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author | Luigi Scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com> | 2019-01-06 19:35:42 +0000 |
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committer | Luigi Scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com> | 2019-01-06 19:35:42 +0000 |
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updated reference manual for luatex 1.09.2
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-backend.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-backend.tex index 46e9222e289..0ec9be9b0f7 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-backend.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-backend.tex @@ -1,1043 +1,1084 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-backend - -\startchapter[reference=backend,title={The backend libraries}] - -\section{The \type {pdf} library} - -This library contains variables and functions that are related to the \PDF\ -backend. You can find more details about the expected values to setters in \in -{section} [backendprimitives]. - -\subsection{\type {mapfile}, \type {mapline}} - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.mapfile(<string> map file) -pdf.mapline(<string> map line) -\stopfunctioncall - -These two functions can be used to replace primitives \type {\pdfmapfile} and -\type {\pdfmapline} inherited from \PDFTEX. They expect a string as only -parameter and have no return value. The first character in a map line can be -\type {-}, \type {+} or \type {=} which means as much as remove, add or replace -this line. - -\subsection {\type {[set|get][catalog|info|names|trailer]}} - -These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing -with metadata. The value types are strings and they are written out to the \PDF\ -file directly after the token registers. - -\subsection {\type {[set|get][pageattributes|pageresources|pagesattributes]}} - -These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing -with page resources. The variables have no interaction with the corresponding \PDF\ -backend token register. They are written out to the \PDF\ file directly after the -token registers. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get][xformattributes|xformresources]}} - -These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing -with reuseable boxes and images. The variables have no interaction with the -corresponding \PDF\ backend token register. They are written out to the \PDF\ -file directly after the token registers. - -\subsection{\type {getversion} and \type {[set|get]minorversion}} - -The version is frozen in the binary but you can set the minor version. What minor -version you set depends on what \PDF\ features you use. This is out of control -of \LUATEX. - -\subsection{\type {getcreationdate}} - -This function returns a string with the date in the format that ends up in the -\PDF\ file, in this case it's: {\tttf \cldcontext{pdf.getcreationdate()}}. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]inclusionerrorlevel}, \type {[set|get]ignoreunknownimages}} - -These variable control how error in included image are treated. They are modeled -after the \PDFTEX\ equivalents. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]suppressoptionalinfo}} - -This bitset determnines what kind of info gets flushes. By default we flush all. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]trailerid}} - -You can set your own trailer id. This has to be a valid array string -with checksums. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]compresslevel}} - -These two functions set the level of compression. The minimum value is~0, -the maximum is~9. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]objcompresslevel}} - -These two functions set the level of compression. The minimum value is~0, -the maximum is~9. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]gentounicode}} - -This flag enables tounicode generation (like in \PDFTEX). - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]omitcidset}} - -This flag disables inclusion of a so called CIDSet which can be handy when aiming -at some of the many \PDF\ substandards. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]decimaldigits}} - -These two functions set the accuracy of floats written to the \PDF file. You can -set any value but the backend will not go below~3 and above~6. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]pkresolution}} - -These setter takes two arguments: the resolution and an optional zero or one that -indicates if this is a fixed one. The getter returns these two values. - -\subsection{\type {getlast[obj|link|annot]} and \type {getretval}} - -These status variables are similar to the ones traditionally used in the backend -interface at the \TEX\ end. - -\subsection{\type {maxobjnum} and \type {objtype}, \type {fontname}, \type {fontobjnum}, -\type {fontsize}, \type {xformname}}. - -These (and some other) introspective helpers were moved from the the \type {tex} -namespace to the \type {pdf} namespace but kept their original names. They are -mostly used when you construct \PDF\ objects yourself and need for instance -information about a (to be) embedded font. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]origin}} - -This one is used to set the horizonal and|/|or vertical offset, a traditional -backend property. - -\starttyping -pdf.setorigin() -- sets both to 0pt -pdf.setorigin(tex.sp("1in")) -- sets both to 1in -pdf.setorigin(tex.sp("1in"),tex.sp("1in")) -\stoptyping - -The counterpart of this function returns two values. - -\subsection{\type {[set|get]imageresolution}} - -These two functions relate to the imageresolution that is used when the image -itself doesn't provide a non|-|zero x or y resolution. - -\subsection {\type {[set|get][link|dest|thread|xform]margin}} - -These functions can be used to set and retrieve the margins that are added to the -natural bounding boxes of the respective objects. - -\subsection {\type {get[pos|hpos|vpos]}} - -These function get current location on the output page, measured from its lower -left corner. The values return scaled points as units. - -\starttyping -local h, v = pdf.getpos() -\stoptyping - -\subsection {\type {[has|get]matrix}} - -The current matrix transformation is available via the \type {getmatrix} command, -which returns 6 values: \type {sx}, \type {rx}, \type {ry}, \type {sy}, \type -{tx}, and \type {ty}. The \type {hasmatrix} function returns \type {true} when a -matrix is applied. - -\starttyping -if pdf.hasmatrix() then - local sx, rx, ry, sy, tx, ty = pdf.getmatrix() - -- do something useful or not -end -\stoptyping - -\subsection {\type {print}} - -You can print string to the \PDF\ document from within a within a \type -{\latelua} call. This function is not to be used inside \type {\directlua} unless -you know {\it exactly} what you are doing. - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.print(<string> s) -pdf.print(<string> type, <string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -The optional parameter can be used to mimic the behavior of \PDF\ literals: the -\type {type} is \type {direct} or \type {page}. - -\subsection {\type {immediateobj}} - -This function creates a \PDF\ object and immediately writes it to the \PDF\ file. -It is modelled after \PDFTEX's \type {\immediate} \type {\pdfobj} primitives. All -function variants return the object number of the newly generated object. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj(<string> objtext) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj("file", <string> filename) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj("stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj("streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext) -\stopfunctioncall - -The first version puts the \type {objtext} raw into an object. Only the object -wrapper is automatically generated, but any internal structure (like \type {<< ->>} dictionary markers) needs to provided by the user. The second version with -keyword \type {file} as first argument puts the contents of the file with name -\type {filename} raw into the object. The third version with keyword \type -{stream} creates a stream object and puts the \type {streamtext} raw into the -stream. The stream length is automatically calculated. The optional \type -{attrtext} goes into the dictionary of that object. The fourth version with -keyword \type {streamfile} does the same as the third one, it just reads the -stream data raw from a file. - -An optional first argument can be given to make the function use a previously -reserved \PDF\ object. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, <string> objtext) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "file", <string> filename) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext) -<number> n = - pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type{obj}} - -This function creates a \PDF\ object, which is written to the \PDF\ file only -when referenced, e.g., by \type {refobj()}. - -All function variants return the object number of the newly generated object, and -there are two separate calling modes. The first mode is modelled after \PDFTEX's -\type {\pdfobj} primitive. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = - pdf.obj(<string> objtext) -<number> n = - pdf.obj("file", <string> filename) -<number> n = - pdf.obj("stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext) -<number> n = - pdf.obj("streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext) -\stopfunctioncall - -An optional first argument can be given to make the function use a previously -reserved \PDF\ object. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = - pdf.obj(<integer> n, <string> objtext) -<number> n = - pdf.obj(<integer> n, "file", <string> filename) -<number> n = - pdf.obj(<integer> n, "stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext) -<number> n = - pdf.obj(<integer> n, "streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext) -\stopfunctioncall - -The second mode accepts a single argument table with key--value pairs. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = pdf.obj { - type = <string>, - immmediate = <boolean>, - objnum = <number>, - attr = <string>, - compresslevel = <number>, - objcompression = <boolean>, - file = <string>, - string = <string> -} -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {type} field can have the values \type {raw} and \type {stream}, this -field is required, the others are optional (within constraints). - -Note: this mode makes \type{obj} look more flexible than it actually is: the -constraints from the separate parameter version still apply, so for example you -can't have both \type {string} and \type {file} at the same time. - -\subsection {\type {refobj}} - -This function, the \LUA\ version of the \type {\pdfrefobj} primitive, references an -object by its object number, so that the object will be written out. - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.refobj(<integer> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function works in both the \type {\directlua} and \type {\latelua} environment. -Inside \type {\directlua} a new whatsit node \quote {pdf_refobj} is created, which -will be marked for flushing during page output and the object is then written -directly after the page, when also the resources objects are written out. Inside -\type {\latelua} the object will be marked for flushing. - -This function has no return values. - -\subsection {\type {reserveobj}} - -This function creates an empty \PDF\ object and returns its number. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = pdf.reserveobj() -<number> n = pdf.reserveobj("annot") -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection {\type {registerannot}} - -This function adds an object number to the \type {/Annots} array for the current -page without doing anything else. This function can only be used from within -\type {\latelua}. - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.registerannot (<number> objnum) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection {\type {newcolorstack}} - -This function allocates a new color stack and returns it's id. The arguments -are the same as for the similar backend extension primitive. - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.newcolorstack("0 g","page",true) -- page|direct|origin -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection {\type {setfontattributes}} - -This function will force some additional code into the font resource. It can for -instance be used to add a custom \type {ToUnicode} vector to a bitmap file. - -\startfunctioncall -pdf.setfontattributes(<number> font id, <string> pdf code) -\stopfunctioncall - -\section {The \type {pdfscanner} library} - -The \type {pdfscanner} library allows interpretation of \PDF\ content streams and -\type {/ToUnicode} (cmap) streams. You can get those streams from the \type -{epdf} library, as explained in an earlier section. There is only a single -top|-|level function in this library: - -\startfunctioncall -pdfscanner.scan (<Object> stream, <table> operatortable, <table> info) -\stopfunctioncall - -The first argument, \type {stream}, should be either a \PDF\ stream object, or a -\PDF\ array of \PDF\ stream objects (those options comprise the possible return -values of \type {<Page>:getContents()} and \type {<Object>:getStream()} in the -\type {epdf} library). - -The second argument, \type {operatortable}, should be a \LUA\ table where the -keys are \PDF\ operator name strings and the values are \LUA\ functions (defined -by you) that are used to process those operators. The functions are called -whenever the scanner finds one of these \PDF\ operators in the content stream(s). -The functions are called with two arguments: the \type {scanner} object itself, -and the \type {info} table that was passed are the third argument to \type -{pdfscanner.scan}. - -Internally, \type {pdfscanner.scan} loops over the \PDF\ operators in the -stream(s), collecting operands on an internal stack until it finds a \PDF\ -operator. If that \PDF\ operator's name exists in \type {operatortable}, then the -associated function is executed. After the function has run (or when there is no -function to execute) the internal operand stack is cleared in preparation for the -next operator, and processing continues. - -The \type {scanner} argument to the processing functions is needed because it -offers various methods to get the actual operands from the internal operand -stack. - -A simple example of processing a \PDF's document stream could look like this: - -\starttyping -function Do (scanner, info) - local val = scanner:pop() - local name = val[2] -- val[1] == 'name' - local resources = info.resources - local xobject = resources:lookup("XObject"):getDict():lookup(name) - print (info.space ..'Use XObject '.. name) - if xobject and xobject:isStream() then - local dict = xobject:getStream():getDict() - if dict then - local name = dict:lookup("Subtype") - if name:getName() == "Form" then - local newinfo = { - space = info.space .. " " , - resources = dict:lookup("Resources"):getDict() - } - pdfscanner.scan(xobject, operatortable, newinfo) - end - end - end -end - -operatortable = { Do = Do } - -doc = epdf.open(arg[1]) -pagenum = 1 - -while pagenum <= doc:getNumPages() do - local page = doc:getCatalog():getPage(pagenum) - local info = { - space = " " , - resources = page:getResourceDict() - } - print('Page ' .. pagenum) - pdfscanner.scan(page:getContents(), operatortable, info) - pagenum = pagenum + 1 -end -\stoptyping - -This example iterates over all the actual content in the \PDF, and prints out the -found \type {XObject} names. While the code demonstrates quite some of the \type -{epdf} functions, let's focus on the type \type {pdfscanner} specific code -instead. - -From the bottom up, the following line runs the scanner with the \PDF\ page's -top-level content. - -\starttyping - pdfscanner.scan(page:getContents(), operatortable, info) -\stoptyping - -The third argument, \type {info}, contains two entries: \type {space} is used to -indent the printed output, and \type {resources} is needed so that embedded \type -{XForms} can find their own content. - -The second argument, \type {operatortable} defines a processing function for a -single \PDF\ operator, \type {Do}. - -The function \type {Do} prints the name of the current \type {XObject}, and then -starts a new scanner for that object's content stream, under the condition that -the \type {XObject} is in fact a \type {/Form}. That nested scanner is called -with new \type {info} argument with an updated \type {space} value so that the -indentation of the output nicely nests, and with an new \type {resources} field -to help the next iteration down to properly process any other, embedded \type -{XObject}s. - -Of course, this is not a very useful example in practise, but for the purpose of -demonstrating \type {pdfscanner}, it is just long enough. It makes use of only -one \type {scanner} method: \type {scanner:pop()}. That function pops the top -operand of the internal stack, and returns a \LUA\ table where the object at index -one is a string representing the type of the operand, and object two is its -value. - -The list of possible operand types and associated \LUA\ value types is: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|] -\NC \type{integer} \NC <number> \NC \NR -\NC \type{real} \NC <number> \NC \NR -\NC \type{boolean} \NC <boolean> \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC <string> \NC \NR -\NC \type{operator} \NC <string> \NC \NR -\NC \type{string} \NC <string> \NC \NR -\NC \type{array} \NC <table> \NC \NR -\NC \type{dict} \NC <table> \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -In case of \type {integer} or \type {real}, the value is always a \LUA\ (floating -point) number. - -In case of \type {name}, the leading slash is always stripped. - -In case of \type {string}, please bear in mind that \PDF\ actually supports -different types of strings (with different encodings) in different parts of the -\PDF\ document, so may need to reencode some of the results; \type {pdfscanner} -always outputs the byte stream without reencoding anything. \type {pdfscanner} -does not differentiate between literal strings and hexadecimal strings (the -hexadecimal values are decoded), and it treats the stream data for inline images -as a string that is the single operand for \type {EI}. - -In case of \type {array}, the table content is a list of \type {pop} return -values and in case of \type {dict}, the table keys are \PDF\ name strings and the -values are \type {pop} return values. - -\blank - -There are few more methods defined that you can ask \type {scanner}: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type{pop} \NC as explained above \NC \NR -\NC \type{popNumber} \NC return only the value of a \type {real} or \type {integer} \NC \NR -\NC \type{popName} \NC return only the value of a \type {name} \NC \NR -\NC \type{popString} \NC return only the value of a \type {string} \NC \NR -\NC \type{popArray} \NC return only the value of a \type {array} \NC \NR -\NC \type{popDict} \NC return only the value of a \type {dict} \NC \NR -\NC \type{popBool} \NC return only the value of a \type {boolean} \NC \NR -\NC \type{done} \NC abort further processing of this \type {scan()} call \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {popXXX} are convenience functions, and come in handy when you know the -type of the operands beforehand (which you usually do, in \PDF). For example, the -\type {Do} function could have used \type {local name = scanner:popName()} -instead, because the single operand to the \type {Do} operator is always a \PDF\ -name object. - -The \type {done} function allows you to abort processing of a stream once you -have learned everything you want to learn. This comes in handy while parsing -\type {/ToUnicode}, because there usually is trailing garbage that you are not -interested in. Without \type {done}, processing only end at the end of the -stream, possibly wasting \CPU\ cycles. - -\section{The \type {epdf} library} - -The \type {epdf} library provides \LUA\ bindings to many \PDF\ access functions -that are defined by the poppler \PDF\ viewer library (written in C$+{}+$ by -Kristian H\o gsberg, based on xpdf by Derek Noonburg). Within \LUATEX\ xpdf -functionality is being used since long time to embed \PDF\ files. The \type -{epdf} library allows to scrutinize an external \PDF\ file. It gives access to -its document structure: catalog, cross|-|reference table, individual pages, -objects, annotations, info, and metadata. The \type {epdf} library only provides -read|-|only access. At some point we might decide to limit the interface to a -reasonable subset. - -\start \em - -The following functions will be removed in a next version. This is partly due to -a change in the api of the used library and partly due to the fact that write -access is not needed at all. - -\starttabulate[|T|T||] -\NC Annot \NC getAppearance \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC \NC getBorder \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC AnnotBorderStyle \NC getWidth \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC Array \NC incRef \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC \NC decRef \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC \NC add \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC Attribute \NC setRevision \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC setHidden \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC setFormattedValue \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC EmbFile \NC save \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC Dict \NC incRef \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC \NC decRef \NC gone \NC \NR -\NC \NC add \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC set \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC remove \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC Object \NC initBool \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initInt \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initReal \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initString \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initName \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initNull \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initArray \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initDict \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initStream \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initRef \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initCmd \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initError \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC initEOF \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC dictAdd \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC dictSet \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC streamReset \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC StructElement \NC setRevision \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC appendChild \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC \NC appendAttribute \NC will go \NC \NR -\NC StructTreeRoot \NC appendChild \NC will go \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\stop - -For a start, a \PDF\ file is opened by \type {epdf.open()} with file name, e.g.: - -\starttyping -doc = epdf.open("foo.pdf") -\stoptyping - -This normally returns a \type {PDFDoc} userdata variable; but if the file could -not be opened successfully, instead of a fatal error just the value \type {nil} is -returned. - -All \LUA\ functions in the \type {epdf} library are named after the poppler -functions listed in the poppler header files for the various classes, e.g., files -\type {PDFDoc.h}, \type {Dict.h}, and \type {Array.h}. These files can be found -in the poppler subdirectory within the \LUATEX\ sources. Which functions are -already implemented in the \type {epdf} library can be found in the \LUATEX\ -source file \type {lepdflib.cc}. For using the \type {epdf} library, knowledge of -the \PDF\ file architecture is indispensable. - -There are many different userdata types defined by the \type {epdf} library, -currently these are \type {AnnotBorderStyle}, \type {AnnotBorder}, \type -{Annots}, \type {Annot}, \type {Array}, \type {Attribute}, \type {Catalog}, \type -{Dict}, \type {EmbFile}, \type {GString}, \type {LinkDest}, \type {Links}, \type -{Link}, \type {ObjectStream}, \type {Object}, \type {PDFDoc}, \type -{PDFRectangle}, \type {Page}, \type {Ref}, \type {Stream}, \type {StructElement}, -\type {StructTreeRoot} \type {TextSpan}, \type {XRefEntry} and \type {XRef}. - -All these userdata names and the \LUA\ access functions closely resemble the -classes naming from the poppler header files, including the choice of mixed upper -and lower case letters. The \LUA\ function calls use object|-|oriented syntax, -e.g., the following calls return the \type {Page} object for page~1: - -\starttyping -pageref = doc:getCatalog():getPageRef(1) -pageobj = doc:getXRef():fetch(pageref.num, pageref.gen) -\stoptyping - -But writing such chained calls is risky, as an intermediate function may return -\type {nil} on error. Therefore between function calls there should be \LUA\ type -checks (e.g., against \type {nil}) done. If a non|-|object item is requested (for -instance a \type {Dict} item by calling \type {page:getPieceInfo()}, cf.