[man,doc] adapt references to luaotfload-names.lua

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/luaotfload-tool.rst b/luaotfload-tool.rst
index 26f830b..abe5ed7 100644
--- a/luaotfload-tool.rst
+++ b/luaotfload-tool.rst
@@ -221,11 +221,17 @@ FILES
 
 The font name database is usually located in the directory
 ``texmf-var/luatex-cache/generic/names/`` (``$TEXMFCACHE`` as set in
-``texmf.cnf``) of your *TeX Live* distribution as
-``luaotfload-names.lua``.  The experimental lookup cache will be
-created as ``luaotfload-lookup-cache.lua`` in the same directory.
-Both files are safe to delete, at the cost of regenerating them with
-the next run of *LuaTeX*.
+``texmf.cnf``) of your *TeX Live* distribution as a zlib-compressed
+file ``luaotfload-names.lua.gz``.
+The experimental lookup cache will be created as
+``luaotfload-lookup-cache.lua`` in the same directory.
+These Lua tables are not used directly by Luaotfload, though.
+Instead, they are compiled to Lua bytecode which is written to
+corresponding files with the extension ``.luc`` in the same directory.
+When modifying the files by hand keep in mind that only if the bytecode
+files are missing will Luaotfload use the plain version instead.
+Both kinds of files are safe to delete, at the cost of regenerating
+them with the next run of *LuaTeX*.
 
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