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diff --git a/doc/luaotfload.conf.rst b/doc/luaotfload.conf.rst index bd080d1..eb7788e 100644 --- a/doc/luaotfload.conf.rst +++ b/doc/luaotfload.conf.rst @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Luaotfload configuration + Luaotfload configuration file ----------------------------------------------------------------------- :Date: 2014-06-09 @@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ SYNOPSIS ======================================================================= -**XDG_CONFIG_HOME/luaotfload/luaotfload.conf** -**XDG_CONFIG_HOME/luaotfload/luaotfloadrc** -**~/.luaotfloadrc** +- **./luaotfload{.conf,rc}** +- **XDG_CONFIG_HOME/luaotfload/luaotfload{.conf,rc}** +- **~/.luaotfloadrc** DESCRIPTION ======================================================================= +The file ``luaotfload.conf`` contains configuration options for +*Luaotfload*, a font loading and font management component for LuaTeX. + EXAMPLE ======================================================================= @@ -37,13 +40,27 @@ SYNTAX VARIABLES ======================================================================= + * TODO, list variables FILES ======================================================================= -* file locations +Luaotfload only processes the first configuration file it encounters at +one of the search locations. The file name may be either +``luaotfload.conf`` or ``luaotfloadrc``, except for the dotfile in the +user’s home directory which is expected at ``~/.luaotfloadrc``. + +Configuration files are located following a series of steps. The search +terminates as soon as a suitable file is encountered. The sequence of +locations that Luaotfload looks at is + +i. The current working directory of the LuaTeX process. +ii. The subdirectory ``luaotfload/`` inside the XDG configuration + tree, e. g. ``/home/oenothea/config/luaotfload/``. +iii. The dotfile. +iv. The *TEXMF* (using kpathsea). SEE ALSO @@ -59,6 +76,12 @@ SEE ALSO * Luaotfload on CTAN `<http://ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload>`_ +REFERENCES +======================================================================= + +* The XDG base specification + `<http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html>`_. + AUTHORS ======================================================================= |