~\type -{Page.h}) but not available, the \LUA\ functions return \type {nil} (without -error). If a function should return an \type {Object}, but it's not existing, a -\type {Null} object is returned instead, also without error. This is in|-|line -with poppler behavior. - -All library objects have a \type {__gc} metamethod for garbage collection. The -\type {__tostring} metamethod gives the type name for each object. - -These are the object constructors: - -\startfunctioncall -<PDFDoc> = epdf.open(<string> PDF filename) -<Annot> = epdf.Annot(<XRef>, <Dict>, <Catalog>, <Ref>) -<Annots> = epdf.Annots(<XRef>, <Catalog>, <Object>) -<Array> = epdf.Array(<XRef>) -<Attribute> = epdf.Attribute(<Type>,<Object>)| epdf.Attribute(<string>, <int>, <Object>) -<Dict> = epdf.Dict(<XRef>) -<Object> = epdf.Object()|epdf.Object(<Type>)|epdf.Object(<Object_Type>,<string>)| -<PDFRectangle> = epdf.PDFRectangle() -\stopfunctioncall - -There is a new API for the \type {Object} constructors: the old \type {init<ObjType>} constructors -are still present but they are deprecated. They will disappear after the next \TeX Live. -The functions \type {StructElement_Type}, \type {Object_Type}, \type {Attribute_Type} and \type -{AttributeOwner_Type} return a hash table \type {{<string>,<integer>}}. -The hash table \type {Object_Type} is useful for the -\type {epdf.Object(<Object_Type>,<string>)} \type {Object} constructor, where \type {<Object_Type>} is an -integer. - -\type {Annot} methods: - - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <Annot>:isOK() -<boolean> = <Annot>:match(<Ref>) -<Object> = <Annot>:getAppearance() -- gone -<AnnotBorder> = <Annot>:getBorder() -- gone -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {AnnotBorderStyle} methods (gone): - -\startfunctioncall -<number> = <AnnotBorderStyle>:getWidth() -- gone -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Annots} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> = <Annots>:getNumAnnots() -<Annot> = <Annots>:getAnnot(<integer>) -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Array} methods: - -\startfunctioncall - <Array>:incRef() -- gone - <Array>:decRef() -- gone - <Array>:add(<Object>) -- will go -<integer> = <Array>:getLength() -<Object> = <Array>:get(<integer>) -<Object> = <Array>:getNF(<integer>) -<string> = <Array>:getString(<integer>) -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Attribute} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <Attribute>:isOk() -<integer> = <Attribute>:getType() -<integer> = <Attribute>:getOwner() -<string> = <Attribute>:getTypeName() -<string> = <Attribute>:getOwnerName() -<Object> = <Attribute>:getValue() -<Object> = <Attribute>:getDefaultValue -<string> = <Attribute>:getName() -<integer> = <Attribute>:getRevision() - <Attribute>:setRevision(<unsigned integer>) -- will go -<boolean> = <Attribute>:isHidden() - <Attribute>:setHidden(<boolean>) -- will go -<string> = <Attribute>:getFormattedValue() -<string> = <Attribute>:setFormattedValue(<string>) -- will go -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Catalog} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <Catalog>:isOK() -<integer> = <Catalog>:getNumPages() -<Page> = <Catalog>:getPage(<integer>) -<Ref> = <Catalog>:getPageRef(<integer>) -<string> = <Catalog>:getBaseURI() -<string> = <Catalog>:readMetadata() -<Object> = <Catalog>:getStructTreeRoot() -<integer> = <Catalog>:findPage(<integer> object number, <integer> object generation) -<LinkDest> = <Catalog>:findDest(<string> name) -<Object> = <Catalog>:getDests() -<integer> = <Catalog>:numEmbeddedFiles() -<EmbFile> = <Catalog>:embeddedFile(<integer>) -<integer> = <Catalog>:numJS() -<string> = <Catalog>:getJS(<integer>) -<Object> = <Catalog>:getOutline() -<Object> = <Catalog>:getAcroForm() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {EmbFile} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> = <EmbFile>:size() -<string> = <EmbFile>:modDate() -<string> = <EmbFile>:createDate() -<string> = <EmbFile>:checksum() -<string> = <EmbFile>:mimeType() -<boolean> = <EmbFile>:isOk() -<string> = <EmbFile>:name() -- not (yet) implemented -<string> = <EmbFile>:description() -- not (yet) implemented -<Object> = <EmbFile>:streamObject() -- not (yet) implemented -<boolean> = <EmbFile>:save() -- will go -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {FileSpec} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <FileSpec>:isOk() -<string> = <FileSpec>:getFileName() -<string> = <FileSpec>:getFileNameForPlatform() -<string> = <FileSpec>:getDescription() -<EmbFile> = <FileSpec>:getEmbeddedFile() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Dict} methods: - -\startfunctioncall - <Dict>:incRef() -- will go - <Dict>:decRef() -- will go - <Dict>:add(<string>, <Object>) -- will go - <Dict>:set(<string>, <Object>) -- will go - <Dict>:remove(<string>) -- will go -<integer> = <Dict>:getLength() -<boolean> = <Dict>:is(<string>) -<Object> = <Dict>:lookup(<string>) -<Object> = <Dict>:lookupNF(<string>) -<integer> = <Dict>:lookupInt(<string>, <string>) -<string> = <Dict>:getKey(<integer>) -<Object> = <Dict>:getVal(<integer>) -<Object> = <Dict>:getValNF(<integer>) -<boolean> = <Dict>:hasKey(<string>) -\stopfunctioncall - -% \type {Link} methods: - -% \startfunctioncall -% <boolean> = <Link>:isOK() -% <boolean> = <Link>:inRect(<number>, <number>) -% \stopfunctioncall - -\type {LinkDest} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <LinkDest>:isOK() -<integer> = <LinkDest>:getKind() -<string> = <LinkDest>:getKindName() -<boolean> = <LinkDest>:isPageRef() -<integer> = <LinkDest>:getPageNum() -<Ref> = <LinkDest>:getPageRef() -<number> = <LinkDest>:getLeft() -<number> = <LinkDest>:getBottom() -<number> = <LinkDest>:getRight() -<number> = <LinkDest>:getTop() -<number> = <LinkDest>:getZoom() -<boolean> = <LinkDest>:getChangeLeft() -<boolean> = <LinkDest>:getChangeTop() -<boolean> = <LinkDest>:getChangeZoom() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Links} methods: - -% <Link> = <Links>:getLink(<integer>) - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> = <Links>:getNumLinks() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Object} methods: - -\startfunctioncall - <Object>:initBool(<boolean>) -- will go - <Object>:initInt(<integer>) -- will go - <Object>:initReal(<number>) -- will go - <Object>:initString(<string>) -- will go - <Object>:initName(<string>) -- will go - <Object>:initNull() -- will go - <Object>:initArray(<XRef>) -- will go - <Object>:initDict(<XRef>) -- will go - <Object>:initStream(<Stream>) -- will go - <Object>:initRef(<integer> object number, - <integer> object generation) -- will go - <Object>:initCmd(<string>) -- will go - <Object>:initError() -- will go - <Object>:initEOF() -- will go -<Object> = <Object>:fetch(<XRef>) -<integer> = <Object>:getType() -<string> = <Object>:getTypeName() -<boolean> = <Object>:isBool() -<boolean> = <Object>:isInt() -<boolean> = <Object>:isReal() -<boolean> = <Object>:isNum() -<boolean> = <Object>:isString() -<boolean> = <Object>:isName() -<boolean> = <Object>:isNull() -<boolean> = <Object>:isArray() -<boolean> = <Object>:isDict() -<boolean> = <Object>:isStream() -<boolean> = <Object>:isRef() -<boolean> = <Object>:isCmd() -<boolean> = <Object>:isError() -<boolean> = <Object>:isEOF() -<boolean> = <Object>:isNone() -<boolean> = <Object>:getBool() -<integer> = <Object>:getInt() -<number> = <Object>:getReal() -<number> = <Object>:getNum() -<string> = <Object>:getString() -<string> = <Object>:getName() -<Array> = <Object>:getArray() -<Dict> = <Object>:getDict() -<Stream> = <Object>:getStream() -<Ref> = <Object>:getRef() -<integer> = <Object>:getRefNum() -<integer> = <Object>:getRefGen() -<string> = <Object>:getCmd() -<integer> = <Object>:arrayGetLength() - = <Object>:arrayAdd(<Object>) -- will go -<Object> = <Object>:arrayGet(<integer>) -<Object> = <Object>:arrayGetNF(<integer>) -<integer> = <Object>:dictGetLength(<integer>) - = <Object>:dictAdd(<string>, <Object>) -- will go - = <Object>:dictSet(<string>, <Object>) -- will go -<Object> = <Object>:dictLookup(<string>) -<Object> = <Object>:dictLookupNF(<string>) -<string> = <Object>:dictgetKey(<integer>) -<Object> = <Object>:dictgetVal(<integer>) -<Object> = <Object>:dictgetValNF(<integer>) -<boolean> = <Object>:streamIs(<string>) - = <Object>:streamReset() -- will go -<integer> = <Object>:streamGetChar() -<integer> = <Object>:streamLookChar() -<integer> = <Object>:streamGetPos() - = <Object>:streamSetPos(<integer>) -<Dict> = <Object>:streamGetDict() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Page} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <Page>:isOk() -<integer> = <Page>:getNum() -<PDFRectangle> = <Page>:getMediaBox() -<PDFRectangle> = <Page>:getCropBox() -<boolean> = <Page>:isCropped() -<number> = <Page>:getMediaWidth() -<number> = <Page>:getMediaHeight() -<number> = <Page>:getCropWidth() -<number> = <Page>:getCropHeight() -<PDFRectangle> = <Page>:getBleedBox() -<PDFRectangle> = <Page>:getTrimBox() -<PDFRectangle> = <Page>:getArtBox() -<integer> = <Page>:getRotate() -<string> = <Page>:getLastModified() -<Dict> = <Page>:getBoxColorInfo() -<Dict> = <Page>:getGroup() -<Stream> = <Page>:getMetadata() -<Dict> = <Page>:getPieceInfo() -<Dict> = <Page>:getSeparationInfo() -<Dict> = <Page>:getResourceDict() -<Object> = <Page>:getAnnots() -<Links> = <Page>:getLinks(<Catalog>) -<Object> = <Page>:getContents() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {PDFDoc} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:isOk() -<integer> = <PDFDoc>:getErrorCode() -<string> = <PDFDoc>:getErrorCodeName() -<string> = <PDFDoc>:getFileName() -<XRef> = <PDFDoc>:getXRef() -<Catalog> = <PDFDoc>:getCatalog() -<number> = <PDFDoc>:getPageMediaWidth() -<number> = <PDFDoc>:getPageMediaHeight() -<number> = <PDFDoc>:getPageCropWidth() -<number> = <PDFDoc>:getPageCropHeight() -<integer> = <PDFDoc>:getNumPages() -<string> = <PDFDoc>:readMetadata() -<Object> = <PDFDoc>:getStructTreeRoot() -<integer> = <PDFDoc>:findPage(<integer> object number, - <integer> object generation) -<Links> = <PDFDoc>:getLinks(<integer>) -<LinkDest> = <PDFDoc>:findDest(<string>) -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:isEncrypted() -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:okToPrint() -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:okToChange() -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:okToCopy() -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:okToAddNotes() -<boolean> = <PDFDoc>:isLinearized() -<Object> = <PDFDoc>:getDocInfo() -<Object> = <PDFDoc>:getDocInfoNF() -<integer> = <PDFDoc>:getPDFMajorVersion() -<integer> = <PDFDoc>:getPDFMinorVersion() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {PDFRectangle} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <PDFRectangle>:isValid() -- setindex/newindex will go -\stopfunctioncall - -%\type {Ref} methods: -% -%\startfunctioncall -%\stopfunctioncall - -\type {Stream} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> = <Stream>:getKind() -<string> = <Stream>:getKindName() - = <Stream>:reset() - = <Stream>:close() -<integer> = <Stream>:getChar() -<integer> = <Stream>:lookChar() -<integer> = <Stream>:getRawChar() -<integer> = <Stream>:getUnfilteredChar() - = <Stream>:unfilteredReset() -<integer> = <Stream>:getPos() -<boolean> = <Stream>:isBinary() -<Stream> = <Stream>:getUndecodedStream() -<Dict> = <Stream>:getDict() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {StructElement} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> = <StructElement>:getTypeName() -<integer> = <StructElement>:getType() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isOk() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isBlock() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isInline() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isGrouping() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isContent() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:isObjectRef() -<integer> = <StructElement>:getMCID() -<Ref> = <StructElement>:getObjectRef() -<Ref> = <StructElement>:getParentRef() -<boolean> = <StructElement>:hasPageRef() -<Ref> = <StructElement>:getPageRef() -<StructTreeRoot> = <StructElement>:getStructTreeRoot() -<string> = <StructElement>:getID() -<string> = <StructElement>:getLanguage() -<integer> = <StructElement>:getRevision() - <StructElement>:setRevision(<unsigned integer>) -- will go -<string> = <StructElement>:getTitle() -<string> = <StructElement>:getExpandedAbbr() -<integer> = <StructElement>:getNumChildren() -<StructElement> = <StructElement>:getChild() - = <StructElement>:appendChild<StructElement>) -- will go -<integer> = <StructElement>:getNumAttributes() -<Attribute> = <StructElement>:getAttribute(<integer>) -<string> = <StructElement>:appendAttribute(<Attribute>) -- will go -<Attribute> = <StructElement>:findAttribute(<Attribute::Type>, - boolean,Attribute::Owner) -<string> = <StructElement>:getAltText() -<string> = <StructElement>:getActualText() -<string> = <StructElement>:getText(<boolean>) -<table> = <StructElement>:getTextSpans() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {StructTreeRoot} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<StructElement> = <StructTreeRoot>:findParentElement -<PDFDoc> = <StructTreeRoot>:getDoc -<Dict> = <StructTreeRoot>:getRoleMap -<Dict> = <StructTreeRoot>:getClassMap -<integer> = <StructTreeRoot>:getNumChildren -<StructElement> = <StructTreeRoot>:getChild - <StructTreeRoot>:appendChild -- will go -<StructElement> = <StructTreeRoot>:findParentElement -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {TextSpan} han only one method: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> = <TestSpan>:getText() -\stopfunctioncall - -\type {XRef} methods: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> = <XRef>:isOk() -<integer> = <XRef>:getErrorCode() -<boolean> = <XRef>:isEncrypted() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToPrint() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToPrintHighRes() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToChange() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToCopy() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToAddNotes() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToFillForm() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToAccessibility() -<boolean> = <XRef>:okToAssemble() -<Object> = <XRef>:getCatalog() -<Object> = <XRef>:fetch(<integer> object number, - <integer> object generation) -<Object> = <XRef>:getDocInfo() -<Object> = <XRef>:getDocInfoNF() -<integer> = <XRef>:getNumObjects() -<integer> = <XRef>:getRootNum() -<integer> = <XRef>:getRootGen() -<integer> = <XRef>:getSize() -<Object> = <XRef>:getTrailerDict() -\stopfunctioncall - -There is an experimental function \type {epdf.openMemStream} that takes three -arguments: - -\starttabulate -\NC \type {stream} \NC this is a (in low level \LUA\ speak) light userdata - object, i.e.\ a pointer to a sequence of bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type {length} \NC this is the length of the stream in bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type {name} \NC this is a unique identifier that is used for hashing the - stream, so that multiple doesn't use more memory \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Instead of a light userdata stream you can also pass a \LUA\ string, in which -case the given length is (at most) the string length. - -The function returns a \type{epdf} object and a string. The string can be used in -the \type {img} library instead of a filename. You need to prevent garbage -collection of the object when you use it as image (for instance by storing it -somewhere). - -Both the memory stream and it's use in the image library is experimental and can -change. In case you wonder where this can be used: when you use the swiglib -library for \type {graphicmagick}, it can return such a userdata object. This -permits conversion in memory and passing the result directly to the backend. This -might save some runtime in one|-|pass workflows. This feature is currently not -meant for production and we might come up with a better implementation. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-backend
+
+\startchapter[reference=backend,title={The backend libraries}]
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {pdf} library}][library=pdf]
+
+\topicindex{backend}
+\topicindex{\PDF}
+
+This library contains variables and functions that are related to the \PDF\
+backend. You can find more details about the expected values to setters in \in
+{section} [backendprimitives].
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {mapfile}, \type {mapline}}]
+
+\topicindex{map files}
+\topicindex{files+map}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.mapfile(<string> map file)
+pdf.mapline(<string> map line)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+These two functions can be used to replace primitives \orm {pdfmapfile} and
+\orm {pdfmapline} inherited from \PDFTEX. They expect a string as only
+parameter and have no return value. The first character in a map line can be
+\type {-}, \type {+} or \type {=} which means as much as remove, add or replace
+this line. They are not state setters but act immediately.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][catalog|info|names|trailer]}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+trailer}
+\topicindex{\PDF+catalog}
+\topicindex{\PDF+info}
+
+\libindex{setcatalog} \libindex{getcatalog}
+\libindex{setinfo} \libindex{getinfo}
+\libindex{setnames} \libindex{getnames}
+\libindex{settrailer} \libindex{gettrailer}
+
+These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing
+with metadata. The value types are strings and they are written to the \PDF\
+file directly after the token registers set at the \TEX\ end are written.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][pageattributes|pageresources|pagesattributes]}}]
+
+\libindex{setpageattributes} \libindex{getpageattributes}
+\libindex{setpageresources} \libindex{getpageresources}
+\libindex{setpagesattributes} \libindex{getpagesattributes}
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+page attributes}
+\topicindex{\PDF+page resources}
+
+These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing
+with page resources. The variables have no interaction with the corresponding \PDF\
+backend token register. They are written to the \PDF\ file directly after the
+token registers set at the \TEX\ end are written.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][xformattributes|xformresources]}}]
+
+\libindex{setxformattributes} \libindex{getxformattributes}
+\libindex{setxformresources} \libindex{getxformresources}
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+xform attributes}
+\topicindex{\PDF+xform resources}
+
+These functions complement the corresponding \PDF\ backend token lists dealing
+with reuseable boxes and images. The variables have no interaction with the
+corresponding \PDF\ backend token register. They are written to the \PDF\
+file directly after the token registers set at the \TEX\ end are written.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][major|minor]version}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+version}
+
+\libindex{getmajorversion} \libindex{setmajorversion}
+\libindex{getminorversion} \libindex{setminorversion}
+
+You can set both the major and minor version of the output. The major version is
+normally~1 but when set to~2 some data will not be written to the file in order
+to comply with the standard. What minor version you set depends on what \PDF\
+features you use. This is out of control of \LUATEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getcreationdate}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+date}
+
+\libindex{getcreationdate}
+
+This function returns a string with the date in the format that ends up in the
+\PDF\ file, in this case it's: {\tttf \cldcontext{pdf.getcreationdate()}}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]inclusionerrorlevel} and \type {[set|get]ignoreunknownimages}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+options}
+
+\libindex{getinclusionerrorlevel} \libindex{setinclusionerrorlevel}
+\libindex{getignoreunknownimages} \libindex{setignoreunknownimages}
+
+These variable control how error in included image are treated. They are modeled
+after the \PDFTEX\ equivalents.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]suppressoptionalinfo}, \type {[set|get]trailerid}
+and \type {[set|get]omitcidset}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+options}
+\topicindex{\PDF+trailer}
+
+\libindex{getsuppressoptionalinfo} \libindex{setsuppressoptionalinfo}
+\libindex{gettrailerid} \libindex{settrailerid}
+\libindex{getomitcidset} \libindex{setomitcidset}
+\libindex{getomitcharset} \libindex{setomitcharset}
+
+The optional info bitset (a number) determines what kind of info gets flushed.
+By default we flush all. See \in {section} [sec:pdfextensions] for more details.
+
+You can set your own trailer id. This has to be string containing valid \PDF\
+array content with checksums.
+
+The cidset and charset flags (numbers) disables inclusion of a so called \type
+{CIDSet} and \type {CharSet} entries, which can be handy when aiming at some of
+the many \PDF\ substandards.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][obj|]compresslevel} and \type {[set|get]recompress}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+compression}
+
+\libindex{getcompresslevel} \libindex{setcompresslevel}
+\libindex{getobjcompresslevel} \libindex{setobjcompresslevel}
+\libindex{getrecompress} \libindex{setrecompress}
+
+These functions set the level stream compression. When object compression is
+enabled multiple objects will be packed in a compressed stream which saves space.
+The minimum values are~0, the maxima are~9.
+
+When recompression is to~1 compressed objects will be decompressed and when
+compresslevel is larger than zero they will then be recompressed. This is mostly
+a debugging feature and should not be relied upon.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]gentounicode}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+unicode}
+
+\libindex{getgentounicode} \libindex{setgentounicode}
+
+This flag enables tounicode generation (like in \PDFTEX). Normally the values are
+provided by the font loader.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]decimaldigits}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+precision}
+
+\libindex{getdecimaldigits} \libindex{setdecimaldigits}
+
+These two functions set the accuracy of floats written to the \PDF file. You can
+set any value but the backend will not go below~3 and above~6.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]pkresolution}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+resolution}
+
+\libindex{getpkresolution} \libindex{setpkresolution}
+
+These setter takes two arguments: the resolution and an optional zero or one that
+indicates if this is a fixed one. The getter returns these two values.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getlast[obj|link|annot]} and \type {getretval}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+\topicindex{\PDF+annotations}
+
+\libindex{getlastobj} \libindex{setlastobj}
+\libindex{getlastlink} \libindex{setlastlink}
+\libindex{getlastannot} \libindex{setlastannot}
+\libindex{getretval}
+
+These status variables are similar to the ones traditionally used in the backend
+interface at the \TEX\ end.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getmaxobjnum} and \type {getobjtype}, \type {getfontname},
+\type {getfontobjnum}, \type {getfontsize}, \type {getxformname}}]
+
+\libindex{getmaxobjnum}
+\libindex{getobjtype}
+\libindex{getfontname}
+\libindex{getfontobjnum}
+\libindex{getfontsize}
+\libindex{getxformname}
+
+These introspective helpers are mostly used when you construct \PDF\ objects
+yourself and need for instance information about a (to be) embedded font.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]origin}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+positioning}
+
+\libindex{setorigin} \libindex{getorigin}
+
+This one is used to set the horizonal and|/|or vertical offset, a traditional
+backend property.
