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diff --git a/luatexbase-compat.dtx b/luatexbase-compat.dtx index ebe78bc..499d2d4 100644 --- a/luatexbase-compat.dtx +++ b/luatexbase-compat.dtx @@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % \begin{abstract} % The \luatex manual is very clear: everything may change. This package % provides tools to help package writers deal with the changes. It helps -% supporting \luatex versions down to 0.25.4, and is regularly tested with -% \luatex 0.40.6 (\texlive 2009) and from trunk. +% supporting \luatex versions down to 0.25.4, and is tested with +% \luatex 0.40.6 (\texlive 2009), \luatex 0.60.2 (\texlive 2010) and current +% beta versions. +% +% The supported formats are Plain and \latex adapted for \luatex as provided +% by \texlive and MiK\tex (see \file{lualatex-doc.pdf} section~4 for details +% about these formats). % \end{abstract} % % \tableofcontents @@ -119,7 +124,8 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % % Three problems are currently addressed by this package: changes in the % syntax of |\directlua|, version information, and variable policies for -% primitives activation and naming (in \luatex itself as well as in \texlive). +% primitives activation and naming (in \luatex itself as well as in the +% formats provided by distributions). % % \medskip % @@ -132,8 +138,8 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % % This package provides a macro |\luatexbase@directlua| that expands to % |\directlua0| on \luatex 0.35 and lower (where the number is mandatory), and -% to |\directlua| otherwise. It is a macro in both case so that the number of -% expansion steps remains constant. +% to |\directlua| otherwise. It is a macro in both cases so that it always +% expands in exactly two steps. % % \medskip % @@ -161,16 +167,16 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % So, starting with \texlive 2009, the situation is clear: the prefixed % version of the \luatex primitives is always available. But in earlier % versions (\texlive 2008, \luatex 0.25.4) those primitives were available -% only with their natural names. Also, it is theoretically possible, however -% unlikely, that the prefixed primitives are not available for some reason. +% only with their natural names. The primitives provided by \etex and pdf\tex +% on the other hand, are always available. % % \begin{quote} % \cs{luatexbase@ensure@primitive}\marg{name} % \end{quote} % The tool provided to deal with that is \cs{luatexbase@ensure@primitive}, -% whose argument is a primitive name (without a leading backslash nor any -% |luatex| prefix, eg just |{latelua}|). It makes sure that the primitive gets -% available as \cs{luatex\meta{name}}. +% whose argument is a \luatex primitive name (without a leading backslash nor +% any |luatex| prefix, eg just |{latelua}|). It makes sure that the primitive +% gets available as \cs{luatex\meta{name}}. % % \textbf{Warning.} In particular circumstances, this macro may fail silently % for primitives whose natural name starts with |luatex|, hence such @@ -189,7 +195,7 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % to use (except |\directlua| again). % % This package doesn't try to activate every primitive, since it would require -% and extensive list of primitives for each version of \luatex, so it seems +% an extensive list of primitives for each version of \luatex, so it seems % simpler to leave that burden on package writers. % % \section{Implementation} |