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authorPhilipp Gesang <phg42.2a@gmail.com>2013-04-20 11:05:15 +0200
committerPhilipp Gesang <phg42.2a@gmail.com>2013-04-20 11:05:15 +0200
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@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ and the derived files
%
% \tableofcontents
%
+% \part{Package Description}
+%
% \section{Introduction}
%
% Font management and installation has always been painful with \TEX. A lot of
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ and the derived files
% Additionally, it provides means for accessing fonts known to the operating
% system conveniently by indexing the metadata.
%
-% \section{Loading fonts}
+% \section{Loading Fonts}
%
% \identifier{luaotfload} supports an extended font loading syntax:
%
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@ and the derived files
% --- & \verb|---| & !` & \verb|!`| \\
% ?` & \verb|?`| & & \\
% \end{tabular}
-
+%
% \footnote{%
% These contain the feature set \verb|trep| of earlier
% versions of \identifier{luaotfload}.
@@ -559,16 +561,16 @@ and the derived files
%
% As mentioned above, \identifier{luaotfload} keeps track of which
% fonts are available to \LUATEX by means of a \emphasis{database}.
-% This allows loading not only by explicit filenames but also by the
-% proper names contained in the metadata which is often more accessible
-% to humans.\footnote{%
+% This allows referring to fonts not only by explicit filenames but
+% also by the proper names contained in the metadata which is often
+% more accessible to humans.\footnote{%
% The tool \href{http://www.lcdf.org/type/}{\fileent{otfinfo}} (comes
-% with \TEX Live), when invoked on a font file with the \verb|-o|
+% with \TEX Live), when invoked on a font file with the \verb|-i|
% option, lists the variety of name fields defined for it.
% }
%
-% When \identifier{luaotfload} is asked to load a font by font name, it
-% will check if the database exists and load it or else generate a
+% When \identifier{luaotfload} is asked to load a font by a font name,
+% it will check if the database exists and load it, or else generate a
% fresh one.
% Should it then fail to locate the font, an update to the database is
% performed in case the font has been added to the system only
@@ -578,14 +580,19 @@ and the derived files
% behave as unobtrusively as possible, while providing a convenient
% interface to the fonts installed on the system.
%
+% Generating the database for the first time may take a while since it
+% inspects every font file on your computer.
+% This is particularly noticeable if it occurs during a typesetting run.
+% In any case, subsequent updates to the database will be quite fast.
+%
% \subsection[mkluatexfontdb.lua]%
% {\fileent{mkluatexfontdb.lua}\footnote{%
% The script may be named just \fileent{mkluatexfontdb} in your
% distribution.
% }}
%
-% However, it can be desirable at times to do some of these steps
-% manually.
+% It can still be desirable at times to do some of these steps
+% manually, and without having to compile a document.
% To this end, \identifier{luaotfload} comes with the utility
% \fileent{mkluatexfontdb} that offers an interface to the database
% functionality.
@@ -595,7 +602,7 @@ and the derived files
% Tests by the maintainer show only marginal performance gain by
% running with Luigi Scarso’s
% \href{https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/luajittex/}%
-% {\LUA jit\TEX},
+% {\itentifier{Luajit\kern-.25ex\TEX}},
% which is probably due to the fact that most of the time is spent
% on file system operations.
%
@@ -608,14 +615,11 @@ and the derived files
% Invoke it from the command line with the \verb|--force| switch to
% initiate a complete rebuild of the database.
%
-% \begin{verbatim}
-% mkluatexfontdb --force
-% \end{verbatim}
-%
-% Generating the database for the first time may take a while since it
-% inspects every font file on your computer.
-% This is particularly noticeable if it occurs during a typesetting run.
-% In any case, subsequent updates to the database will be quite fast.
