtype(b) == word_boundary then
                if redundant then
                    r = r + 1
                    redundant[r] = b
                else
                    r = 1
                    redundant = { b }
                end
            end
        end

    end

    if redundant then
        for i=1,r do
            local r = redundant[i]
            local p, n = getboth(r)
            if r == head then
                head = n
                setprev(n)
            else
                setlink(p,n)
            end
            if b > 0 then
                for i=1,b do
                    local bi = basefonts[i]
                    local b1 = bi[1]
                    local b2 = bi[2]
                    if b1 == b2 then
                        if b1 == r then
                            bi[1] = false
                            bi[2] = false
                        end
                    elseif b1 == r then
                        bi[1] = n
                    elseif b2 == r then
                        bi[2] = p
                    end
                end
            end
            flush_node(r)
        end
    end

    if force_discrun then

        -- basefont is not supported in disc only runs ... it would mean a lot of
        -- ranges .. we could try to run basemode as a separate processor run but
        -- not for now (we can consider it when the new node code is tested
        for d in nextdisc, head do
            -- we could use first_glyph, only doing replace is good enough because
            -- pre and post are normally used for hyphens and these come from fonts
            -- that part of the hyphenated word
            local _, _, r = getdisc(d)
            if r then
                local prevfont = nil
                local prevattr = nil
                local none     = false
                for n in nextchar, r do
                    local font = getfont(n)
                    local attr = getattr(n,0) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
                    if font ~= prevfont or attr ~= prevattr then
                        prevfont = font
                        prevattr = attr
                        local fontmode = fontmodes[font]
                        if fontmode == "none" then
                            setnone(n)
                        elseif fontmode == "base" then
                            setbase(n)
                        else
                            setnode(n,font,attr)
                        end
                    elseif firstnone then
                     -- lastnone = n
                        lastnone = nil
                    end
                    -- we assume one font for now (and if there are more and we get into issues then
                    -- we can always remove the break)
                    break
                end
                if firstnone then
                    protectnone()
                end
         -- elseif expanders then
         --     local subtype = getsubtype(d)
         --     if subtype == automatic_code or subtype == explicit_code then
         --         expanders[subtype](d)
         --         e = e + 1
         --     end
            end
        end

    end

    if trace_fontrun then
        stop_trace(u,usedfonts,a,attrfonts,b,basefonts,r,redundant,e,expanders)
    end

    -- in context we always have at least 2 processors
    if u == 0 then
        -- skip
    elseif u == 1 then
        local attr = a > 0 and 0 or false -- 0 is the savest way
        for i=1,#lastproc do
            head = lastproc[i](head,lastfont,attr,direction)
        end
    else
     -- local attr = a == 0 and false or 0 -- 0 is the savest way
        local attr = a > 0 and 0 or false -- 0 is the savest way
        for font, processors in next, usedfonts do -- unordered
            for i=1,#processors do
                head = processors[i](head,font,attr,direction,u)
            end
        end
    end
    if a == 0 then
        -- skip
    elseif a == 1 then
        local font, dynamics = next(attrfonts)
        for attribute, processors in next, dynamics do -- unordered, attr can switch in between
            for i=1,#processors do
                head = processors[i](head,font,attribute,direction)
            end
        end
    else
        for font, dynamics in next, attrfonts do
            for attribute, processors in next, dynamics do -- unordered, attr can switch in between
                for i=1,#processors do
                    head = processors[i](head,font,attribute,direction,a)
                end
            end
        end
    end
    if b == 0 then
        -- skip
    elseif b == 1 then
        -- only one font
        local range = basefonts[1]
        local start = range[1]
        local stop  = range[2]
        if (start or stop) and (start ~= stop) then
            local front = head == start
            if stop then
                start = ligaturing(start,stop)
                start = kerning(start,stop)
            elseif start then -- safeguard
                start = ligaturing(start)
                start = kerning(start)
            end
            if front and head ~= start then
                head = start
            end
        end
    else
        -- multiple fonts
        for i=1,b do
            local range = basefonts[i]
            local start = range[1]
            local stop  = range[2]
            if start then -- and start ~= stop but that seldom happens
                local front = head == start
                local prev  = getprev(start)
                local next  = getnext(stop)
                if stop then
                    start, stop = ligaturing(start,stop)
                    start, stop = kerning(start,stop)
                else
                    start = ligaturing(start)
                    start = kerning(start)
                end
                -- is done automatically
                if prev then
                    setlink(prev,start)
                end
                if next then
                    setlink(stop,next)
                end
                -- till here
                if front and head ~= start then
                    head = start
                end
            end
        end
    end
    stoptiming(nodes)
    if trace_characters then
        nodes.report(head)
    end
    return head
end