+
+\starttyping
+pdf.setorigin() -- sets both to 0pt
+pdf.setorigin(tex.sp("1in")) -- sets both to 1in
+pdf.setorigin(tex.sp("1in"),tex.sp("1in"))
+\stoptyping
+
+The counterpart of this function returns two values.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get]imageresolution}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+resolution}
+
+\libindex{setimageresolution} \libindex{getimageresolution}
+
+These two functions relate to the imageresolution that is used when the image
+itself doesn't provide a non|-|zero x or y resolution.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[set|get][link|dest|thread|xform]margin}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+margins}
+
+\libindex{getlinkmargin} \libindex{setlinkmargin}
+\libindex{getdestmargin} \libindex{setdestmargin}
+\libindex{getthreadmargin} \libindex{setthreadmargin}
+\libindex{getxformmargin} \libindex{setxformmargin}
+\libindex{getmarginmargin} \libindex{setmarginmargin}
+
+These functions can be used to set and retrieve the margins that are added to the
+natural bounding boxes of the respective objects.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {get[pos|hpos|vpos]}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+positions}
+
+\libindex{getpos}
+\libindex{gethpos}
+\libindex{getvpos}
+
+These functions get current location on the output page, measured from its lower
+left corner. The values return scaled points as units.
+
+\starttyping
+local h, v = pdf.getpos()
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[has|get]matrix}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+matrix}
+
+\libindex{getmatrix} \libindex{hasmatrix}
+
+The current matrix transformation is available via the \type {getmatrix} command,
+which returns 6 values: \type {sx}, \type {rx}, \type {ry}, \type {sy}, \type
+{tx}, and \type {ty}. The \type {hasmatrix} function returns \type {true} when a
+matrix is applied.
+
+\starttyping
+if pdf.hasmatrix() then
+ local sx, rx, ry, sy, tx, ty = pdf.getmatrix()
+ -- do something useful or not
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {print}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+print to}
+
+\libindex{print}
+
+You can print a string to the \PDF\ document from within a \lpr {latelua} call.
+This function is not to be used inside \prm {directlua} unless you know {\it
+exactly} what you are doing.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.print(<string> s)
+pdf.print(<string> type, <string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The optional parameter can be used to mimic the behavior of \PDF\ literals: the
+\type {type} is \type {direct} or \type {page}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {immediateobj}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+
+\libindex{immediateobj}
+
+This function creates a \PDF\ object and immediately writes it to the \PDF\ file.
+It is modelled after \PDFTEX's \prm {immediate} \orm {pdfobj} primitives. All
+function variants return the object number of the newly generated object.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj(<string> objtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj("file", <string> filename)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj("stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj("streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The first version puts the \type {objtext} raw into an object. Only the object
+wrapper is automatically generated, but any internal structure (like \type {<<
+>>} dictionary markers) needs to be provided by the user. The second version with
+keyword \type {file} as first argument puts the contents of the file with name
+\type {filename} raw into the object. The third version with keyword \type
+{stream} creates a stream object and puts the \type {streamtext} raw into the
+stream. The stream length is automatically calculated. The optional \type
+{attrtext} goes into the dictionary of that object. The fourth version with
+keyword \type {streamfile} does the same as the third one, it just reads the
+stream data raw from a file.
+
+An optional first argument can be given to make the function use a previously
+reserved \PDF\ object.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, <string> objtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "file", <string> filename)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.immediateobj(<integer> n, "streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type{obj}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+
+\libindex{obj}
+
+This function creates a \PDF\ object, which is written to the \PDF\ file only
+when referenced, e.g., by \type {refobj()}.
+
+All function variants return the object number of the newly generated object, and
+there are two separate calling modes. The first mode is modelled after \PDFTEX's
+\orm {pdfobj} primitive.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj(<string> objtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj("file", <string> filename)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj("stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj("streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+An optional first argument can be given to make the function use a previously
+reserved \PDF\ object.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj(<integer> n, <string> objtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj(<integer> n, "file", <string> filename)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj(<integer> n, "stream", <string> streamtext, <string> attrtext)
+<number> n =
+ pdf.obj(<integer> n, "streamfile", <string> filename, <string> attrtext)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The second mode accepts a single argument table with key--value pairs.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = pdf.obj {
+ type = <string>,
+ immediate = <boolean>,
+ objnum = <number>,
+ attr = <string>,
+ compresslevel = <number>,
+ objcompression = <boolean>,
+ file = <string>,
+ string = <string>,
+ nolength = <boolean>,
+}
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {type} field can have the values \type {raw} and \type {stream}, this
+field is required, the others are optional (within constraints). When \type
+{nolength} is set, there will be no \type {/Length} entry added to the
+dictionary.
+
+Note: this mode makes \type{obj} look more flexible than it actually is: the
+constraints from the separate parameter version still apply, so for example you
+can't have both \type {string} and \type {file} at the same time.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {refobj}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+
+\libindex{refobj}
+
+This function, the \LUA\ version of the \orm {pdfrefobj} primitive, references an
+object by its object number, so that the object will be written to the \PDF\ file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.refobj(<integer> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function works in both the \prm {directlua} and \lpr {latelua} environment.
+Inside \prm {directlua} a new whatsit node \quote {pdf_refobj} is created, which
+will be marked for flushing during page output and the object is then written
+directly after the page, when also the resources objects are written to the \PDF\
+file. Inside \lpr {latelua} the object will be marked for flushing.
+
+This function has no return values.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {reserveobj}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+
+\libindex{reserveobj}
+
+This function creates an empty \PDF\ object and returns its number.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = pdf.reserveobj()
+<number> n = pdf.reserveobj("annot")
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getpageref}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+pages}
+
+\libindex{getpageref}
+
+The object number of a page can be fetched with this function. This can be a
+forward reference so when you ask for a future page, you do get a number back.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = pdf.getpageref(123)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {registerannot}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+annotations}
+
+\libindex{registerannot}
+
+This function adds an object number to the \type {/Annots} array for the current
+page without doing anything else. This function can only be used from within
+\lpr {latelua}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.registerannot (<number> objnum)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {newcolorstack}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+color stack}
+
+\libindex{newcolorstack}
+
+This function allocates a new color stack and returns it's id. The arguments
+are the same as for the similar backend extension primitive.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.newcolorstack("0 g","page",true) -- page|direct|origin
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {setfontattributes}}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+fonts}
+
+\libindex{setfontattributes}
+
+This function will force some additional code into the font resource. It can for
+instance be used to add a custom \type {ToUnicode} vector to a bitmap file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdf.setfontattributes(<number> font id, <string> pdf code)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {pdfe} library}][library=pdfe]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Introduction}]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+objects}
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+analyze}
+\topicindex{\PDF+\type{pdfe}}
+
+The \type {pdfe} library replaces the \type {epdf} library and provides an
+interface to \PDF\ files. It uses the same code as is used for \PDF\ image
+inclusion. The \type {pplib} library by Paweł Jackowski replaces the \type
+{poppler} (derived from \type {xpdf}) library.
+
+A \PDF\ file is basically a tree of objects and one descends into the tree via
+dictionaries (key/value) and arrays (index/value). There are a few topmost
+dictionaries that start at root that are accessed more directly.
+
+Although everything in \PDF\ is basically an object we only wrap a few in so
+called userdata \LUA\ objects.
+
+\starttabulate
+\BC \PDF \BC \LUA \NC \NR
+\NC null \NC nil \NC \NR
+\NC boolean \NC boolean \NC \NR
+\NC integer \NC integer \NC \NR
+\NC float \NC number \NC \NR
+\NC name \NC string \NC \NR
+\NC string \NC string \NC \NR
+\NC array \NC array userdatum \NC \NR
+\NC dictionary \NC dictionary userdatum \NC \NR
+\NC stream \NC stream userdatum (with related dictionary) \NC \NR
+\NC reference \NC reference userdatum \NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+The regular getters return these \LUA\ data types but one can also get more
+detailed information.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {open}, \type {new}, \type {status}, \type {close}, \type {unencrypt}}]
+
+\libindex {open}
+\libindex {new}
+\libindex {new}
+\libindex {status}
+\libindex {close}
+\libindex {unencrypt}
+
+A document is loaded from a file or string
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe document> = pdfe.open(filename)
+<pdfe document> = pdfe.new(somestring,somelength)
+\stoptyping
+
+Such a document is closed with:
+
+\starttyping
+pdfe.close(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+You can check if a document opened well by:
+
+\starttyping
+pdfe.status(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+The returned codes are:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {-2} \NC the document failed to open \NC \NR
+\NC \type {-1} \NC the document is (still) protected \NC \NR
+\NC \type {0} \NC the document is not encrypted \NC \NR
+\NC \type {2} \NC the document has been unencrypted \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+An encrypted document can be unencrypted by the next command where instead of
+either password you can give \type {nil}:
+
+\starttyping
+pdfe.unencrypt(<pdfe document>,userpassword,ownerpassword)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {size}, \type {version}, \type {getnofobjects}, \type {getnofpages}}]
+
+\libindex {size}
+\libindex {version}
+\libindex {getnofobjects}
+\libindex {getnofpages}
+
+A successfully opened document can provide some information:
+
+\starttyping
+bytes = size(<pdfe document>)
+major, minor = version(<pdfe document>)
+n = getnofobjects(<pdfe document>)
+n = getnofpages(<pdfe document>)
+bytes, waste = getnofpages(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {get[catalog|trailer|info]}}]
+
+\libindex {getcatalog}
+\libindex {gettrailer}
+\libindex {getinfo}
+
+For accessing the document structure you start with the so called catalog, a
+dictionary:
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe dictionary> = pdfe.getcatalog(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+The other two root dictionaries are accessed with:
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe dictionary> = pdfe.gettrailer(<pdfe document>)
+<pdfe dictionary> = pdfe.getinfo(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getpage}, \type {getbox}}]
+
+\libindex {getpage}
+\libindex {getbox}
+
+A specific page can conveniently be reached with the next command, which
+returns a dictionary. The first argument is to be a page dictionary.
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe dictionary> = pdfe.getpage(<pdfe dictionary>,pagenumber)
+\stoptyping
+
+Another convenience command gives you the (bounding) box of a (normally page)
+which can be inheritted from the document itself. An example of a valid box name
+is \type {MediaBox}.
+
+\starttyping
+pages = pdfe.getbox(<pdfe document>,boxname)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {get[string|integer|number|boolean|name]}}]
+
+\libindex {getstring}
+\libindex {getinteger}
+\libindex {getnumber}
+\libindex {getboolean}
+\libindex {getname}
+
+Common values in dictionaries and arrays are strings, integers, floats, booleans
+and names (which are also strings) and these are also normal \LUA\ objects:
+
+\starttyping
+s = getstring (<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+i = getinteger(<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+n = getnumber (<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+b = getboolean(<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+n = getname (<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {get[from][dictionary|array|stream]}}]
+
+\libindex {getdictionary} \libindex {getfromdictionary}
+\libindex {getarray} \libindex {getfromarray}
+\libindex {getstream} \libindex {getfromstream}
+
+Normally you will use an index in an array and key in a dictionary but dictionaries
+also accept an index. The size of an array or dictionary is available with the
+usual \type {#} operator.
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe dictionary> = getdictionary(<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+<pdfe array> = getarray (<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+<pdfe stream>,
+<pdfe dictionary> = getstream (<pdfe array|dictionary>,index|key)
+\stoptyping
+
+These commands return dictionaries, arrays and streams, which are dictionaries
+with a blob of data attached.
+
+Before we come to an alternative access mode, we mention that the objects provide
+access in a different way too, for instance this is valid:
+
+\starttyping
+print(pdfe.open("foo.pdf").Catalog.Type)
+\stoptyping
+
+At the topmost level there are \type {Catalog}, \type {Info}, \type {Trailer}
+and \type {Pages}, so this is also okay:
+
+\starttyping
+print(pdfe.open("foo.pdf").Pages[1])
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[open|close|readfrom][whole|]stream}}]
+
+\libindex {openstream}
+\libindex {closestream}
+\libindex {readfromstream}
+\libindex {readfromwholestream}
+
+Streams are sort of special. When your index or key hits a stream you get back a
+stream object and dictionary object. The dictionary you can access in the usual
+way and for the stream there are the following methods:
+
+\starttyping
+okay = openstream(<pdfe stream>,[decode])
+ closestream(<pdfe stream>)
+str, n = readfromstream(<pdfe stream>)
+str, n = readwholestream(<pdfe stream>,[decode])
+\stoptyping
+
+You either read in chunks, or you ask for the whole. When reading in chunks, you
+need to open and close the stream yourself. The \type {n} value indicates the
+length read. The \type {decode} parameter controls if the stream data gets
+uncompressed.
+
+As with dictionaries, you can access fields in a stream dictionary in the usual
+\LUA\ way too. You get the content when you \quote {call} the stream. You can
+pass a boolean that indicates if the stream has to be decompressed.
+
+% pdfe.objectcodes = objectcodes
+% pdfe.stringcodes = stringcodes
+% pdfe.encryptioncodes = encryptioncodes
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getfrom[dictionary|array]}}]
+
+\libindex {getfromdictionary}
+\libindex {getfromarray}
+
+In addition to the interface described before, there is also a bit lower level
+interface available.
+
+\starttyping
+key, type, value, detail = getfromdictionary(<pdfe dictionary>,index)
+type, value, detail = getfromarray(<pdfe array>,index)
+\stoptyping
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|l|l|]
+\DB type \BC meaning \BC value \BC detail \NC \NR
+\NC \type {0} \NC none \NC nil \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {1} \NC null \NC nil \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {2} \NC boolean \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {3} \NC boolean \NC integer \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {4} \NC number \NC float \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {5} \NC name \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type {6} \NC string \NC string \NC hex \NC \NR
+\NC \type {7} \NC array \NC arrayobject \NC size \NC \NR
+\NC \type {8} \NC dictionary \NC dictionaryobject \NC size \NC \NR
+\NC \type {9} \NC stream \NC streamobject \NC dictionary size \NC \NR
+\NC \type {10} \NC reference \NC integer \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A \type {hex} string is (in the \PDF\ file) surrounded by \type {<>} while plain
+strings are bounded by \type {<>}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {[dictionary|array]totable}}]
+
+\libindex {dictionarytotable}
+\libindex {arraytotable}
+
+All entries in a dictionary or table can be fetched with the following commands
+where the return values are a hashed or indexed table.
+
+\starttyping
+hash = dictionarytotable(<pdfe dictionary>)
+list = arraytotable(<pdfe array>)
+\stoptyping
+
+You can get a list of pages with:
+
+\starttyping
+{ { <pdfe dictionary>, size, objnum }, ... } = pagestotable(<pdfe document>)
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {getfromreference}}]
+
+\libindex {getfromreference}
+
+Because you can have unresolved references, a reference object can be resolved
+with:
+
+\starttyping
+<pdfe dictionary|array|stream> = getfromreference(<pdfe reference>)
+\stoptyping
+
+So, you get back a new \type {pdfe} userdata object that you can query.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Memory streams}][library=pdfe]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+memory streams}
+
+\libindex {new}
+
+The \type {pdfe.new} that takes three arguments:
+
+\starttabulate
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {stream} \NC this is a (in low level \LUA\ speak) light userdata
+ object, i.e.\ a pointer to a sequence of bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type {length} \NC this is the length of the stream in bytes (the stream can
+ have embedded zeros) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {name} \NC optional, this is a unique identifier that is used for
+ hashing the stream, so that multiple doesn't use more
+ memory \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The third argument is optional. When it is not given the function will return an
+\type {pdfe} document object as with a regular file, otherwise it will return a
+filename that can be used elsewhere (e.g.\ in the image library) to reference the
+stream as pseudo file.
+
+Instead of a light userdata stream (which is actually fragile but handy when you
+come from a library) you can also pass a \LUA\ string, in which case the given
+length is (at most) the string length.
+
+The function returns an \type {pdfe} object and a string. The string can be used in
+the \type {img} library instead of a filename. You need to prevent garbage
+collection of the object when you use it as image (for instance by storing it
+somewhere).
+
+Both the memory stream and it's use in the image library is experimental and can
+change. In case you wonder where this can be used: when you use the swiglib
+library for \type {graphicmagick}, it can return such a userdata object. This
+permits conversion in memory and passing the result directly to the backend. This
+might save some runtime in one|-|pass workflows. This feature is currently not
+meant for production and we might come up with a better implementation.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {pdfscanner} library}][library=pdfscanner]
+
+\topicindex{\PDF+scanner}
+
+\libindex {scan}
+
+The \type {pdfscanner} library allows interpretation of \PDF\ content streams and
+\type {/ToUnicode} (cmap) streams. You can get those streams from the \type
+{pdfe} library, as explained in an earlier section. There is only a single
+top|-|level function in this library:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+pdfscanner.scan (<pdfe stream>, <table> operatortable, <table> info)
+pdfscanner.scan (<pdfe array>, <table> operatortable, <table> info)
+pdfscanner.scan (<string>, <table> operatortable, <table> info)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The first argument should be a \LUA\ string or a stream or array onject coming
+from the \type {pdfe} library. The second argument, \type {operatortable}, should
+be a \LUA\ table where the keys are \PDF\ operator name strings and the values
+are \LUA\ functions (defined by you) that are used to process those operators.
+The functions are called whenever the scanner finds one of these \PDF\ operators
+in the content stream(s). The functions are called with two arguments: the \type
+{scanner} object itself, and the \type {info} table that was passed are the third
+argument to \type {pdfscanner.scan}.
+
+Internally, \type {pdfscanner.scan} loops over the \PDF\ operators in the
+stream(s), collecting operands on an internal stack until it finds a \PDF\
+operator. If that \PDF\ operator's name exists in \type {operatortable}, then the
+associated function is executed. After the function has run (or when there is no
+function to execute) the internal operand stack is cleared in preparation for the
+next operator, and processing continues.
+
+The \type {scanner} argument to the processing functions is needed because it
+offers various methods to get the actual operands from the internal operand
+stack.
+
+A simple example of processing a \PDF's document stream could look like this:
+
+\starttyping
+local operatortable = { }
+
+operatortable.Do = function(scanner,info)
+ local resources = info.resources
+ if resources then
+ local val = scanner:pop()
+ local name = val[2]
+ local xobject = resources.XObject
+ print(info.space .. "Uses XObject " .. name)
+ local resources = xobject.Resources
+ if resources then
+ local newinfo = {
+ space = info.space .. " ",
+ resources = resources,
+ }
+ pdfscanner.scan(entry, operatortable, newinfo)
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+local function Analyze(filename)
+ local doc = pdfe.open(filename)
+ if doc then
+ local pages = doc.Pages
+ for i=1,#pages do
+ local page = pages[i]
+ local info = {
+ space = " " ,
+ resources = page.Resources,
+ }
+ print("Page " .. i)
+ -- pdfscanner.scan(page.Contents,operatortable,info)
+ pdfscanner.scan(page.Contents(),operatortable,info)
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+Analyze("foo.pdf")
+\stoptyping
+
+This example iterates over all the actual content in the \PDF, and prints out the
+found \type {XObject} names. While the code demonstrates quite some of the \type
+{pdfe} functions, let's focus on the type \type {pdfscanner} specific code
+instead.
+
+From the bottom up, the following line runs the scanner with the \PDF\ page's
+top|-|level content given in the first argument.
+
+The third argument, \type {info}, contains two entries: \type {space} is used to
+indent the printed output, and \type {resources} is needed so that embedded \type
+{XForms} can find their own content.
+
+The second argument, \type {operatortable} defines a processing function for a
+single \PDF\ operator, \type {Do}.
+
+The function \type {Do} prints the name of the current \type {XObject}, and then
+starts a new scanner for that object's content stream, under the condition that
+the \type {XObject} is in fact a \type {/Form}. That nested scanner is called
+with new \type {info} argument with an updated \type {space} value so that the
+indentation of the output nicely nests, and with a new \type {resources} field
+to help the next iteration down to properly process any other, embedded \type
+{XObject}s.
+
+Of course, this is not a very useful example in practice, but for the purpose of
+demonstrating \type {pdfscanner}, it is just long enough. It makes use of only
+one \type {scanner} method: \type {scanner:pop()}. That function pops the top
+operand of the internal stack, and returns a \LUA\ table where the object at index
+one is a string representing the type of the operand, and object two is its
+value.
+
+The list of possible operand types and associated \LUA\ value types is:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB types \BC type \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{integer} \NC <number> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{real} \NC <number> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{boolean} \NC <boolean> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{name} \NC <string> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{operator} \NC <string> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{string} \NC <string> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{array} \NC <table> \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dict} \NC <table> \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+In case of \type {integer} or \type {real}, the value is always a \LUA\ (floating
+point) number. In case of \type {name}, the leading slash is always stripped.
+
+In case of \type {string}, please bear in mind that \PDF\ actually supports
+different types of strings (with different encodings) in different parts of the
+\PDF\ document, so you may need to reencode some of the results; \type {pdfscanner}
+always outputs the byte stream without reencoding anything. \type {pdfscanner}
+does not differentiate between literal strings and hexadecimal strings (the
+hexadecimal values are decoded), and it treats the stream data for inline images
+as a string that is the single operand for \type {EI}.
