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diff --git a/doc/luaotfload-main.tex b/doc/luaotfload-main.tex index c26235e..21e001b 100644 --- a/doc/luaotfload-main.tex +++ b/doc/luaotfload-main.tex @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ for a more formal description see figure \ref{font-syntax}. \alt <unquoted font request> ; <unquoted font request> ::= <specification>, [`:', <feature list> ] - \alt `[', <path lookup> `]', [ [`:'], <feature list> ] ; + \alt <path lookup>, [ [`:'], <feature list> ] ; <specification> ::= <prefixed spec>, [ <subfont no> ], \{ <modifier> \} \alt <anon lookup>, \{ <modifier> \} ; @@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ for a more formal description see figure \ref{font-syntax}. <anon lookup> ::= {\sc tfmname} | <name lookup> ; - <path lookup> ::= \{ {\sc all_characters} - `]' \} ; + <path lookup> ::= `[', \{ <path content> \}, `]', [ <subfont no> ] ; + + <path content> ::= <path balanced> + \alt `\\', {\sc all_characters} + \alt {\sc all_characters} - `]' + + <path balanced> ::= `[', [ <path content> ], `]' <modifier> ::= `/', (`I' | `B' | `BI' | `IB' | `S=', \{ {\sc digit} \} ) ; @@ -234,6 +240,7 @@ for a more formal description see figure \ref{font-syntax}. <name character> ::= {\sc all_characters} - ( `(' | `/' | `:' ) ; \endsyntaxfloat +%% Below guarded space gets borked in index; why‽ \beginsubsection{Prefix -- the \identifier{luaotfload}{ }Way} In \identifier{luaotfload}, the canonical syntax for font requests @@ -329,13 +336,12 @@ The file names corresponding to the example font names above are \endsubsection -\beginsubsection {Compatibility Layer} - -In addition to the regular prefixed requests, \identifier{luaotfload} -accepts loading fonts the \XETEX way. +\beginsubsection {Bracketed Lookups} +\label{sec:conf} +Bracketed lookups allow for arbitrary character content to be used in a +definition. % -There are again two modes: bracketed and unbracketed. -A bracketed request looks as follows. +A simple bracketed request looks follows the scheme \beginnarrower \nonproportional{\string\font\string\fontname\space = [}% @@ -344,21 +350,41 @@ A bracketed request looks as follows. \endnarrower \noindent -Inside the square brackets, every character except for a closing -bracket is permitted, allowing for specifying paths to a font file. +Inside the square brackets, every character except for a closing bracket is +permitted, allowing for arbitrary paths to a font file -- including Windows +style paths with UNC or drive letter prepended -- to be specified. % +The \identifier{Luaotfload} syntax differs from \XETEX in that the subfont +selector goes \emphasis{after} the closing bracket: + +\beginnarrower + \nonproportional{\string\font\string\fontname\space = [}% + \meta{/path/to/file}% + \nonproportional{]} + \nonproportional{(}n\nonproportional{)} +\endnarrower + Naturally, path-less file names are equally valid and processed the same way as an ordinary \inlinecode {file:} lookup. +\beginsubsection {Compatibility} + +In addition to the regular prefixed requests, \identifier{luaotfload} +accepts loading fonts the \XETEX way. +% +There are again two modes: bracketed and unbracketed. +For the bracketed variety, see above, \ref{sec:conf}. + +Unbracketed (or, for lack of a better word: \emphasis{anonymous}) +font requests resemble the conventional \TEX syntax. + \beginnarrower \nonproportional{\string\font\string\fontname\space= }% \meta{font name} \dots \endnarrower +\endsubsection -Unbracketed (or, for lack of a better word: \emphasis{anonymous}) -font requests resemble the conventional \TEX syntax. -% However, they have a broader spectrum of possible interpretations: before anything else, \identifier{luaotfload} attempts to load a traditional \TEX Font Metric (\abbrev{tfm} or \abbrev{ofm}). @@ -437,6 +463,13 @@ name.\footnote{% \font \cambriamath = "file:cambria.ttc(1)" at 10pt \endlisting +and likewise, requesting subfont inside a TTC container by path: + +\beginlisting + \font \asanamain = "[/home/typesetter/.fonts/math/asana.ttc](0):mode=node;+tlig" at 10pt + \font \asanamath = "[/home/typesetter/.fonts/math/asana.ttc](1):mode=base" at 10pt +\endlisting + \endsubsubsection \beginsubsubsection{Loading by Font Name} @@ -608,7 +641,7 @@ obviously, \inlinecode{random}. For scripts derived from the Latin alphabet the value \inlinecode{latn} is good choice. } - the default value is \inlinecode{dlft}. + the default value is \inlinecode{dflt}. % Some fonts, including very popular ones by foundries like Adobe, do not assign features to the \inlinecode{dflt} script, in |