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diff --git a/luatexbase-loader.dtx b/luatexbase-loader.dtx index bee0757..d007996 100644 --- a/luatexbase-loader.dtx +++ b/luatexbase-loader.dtx @@ -122,10 +122,9 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % % \begin{abstract} % Lua modules are loaded using the |require()| function which, similarly to -% \tex's |\input|, takes care of locating the file and load it, but also makes -% a few supplementary checks, for example to avoid loading the same module -% twice. This package adapts the way the files are searched in order to -% accommodate the TDS as well as usual Lua naming conventions. +% \tex's |\input|, takes care of locating the file to be loaded. This package +% adapts the way the files are searched in order to accommodate the TDS as +% well as usual Lua naming conventions. % % For higher-level functions related to Lua modules, see % \href{file:luatexbase-modutils.pdf}{\pk{luatexbase-modutils}}, which also @@ -134,13 +133,11 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % % \section{Documentation} % -% Starting with \luatex 0.45.0, |require()| uses Kpathsea for file searching +% Starting with \luatex 0.45, |require()| uses Kpathsea for file searching % when the library is initialised (which is always the case in \tex mode, -% unless explicitly disabled by the user). However, it does not respect the -% Lua convention that |require("foo.bar")| should look for |foo/bar.lua|. -% \footnote{Support for that has been added in rev 3558 of \luatex, currently -% unreleased but probably part of \luatex 0.54.} This package implements such -% behaviour. +% unless explicitly disabled by the user). However, it did not respect the +% Lua convention that |require("foo.bar")| should look for |foo/bar.lua| until +% version 0.60. This package adds such behaviour to older versions of \luatex. % % More precisely, it implements a new kpse searcher that looks for file % |foo/bar| using Kpathsea with the format |lua| (that is, search along @@ -151,7 +148,7 @@ See source file '\inFileName' for details. % Also, older versions of \luatex, such as 0.25.4 (\texlive 2008), don't know % about the |lua| format for kpse searching. So, an emulator for this function % is provided. The emulator is not perfect, in particular it may find more -% results than the normal |lua| format search.\footnote{An may also fail to +% results than the normal |lua| format search.\footnote{And may also fail to % find the file in particular cases, see comments in the implementation for % details.} In order to ensure more homogeneous results across versions, this % emulator is used as a fall-back when the real |lua| format search doesn't |