+
+In case of \type {array}, the table content is a list of \type {pop} return
+values and in case of \type {dict}, the table keys are \PDF\ name strings and the
+values are \type {pop} return values.
+
+\libindex{pop}
+\libindex{popnumber}
+\libindex{popname}
+\libindex{popstring}
+\libindex{poparray}
+\libindex{popdictionary}
+\libindex{popboolean}
+\libindex{done}
+
+There are a few more methods defined that you can ask \type {scanner}:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB method \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{pop} \NC see above \NC \NR
+\NC \type{popnumber} \NC return only the value of a \type {real} or \type {integer} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{popname} \NC return only the value of a \type {name} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{popstring} \NC return only the value of a \type {string} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{poparray} \NC return only the value of a \type {array} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{popdictionary} \NC return only the value of a \type {dict} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{popboolean} \NC return only the value of a \type {boolean} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{done} \NC abort further processing of this \type {scan()} call \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {pop*} are convenience functions, and come in handy when you know the
+type of the operands beforehand (which you usually do, in \PDF). For example, the
+\type {Do} function could have used \type {local name = scanner:popname()}
+instead, because the single operand to the \type {Do} operator is always a \PDF\
+name object.
+
+The \type {done} function allows you to abort processing of a stream once you
+have learned everything you want to learn. This comes in handy while parsing
+\type {/ToUnicode}, because there usually is trailing garbage that you are not
+interested in. Without \type {done}, processing only ends at the end of the
+stream, possibly wasting \CPU\ cycles.
+
+{\em We keep the older names \type {popNumber}, \type {popName}, \type
+{popString}, \type {popArray}, \type {popDict} and \type {popBool} around.}
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-callbacks.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-callbacks.tex index cad7ad7c6f8..b2b706ea913 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-callbacks.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-callbacks.tex @@ -1,958 +1,1149 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-callbacks - -\startchapter[reference=callbacks,title={\LUATEX\ \LUA\ callbacks}] - -\section {Registering callbacks} - -This library has functions that register, find and list callbacks. Callbacks are -\LUA\ functions that are called in well defined places. There are two kind of -callbacks: those that mix with existing functionality, and those that (when -enabled) replace functionality. In mosty cases the second category is expected to -behave similar to the built in functionality because in a next step specific -data is expected. For instance, you can replace the hyphenation routine. The -function gets a list that can be hyphenated (or not). The final list should be -valid and is (normally) used for constructing a paragraph. Another function can -replace the ligature builder and|/|or kerner. Doing something else is possible -but in the end might not give the user the expected outcome. - -The first thing you need to do is registering a callback: - -\startfunctioncall -id, error = - callback.register (<string> callback_name, <function> func) -id, error = - callback.register (<string> callback_name, nil) -id, error = - callback.register (<string> callback_name, false) -\stopfunctioncall - -Here the \syntax {callback_name} is a predefined callback name, see below. The -function returns the internal \type {id} of the callback or \type {nil}, if the -callback could not be registered. In the latter case, \type {error} contains an -error message, otherwise it is \type {nil}. - -\LUATEX\ internalizes the callback function in such a way that it does not matter -if you redefine a function accidentally. - -Callback assignments are always global. You can use the special value \type {nil} -instead of a function for clearing the callback. - -For some minor speed gain, you can assign the boolean \type {false} to the -non|-|file related callbacks, doing so will prevent \LUATEX\ from executing -whatever it would execute by default (when no callback function is registered at -all). Be warned: this may cause all sorts of grief unless you know \notabene -{exactly} what you are doing! - -\startfunctioncall -<table> info = - callback.list() -\stopfunctioncall - -The keys in the table are the known callback names, the value is a boolean where -\type {true} means that the callback is currently set (active). - -\startfunctioncall -<function> f = callback.find (callback_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -If the callback is not set, \type {callback.find} returns \type {nil}. - -\section{File discovery callbacks} - -The behaviour documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that -there will not be backward|-|incompatible changes any more. - -\subsection{\type {find_read_file} and \type {find_write_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<number> id_number, <string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -Arguments: - -\startitemize - -\sym{id_number} - -This number is zero for the log or \type {\input} files. For \TEX's \type {\read} -or \type {\write} the number is incremented by one, so \type {\read0} becomes~1. - -\sym{asked_name} - -This is the user|-|supplied filename, as found by \type {\input}, \type {\openin} -or \type {\openout}. - -\stopitemize - -Return value: - -\startitemize - -\sym{actual_name} - -This is the filename used. For the very first file that is read in by \TEX, you -have to make sure you return an \type {actual_name} that has an extension and -that is suitable for use as \type {jobname}. If you don't, you will have to -manually fix the name of the log file and output file after \LUATEX\ is finished, -and an eventual format filename will become mangled. That is because these file -names depend on the jobname. - -You have to return \type {nil} if the file cannot be found. - -\stopitemize - -\subsection{\type {find_font_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {asked_name} is an \OTF\ or \TFM\ font metrics file. - -Return \type {nil} if the file cannot be found. - -\subsection{\type {find_output_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {asked_name} is the \PDF\ or \DVI\ file for writing. - -\subsection{\type {find_format_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {asked_name} is a format file for reading (the format file for writing -is always opened in the current directory). - -\subsection{\type {find_vf_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for virtual fonts. This applies to both \ALEPH's -\OVF\ files and traditional Knuthian \VF\ files. - -\subsection{\type {find_map_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for map files. - -\subsection{\type {find_enc_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for enc files. - -\subsection{\type {find_sfd_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for subfont definition files. - -\subsection{\type {find_pk_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for pk bitmap files. This callback takes two -arguments: \type {name} and \type {dpi}. In your callback you can decide to -look for: - -\starttyping -<base res>dpi/<fontname>.<actual res>pk -\stoptyping - -but other strategies are possible. It is up to you to find a \quote {reasonable} -bitmap file to go with that specification. - -\subsection{\type {find_data_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for embedded files (\type {\pdfobj file '...'}). - -\subsection{\type {find_opentype_file}} - -Like \type {find_font_file}, but for \OPENTYPE\ font files. - -\subsection{\type {find_truetype_file} and \type {find_type1_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {asked_name} is a font file. This callback is called while \LUATEX\ is -building its internal list of needed font files, so the actual timing may -surprise you. Your return value is later fed back into the matching \type -{read_file} callback. - -Strangely enough, \type {find_type1_file} is also used for \OPENTYPE\ (\OTF) -fonts. - -\subsection{\type {find_image_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> actual_name = - function (<string> asked_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {asked_name} is an image file. Your return value is used to open a file -from the hard disk, so make sure you return something that is considered the name -of a valid file by your operating system. - -\subsection[iocallback]{File reading callbacks} - -The behavior documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that -there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more. - -\subsection{\type {open_read_file}} - -Your callback function should have the following conventions: - -\startfunctioncall -<table> env = - function (<string> file_name) -\stopfunctioncall - -Argument: - -\startitemize - -\sym{file_name} - -The filename returned by a previous \type {find_read_file} or the return value of -\type {kpse.find_file()} if there was no such callback defined. - -\stopitemize - -Return value: - -\startitemize - -\sym{env} - -This is a table containing at least one required and one optional callback -function for this file. The required field is \type {reader} and the associated -function will be called once for each new line to be read, the optional one is -\type {close} that will be called once when \LUATEX\ is done with the file. - -\LUATEX\ never looks at the rest of the table, so you can use it to store your -private per|-|file data. Both the callback functions will receive the table as -their only argument. - -\stopitemize - -\subsubsection{\type {reader}} - -\LUATEX\ will run this function whenever it needs a new input line from the file. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<table> env) - return <string> line -end -\stopfunctioncall - -Your function should return either a string or \type {nil}. The value \type {nil} -signals that the end of file has occurred, and will make \TEX\ call the optional -\type {close} function next. - -\subsubsection{\type {close}} - -\LUATEX\ will run this optional function when it decides to close the file. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<table> env) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -Your function should not return any value. - -\subsection{General file readers} - -There is a set of callbacks for the loading of binary data files. These all use -the same interface: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> name) - return <boolean> success, <string> data, <number> data_size -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {name} will normally be a full path name as it is returned by either -one of the file discovery callbacks or the internal version of \type -{kpse.find_file()}. - -\startitemize - -\sym{success} - -Return \type {false} when a fatal error occurred (e.g.\ when the file cannot be -found, after all). - -\sym{data} - -The bytes comprising the file. - -\sym{data_size} - -The length of the \type {data}, in bytes. - -\stopitemize - -Return an empty string and zero if the file was found but there was a -reading problem. - -The list of functions is as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type{read_font_file} \NC ofm or tfm files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_vf_file} \NC virtual fonts \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_map_file} \NC map files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_enc_file} \NC encoding files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_sfd_file} \NC subfont definition files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_pk_file} \NC pk bitmap files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_data_file} \NC embedded files (as is possible with \PDF\ objects) \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_truetype_file} \NC \TRUETYPE\ font files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_type1_file} \NC \TYPEONE\ font files \NC \NR -\NC \type{read_opentype_file} \NC \OPENTYPE\ font files \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\section{Data processing callbacks} - -\subsection{\type {process_input_buffer}} - -This callback allows you to change the contents of the line input buffer just -before \LUATEX\ actually starts looking at it. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> buffer) - return <string> adjusted_buffer -end -\stopfunctioncall - -If you return \type {nil}, \LUATEX\ will pretend like your callback never -happened. You can gain a small amount of processing time from that. This callback -does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {process_output_buffer}} - -This callback allows you to change the contents of the line output buffer just -before \LUATEX\ actually starts writing it to a file as the result of a \type -{\write} command. It is only called for output to an actual file (that is, -excluding the log, the terminal, and \type {\write18} calls). - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> buffer) - return <string> adjusted_buffer -end -\stopfunctioncall - -If you return \type {nil}, \LUATEX\ will pretend like your callback never -happened. You can gain a small amount of processing time from that. This callback -does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {process_jobname}} - -This callback allows you to change the jobname given by \type {\jobname} in \TEX\ -and \type {tex.jobname} in Lua. It does not affect the internal job name or the -name of the output or log files. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> jobname) - return <string> adjusted_jobname -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The only argument is the actual job name; you should not use \type {tex.jobname} -inside this function or infinite recursion may occur. If you return \type {nil}, -\LUATEX\ will pretend your callback never happened. This callback does not -replace any internal code. - -\section{Node list processing callbacks} - -The description of nodes and node lists is in~\in{chapter}[nodes]. - -\subsection{\type {contribute_filter}} - -This callback is called when \LUATEX\ adds contents to list: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> extrainfo) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The string reports the group code. From this you can deduce from -what list you can give a treat. - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{pre_box} \NC interline material is being added \NC \NR -\NC \type{pre_adjust} \NC \type {\vadjust} material is being added \NC \NR -\NC \type{box} \NC a typeset box is being added (always called) \NC \NR -\NC \type{adjust} \NC \type {\vadjust} material is being added \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{\type {buildpage_filter}} - -This callback is called whenever \LUATEX\ is ready to move stuff to the main -vertical list. You can use this callback to do specialized manipulation of the -page building stage like imposition or column balancing. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> extrainfo) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The string \type {extrainfo} gives some additional information about what \TEX's -state is with respect to the \quote {current page}. The possible values for the -\type {buildpage_filter} callback are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{alignment} \NC a (partial) alignment is being added \NC \NR -\NC \type{after_output} \NC an output routine has just finished \NC \NR -\NC \type{new_graf} \NC the beginning of a new paragraph \NC \NR -\NC \type{vmode_par} \NC \type {\par} was found in vertical mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{hmode_par} \NC \type {\par} was found in horizontal mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{insert} \NC an insert is added \NC \NR -\NC \type{penalty} \NC a penalty (in vertical mode) \NC \NR -\NC \type{before_display} \NC immediately before a display starts \NC \NR -\NC \type{after_display} \NC a display is finished \NC \NR -\NC \type{end} \NC \LUATEX\ is terminating (it's all over) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{\type {build_page_insert}} - -This callback is called when the pagebuilder adds an insert. There is not much -control over this mechanism but this callback permits some last minute -manipulations of the spacing before an insert, something that might be handy when -for instance multiple inserts (types) are appended in a row. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<number> n, <number> i) - return <number> register -end -\stopfunctioncall - -with - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{n} \NC the insert class \NC \NR -\NC \type{i} \NC the order of the insert \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The return value is a number indicating the skip register to use for the -prepended spacing. This permits for instance a different top space (when \type -{i} equals one) and intermediate space (when \type {i} is larger than one). Of course -you can mess with the insert box but you need to make sure that \LUATEX\ is happy -afterwards. - -\subsection{\type {pre_linebreak_filter}} - -This callback is called just before \LUATEX\ starts converting a list of nodes -into a stack of \type {\hbox}es, after the addition of \type {\parfillskip}. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> groupcode) - return true | false | <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The string called \type {groupcode} identifies the nodelist's context within -\TEX's processing. The range of possibilities is given in the table below, but -not all of those can actually appear in \type {pre_linebreak_filter}, some are -for the \type {hpack_filter} and \type {vpack_filter} callbacks that will be -explained in the next two paragraphs. - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{<empty>} \NC main vertical list \NC \NR -\NC \type{hbox} \NC \type {\hbox} in horizontal mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{adjusted_hbox} \NC \type {\hbox} in vertical mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{vbox} \NC \type {\vbox} \NC \NR -\NC \type{vtop} \NC \type {\vtop} \NC \NR -\NC \type{align} \NC \type {\halign} or \type {\valign} \NC \NR -\NC \type{disc} \NC discretionaries \NC \NR -\NC \type{insert} \NC packaging an insert \NC \NR -\NC \type{vcenter} \NC \type {\vcenter} \NC \NR -\NC \type{local_box} \NC \type {\localleftbox} or \type {\localrightbox} \NC \NR -\NC \type{split_off} \NC top of a \type {\vsplit} \NC \NR -\NC \type{split_keep} \NC remainder of a \type {\vsplit} \NC \NR -\NC \type{align_set} \NC alignment cell \NC \NR -\NC \type{fin_row} \NC alignment row \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -As for all the callbacks that deal with nodes, the return value can be one of -three things: - -\startitemize -\startitem - boolean \type {true} signals successful processing -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {<node>} signals that the \quote {head} node should be replaced by the - returned node -\stopitem -\startitem - boolean \type {false} signals that the \quote {head} node list should be - ignored and flushed from memory -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {linebreak_filter}} - -This callback replaces \LUATEX's line breaking algorithm. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <boolean> is_display) - return <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The returned node is the head of the list that will be added to the main vertical -list, the boolean argument is true if this paragraph is interrupted by a -following math display. - -If you return something that is not a \type {<node>}, \LUATEX\ will apply the -internal linebreak algorithm on the list that starts at \type {<head>}. -Otherwise, the \type {<node>} you return is supposed to be the head of a list of -nodes that are all allowed in vertical mode, and at least one of those has to -represent a hbox. Failure to do so will result in a fatal error. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} is possible, but dangerous, because it is -possible you will end up in an unfixable \quote {deadcycles loop}. - -\subsection{\type {append_to_vlist_filter}} - -This callback is called whenever \LUATEX\ adds a box to a vertical list: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> box, <string> locationcode, <number prevdepth>, - <boolean> mirrored) - return list, prevdepth -end -\stopfunctioncall - -It is ok to return nothing in which case you also need to flush the box or deal -with it yourself. The prevdepth is also optional. Locations are \type {box}, -\type {alignment}, \type {equation}, \type {equation_number} and \type -{post_linebreak}. - -\subsection{\type {post_linebreak_filter}} - -This callback is called just after \LUATEX\ has converted a list of nodes into a -stack of \type {\hbox}es. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> groupcode) - return true | false | <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {hpack_filter}} - -This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing some horizontal mode -material. Math items and line boxes are ignored at the moment. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size, - <string> packtype [, <string> direction] [, <node> attributelist]) - return true | false | <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The \type {packtype} is either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}. If \type -{additional}, then the \type {size} is a \type {\hbox spread ...} argument. If -\type {exactly}, then the \type {size} is a \type {\hbox to ...}. In both cases, -the number is in scaled points. - -The \type {direction} is either one of the three-letter direction specifier -strings, or \type {nil}. - -This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {vpack_filter}} - -This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing some vertical mode -material. Math displays are ignored at the moment. - -This function is very similar to the \type {hpack_filter}. Besides the fact -that it is called at different moments, there is an extra variable that matches -\TEX's \type {\maxdepth} setting. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size, <string> packtype, - <number> maxdepth [, <string> direction] [, <node> attributelist])) - return true | false | <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {hpack_quality}} - -This callback can be used to intercept the overfull messages that can result from -packing a horizontal list (as happens in the par builder). The function takes a -few arguments: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> incident, <number> detail, <node> head, <number> first, - <number> last) - return <node> whatever -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The incident is one of \type {overfull}, \type {underfull}, \type {loose} or -\type {tight}. The detail is either the amount of overflow in case of \type -{overfull}, or the badness otherwise. The head is the list that is constructed -(when protrusion or expansion is enabled, this is an intermediate list). -Optionally you can return a node, for instance an overfull rule indicator. That -node will be appended to the list (just like \TEX's own rule would). - -\subsection{\type {vpack_quality}} - -This callback can be used to intercept the overfull messages that can result from -packing a vertical list (as happens in the page builder). The function takes a -few arguments: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> incident, <number> detail, <node> head, <number> first, - <number> last) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The incident is one of \type {overfull}, \type {underfull}, \type {loose} or -\type {tight}. The detail is either the amount of overflow in case of \type -{overfull}, or the badness otherwise. The head is the list that is constructed. - -\subsection{\type {process_rule}} - -This is an experimental callback. It can be used with rules of subtype~4 -(user). The callback gets three arguments: the node, the width and the -height. The callback can use \type {pdf.print} to write code to the \PDF\ -file but beware of not messing up the final result. No checking is done. - -\subsection{\type {pre_output_filter}} - -This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing the box 255 for \type -{\output}. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size, <string> packtype, - <number> maxdepth [, <string> direction]) - return true | false | <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {hyphenate}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <node> tail) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -No return values. This callback has to insert discretionary nodes in the node -list it receives. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal discretionary -insertion pass. - -\subsection{\type {ligaturing}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <node> tail) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -No return values. This callback has to apply ligaturing to the node list it -receives. - -You don't have to worry about return values because the \type {head} node that is -passed on to the callback is guaranteed not to be a glyph_node (if need be, a -temporary node will be prepended), and therefore it cannot be affected by the -mutations that take place. After the callback, the internal value of the \quote -{tail of the list} will be recalculated. - -The \type {next} of \type {head} is guaranteed to be non-nil. - -The \type {next} of \type {tail} is guaranteed to be nil, and therefore the -second callback argument can often be ignored. It is provided for orthogonality, -and because it can sometimes be handy when special processing has to take place. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal ligature -creation pass. - -You must not ruin the node list. For instance, the head normally is a local par node, -and the tail a glue. Messing too much can push \LUATEX\ into panic mode. - -\subsection{\type {kerning}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <node> tail) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -No return values. This callback has to apply kerning between the nodes in the -node list it receives. See \type {ligaturing} for calling conventions. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal kern insertion -pass. - -You must not ruin the node list. For instance, the head normally is a local par node, -and the tail a glue. Messing too much can push \LUATEX\ into panic mode. - -\subsection{\type {insert_local_par}} - -Each paragraph starts with a local par node that keeps track of for instance -the direction. You can hook a callback into the creator: - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> local_par, <string> location) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -There is no return value and you should make sure that the node stays valid -as otherwise \TEX\ can get confused. - -\subsection{\type {mlist_to_hlist}} - -This callback replaces \LUATEX's math list to node list conversion algorithm. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<node> head, <string> display_type, <boolean> need_penalties) - return <node> newhead -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The returned node is the head of the list that will be added to the vertical or -horizontal list, the string argument is either \quote {text} or \quote {display} -depending on the current math mode, the boolean argument is \type {true} if -penalties have to be inserted in this list, \type {false} otherwise. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} is bad, it will almost certainly result in -an endless loop. - -\section{Information reporting callbacks} - -\subsection{\type {pre_dump}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This function is called just before dumping to a format file starts. It does not -replace any code and there are neither arguments nor return values. - -\subsection{\type {start_run}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's banner. Note that for -successful use, this callback has to be set in the \LUA\ initialization script, -otherwise it will be seen only after the run has already started. - -\subsection{\type {stop_run}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's statistics and \quote -{output written to} messages. - -\subsection{\type {start_page_number}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -Replaces the code that prints the \type {[} and the page number at the begin of -\type {\shipout}. This callback will also override the printing of box information -that normally takes place when \type {\tracingoutput} is positive. - -\subsection{\type {stop_page_number}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -Replaces the code that prints the \type {]} at the end of \type {\shipout}. - -\subsection{\type {show_error_hook}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback is run from inside the \TEX\ error function, and the idea is to -allow you to do some extra reporting on top of what \TEX\ already does (none of -the normal actions are removed). You may find some of the values in the \type -{status} table useful. This callback does not replace any internal code. - -\subsection{\type {show_error_message}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints the error message. The usual -interaction after the message is not affected. - -\subsection{\type {show_lua_error_hook}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints the extra \LUA\ error message. - -\subsection{\type {start_file}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(category,filename) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's when a file is opened like -\type {(filename} for regular files. The category is a number: - -\starttabulate[|||] -\NC 1 \NC a normal data file, like a \TEX\ source \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC a font map coupling font names to resources \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC an image file (\type {png}, \type {pdf}, etc) \NC \NR -\NC 4 \NC an embedded font subset \NC \NR -\NC 5 \NC a fully embedded font \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{\type {stop_file}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(category) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's when a file is closed like -the \type {)} for regular files. - -\subsection{\type {call_edit}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(filename,linenumber) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback replaces the call to an external editor when \quote{E} is pressed -in reply to an error message. Processing will end immediately after the callback -returns control to the main program. - -\subsection{\type {finish_synctex_callback}} - -This callback can be used to wrap up alternative synctex methods. It kicks in -after the normal synctex finalizer (that happens to remove the synctex files -after a run when native synctex is not enabled). - -\section{PDF-related callbacks} - -\subsection{\type {finish_pdffile}} - -\startfunctioncall -function() -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback is called when all document pages are already written to the \PDF\ -file and \LUATEX\ is about to finalize the output document structure. Its -intended use is final update of \PDF\ dictionaries such as \type {/Catalog} or -\type {/Info}. The callback does not replace any code. There are neither -arguments nor return values. - -\subsection{\type {finish_pdfpage}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(shippingout) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This callback is called after the \PDF\ page stream has been assembled and before -the page object gets finalized. - -\section{Font-related callbacks} - -\subsection{\type {define_font}} - -\startfunctioncall -function(<string> name, <number> size, <number> id) - return <table> font | <number> id -end -\stopfunctioncall - -The string \type {name} is the filename part of the font specification, as given -by the user. - -The number \type {size} is a bit special: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - If it is positive, it specifies an \quote{at size} in scaled points. -\stopitem -\startitem - If it is negative, its absolute value represents a \quote {scaled} setting - relative to the designsize of the font. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The \type {id} is the internal number assigned to the font. - -The internal structure of the \type {font} table that is to be returned is -explained in \in {chapter} [fonts]. That table is saved internally, so you can -put extra fields in the table for your later \LUA\ code to use. In alternative, -\type {retval} can be a previously defined fontid. This is useful if a previous -definition can be reused instead of creating a whole new font structure. - -Setting this callback to \type {false} is pointless as it will prevent font -loading completely but will nevertheless generate errors. - -\subsection{\type {glyph_not_found}} - -This callback kicks in when the backend cannot insert a glyph. When no callback -is defined a message is written to the log. - -\startfunctioncall -function(<number> id, <number> char) - -- do something with font id and char code -end -\stopfunctioncall - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-callbacks
+
+\startchapter[reference=callbacks,title={\LUA\ callbacks}]
+
+\startsection[title={Registering callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+\topicindex{callbacks}
+
+\libindex{register}
+\libindex{list}
+\libindex{find}
+
+This library has functions that register, find and list callbacks. Callbacks are
+\LUA\ functions that are called in well defined places. There are two kind of
+callbacks: those that mix with existing functionality, and those that (when
+enabled) replace functionality. In mosty cases the second category is expected to
+behave similar to the built in functionality because in a next step specific
+data is expected. For instance, you can replace the hyphenation routine. The
+function gets a list that can be hyphenated (or not). The final list should be
+valid and is (normally) used for constructing a paragraph. Another function can
+replace the ligature builder and|/|or kerner. Doing something else is possible
+but in the end might not give the user the expected outcome.
