From 54e6a5293dbff1e3775c2c3478b80c244608a4a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Gesang <phg@phi-gamma.net>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 08:26:48 +0100
Subject: [doc] briefly describe config file syntax

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 doc/luaotfload-main.tex | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/luaotfload-main.tex')

diff --git a/doc/luaotfload-main.tex b/doc/luaotfload-main.tex
index 4b5e2e8..112572f 100644
--- a/doc/luaotfload-main.tex
+++ b/doc/luaotfload-main.tex
@@ -1303,8 +1303,14 @@ locations:
 \endnarrower
 
 % syntax
+The syntax is fairly close to the format used by
+\fileent{git-config(1)} which in turn was derived from the popular
+\identifier{.INI} format: Lines of key-value pairs are grouped under
+different configuration “sections”.\footnote{%
+  The configuration parser in \fileent {luoatfload-parsers.lua} might
+  be employed by other packages for similar purposes.
+}
 % example settings
-
 An example for customization via \fileent {luaotfload.conf} might look
 as below:
 
-- 
cgit v1.2.3