if LUATEXVERSION >= 1.090 then

    do

        local usedfonts
        local attrfonts
        local basefonts
        local basefont
        local prevfont
        local prevattr
        local variants
        local redundant
        local firstnone
        local lastfont
        local lastproc
        local lastnone

        local a, u, b, r, e

        local function protectnone()
            protect_glyphs(firstnone,lastnone)
            firstnone = nil
        end

        local function setnone(n)
            if firstnone then
                protectnone()
            end
            if basefont then
                basefont[2] = getprev(n)
                basefont = false
            end
            if not firstnone then
                firstnone = n
            end
            lastnone = n
        end

        local function setbase(n)
            if firstnone then
                protectnone()
            end
            if force_basepass then
                if basefont then
                    basefont[2] = getprev(n)
                end
                b = b + 1
                basefont = { n, false }
                basefonts[b] = basefont
            end
        end

        local function setnode(n,font,attr) -- we could use prevfont and prevattr when we set then first
            if firstnone then
                protectnone()
            end
            if basefont then
                basefont[2] = getprev(n)
                basefont = false
            end
            if attr > 0 then
                local used = attrfonts[font]
                if not used then
                    used = { }
                    attrfonts[font] = used
                end
                if not used[attr] then
                    local fd = setfontdynamics[font]
                    if fd then
                        used[attr] = fd[attr]
                        a = a + 1
                    end
                end
            else
                local used = usedfonts[font]
                if not used then
                    lastfont = font
                    lastproc = fontprocesses[font]
                    if lastproc then
                        usedfonts[font] = lastproc
                        u = u + 1
                    end
                end
            end
        end

        function handlers.characters(head,groupcode,size,packtype,direction)
            -- either next or not, but definitely no already processed list
            starttiming(nodes)

            usedfonts = { }
            attrfonts = { }
            basefonts = { }
            basefont  = nil
            prevfont  = nil
            prevattr  = 0
            variants  = nil
            redundant = nil
            firstnone = nil
            lastfont  = nil
            lastproc  = nil
            lastnone  = nil

            a, u, b, r, e = 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

            if trace_fontrun then
                start_trace(head)
            end

            -- There is no gain in checking for a single glyph and then having a fast path. On the
            -- metafun manual (with some 2500 single char lists) the difference is just noise.

            for n, char, font in nextchar, head do
             -- local attr = (none and prevattr) or getattr(n,0) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
                local attr = getattr(n) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
                if font ~= prevfont or attr ~= prevattr then
                    prevfont = font
                    prevattr = attr
                    variants = fontvariants[font]
                    local fontmode = fontmodes[font]
                    if fontmode == "none" then
                        setnone(n)
                    elseif fontmode == "base" then
                        setbase(n)
                    else
                        setnode(n,font,attr)
                    end
                elseif firstnone then
                    lastnone = n
                end
                if variants then
                    if (char >= 0xFE00 and char <= 0xFE0F) or (char >= 0xE0100 and char <= 0xE01EF) then
                        local hash = variants[char]
                        if hash then
                            local p = getprev(n)
                            if p then
                                local char    = ischar(p) -- checked
                                local variant = hash[char]
                                if variant then
                                    if trace_variants then
                                        report_fonts("replacing %C by %C",char,variant)
                                    end
                                    setchar(p,variant)
                                    if redundant then
                                        r = r + 1
                                        redundant[r] = n
                                    else
                                        r = 1
                                        redundant = { n }
                                    end
                                end
                            end
                        elseif keep_redundant then
                            -- go on, can be used for tracing
                        elseif redundant then
                            r = r + 1
                            redundant[r] = n
                        else
                            r = 1
                            redundant = { n }
                        end
                    end
                end
            end

            if firstnone then
                protectnone()
            end

            if force_boundaryrun then

                -- we can inject wordboundaries and then let the hyphenator do its work
                -- but we need to get rid of those nodes in order to build ligatures
                -- and kern (a rather context thing)

                for b, subtype in nextboundary, head do
                    if subtype == word_boundary then
                        if redundant then
                            r = r + 1
                            redundant[r] = b
                        else
                            r = 1
                            redundant = { b }
                        end
                    end
                end