+
+The first thing you need to do is registering a callback:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+id, error =
+ callback.register(<string> callback_name, <function> func)
+id, error =
+ callback.register(<string> callback_name, nil)
+id, error =
+ callback.register(<string> callback_name, false)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Here the \syntax {callback_name} is a predefined callback name, see below. The
+function returns the internal \type {id} of the callback or \type {nil}, if the
+callback could not be registered. In the latter case, \type {error} contains an
+error message, otherwise it is \type {nil}.
+
+\LUATEX\ internalizes the callback function in such a way that it does not matter
+if you redefine a function accidentally.
+
+Callback assignments are always global. You can use the special value \type {nil}
+instead of a function for clearing the callback.
+
+For some minor speed gain, you can assign the boolean \type {false} to the
+non|-|file related callbacks, doing so will prevent \LUATEX\ from executing
+whatever it would execute by default (when no callback function is registered at
+all). Be warned: this may cause all sorts of grief unless you know \notabene
+{exactly} what you are doing!
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> info =
+ callback.list()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The keys in the table are the known callback names, the value is a boolean where
+\type {true} means that the callback is currently set (active).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<function> f = callback.find(callback_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If the callback is not set, \type {find} returns \type {nil}.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={File discovery callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+The behaviour documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that
+there will not be backward|-|incompatible changes any more.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_read_file} and \cbk {find_write_file}}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<number> id_number, <string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Arguments:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\sym{id_number}
+
+This number is zero for the log or \prm {input} files. For \TEX's \prm {read}
+or \prm {write} the number is incremented by one, so \type {\read0} becomes~1.
+
+\sym{asked_name}
+
+This is the user|-|supplied filename, as found by \prm {input}, \prm {openin}
+or \prm {openout}.
+
+\stopitemize
+
+Return value:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\sym{actual_name}
+
+This is the filename used. For the very first file that is read in by \TEX, you
+have to make sure you return an \type {actual_name} that has an extension and
+that is suitable for use as \type {jobname}. If you don't, you will have to
+manually fix the name of the log file and output file after \LUATEX\ is finished,
+and an eventual format filename will become mangled. That is because these file
+names depend on the jobname.
+
+You have to return \type {nil} if the file cannot be found.
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_font_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {asked_name} is an \OTF\ or \TFM\ font metrics file.
+
+Return \type {nil} if the file cannot be found.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_output_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+output file}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {asked_name} is the \PDF\ or \DVI\ file for writing.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_format_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+format file}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {asked_name} is a format file for reading (the format file for writing
+is always opened in the current directory).
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_vf_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for virtual fonts. This applies to both \ALEPH's
+\OVF\ files and traditional Knuthian \VF\ files.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_map_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for map files.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_enc_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for enc files.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_pk_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for pk bitmap files. This callback takes two
+arguments: \type {name} and \type {dpi}. In your callback you can decide to
+look for:
+
+\starttyping
+<base res>dpi/<fontname>.<actual res>pk
+\stoptyping
+
+but other strategies are possible. It is up to you to find a \quote {reasonable}
+bitmap file to go with that specification.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_data_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+data files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for embedded files (\type {\pdfobj file '...'}).
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_opentype_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Like \cbk {find_font_file}, but for \OPENTYPE\ font files.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_truetype_file} and \cbk {find_type1_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+font files}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {asked_name} is a font file. This callback is called while \LUATEX\ is
+building its internal list of needed font files, so the actual timing may
+surprise you. Your return value is later fed back into the matching \type
+{read_file} callback.
+
+Strangely enough, \cbk {find_type1_file} is also used for \OPENTYPE\ (\OTF)
+fonts.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {find_image_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+image files}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> actual_name =
+ function (<string> asked_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {asked_name} is an image file. Your return value is used to open a file
+from the hard disk, so make sure you return something that is considered the name
+of a valid file by your operating system.
+
+\subsection[iocallback]{File reading callbacks}
+
+The behavior documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that
+there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {open_read_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+opening files}
+
+Your callback function should have the following conventions:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> env =
+ function (<string> file_name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Argument:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\sym{file_name}
+
+The filename returned by a previous \cbk {find_read_file} or the return value of
+\type {kpse.find_file()} if there was no such callback defined.
+
+\stopitemize
+
+Return value:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\sym{env}
+
+This is a table containing at least one required and one optional callback
+function for this file. The required field is \type {reader} and the associated
+function will be called once for each new line to be read, the optional one is
+\type {close} that will be called once when \LUATEX\ is done with the file.
+
+\LUATEX\ never looks at the rest of the table, so you can use it to store your
+private per|-|file data. Both the callback functions will receive the table as
+their only argument.
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\subsubsection{\type {reader}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+reader}
+
+\LUATEX\ will run this function whenever it needs a new input line from the file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<table> env)
+ return <string> line
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Your function should return either a string or \type {nil}. The value \type {nil}
+signals that the end of file has occurred, and will make \TEX\ call the optional
+\type {close} function next.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {close}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+closing files}
+
+\LUATEX\ will run this optional function when it decides to close the file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<table> env)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Your function should not return any value.
+
+\subsection{General file readers}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+readers}
+
+There is a set of callbacks for the loading of binary data files. These all use
+the same interface:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> name)
+ return <boolean> success, <string> data, <number> data_size
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {name} will normally be a full path name as it is returned by either
+one of the file discovery callbacks or the internal version of \type
+{kpse.find_file()}.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\sym{success}
+
+Return \type {false} when a fatal error occurred (e.g.\ when the file cannot be
+found, after all).
+
+\sym{data}
+
+The bytes comprising the file.
+
+\sym{data_size}
+
+The length of the \type {data}, in bytes.
+
+\stopitemize
+
+Return an empty string and zero if the file was found but there was a
+reading problem.
+
+The list of functions is:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB function \BC usage \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{read_font_file} \NC ofm or tfm files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_vf_file} \NC virtual fonts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_map_file} \NC map files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_enc_file} \NC encoding files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_pk_file} \NC pk bitmap files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_data_file} \NC embedded files (as is possible with \PDF\ objects) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_truetype_file} \NC \TRUETYPE\ font files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_type1_file} \NC \TYPEONE\ font files \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read_opentype_file} \NC \OPENTYPE\ font files \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Data processing callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+\subsection{\cbk {process_input_buffer}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+input buffer}
+
+This callback allows you to change the contents of the line input buffer just
+before \LUATEX\ actually starts looking at it.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> buffer)
+ return <string> adjusted_buffer
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If you return \type {nil}, \LUATEX\ will pretend like your callback never
+happened. You can gain a small amount of processing time from that. This callback
+does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {process_output_buffer}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+output buffer}
+
+This callback allows you to change the contents of the line output buffer just
+before \LUATEX\ actually starts writing it to a file as the result of a \prm
+{write} command. It is only called for output to an actual file (that is,
+excluding the log, the terminal, and so called \prm {write} 18 calls).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> buffer)
+ return <string> adjusted_buffer
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If you return \type {nil}, \LUATEX\ will pretend like your callback never
+happened. You can gain a small amount of processing time from that. This callback
+does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {process_jobname}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+jobname}
+
+This callback allows you to change the jobname given by \prm {jobname} in \TEX\
+and \type {tex.jobname} in Lua. It does not affect the internal job name or the
+name of the output or log files.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> jobname)
+ return <string> adjusted_jobname
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The only argument is the actual job name; you should not use \type {tex.jobname}
+inside this function or infinite recursion may occur. If you return \type {nil},
+\LUATEX\ will pretend your callback never happened. This callback does not
+replace any internal code.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Node list processing callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+The description of nodes and node lists is in~\in{chapter}[nodes].
+
+\subsection{\cbk {contribute_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+contributions}
+
+This callback is called when \LUATEX\ adds contents to list:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> extrainfo)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The string reports the group code. From this you can deduce from
+what list you can give a treat.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{pre_box} \NC interline material is being added \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pre_adjust} \NC \prm {vadjust} material is being added \NC \NR
+\NC \type{box} \NC a typeset box is being added (always called) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{adjust} \NC \prm {vadjust} material is being added \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\cbk {buildpage_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+building pages}
+
+This callback is called whenever \LUATEX\ is ready to move stuff to the main
+vertical list. You can use this callback to do specialized manipulation of the
+page building stage like imposition or column balancing.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> extrainfo)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The string \type {extrainfo} gives some additional information about what \TEX's
+state is with respect to the \quote {current page}. The possible values for the
+\cbk {buildpage_filter} callback are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{alignment} \NC a (partial) alignment is being added \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after_output} \NC an output routine has just finished \NC \NR
+\NC \type{new_graf} \NC the beginning of a new paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vmode_par} \NC \prm {par} was found in vertical mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hmode_par} \NC \prm {par} was found in horizontal mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{insert} \NC an insert is added \NC \NR
+\NC \type{penalty} \NC a penalty (in vertical mode) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{before_display} \NC immediately before a display starts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after_display} \NC a display is finished \NC \NR
+\NC \type{end} \NC \LUATEX\ is terminating (it's all over) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\cbk {build_page_insert}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+inserts}
+
+This callback is called when the pagebuilder adds an insert. There is not much
+control over this mechanism but this callback permits some last minute
+manipulations of the spacing before an insert, something that might be handy when
+for instance multiple inserts (types) are appended in a row.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<number> n, <number> i)
+ return <number> register
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+with
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{n} \NC the insert class \NC \NR
+\NC \type{i} \NC the order of the insert \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The return value is a number indicating the skip register to use for the
+prepended spacing. This permits for instance a different top space (when \type
+{i} equals one) and intermediate space (when \type {i} is larger than one). Of
+course you can mess with the insert box but you need to make sure that \LUATEX\
+is happy afterwards.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {pre_linebreak_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+linebreaks}
+
+This callback is called just before \LUATEX\ starts converting a list of nodes
+into a stack of \prm {hbox}es, after the addition of \prm {parfillskip}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> groupcode)
+ return true | false | <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The string called \type {groupcode} identifies the nodelist's context within
+\TEX's processing. The range of possibilities is given in the table below, but
+not all of those can actually appear in \cbk {pre_linebreak_filter}, some are
+for the \cbk {hpack_filter} and \cbk {vpack_filter} callbacks that will be
+explained in the next two paragraphs.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{<empty>} \NC main vertical list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hbox} \NC \prm {hbox} in horizontal mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{adjusted_hbox} \NC \prm {hbox} in vertical mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vbox} \NC \prm {vbox} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vtop} \NC \prm {vtop} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{align} \NC \prm {halign} or \prm {valign} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{disc} \NC discretionaries \NC \NR
+\NC \type{insert} \NC packaging an insert \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vcenter} \NC \prm {vcenter} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{local_box} \NC \lpr {localleftbox} or \lpr {localrightbox} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{split_off} \NC top of a \prm {vsplit} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{split_keep} \NC remainder of a \prm {vsplit} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{align_set} \NC alignment cell \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fin_row} \NC alignment row \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+As for all the callbacks that deal with nodes, the return value can be one of
+three things:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ boolean \type {true} signals successful processing
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {<node>} signals that the \quote {head} node should be replaced by the
+ returned node
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ boolean \type {false} signals that the \quote {head} node list should be
+ ignored and flushed from memory
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {linebreak_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+linebreaks}
+
+This callback replaces \LUATEX's line breaking algorithm.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <boolean> is_display)
+ return <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The returned node is the head of the list that will be added to the main vertical
+list, the boolean argument is true if this paragraph is interrupted by a
+following math display.
+
+If you return something that is not a \type {<node>}, \LUATEX\ will apply the
+internal linebreak algorithm on the list that starts at \type {<head>}.
+Otherwise, the \type {<node>} you return is supposed to be the head of a list of
+nodes that are all allowed in vertical mode, and at least one of those has to
+represent a hbox. Failure to do so will result in a fatal error.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} is possible, but dangerous, because it is
+possible you will end up in an unfixable \quote {deadcycles loop}.
+
+\subsection{\type {append_to_vlist_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+contributions}
+
+This callback is called whenever \LUATEX\ adds a box to a vertical list:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> box, <string> locationcode, <number prevdepth>,
+ <boolean> mirrored)
+ return list, prevdepth
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+It is ok to return nothing in which case you also need to flush the box or deal
+with it yourself. The prevdepth is also optional. Locations are \type {box},
+\type {alignment}, \type {equation}, \type {equation_number} and \type
+{post_linebreak}.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {post_linebreak_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+linebreaks}
+
+This callback is called just after \LUATEX\ has converted a list of nodes into a
+stack of \prm {hbox}es.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> groupcode)
+ return true | false | <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {hpack_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+packing}
+
+This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing some horizontal mode
+material. Math items and line boxes are ignored at the moment.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size,
+ <string> packtype [, <string> direction] [, <node> attributelist])
+ return true | false | <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {packtype} is either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}. If \type
+{additional}, then the \type {size} is a \type {\hbox spread ...} argument. If
+\type {exactly}, then the \type {size} is a \type {\hbox to ...}. In both cases,
+the number is in scaled points.
+
+The \type {direction} is either one of the three-letter direction specifier
+strings, or \type {nil}.
+
+This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {vpack_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+packing}
+
+This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing some vertical mode
+material. Math displays are ignored at the moment.
+
+This function is very similar to the \cbk {hpack_filter}. Besides the fact
+that it is called at different moments, there is an extra variable that matches
+\TEX's \prm {maxdepth} setting.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size, <string> packtype,
+ <number> maxdepth [, <string> direction] [, <node> attributelist]))
+ return true | false | <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\type {hpack_quality}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+packing}
+
+This callback can be used to intercept the overfull messages that can result from
+packing a horizontal list (as happens in the par builder). The function takes a
+few arguments:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> incident, <number> detail, <node> head, <number> first,
+ <number> last)
+ return <node> whatever
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The incident is one of \type {overfull}, \type {underfull}, \type {loose} or
+\type {tight}. The detail is either the amount of overflow in case of \type
+{overfull}, or the badness otherwise. The head is the list that is constructed
+(when protrusion or expansion is enabled, this is an intermediate list).
+Optionally you can return a node, for instance an overfull rule indicator. That
+node will be appended to the list (just like \TEX's own rule would).
+
+\subsection{\type {vpack_quality}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+packing}
+
+This callback can be used to intercept the overfull messages that can result from
+packing a vertical list (as happens in the page builder). The function takes a
+few arguments:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> incident, <number> detail, <node> head, <number> first,
+ <number> last)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The incident is one of \type {overfull}, \type {underfull}, \type {loose} or
+\type {tight}. The detail is either the amount of overflow in case of \type
+{overfull}, or the badness otherwise. The head is the list that is constructed.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {process_rule}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+rules}
+
+This is an experimental callback. It can be used with rules of subtype~4
+(user). The callback gets three arguments: the node, the width and the
+height. The callback can use \type {pdf.print} to write code to the \PDF\
+file but beware of not messing up the final result. No checking is done.
+
+\subsection{\type {pre_output_filter}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+output}
+
+This callback is called when \TEX\ is ready to start boxing the box 255 for \prm
+{output}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> groupcode, <number> size, <string> packtype,
+ <number> maxdepth [, <string> direction])
+ return true | false | <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {hyphenate}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+hyphenation}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <node> tail)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+No return values. This callback has to insert discretionary nodes in the node
+list it receives.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal discretionary
+insertion pass.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {ligaturing}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+ligature building}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <node> tail)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+No return values. This callback has to apply ligaturing to the node list it
+receives.
+
+You don't have to worry about return values because the \type {head} node that is
+passed on to the callback is guaranteed not to be a glyph_node (if need be, a
+temporary node will be prepended), and therefore it cannot be affected by the
+mutations that take place. After the callback, the internal value of the \quote
+{tail of the list} will be recalculated.
+
+The \type {next} of \type {head} is guaranteed to be non-nil.
+
+The \type {next} of \type {tail} is guaranteed to be nil, and therefore the
+second callback argument can often be ignored. It is provided for orthogonality,
+and because it can sometimes be handy when special processing has to take place.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal ligature
+creation pass.
+
+You must not ruin the node list. For instance, the head normally is a local par node,
+and the tail a glue. Messing too much can push \LUATEX\ into panic mode.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {kerning}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+kerning}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <node> tail)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+No return values. This callback has to apply kerning between the nodes in the
+node list it receives. See \cbk {ligaturing} for calling conventions.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} will prevent the internal kern insertion
+pass.
+
+You must not ruin the node list. For instance, the head normally is a local par node,
+and the tail a glue. Messing too much can push \LUATEX\ into panic mode.