+% \begin{quote}
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% mkluatexfontdb --force
+% \end{verbatim}
+% \end{quote}
%
% \subsection{Search Paths}
%
@@ -644,9 +648,9 @@ and the derived files
% Windows & \verb|%WINDIR%\Fonts|
% \\
% Linux & \fileent{/usr/local/etc/fonts/fonts.conf} and\hfill\break
-% \fileent{/etc/fonts/fonts.conf"}
+% \fileent{/etc/fonts/fonts.conf}
% \\
-% Mac & \fileent{~/Library/Fonts},\break
+% Mac & \fileent{\texttilde/Library/Fonts},\break
% \fileent{/Library/Fonts},\break
% \fileent{/System/Library/Fonts}, and\hfill\break
% \fileent{/Network/Library/Fonts}
@@ -657,18 +661,22 @@ and the derived files
% \hrule
% \end{table}
%
-% \subsection{Querying from outside}
+% \subsection{Querying from Outside}
%
% \fileent{mkluatexfontdb.lua} also provides rudimentary means of
-% accessing the font database.
-% If the option \verb|--find=name| is given, the script will try and search
-% the fonts indexed by \identifier{luaotfload} for a matching name.
+% accessing the information collected in the font database.
+% If the option \verb|--find=|\emphasis{name} is given, the script will
+% try and search the fonts indexed by \identifier{luaotfload} for a
+% matching name.
% For instance, the invocation
%
-% \begin{verbatim}
-% mkluatexfontdb.lua --find="Iwona Regular"
-% \end{verbatim}
+% \begin{quote}
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% mkluatexfontdb.lua --find="Iwona Regular"
+% \end{verbatim}
+% \end{quote}
%
+% \noindent
% will verify if “Iwona Regular” is found in the database and can be
% readily requested in a document.
%
@@ -678,16 +686,19 @@ and the derived files
% \identifier{Iwona} you are looking for was “Bright” or “Light”.
% The query
%
-% \begin{verbatim}
-% mkluatexfontdb.lua -F --find="Iwona Bright"
-% \end{verbatim}
+% \begin{quote}
+% \begin{verbatim}
+% mkluatexfontdb.lua -F --find="Iwona Bright"
+% \end{verbatim}
+% \end{quote}
%
+% \noindent
% will tell you that indeed the latter name is correct.
%
% \verb|mkluatexfontdb.lua --help| will list the available command line
-% switches, including some that will not be discussed in detail here.
+% switches, including some not discussed in detail here.
%
-% \subsection{Blacklisting fonts}
+% \subsection{Blacklisting Fonts}
% \label{font-blacklist}
%
% Some fonts are problematic in general, or just in \LUATEX.
@@ -699,7 +710,7 @@ and the derived files
% \fileent{otfl-blacklist.cnf}.
%
% A blacklist file is a list of font filenames, one per line.
-% Specifying the full path where the file is located is optional, the
+% Specifying the full path to where the file is located is optional, the
% plain filename should suffice.
% File extensions (\fileent{.otf}, \fileent{.ttf}, etc.) may be omitted.
% Anything after a percent (|%|) character until the end of the line
@@ -912,7 +923,27 @@ and the derived files
% \font\test=file:MyFont.otf:script=latn;+liga;
% \end{verbatim}
%
-% \part{\fileent{luaotfload.lua}}
+% \part{Implementation}
+%
+% \section{\fileent{luaotfload.lua}}
+%
+% This file initializes the system and loads the font loader.
+% To minimize potential conflicts between other packages and the
+% code imported from \CONTEXT, several precautions are in order.
+% Some of the functionality that the font loader expects to be present,
+% like raw access to callbacks, are assumed to have been disabled by
+% \identifier{luatexbase} when this file is processed.
+% In some cases it is possible to trick it by putting dummies into
+% place and restoring the behavior from \identifier{luatexbase} after
+% initilization.
+% Other cases such as attribute allocation require that we hook the
+% functionality from \identifier{luatexbase} into locations where they
+% normally wouldn’t be.
+%
+% Anyways we can import the code base without modifications, which is
+% due mostly to the extra effort by
+% Hans Hagen to make \LUATEX-Fonts self-contained and encapsulate it,
+% and especially due to his willingness to incorporate our suggestions.
%
% \iffalse
%<*lua>
@@ -1401,7 +1432,7 @@ loadmodule"features.lua"
%</lua>
% \fi
%
-% \part{\fileent{luaotfload.sty}}
+% \section{\fileent{luaotfload.sty}}
%
% \iffalse
%<*package>