            end

            if redundant then
                for i=1,r do
                    local r = redundant[i]
                    local p, n = getboth(r)
                    if r == head then
                        head = n
                        setprev(n)
                    else
                        setlink(p,n)
                    end
                    if b > 0 then
                        for i=1,b do
                            local bi = basefonts[i]
                            local b1 = bi[1]
                            local b2 = bi[2]
                            if b1 == b2 then
                                if b1 == r then
                                    bi[1] = false
                                    bi[2] = false
                                end
                            elseif b1 == r then
                                bi[1] = n
                            elseif b2 == r then
                                bi[2] = p
                            end
                        end
                    end
                    flush_node(r)
                end
            end

            if force_discrun then

                -- basefont is not supported in disc only runs ... it would mean a lot of
                -- ranges .. we could try to run basemode as a separate processor run but
                -- not for now (we can consider it when the new node code is tested
                for d in nextdisc, head do
                    -- we could use first_glyph, only doing replace is good enough because
                    -- pre and post are normally used for hyphens and these come from fonts
                    -- that part of the hyphenated word
                    local _, _, r = getdisc(d)
                    if r then
                        local prevfont = nil
                        local prevattr = nil
                        local none     = false
                        for n, char, font in nextchar, r do
                            local attr = getattr(n) or 0 -- zero attribute is reserved for fonts in context
                            if font ~= prevfont or attr ~= prevattr then
                                prevfont = font
                                prevattr = attr
                                local fontmode = fontmodes[font]
                                if fontmode == "none" then
                                    setnone(n)
                                elseif fontmode == "base" then
                                    setbase(n)
                                else
                                    setnode(n,font,attr)
                                end
                            elseif firstnone then
                             -- lastnone = n
                                lastnone = nil
                            end
                            -- we assume one font for now (and if there are more and we get into issues then
                            -- we can always remove the break)
                            break
                        end
                        if firstnone then
                            protectnone()
                        end
                 -- elseif expanders then
                 --     local subtype = getsubtype(d)
                 --     if subtype == automatic_code or subtype == explicit_code then
                 --         expanders[subtype](d)
                 --         e = e + 1
                 --     end
                    end
                end

            end

            if trace_fontrun then
                stop_trace(u,usedfonts,a,attrfonts,b,basefonts,r,redundant,e,expanders)
            end

            -- in context we always have at least 2 processors
            if u == 0 then
                -- skip
            elseif u == 1 then
                local attr = a > 0 and 0 or false -- 0 is the savest way
                for i=1,#lastproc do
                    head = lastproc[i](head,lastfont,attr,direction)
                end
            else
             -- local attr = a == 0 and false or 0 -- 0 is the savest way
                local attr = a > 0 and 0 or false -- 0 is the savest way
                for font, processors in next, usedfonts do -- unordered
                    for i=1,#processors do
                        head = processors[i](head,font,attr,direction,u)
                    end
                end
            end
            if a == 0 then
                -- skip
            elseif a == 1 then
                local font, dynamics = next(attrfonts)
                for attribute, processors in next, dynamics do -- unordered, attr can switch in between
                    for i=1,#processors do
                        head = processors[i](head,font,attribute,direction)
                    end
                end
            else
                for font, dynamics in next, attrfonts do
                    for attribute, processors in next, dynamics do -- unordered, attr can switch in between
                        for i=1,#processors do
                            head = processors[i](head,font,attribute,direction,a)
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
            if b == 0 then
                -- skip
            elseif b == 1 then
                -- only one font
                local range = basefonts[1]
                local start = range[1]
                local stop  = range[2]
                if (start or stop) and (start ~= stop) then
                    local front = head == start
                    if stop then
                        start = ligaturing(start,stop)
                        start = kerning(start,stop)
                    elseif start then -- safeguard
                        start = ligaturing(start)
                        start = kerning(start)
                    end
                    if front and head ~= start then
                        head = start
                    end
                end
            else
                -- multiple fonts
                for i=1,b do
                    local range = basefonts[i]
                    local start = range[1]
                    local stop  = range[2]
                    if start then -- and start ~= stop but that seldom happens
                        local front = head == start
                        local prev  = getprev(start)
                        local next  = getnext(stop)
                        if stop then
                            start, stop = ligaturing(start,stop)
                            start, stop = kerning(start,stop)
                        else
                            start = ligaturing(start)
                            start = kerning(start)
                        end
                        -- is done automatically
                        if prev then
                            setlink(prev,start)
                        end
                        if next then
                            setlink(stop,next)
                        end
                        -- till here
                        if front and head ~= start then
                            head = start
                        end
                    end
                end
            end

            stoptiming(nodes)

            if trace_characters then
                nodes.report(head)
            end

            return head
        end

    end

end

handlers.protectglyphs   = protect_glyphs
handlers.unprotectglyphs = unprotect_glyphs