+
+\subsection{\type {insert_local_par}}
+
+Each paragraph starts with a local par node that keeps track of for instance
+the direction. You can hook a callback into the creator:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> local_par, <string> location)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+There is no return value and you should make sure that the node stays valid
+as otherwise \TEX\ can get confused.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {mlist_to_hlist}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+math}
+
+This callback replaces \LUATEX's math list to node list conversion algorithm.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<node> head, <string> display_type, <boolean> need_penalties)
+ return <node> newhead
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The returned node is the head of the list that will be added to the vertical or
+horizontal list, the string argument is either \quote {text} or \quote {display}
+depending on the current math mode, the boolean argument is \type {true} if
+penalties have to be inserted in this list, \type {false} otherwise.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} is bad, it will almost certainly result in
+an endless loop.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Information reporting callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+\subsection{\cbk {pre_dump}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+dump}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function is called just before dumping to a format file starts. It does not
+replace any code and there are neither arguments nor return values.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {start_run}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+job run}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's banner. Note that for
+successful use, this callback has to be set in the \LUA\ initialization script,
+otherwise it will be seen only after the run has already started.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {stop_run}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+job run}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's statistics and \quote
+{output written to} messages. The engine can still do housekeeping and therefore
+you should not rely on this hook for postprocessing the \PDF\ or log file.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {start_page_number}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+pages}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Replaces the code that prints the \type {[} and the page number at the begin of
+\prm {shipout}. This callback will also override the printing of box information
+that normally takes place when \prm {tracingoutput} is positive.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {stop_page_number}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+pages}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Replaces the code that prints the \type {]} at the end of \prm {shipout}.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {show_error_hook}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+errors}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback is run from inside the \TEX\ error function, and the idea is to
+allow you to do some extra reporting on top of what \TEX\ already does (none of
+the normal actions are removed). You may find some of the values in the \type
+{status} table useful. This callback does not replace any internal code.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {show_error_message}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+errors}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints the error message. The usual
+interaction after the message is not affected.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {show_lua_error_hook}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+errors}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints the extra \LUA\ error message.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {start_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+files}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(category,filename)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's when a file is opened like
+\type {(filename} for regular files. The category is a number:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 1 \NC a normal data file, like a \TEX\ source \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC a font map coupling font names to resources \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC an image file (\type {png}, \type {pdf}, etc) \NC \NR
+\NC 4 \NC an embedded font subset \NC \NR
+\NC 5 \NC a fully embedded font \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\cbk {stop_file}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+files}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(category)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the code that prints \LUATEX's when a file is closed like
+the \type {)} for regular files.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {call_edit}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+editing}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(filename,linenumber)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback replaces the call to an external editor when \quote{E} is pressed
+in reply to an error message. Processing will end immediately after the callback
+returns control to the main program.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {finish_synctex}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+synctex}
+
+This callback can be used to wrap up alternative synctex methods. It kicks in
+after the normal synctex finalizer (that happens to remove the synctex files
+after a run when native synctex is not enabled).
+
+\subsection{\cbk {wrapup_run}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+wrapping up}
+
+This callback is called after the \PDF\ and log files are closed. Use it at your own
+risk.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\PDF\ related callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+\subsection{\cbk {finish_pdffile}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+\PDF\ file}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function()
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback is called when all document pages are already written to the \PDF\
+file and \LUATEX\ is about to finalize the output document structure. Its
+intended use is final update of \PDF\ dictionaries such as \type {/Catalog} or
+\type {/Info}. The callback does not replace any code. There are neither
+arguments nor return values.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {finish_pdfpage}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+\PDF\ file}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(shippingout)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This callback is called after the \PDF\ page stream has been assembled and before
+the page object gets finalized.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {page_objnum_provider}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+\PDF\ file}
+
+This is one that experts can use to juggle the page tree, a data structure
+that determines the order in a \PDF\ file:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(objnum)
+ return objnum
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+We can for instance swap the first and last page:
+
+\starttyping
+local n = 0
+callback.register("page_objnum_provider",function(objnum)
+ n = n + 1
+ if n == 1 then
+ return pdf.getpageref(tex.count[0])
+ elseif n == tex.count[0] then
+ return pdf.getpageref(1)
+ else
+ return objnum
+ end
+end)
+\stoptyping
+
+When you mess things up \unknown\ don't complain.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {process_pdf_image_content}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+image content}
+
+When a page from a \PDF\ file is embedded its page stream as well as related
+objects are copied to the target file. However, it can be that the page stream
+has operators that assume additional resources, for instance marked text. You can
+decide to filter that for which \LUATEX\ provides a callback. Here is a simple
+demonstration of use:
+
+\starttyping
+pdf.setrecompress(1)
+
+callback.register("process_pdf_image_content",function(s)
+ print(s)
+ return s
+end)
+\stoptyping
+
+You need to explicitly enable recompression because otherwise the content stream
+gets just passed on in its original compressed form.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Font-related callbacks}][library=callback]
+
+\subsection{\cbk {define_font}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+fonts}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<string> name, <number> size, <number> id)
+ return <table> font | <number> id
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The string \type {name} is the filename part of the font specification, as given
+by the user.
+
+The number \type {size} is a bit special:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ If it is positive, it specifies an \quote{at size} in scaled points.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ If it is negative, its absolute value represents a \quote {scaled} setting
+ relative to the designsize of the font.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The \type {id} is the internal number assigned to the font.
+
+The internal structure of the \type {font} table that is to be returned is
+explained in \in {chapter} [fonts]. That table is saved internally, so you can
+put extra fields in the table for your later \LUA\ code to use. In alternative,
+\type {retval} can be a previously defined fontid. This is useful if a previous
+definition can be reused instead of creating a whole new font structure.
+
+Setting this callback to \type {false} is pointless as it will prevent font
+loading completely but will nevertheless generate errors.
+
+\subsection{\cbk {glyph_not_found}}
+
+\topicindex{callbacks+fonts}
+
+This callback kicks in when the backend cannot insert a glyph. When no callback
+is defined a message is written to the log.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+function(<number> id, <number> char)
+ -- do something with font id and char code
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-contents.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-contents.tex index 6d06b3ef082..815ca4bbe78 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-contents.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-contents.tex @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-contents - -\starttitle[title=Contents] - -\start - - \definecolor[maincolor][black] - - \placelist - [chapter,section,subsection] - [criterium=text] - -\stop - -\stoptitle - -\stopcomponent +\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-contents
+
+\starttitle[title=Contents]
+
+\start
+
+ \definecolor[maincolor][black]
+
+ \placelist
+ [chapter,section,subsection]
+ [criterium=text]
+
+\stop
+
+\stoptitle
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-enhancements.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-enhancements.tex index d1da33878e0..b04a6e29cfe 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-enhancements.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-enhancements.tex @@ -1,916 +1,1367 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-enhancements - -\startchapter[reference=enhancements,title={Basic \TEX\ enhancements}] - -\section{Introduction} - -From day one, \LUATEX\ has offered extra features compared to the superset of -\PDFTEX\ and \ALEPH. This has not been limited to the possibility to execute -\LUA\ code via \type {\directlua}, but \LUATEX\ also adds functionality via new -\TEX|-|side primitives or extensions to existing ones. - -When \LUATEX\ starts up in \quote {iniluatex} mode (\type {luatex -ini}), it -defines only the primitive commands known by \TEX82 and the one extra command -\type {\directlua}. As is fitting, a \LUA\ function has to be called to add the -extra primitives to the user environment. The simplest method to get access to -all of the new primitive commands is by adding this line to the format generation -file: - -\starttyping -\directlua { tex.enableprimitives('',tex.extraprimitives()) } -\stoptyping - -But be aware that the curly braces may not have the proper \type {\catcode} -assigned to them at this early time (giving a \quote {Missing number} error), so -it may be needed to put these assignments before the above line: - -\starttyping -\catcode `\{=1 -\catcode `\}=2 -\stoptyping - -More fine|-|grained primitives control is possible and you can look up the -details in \in {section} [luaprimitives]. For simplicity's sake, this manual -assumes that you have executed the \type {\directlua} command as given above. - -The startup behaviour documented above is considered stable in the sense that -there will not be backward|-|incompatible changes any more. We have promoted some -rather generic \PDFTEX\ primitives to core \LUATEX\ ones, and the ones inherited -frome \ALEPH\ (\OMEGA) are also promoted. Effectively this means that we now only -have the \type {tex}, \type {etex} and \type {luatex} sets left. - -In \in {Chapter} [modifications] we discuss several primitives that are derived -from \PDFTEX\ and \ALEPH\ (\OMEGA). Here we stick to real new ones. In the -chapters on fonts and math we discuss a few more new ones. - -\section{Version information} - -\subsection {\type {\luatexbanner}, \type {\luatexversion} and \type {\luatexrevision}} - -There are three new primitives to test the version of \LUATEX: - -\starttabulate[|l|pl|pl|] -\BC primitive \BC explanation \BC value \NC \NR -\NC \type {\luatexbanner} \NC the banner reported on the command line \NC \luatexbanner \NC \NR -\NC \type {\luatexversion} \NC a combination of major and minor number \NC \the\luatexversion \NC \NR -\NC \type {\luatexrevision} \NC the revision number, the current value is \NC \luatexrevision \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The official \LUATEX\ version is defined as follows: - -\startitemize -\startitem - The major version is the integer result of \type {\luatexversion} divided by - 100. The primitive is an \quote {internal variable}, so you may need to prefix - its use with \type {\the} depending on the context. -\stopitem -\startitem - The minor version is the two-digit result of \type {\luatexversion} modulo 100. -\stopitem -\startitem - The revision is the given by \type {\luatexrevision}. This primitive expands to - a positive integer. -\stopitem -\startitem - The full version number consists of the major version, minor version and - revision, separated by dots. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -\subsection{\type {\formatname}} - -The \type {\formatname} syntax is identical to \type {\jobname}. In \INITEX, the -expansion is empty. Otherwise, the expansion is the value that \type {\jobname} had -during the \INITEX\ run that dumped the currently loaded format. You can use this -token list to provide your own version info. - -\section{\UNICODE\ text support} - -\subsection {Extended ranges} - -Text input and output is now considered to be \UNICODE\ text, so input characters -can use the full range of \UNICODE\ ($2^{20}+2^{16}-1 = \hbox{0x10FFFF}$). Later -chapters will talk of characters and glyphs. Although these are not -interchangeable, they are closely related. During typesetting, a character is -always converted to a suitable graphic representation of that character in a -specific font. However, while processing a list of to|-|be|-|typeset nodes, its -contents may still be seen as a character. Inside \LUATEX\ there is no clear -separation between the two concepts. Because the subtype of a glyph node can be -changed in \LUA\ it is up to the user: subtypes larger than 255 indicate that -font processing has happened. - -A few primitives are affected by this, all in a similar fashion: each of them has -to accommodate for a larger range of acceptable numbers. For instance, \type -{\char} now accepts values between~0 and $1{,}114{,}111$. This should not be a -problem for well|-|behaved input files, but it could create incompatibilities for -input that would have generated an error when processed by older \TEX|-|based -engines. The affected commands with an altered initial (left of the equals sign) -or secondary (right of the equals sign) value are: \type {\char}, \type -{\lccode}, \type {\uccode}, \type {\catcode}, \type {\sfcode}, \type {\efcode}, -\type {\lpcode}, \type {\rpcode}, \type {\chardef}. - -As far as the core engine is concerned, all input and output to text files is -\UTF-8 encoded. Input files can be pre|-|processed using the \type {reader} -callback. This will be explained in a later chapter. - -Output in byte|-|sized chunks can be achieved by using characters just outside of -the valid \UNICODE\ range, starting at the value $1{,}114{,}112$ (0x110000). When -the time comes to print a character $c>=1{,}114{,}112$, \LUATEX\ will actually -print the single byte corresponding to $c$ minus 1{,}114{,}112. - -Output to the terminal uses \type {^^} notation for the lower control range -($c<32$), with the exception of \type {^^I}, \type {^^J} and \type {^^M}. These -are considered \quote {safe} and therefore printed as|-|is. You can disable -escaping with \type {texio.setescape(false)} in which case you get the normal -characters on the console. - -Normalization of the \UNICODE\ input can be handled by a macro package during -callback processing (this will be explained in \in {section} [iocallback]). - -\subsection{\type {\Uchar}} - -The expandable command \type {\Uchar} reads a number between~0 and $1{,}114{,}111$ -and expands to the associated \UNICODE\ character. - -\section{Extended tables} - -All traditional \TEX\ and \ETEX\ registers can be 16-bit numbers. The affected -commands are: - -\startfourcolumns -\starttyping -\count -\dimen -\skip -\muskip -\marks -\toks -\countdef -\dimendef -\skipdef -\muskipdef -\toksdef -\insert -\box -\unhbox -\unvbox -\copy -\unhcopy -\unvcopy -\wd -\ht -\dp -\setbox -\vsplit -\stoptyping -\stopfourcolumns - -Because font memory management has been rewritten, character properties in fonts -are no longer shared among fonts instances that originate from the same metric -file. - -\section{Attributes} - -\subsection{Attribute registers} - -Attributes are a completely new concept in \LUATEX. Syntactically, they behave a -lot like counters: attributes obey \TEX's nesting stack and can be used after -\type {\the} etc.\ just like the normal \type {\count} registers. - -\startsyntax -\attribute <16-bit number> <optional equals> <32-bit number>!crlf -\attributedef <csname> <optional equals> <16-bit number> -\stopsyntax - -Conceptually, an attribute is either \quote {set} or \quote {unset}. Unset -attributes have a special negative value to indicate that they are unset, that -value is the lowest legal value: \type {-"7FFFFFFF} in hexadecimal, a.k.a. -$-2147483647$ in decimal. It follows that the value \type {-"7FFFFFFF} cannot be -used as a legal attribute value, but you {\it can\/} assign \type {-"7FFFFFFF} to -\quote {unset} an attribute. All attributes start out in this \quote {unset} -state in \INITEX. - -Attributes can be used as extra counter values, but their usefulness comes mostly -from the fact that the numbers and values of all \quote {set} attributes are -attached to all nodes created in their scope. These can then be queried from any -\LUA\ code that deals with node processing. Further information about how to use -attributes for node list processing from \LUA\ is given in~\in {chapter}[nodes]. - -Attributes are stored in a sorted (sparse) linked list that are shared when -possible. This permits efficient testing and updating. - -\subsection{Box attributes} - -Nodes typically receive the list of attributes that is in effect when they are -created. This moment can be quite asynchronous. For example: in paragraph -building, the individual line boxes are created after the \type {\par} command has -been processed, so they will receive the list of attributes that is in effect -then, not the attributes that were in effect in, say, the first or third line of -the paragraph. - -Similar situations happen in \LUATEX\ regularly. A few of the more obvious -problematic cases are dealt with: the attributes for nodes that are created -during hyphenation, kerning and ligaturing borrow their attributes from their -surrounding glyphs, and it is possible to influence box attributes directly. - -When you assemble a box in a register, the attributes of the nodes contained in -the box are unchanged when such a box is placed, unboxed, or copied. In this -respect attributes act the same as characters that have been converted to -references to glyphs in fonts. For instance, when you use attributes to implement -color support, each node carries information about its eventual color. In that -case, unless you implement mechanisms that deal with it, applying a color to -already boxed material will have no effect. Keep in mind that this -incompatibility is mostly due to the fact that separate specials and literals are -a more unnatural approach to colors than attributes. - -It is possible to fine-tune the list of attributes that are applied to a \type -{hbox}, \type {vbox} or \type {vtop} by the use of the keyword \type {attr}. An -example: - -\starttyping -\attribute2=5 -\setbox0=\hbox {Hello} -\setbox2=\hbox attr1=12 attr2=-"7FFFFFFF{Hello} -\stoptyping - -This will set the attribute list of box~2 to $1=12$, and the attributes of box~0 -will be $2=5$. As you can see, assigning the maximum negative value causes an -attribute to be ignored. - -The \type {attr} keyword(s) should come before a \type {to} or \type {spread}, if -that is also specified. - -\section{\LUA\ related primitives} - -\subsection{\type {\directlua}} - -In order to merge \LUA\ code with \TEX\ input, a few new primitives are needed. -The primitive \type {\directlua} is used to execute \LUA\ code immediately. The -syntax is - -\startsyntax -\directlua <general text>!crlf -\directlua <16-bit number> <general text> -\stopsyntax - -The \syntax {<general text>} is expanded fully, and then fed into the \LUA\ -interpreter. After reading and expansion has been applied to the \syntax -{<general text>}, the resulting token list is converted to a string as if it was -displayed using \type {\the\toks}. On the \LUA\ side, each \type {\directlua} -block is treated as a separate chunk. In such a chunk you can use the \type -{local} directive to keep your variables from interfering with those used by the -macro package. - -The conversion to and from a token list means that you normally can not use \LUA\ -line comments (starting with \type {--}) within the argument. As there typically -will be only one \quote {line} the first line comment will run on until the end -of the input. You will either need to use \TEX|-|style line comments (starting -with \%), or change the \TEX\ category codes locally. Another possibility is to -say: - -\starttyping -\begingroup -\endlinechar=10 -\directlua ... -\endgroup -\stoptyping - -Then \LUA\ line comments can be used, since \TEX\ does not replace line endings -with spaces. - -Likewise, the \syntax {<16-bit number>} designates a name of a \LUA\ chunk and is -taken from the \type {lua.name} array (see the documentation of the \type {lua} -table further in this manual). When a chunk name starts with a \type {@} it will -be displayed as a file name. This is a side effect of the way \LUA\ implements -error handling. - -The \type {\directlua} command is expandable. Since it passes \LUA\ code to the -\LUA\ interpreter its expansion from the \TEX\ viewpoint is usually empty. -However, there are some \LUA\ functions that produce material to be read by \TEX, -the so called print functions. The most simple use of these is \type -{tex.print(<string> s)}. The characters of the string \type {s} will be placed on -the \TEX\ input buffer, that is, \quote {before \TEX's eyes} to be read by \TEX\ -immediately. For example: - -\startbuffer -\count10=20 -a\directlua{tex.print(tex.count[10]+5)}b -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -expands to - -\getbuffer - -Here is another example: - -\startbuffer -$\pi = \directlua{tex.print(math.pi)}$ -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -will result in - -\getbuffer - -Note that the expansion of \type {\directlua} is a sequence of characters, not of -tokens, contrary to all \TEX\ commands. So formally speaking its expansion is -null, but it places material on a pseudo-file to be immediately read by \TEX, as -\ETEX's \type {\scantokens}. For a description of print functions look at \in -{section} [sec:luaprint]. - -Because the \syntax {<general text>} is a chunk, the normal \LUA\ error handling -is triggered if there is a problem in the included code. The \LUA\ error messages -should be clear enough, but the contextual information is still pretty bad. -Often, you will only see the line number of the right brace at the end of the -code. - -While on the subject of errors: some of the things you can do inside \LUA\ code -can break up \LUATEX\ pretty bad. If you are not careful while working with the -node list interface, you may even end up with assertion errors from within the -\TEX\ portion of the executable. - -The behaviour documented in the above subsection is considered stable in the sense -that there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more. - -\subsection{\type {\latelua}} - -Contrary to \type {\directlua}, \type {\latelua} stores \LUA\ code in a whatsit -that will be processed at the time of shipping out. Its intended use is a cross -between \PDF\ literals (often available as \type {\pdfliteral}) and the -traditional \TEX\ extension \type {\write}. Within the \LUA\ code you can print -\PDF\ statements directly to the \PDF\ file via \type {pdf.print}, or you can -write to other output streams via \type {texio.write} or simply using \LUA\ \IO\ -routines. - -\startsyntax -\latelua <general text>!crlf -\latelua <16-bit number> <general text> -\stopsyntax - -Expansion of macros in the final \type {<general text>} is delayed until just -before the whatsit is executed (like in \type {\write}). With regard to \PDF\ -output stream \type {\latelua} behaves as \PDF\ page literals. The \syntax -{name <general text>} and \syntax {<16-bit number>} behave in the same way as -they do for \type {\directlua} - -\subsection{\type {\luaescapestring}} - -This primitive converts a \TEX\ token sequence so that it can be safely used as -the contents of a \LUA\ string: embedded backslashes, double and single quotes, -and newlines and carriage returns are escaped. This is done by prepending an -extra token consisting of a backslash with category code~12, and for the line -endings, converting them to \type {n} and \type {r} respectively. The token -sequence is fully expanded. - -\startsyntax -\luaescapestring <general text> -\stopsyntax - -Most often, this command is not actually the best way to deal with the -differences between the \TEX\ and \LUA. In very short bits of \LUA\ -code it is often not needed, and for longer stretches of \LUA\ code it -is easier to keep the code in a separate file and load it using \LUA's -\type {dofile}: - -\starttyping -\directlua { dofile('mysetups.lua') } -\stoptyping - -\subsection{\type {\luafunction}} - -The \type {\directlua} commands involves tokenization of its argument (after -picking up an optional name or number specification). The tokenlist is then -converted into a string and given to \LUA\ to turn into a function that is -called. The overhead is rather small but when you use this primitive hundreds of -thousands of times, it can become noticeable. For this reason there is a variant -call available: \type {\luafunction}. This command is used as follows: - -\starttyping -\directlua { - local t = lua.get_functions_table() - t[1] = function() tex.print("!") end - t[2] = function() tex.print("?") end -} - -\luafunction1 -\luafunction2 -\stoptyping - -Of course the functions can also be defined in a separate file. There is no limit -on the number of functions apart from normal \LUA\ limitations. Of course there -is the limitation of no arguments but that would involve parsing and thereby give -no gain. The function, when called in fact gets one argument, being the index, so -in the following example the number \type {8} gets typeset. - -\starttyping -\directlua { - local t = lua.get_functions_table() - t[8] = function(slot) tex.print(slot) end -} -\stoptyping - -\section {Alignments} - -\subsection{\tex {alignmark}} - -This primitive duplicates the functionality of \type {#} inside alignment -preambles. - -\subsection{\tex {aligntab}} - -This primitive duplicates the functionality of \type {&} inside alignments and -preambles. - -\section{Catcode tables} - -Catcode tables are a new feature that allows you to switch to a predefined -catcode regime in a single statement. You can have a practically unlimited number -of different tables. This subsystem is backward compatible: if you never use the -following commands, your document will not notice any difference in behaviour -compared to traditional \TEX. The contents of each catcode table is independent -from any other catcode tables, and their contents is stored and retrieved from -the format file. - -\subsection{\type {\catcodetable}} - -\startsyntax -\catcodetable <15-bit number> -\stopsyntax - -The primitive \type {\catcodetable} switches to a different catcode table. Such a -table has to be previously created using one of the two primitives below, or it -has to be zero. Table zero is initialized by \INITEX. - -\subsection{\type {\initcatcodetable}} - -\startsyntax -\initcatcodetable <15-bit number> -\stopsyntax - -The primitive \type {\initcatcodetable} creates a new table with catcodes identical -to those defined by \INITEX: - -\starttabulate[|r|l|l|l|] -\NC 0 \NC \tttf \letterbackslash \NC \NC \type {escape} \NC\NR -\NC 5 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat M \NC return \NC \type {car_ret} \NC\NR -\NC 9 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat @ \NC null \NC \type {ignore} \NC\NR -\NC 10 \NC \tttf <space> \NC space \NC \type {spacer} \NC\NR -\NC 11 \NC {\tttf a} \endash\ {\tttf z} \NC \NC \type {letter} \NC\NR -\NC 11 \NC {\tttf A} \endash\ {\tttf Z} \NC \NC \type {letter} \NC\NR -\NC 12 \NC everything else \NC \NC \type {other} \NC\NR -\NC 14 \NC \tttf \letterpercent \NC \NC \type {comment} \NC\NR -\NC 15 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat ? \NC delete \NC \type {invalid_char} \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The new catcode table is allocated globally: it will not go away after the -current group has ended. If the supplied number is identical to the currently -active table, an error is raised. - -\subsection{\type {\savecatcodetable}} - -\startsyntax -\savecatcodetable <15-bit number> -\stopsyntax - -\type {\savecatcodetable} copies the current set of catcodes to a new table with -the requested number. The definitions in this new table are all treated as if -they were made in the outermost level. - -The new table is allocated globally: it will not go away after the current group -has ended. If the supplied number is the currently active table, an error is -raised. - -\section{Suppressing errors} - -\subsection{\type {\suppressfontnotfounderror}} - -\startsyntax -\suppressfontnotfounderror = 1 -\stopsyntax - -If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about -font metrics that are not found. Instead it will silently skip the font -assignment, making the requested csname for the font \type {\ifx} equal to \type -{\nullfont}, so that it can be tested against that without bothering the user. - -\subsection{\type {\suppresslongerror}} - -\startsyntax -\suppresslongerror = 1 -\stopsyntax - -If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about -\type {\par} commands encountered in contexts where that is normally prohibited -(most prominently in the arguments of non-long macros). - -\subsection{\type {\suppressifcsnameerror}} - -\startsyntax -\suppressifcsnameerror = 1 -\stopsyntax - -If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about -non-expandable commands appearing in the middle of a \type {\ifcsname} expansion. -Instead, it will keep getting expanded tokens from the input until it encounters -an \type {\endcsname} command. If the input expansion is unbalanced with respect -to \type {\csname} \ldots \type {\endcsname} pairs, the \LUATEX\ process may hang -indefinitely. - -\subsection{\type {\suppressoutererror}} - -\startsyntax -\suppressoutererror = 1 -\stopsyntax - -If this new integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain -about \type {\outer} commands encountered in contexts where that is normally -prohibited. - -\subsection{\type {\suppressmathparerror}} - -The following setting will permit \type {\par} tokens in a math formula: - -\startsyntax -\suppressmathparerror = 1 -\stopsyntax - -So, the next code is valid then: - -\starttyping -$ x + 1 = - -a $ -\stoptyping - -\subsection{\type {\suppressprimitiveerror}} - -When set to a non|-|zero value the following command will not issue an error: - -\starttyping -\suppressprimitiveerror = 1 - -\primitive\notaprimitive -\stoptyping - -\section {Math} - -\subsection{Extensions} - -We will cover math in its own chapter because not only the font subsystem and -spacing model have been enhanced (thereby introducing many new primitives) but -also because some more control has been added to existing functionality. - -\subsection{\type {\matheqnogapstep}} - -By default \TEX\ will add one quad between the equation and the number. This is -hard coded. A new primitive can control this: - -\startsyntax -\matheqnogapstep = 1000 -\stopsyntax - -Because a math quad from the math text font is used instead of a dimension, we -use a step to control the size. A value of zero will suppress the gap. The step -is divided by 1000 which is the usual way to mimmick floating point factors in -\TEX. - -\section{Fonts} - -\subsection{Font syntax} - -\LUATEX\ will accept a braced argument as a font name: - -\starttyping -\font\myfont = {cmr10} -\stoptyping - -This allows for embedded spaces, without the need for double quotes. Macro -expansion takes place inside the argument. - -\subsection{\type {\fontid}} - -\startsyntax -\fontid\font -\stopsyntax - -This primitive expands into a number. It is not a register so there is no need to -prefix with \type {\number} (and using \type {\the} gives an error). The currently -used font id is \fontid\font. Here are some more: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|] -\NC \type {\bf} \NC \bf \fontid\font \NC \NR -\NC \type {\it} \NC \it \fontid\font \NC \NR -\NC \type {\bi} \NC \bi \fontid\font \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -These numbers depend on the macro package used because each one has its own way -of dealing with fonts. They can also differ per run, as they can depend on the -order of loading fonts. For instance, when in \CONTEXT\ virtual math \UNICODE\ -fonts are used, we can easily get over a hundred ids in use. Not all ids have to -be bound to a real font, after all it's just a number. - -\subsection{\type {\setfontid}} - -The primitive \type {\setfontid} can be used to enable a font with the given id -(which of course needs to be a valid one). - -\subsection{\type {\noligs} and \type {\nokerns}} - -These primitives prohibit ligature and kerning insertion at the time when the -initial node list is built by \LUATEX's main control loop. You can enable these -primitives when you want to do node list processing of \quote {characters}, where -\TEX's normal processing would get in the way. - -\startsyntax -\noligs <integer>!crlf -\nokerns <integer> -\stopsyntax - -These primitives can also be implemented by overloading the ligature building and -kerning functions, i.e.\ by assigning dummy functions to their associated -callbacks. Keep in mind that when you define a font (using \LUA) you can also -omit the kern and ligature tables, which has the same effect as the above. - -\subsection{\type{\nospaces}} - -This new primitive can be used to overrule the usual \type {\spaceskip} -related heuristics when a space character is seen in a text flow. The -value~\type{1} triggers no injection while \type{2} results in injection of -a zero skip. Below we see the results for four characters separated by a -space. - -\startlinecorrection -\startcombination[3*2] - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=0\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {0 / hsize 10mm}} - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=1\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {1 / hsize 10mm}} - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=2\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {2 / hsize 10mm}} - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=0\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {0 / hsize 1mm}} - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=1\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {1 / hsize 1mm}} - {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=2\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {2 / hsize 1mm}} -\stopcombination -\stoplinecorrection - -\section{Tokens, commands and strings} - -\subsection{\type {\scantextokens}} - -The syntax of \type {\scantextokens} is identical to \type {\scantokens}. This -primitive is a slightly adapted version of \ETEX's \type {\scantokens}. The -differences are: - -\startitemize -\startitem - The last (and usually only) line does not have a \type {\endlinechar} - appended. -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {\scantextokens} never raises an EOF error, and it does not execute - \type {\everyeof} tokens. -\stopitem -\startitem - There are no \quote {\unknown\ while end of file \unknown} error tests - executed. This allows the expansion to end on a different grouping level or - while a conditional is still incomplete. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -\subsection{\type {\toksapp}, \type {\tokspre}, \type {\etoksapp} and \type {\etokspre}} - -Instead of: - -\starttyping -\toks0\expandafter{\the\toks0 foo} -\stoptyping - -you can use: - -\starttyping -\etoksapp0{foo} -\stoptyping - -The \type {pre} variants prepend instead of append, and the \type {e} variants -expand the passed general text. - -\subsection{\type {\csstring}, \type {\begincsname} and \type {\lastnamedcs}} - -These are somewhat special. The \type {\csstring} primitive is like -\type {\string} but it omits the leading escape character. This can be -somewhat more efficient that stripping it of afterwards. - -The \type {\begincsname} primitive is like \type {\csname} but doesn't create -a relaxed equivalent when there is no such name. It is equivalent to - -\starttyping -\ifcsname foo\endcsname - \csname foo\endcsname -\fi -\stoptyping - -The advantage is that it saves a lookup (don't expect much speedup) but more -important is that it avoids using the \type {\if}. - -The \type {\lastnamedcs} is one that should be used with care. The above -example could be written as: - -\starttyping -\ifcsname foo\endcsname - \lastnamedcs -\fi -\stoptyping - -This is slightly more efficient than constructing the string twice (deep down in -\LUATEX\ this also involves some \UTF8 juggling), but probably more relevant is -that it saves a few tokens and can make code a bit more more readable. - -\subsection{\type {\clearmarks}} - -This primitive complements the \ETEX\ mark primitives and clears a mark class -completely, resetting all three connected mark texts to empty. It is an -immediate command. - -\startsyntax -\clearmarks <16-bit number> -\stopsyntax - -\subsection{\type{\letcharcode}} - -This primitive is still experimental but can be used to assign a meaning to an active -character, as in: - -\starttyping -\def\foo{bar} \letcharcode123=\foo -\stoptyping - -This can be a bit nicer that using the uppercase tricks (using the property of -\type {\uppercase} that it treats active characters special). - -\section{Boxes, rules and leaders} - -\subsection{\type {\outputbox}} - -\startsyntax -\outputbox = 65535 -\stopsyntax - -This new integer parameter allows you to alter the number of the box that will be -used to store the page sent to the output routine. Its default value is 255, and -the acceptable range is from 0 to 65535. - -\subsection{\type {\vpack}, \type {\hpack} and \type {\tpack}} - -These three primitives are like \type {\vbox}, \type {\hbox} and \type {\vtop} -but don't apply the related callbacks. - -\subsection{\type {\vsplit}} - -The \type {\vsplit} primitive has to be followed by a specification of the -required height. As alternative for the \type {to} keyword you can use \type -{upto} to get a split of the given size but result has the natural dimensions -then. - -\subsection{Images and Forms} - -These two concepts are now core concepts and no longer whatsits. They are in fact -now implemented as rules with special properties. Normal rules have subtype~0, -saved boxes have subtype~1 and images have subtype~2. This has the positive side -effect that whenever we need to take content with dimensions into account, when we -look at rule nodes, we automatically also deal with these two types. - -The syntax of the \type {\save...resource} is the same as in \PDFTEX\ but you -should consider them to be backend specific. This means that a macro package -should treat them as such and check for the current output mode if applicable. -Here are the equivalents: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC \type {\saveboxresource} \EQ \type {\pdfxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\saveimageresource} \EQ \type {\pdfximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\useboxresource} \EQ \type {\pdfrefxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\useimageresource} \EQ \type {\pdfrefximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedboxresourceindex} \EQ \type {\pdflastxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedimageresourceindex} \EQ \type {\pdflastximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedimageresourcepages} \EQ \type {\pdflastximagepages} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\LUATEX\ accepts optional dimension parameters for \type {\use...resource} in the -same format as for rules. With images, these dimensions are then used instead of -the ones given to \type {\useimageresource} but the original dimensions are not -overwritten, so that a \type {\useimageresource} without dimensions still -provides the image with dimensions defined by \type {\saveimageresource}. These -optional parameters are not implemented for \type {\saveboxresource}. - -\starttyping -\useimageresource width 20mm height 10mm depth 5mm \lastsavedimageresourceindex -\useboxresource width 20mm height 10mm depth 5mm \lastsavedboxresourceindex -\stoptyping - -The box resources are of course implemented in the backend and therefore we do -support the \type {attr} and \type {resources} keys that accept a token list. New -is the \type {type} key. When set to non|-|zero the \type {/Type} entry is -omitted. A value of 1 or 3 still writes a \type {/BBox}, while 2 or 3 will write -a \type {/Matrix}. - -\subsection{\type {\nohrule} and \type {\novrule}} - -Because introducing a new keyword can cause incompatibilities, two new primitives -were introduced: \type {\nohrule} and \type {\novrule}. These can be used to -reserve space. This is often more efficient than creating an empty box with fake -dimensions). - -\subsection{\type {\gleaders}} - -This type of leaders is anchored to the origin of the box to be shipped out. So -they are like normal \type {\leaders} in that they align nicely, except that the -alignment is based on the {\it largest\/} enclosing box instead of the {\it -smallest\/}. The \type {g} stresses this global nature. - -\section {Languages} - -\subsection{\type {\hyphenationmin}} - -This primitive can be used to set the minimal word length, so setting it to a value -of~$5$ means that only words of 6 characters and more will be hyphenated, of course -within the constraints of the \type {\lefthyphenmin} and \type {\righthyphenmin} -values (as stored in the glyph node). This primitive accepts a number and stores -the value with the language. - -\subsection{\type {\boundary}, \type {\noboundary}, \type {\protrusionboundary} and \type -{\wordboundary}} - -The \type {\noboundary} commands used to inject a whatsit node but now injects a normal -node with type \type {boundary} and subtype~0. In addition you can say: - -\starttyping -x\boundary 123\relax y -\stoptyping - -This has the same effect but the subtype is now~1 and the value~123 is stored. -The traditional ligature builder still sees this as a cancel boundary directive -but at the \LUA\ end you can implement different behaviour. The added benefit of -passing this value is a side effect of the generalization. The subtypes~2 and~3 -are used to control protrusion and word boundaries in hyphenation. - -\section{Control and debugging} - -\subsection {Tracing} - -If \type {\tracingonline} is larger than~2, the node list display will also print -the node number of the nodes. - -\subsection{\type {\outputmode} and \type {\draftmode}} - -The \type {\outputmode} variable tells \LUATEX\ what it has to produce: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC \type {0} \NC \DVI\ code \NC \NR -\NC \type {1} \NC \PDF\ code \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The value of the \type {\draftmode} counter signals the backend if it should -output less. The \PDF\ backend accepts a value of~$1$, while the \DVI\ backend -ignores the value. - -\section {Files} - -\subsection{File syntax} - -\LUATEX\ will accept a braced argument as a file name: - -\starttyping -\input {plain} -\openin 0 {plain} -\stoptyping - -This allows for embedded spaces, without the need for double quotes. Macro -expansion takes place inside the argument. - -The \type {\tracingfonts} primitive that has been inherited from \PDFTEX\ has -been adapted to support variants in reporting the font. The reason for this -extension is that a csname not always makes sense. The zero case is the default. - -\starttabulate[|T||] -\NC 0 \EQ \type{\foo xyz} \NC \NR -\NC 1 \EQ \type{\foo (bar)} \NC \NR -\NC 2 \EQ \type{<bar> xyz} \NC \NR -\NC 3 \EQ \type{<bar @ ..pt> xyz} \NC \NR -\NC 4 \EQ \type{<id>} \NC \NR -\NC 5 \EQ \type{<id: bar>} \NC \NR -\NC 6 \EQ \type{<id: bar @ ..pt> xyz} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{Writing to file} - -You can now open upto 127 files with \type {\openout}. When no file is open -writes will go to the console and log. As a consequence a system command is -no longer possible but one can use \type {os.execute} to do the same. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-enhancements
+
+\startchapter[reference=enhancements,title={Basic \TEX\ enhancements}]
+
+\startsection[title={Introduction}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Primitive behaviour}]
+
+From day one, \LUATEX\ has offered extra features compared to the superset of
+\PDFTEX, which includes \ETEX, and \ALEPH. This has not been limited to the
+possibility to execute \LUA\ code via \prm {directlua}, but \LUATEX\ also adds
+functionality via new \TEX|-|side primitives or extensions to existing ones.
+
+When \LUATEX\ starts up in \quote {iniluatex} mode (\type {luatex -ini}), it
+defines only the primitive commands known by \TEX82 and the one extra command
+\prm {directlua}. As is fitting, a \LUA\ function has to be called to add the
+extra primitives to the user environment. The simplest method to get access to
+all of the new primitive commands is by adding this line to the format generation
+file:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua { tex.enableprimitives('',tex.extraprimitives()) }
+\stoptyping
+
+But be aware that the curly braces may not have the proper \prm {catcode}
+assigned to them at this early time (giving a \quote {Missing number} error), so
+it may be needed to put these assignments before the above line:
+
+\starttyping
+\catcode `\{=1
+\catcode `\}=2
+\stoptyping
+
+More fine|-|grained primitives control is possible and you can look up the
+details in \in {section} [luaprimitives]. For simplicity's sake, this manual
+assumes that you have executed the \prm {directlua} command as given above.
+
+The startup behaviour documented above is considered stable in the sense that
+there will not be backward|-|incompatible changes any more. We have promoted some
+rather generic \PDFTEX\ primitives to core \LUATEX\ ones, and the few that we
+inherited from \ALEPH\ (\OMEGA) are also promoted. Effectively this means that we
+now only have the \type {tex}, \type {etex} and \type {luatex} sets left.
+
+In \in {Chapter} [modifications] we discuss several primitives that are derived
+from \PDFTEX\ and \ALEPH\ (\OMEGA). Here we stick to real new ones. In the
+chapters on fonts and math we discuss a few more new ones.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Version information}]
+
+\startsubsubsection[title={\lpr {luatexbanner}, \lpr {luatexversion} and \lpr {luatexrevision}}]
+
+\topicindex{version}
+\topicindex{banner}
+
+There are three new primitives to test the version of \LUATEX:
+
+\unexpanded\def\VersionHack#1% otherwise different luatex and luajittex runs
+ {\cldcontext{(string.gsub(string.match("\luatexbanner","(.+)\letterpercent("),"jit",""))}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|pl|]
+\DB primitive \BC value
+ \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {luatexbanner} \NC \VersionHack{\luatexbanner}
+ \NC the banner reported on the command line \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {luatexversion} \NC \the\luatexversion
+ \NC a combination of major and minor number \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {luatexrevision} \NC \luatexrevision
+ \NC the revision number, the current value is \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The official \LUATEX\ version is defined as follows:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ The major version is the integer result of \lpr {luatexversion} divided by
+ 100. The primitive is an \quote {internal variable}, so you may need to prefix
+ its use with \prm {the} depending on the context.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The minor version is the two|-|digit result of \lpr {luatexversion} modulo 100.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The revision is reported by \lpr {luatexrevision}. This primitive expands to
+ a positive integer.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The full version number consists of the major version, minor version and
+ revision, separated by dots.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsubsection
+
+\startsubsubsection[title={\lpr {formatname}}]
+
+\topicindex{format}
+
+The \lpr {formatname} syntax is identical to \prm {jobname}. In \INITEX, the
+expansion is empty. Otherwise, the expansion is the value that \prm {jobname} had
+during the \INITEX\ run that dumped the currently loaded format. You can use this
+token list to provide your own version info.
+
+\stopsubsubsection
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\UNICODE\ text support}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Extended ranges}]
+
+\topicindex{\UNICODE}
+
+Text input and output is now considered to be \UNICODE\ text, so input characters
+can use the full range of \UNICODE\ ($2^{20}+2^{16}-1 = \hbox{0x10FFFF}$). Later
+chapters will talk of characters and glyphs. Although these are not
+interchangeable, they are closely related. During typesetting, a character is
+always converted to a suitable graphic representation of that character in a
+specific font. However, while processing a list of to|-|be|-|typeset nodes, its
+contents may still be seen as a character. Inside \LUATEX\ there is no clear
+separation between the two concepts. Because the subtype of a glyph node can be
+changed in \LUA\ it is up to the user. Subtypes larger than 255 indicate that
+font processing has happened.
+
+A few primitives are affected by this, all in a similar fashion: each of them has
+to accommodate for a larger range of acceptable numbers. For instance, \prm
+{char} now accepts values between~0 and $1{,}114{,}111$. This should not be a
+problem for well|-|behaved input files, but it could create incompatibilities for
+input that would have generated an error when processed by older \TEX|-|based
+engines. The affected commands with an altered initial (left of the equal sign)
+or secondary (right of the equal sign) value are: \prm {char}, \prm {lccode},
+\prm {uccode}, \lpr {hjcode}, \prm {catcode}, \prm {sfcode}, \lpr {efcode}, \lpr
+{lpcode}, \lpr {rpcode}, \prm {chardef}.
+
+As far as the core engine is concerned, all input and output to text files is
+\UTF-8 encoded. Input files can be pre|-|processed using the \type {reader}
+callback. This will be explained in \in {section} [iocallback]. Normalization of
+the \UNICODE\ input is on purpose not built|-|in and can be handled by a macro
+package during callback processing. We have made some practical choices and the
+user has to live with those.
+
+Output in byte|-|sized chunks can be achieved by using characters just outside of
+the valid \UNICODE\ range, starting at the value $1{,}114{,}112$ (0x110000). When
+the time comes to print a character $c>=1{,}114{,}112$, \LUATEX\ will actually
+print the single byte corresponding to $c$ minus 1{,}114{,}112.
+
+Output to the terminal uses \type {^^} notation for the lower control range
+($c<32$), with the exception of \type {^^I}, \type {^^J} and \type {^^M}. These
+are considered \quote {safe} and therefore printed as|-|is. You can disable
+escaping with \type {texio.setescape(false)} in which case you get the normal
+characters on the console.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {Uchar}}]
+
+\topicindex{\UNICODE}
+
+The expandable command \lpr {Uchar} reads a number between~0 and $1{,}114{,}111$
+and expands to the associated \UNICODE\ character.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Extended tables}]
+
+All traditional \TEX\ and \ETEX\ registers can be 16-bit numbers. The affected
+commands are:
+
+\startfourcolumns
+\startlines
+\prm {count}
+\prm {dimen}
+\prm {skip}
+\prm {muskip}
+\prm {marks}
+\prm {toks}
+\prm {countdef}
+\prm {dimendef}
+\prm {skipdef}
+\prm {muskipdef}
+\prm {toksdef}
+\prm {insert}
+\prm {box}
+\prm {unhbox}
+\prm {unvbox}
+\prm {copy}
+\prm {unhcopy}
+\prm {unvcopy}
+\prm {wd}
+\prm {ht}
+\prm {dp}
+\prm {setbox}
+\prm {vsplit}
+\stoplines
+\stopfourcolumns
+
+Because font memory management has been rewritten, character properties in fonts
+are no longer shared among font instances that originate from the same metric
+file. Of course we share fonts in the backend when possible so that the resulting
+\PDF\ file is as efficient as possible, but for instance also expansion and
+protrusion no longer use copies as in \PDFTEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Attributes}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Nodes}]
+
+\topicindex {nodes}
+
+When \TEX\ reads input it will interpret the stream according to the properties
+of the characters. Some signal a macro name and trigger expansion, others open
+and close groups, trigger math mode, etc. What's left over becomes the typeset
+text. Internally we get linked list of nodes. Characters become \nod {glyph}
+nodes that have for instance a \type {font} and \type {char} property and \typ
+{\kern 10pt} becomes a \nod {kern} node with a \type {width} property. Spaces are
+alien to \TEX\ as they are turned into \nod {glue} nodes. So, a simple paragraph
+is mostly a mix of sequences of \nod {glyph} nodes (words) and \nod {glue} nodes
+(spaces).
+
+The sequences of characters at some point are extended with \nod {disc} nodes
+that relate to hyphenation. After that font logic can be applied and we get a
+list where some characters can be replaced, for instance multiple characters can
+become one ligature, and font kerns can be injected. This is driven by the
+font properties.
+
+Boxes (like \prm {hbox} and \prm {vbox}) become \nod {hlist} or \nod {vlist}
+nodes with \type {width}, \type {height}, \type {depth} and \type {shift}
+properties and a pointer \type {list} to its actual content. Boxes can be
+constructed explicitly or can be the result of subprocesses. For instance, when
+lines are broken into paragraphs, the lines are a linked list of \nod {hlist}
+nodes.
+
+So, to summarize: all that you enter as content eventually becomes a node, often
+as part of a (nested) list structure. They have a relative small memory footprint
+and carry only the minimal amount of information needed. In traditional \TEX\ a
+character node only held the font and slot number, in \LUATEX\ we also store some
+language related information, the expansion factor, etc. Now that we have access
+to these nodes from \LUA\ it makes sense to be able to carry more information
+with an node and this is where attributes kick in.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Attribute registers}]
+
+\topicindex {attributes}
+
+Attributes are a completely new concept in \LUATEX. Syntactically, they behave a
+lot like counters: attributes obey \TEX's nesting stack and can be used after
+\prm {the} etc.\ just like the normal \prm {count} registers.
+
+\startsyntax
+\attribute <16-bit number> <optional equals> <32-bit number>!crlf
+\attributedef <csname> <optional equals> <16-bit number>
+\stopsyntax
+
+Conceptually, an attribute is either \quote {set} or \quote {unset}. Unset
+attributes have a special negative value to indicate that they are unset, that
+value is the lowest legal value: \type {-"7FFFFFFF} in hexadecimal, a.k.a.
+$-2147483647$ in decimal. It follows that the value \type {-"7FFFFFFF} cannot be
+used as a legal attribute value, but you {\it can\/} assign \type {-"7FFFFFFF} to
+\quote {unset} an attribute. All attributes start out in this \quote {unset}
+state in \INITEX.
+
+Attributes can be used as extra counter values, but their usefulness comes mostly
+from the fact that the numbers and values of all \quote {set} attributes are
+attached to all nodes created in their scope. These can then be queried from any
+\LUA\ code that deals with node processing. Further information about how to use
+attributes for node list processing from \LUA\ is given in~\in {chapter}[nodes].
+
+Attributes are stored in a sorted (sparse) linked list that are shared when
+possible. This permits efficient testing and updating. You can define many
+thousands of attributes but normally such a large number makes no sense and is
+also not that efficient because each node carries a (possibly shared) link to a
+list of currently set attributes. But they are a convenient extension and one of
+the first extensions we implemented in \LUATEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Box attributes}]
+
+\topicindex {attributes}
+\topicindex {boxes}
+
+Nodes typically receive the list of attributes that is in effect when they are
+created. This moment can be quite asynchronous. For example: in paragraph
+building, the individual line boxes are created after the \prm {par} command has
+been processed, so they will receive the list of attributes that is in effect
+then, not the attributes that were in effect in, say, the first or third line of
+the paragraph.
+
+Similar situations happen in \LUATEX\ regularly. A few of the more obvious
+problematic cases are dealt with: the attributes for nodes that are created
+during hyphenation, kerning and ligaturing borrow their attributes from their
+surrounding glyphs, and it is possible to influence box attributes directly.
+
+When you assemble a box in a register, the attributes of the nodes contained in
+the box are unchanged when such a box is placed, unboxed, or copied. In this
+respect attributes act the same as characters that have been converted to
+references to glyphs in fonts. For instance, when you use attributes to implement
+color support, each node carries information about its eventual color. In that
+case, unless you implement mechanisms that deal with it, applying a color to
+already boxed material will have no effect. Keep in mind that this
+incompatibility is mostly due to the fact that separate specials and literals are
+a more unnatural approach to colors than attributes.
+
+It is possible to fine-tune the list of attributes that are applied to a \type
+{hbox}, \type {vbox} or \type {vtop} by the use of the keyword \type {attr}. The
+\type {attr} keyword(s) should come before a \type {to} or \type {spread}, if
+that is also specified. An example is:
+
+\startbuffer[tex]
+\attribute997=123
+\attribute998=456
+\setbox0=\hbox {Hello}
+\setbox2=\hbox attr 999 = 789 attr 998 = -"7FFFFFFF{Hello}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[lua]
+ for b=0,2,2 do
+ for a=997, 999 do
+ tex.sprint("box ", b, " : attr ",a," : ",tostring(tex.box[b] [a]))
+ tex.sprint("\\quad\\quad")
+ tex.sprint("list ",b, " : attr ",a," : ",tostring(tex.box[b].list[a]))
+ tex.sprint("\\par")
+ end
+ end
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[tex]
+
+Box 0 now has attributes 997 and 998 set while box 2 has attributes 997 and 999
+set while the nodes inside that box will all have attributes 997 and 998 set.
+Assigning the maximum negative value causes an attribute to be ignored.
+
+To give you an idea of what this means at the \LUA\ end, take the following
+code:
+
+\typebuffer[lua]
+
+Later we will see that you can access properties of a node. The boxes here are so
+called \nod {hlist} nodes that have a field \type {list} that points to the
+content. Because the attributes are a list themselves you can access them by
+indexing the node (here we do that with \type {[a]}. Running this snippet gives:
+
+\start
+ \getbuffer[tex]
+ \startpacked \tt
+ \ctxluabuffer[lua]
+ \stoppacked
+\stop
+
+Because some values are not set we need to apply the \type {tostring} function
+here so that we get the word \type {nil}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\LUA\ related primitives}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\prm {directlua}}]
+
+In order to merge \LUA\ code with \TEX\ input, a few new primitives are needed.
+The primitive \prm {directlua} is used to execute \LUA\ code immediately. The
+syntax is
+
+\startsyntax
+\directlua <general text>!crlf
+\directlua <16-bit number> <general text>
+\stopsyntax
+
+The \syntax {<general text>} is expanded fully, and then fed into the \LUA\
+interpreter. After reading and expansion has been applied to the \syntax
+{<general text>}, the resulting token list is converted to a string as if it was
+displayed using \type {\the\toks}. On the \LUA\ side, each \prm {directlua} block
+is treated as a separate chunk. In such a chunk you can use the \type {local}
+directive to keep your variables from interfering with those used by the macro
+package.
+
+The conversion to and from a token list means that you normally can not use \LUA\
+line comments (starting with \type {--}) within the argument. As there typically
+will be only one \quote {line} the first line comment will run on until the end
+of the input. You will either need to use \TEX|-|style line comments (starting
+with \%), or change the \TEX\ category codes locally. Another possibility is to
+say:
+
+\starttyping
+\begingroup
+\endlinechar=10
+\directlua ...
+\endgroup
+\stoptyping
+
+Then \LUA\ line comments can be used, since \TEX\ does not replace line endings
+with spaces. Of course such an approach depends on the macro package that you
+use.
+
+The \syntax {<16-bit number>} designates a name of a \LUA\ chunk and is
+taken from the \type {lua.name} array (see the documentation of the \type {lua}
+table further in this manual). When a chunk name starts with a \type {@} it will
+be displayed as a file name. This is a side effect of the way \LUA\ implements
+error handling.
+
+The \prm {directlua} command is expandable. Since it passes \LUA\ code to the
+\LUA\ interpreter its expansion from the \TEX\ viewpoint is usually empty.
+However, there are some \LUA\ functions that produce material to be read by \TEX,
+the so called print functions. The most simple use of these is \type
+{tex.print(<string> s)}. The characters of the string \type {s} will be placed on
+the \TEX\ input buffer, that is, \quote {before \TEX's eyes} to be read by \TEX\
+immediately. For example:
+
+\startbuffer
+\count10=20
+a\directlua{tex.print(tex.count[10]+5)}b
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+expands to
+
+\getbuffer
+
+Here is another example:
+
+\startbuffer
+$\pi = \directlua{tex.print(math.pi)}$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+will result in
+
+\getbuffer
+
+Note that the expansion of \prm {directlua} is a sequence of characters, not of
+tokens, contrary to all \TEX\ commands. So formally speaking its expansion is
+null, but it places material on a pseudo-file to be immediately read by \TEX, as
+\ETEX's \prm {scantokens}. For a description of print functions look at \in
+{section} [sec:luaprint].
+
+Because the \syntax {<general text>} is a chunk, the normal \LUA\ error handling
+is triggered if there is a problem in the included code. The \LUA\ error messages
+should be clear enough, but the contextual information is still pretty bad.
+Often, you will only see the line number of the right brace at the end of the
+code.
+
+While on the subject of errors: some of the things you can do inside \LUA\ code
+can break up \LUATEX\ pretty bad. If you are not careful while working with the
+node list interface, you may even end up with assertion errors from within the
+\TEX\ portion of the executable.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {latelua} and \lpr {lateluafunction}}]
+
+Contrary to \prm {directlua}, \lpr {latelua} stores \LUA\ code in a whatsit
+that will be processed at the time of shipping out. Its intended use is a cross
+between \PDF\ literals (often available as \orm {pdfliteral}) and the
+traditional \TEX\ extension \prm {write}. Within the \LUA\ code you can print
+\PDF\ statements directly to the \PDF\ file via \type {pdf.print}, or you can
+write to other output streams via \type {texio.write} or simply using \LUA\ \IO\
+routines.
+
+\startsyntax
+\latelua <general text>!crlf
+\latelua <16-bit number> <general text>
+\stopsyntax
+
+Expansion of macros in the final \type {<general text>} is delayed until just
+before the whatsit is executed (like in \prm {write}). With regard to \PDF\
+output stream \lpr {latelua} behaves as \PDF\ page literals. The \syntax
+{name <general text>} and \syntax {<16-bit number>} behave in the same way as
+they do for \prm {directlua}.
+
+The \lpr {lateluafunction} primitive takes a number and is similar to \lpr
+{luafunction} but gets delated to shipout time. It's just there for completeness.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {luaescapestring}}]
+
+\topicindex {escaping}
+
+This primitive converts a \TEX\ token sequence so that it can be safely used as
+the contents of a \LUA\ string: embedded backslashes, double and single quotes,
+and newlines and carriage returns are escaped. This is done by prepending an
+extra token consisting of a backslash with category code~12, and for the line
+endings, converting them to \type {n} and \type {r} respectively. The token
+sequence is fully expanded.
+
+\startsyntax
+\luaescapestring <general text>
+\stopsyntax
+
+Most often, this command is not actually the best way to deal with the
+differences between \TEX\ and \LUA. In very short bits of \LUA\ code it is often
+not needed, and for longer stretches of \LUA\ code it is easier to keep the code
+in a separate file and load it using \LUA's \type {dofile}:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua { dofile('mysetups.lua') }
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {luafunction}, \lpr {luafunctioncall} and \lpr {luadef}}]
+
+The \prm {directlua} commands involves tokenization of its argument (after
+picking up an optional name or number specification). The tokenlist is then
+converted into a string and given to \LUA\ to turn into a function that is
+called. The overhead is rather small but when you have millions of calls it can
+have some impact. For this reason there is a variant call available: \lpr
+{luafunction}. This command is used as follows:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local t = lua.get_functions_table()
+ t[1] = function() tex.print("!") end
+ t[2] = function() tex.print("?") end
+}
+
+\luafunction1
+\luafunction2
+\stoptyping
+
+Of course the functions can also be defined in a separate file. There is no limit
+on the number of functions apart from normal \LUA\ limitations. Of course there
+is the limitation of no arguments but that would involve parsing and thereby give
+no gain. The function, when called in fact gets one argument, being the index, so
+in the following example the number \type {8} gets typeset.
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local t = lua.get_functions_table()
+ t[8] = function(slot) tex.print(slot) end
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+The \lpr {luafunctioncall} primitive does the same but is unexpandable, for
+instance in an \prm {edef}. In addition \LUATEX\ provides a definer:
+
+\starttyping
+ \luadef\MyFunctionA 1
+ \global\luadef\MyFunctionB 2
+\protected\global\luadef\MyFunctionC 3
+\stoptyping
+
+You should really use these commands with care. Some references get stored in
+tokens and assume that the function is available when that token expands. On the
+other hand, as we have tested this functionality in relative complex situations
+normal usage should not give problems.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {luabytecode} and \lpr {luabytecodecall}}]
+
+Analogue to the function callers discussed in the previous section we have byte
+code callers. Again the call variant is unexpandable.
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ lua.bytecode[9998] = function(s)
+ tex.sprint(s*token.scan_int())
+ end
+ lua.bytecode[5555] = function(s)
+ tex.sprint(s*token.scan_dimen())
+ end
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+This works with:
+
+\starttyping
+\luabytecode 9998 5 \luabytecode 5555 5sp
+\luabytecodecall9998 5 \luabytecodecall5555 5sp
+\stoptyping
+
+The variable \type {s} in the code is the number of the byte code register that
+can be used for diagnostic purposes. The advantage of bytecode registers over
+function calls is that they are stored in the format (but without upvalues).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Catcode tables}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Catcodes}]
+
+\topicindex {catcodes}
+
+Catcode tables are a new feature that allows you to switch to a predefined
+catcode regime in a single statement. You can have a practically unlimited number
+of different tables. This subsystem is backward compatible: if you never use the
+following commands, your document will not notice any difference in behaviour
+compared to traditional \TEX. The contents of each catcode table is independent
+from any other catcode table, and its contents is stored and retrieved from the
+format file.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {catcodetable}}]
+
+\startsyntax
+\catcodetable <15-bit number>
+\stopsyntax
+
+The primitive \lpr {catcodetable} switches to a different catcode table. Such a
+table has to be previously created using one of the two primitives below, or it
+has to be zero. Table zero is initialized by \INITEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {initcatcodetable}}]
+
+\startsyntax
+\initcatcodetable <15-bit number>
+\stopsyntax
+
+The primitive \lpr {initcatcodetable} creates a new table with catcodes
+identical to those defined by \INITEX. The new catcode table is allocated
+globally: it will not go away after the current group has ended. If the supplied
+number is identical to the currently active table, an error is raised. The
+initial values are:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|c|l|l|]
+\DB catcode \BC character \BC equivalent \BC category \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC \tttf \letterbackslash \NC \NC \type {escape} \NC \NR
+\NC 5 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat M \NC return \NC \type {car_ret} \NC \NR
+\NC 9 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat @ \NC null \NC \type {ignore} \NC \NR
+\NC 10 \NC \tttf <space> \NC space \NC \type {spacer} \NC \NR
+\NC 11 \NC {\tttf a} \endash\ {\tttf z} \NC \NC \type {letter} \NC \NR
+\NC 11 \NC {\tttf A} \endash\ {\tttf Z} \NC \NC \type {letter} \NC \NR
+\NC 12 \NC everything else \NC \NC \type {other} \NC \NR
+\NC 14 \NC \tttf \letterpercent \NC \NC \type {comment} \NC \NR
+\NC 15 \NC \tttf \letterhat\letterhat ? \NC delete \NC \type {invalid_char} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {savecatcodetable}}]
+
+\startsyntax
+\savecatcodetable <15-bit number>
+\stopsyntax
+
+\lpr {savecatcodetable} copies the current set of catcodes to a new table with
+the requested number. The definitions in this new table are all treated as if
+they were made in the outermost level.
+
+The new table is allocated globally: it will not go away after the current group
+has ended. If the supplied number is the currently active table, an error is
+raised.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Suppressing errors}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppressfontnotfounderror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+
+If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about
+font metrics that are not found. Instead it will silently skip the font
+assignment, making the requested csname for the font \prm {ifx} equal to \prm
+{nullfont}, so that it can be tested against that without bothering the user.
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppressfontnotfounderror = 1
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppresslongerror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+
+If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about
+\prm {par} commands encountered in contexts where that is normally prohibited
+(most prominently in the arguments of macros not defined as \prm {long}).
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppresslongerror = 1
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppressifcsnameerror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+
+If this integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain about
+non-expandable commands appearing in the middle of a \prm {ifcsname} expansion.
+Instead, it will keep getting expanded tokens from the input until it encounters
+an \prm {endcsname} command. If the input expansion is unbalanced with respect
+to \prm {csname} \ldots \prm {endcsname} pairs, the \LUATEX\ process may hang
+indefinitely.
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppressifcsnameerror = 1
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppressoutererror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+
+If this new integer parameter is non|-|zero, then \LUATEX\ will not complain
+about \prm {outer} commands encountered in contexts where that is normally
+prohibited.
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppressoutererror = 1
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppressmathparerror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+\topicindex {math}
+
+The following setting will permit \prm {par} tokens in a math formula:
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppressmathparerror = 1
+\stopsyntax
+
+So, the next code is valid then:
+
+\starttyping
+$ x + 1 =
+
+a $
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {suppressprimitiveerror}}]
+
+\topicindex {errors}
+\topicindex {primitives}
+
+When set to a non|-|zero value the following command will not issue an error:
+
+\startsyntax
+\suppressprimitiveerror = 1
+
+\primitive\notaprimitive
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Fonts}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Font syntax}]
+
+\topicindex {fonts}
+
+\LUATEX\ will accept a braced argument as a font name:
+
+\starttyping
+\font\myfont = {cmr10}
+\stoptyping
+
+This allows for embedded spaces, without the need for double quotes. Macro
+expansion takes place inside the argument.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {fontid} and \lpr {setfontid}}]
+
+\startsyntax
+\fontid\font
+\stopsyntax
+
+This primitive expands into a number. It is not a register so there is no need to
+prefix with \prm {number} (and using \prm {the} gives an error). The currently
+used font id is \fontid\font. Here are some more:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|]
+\DB style \BC command \BC font id \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC normal \NC \type {\tf} \NC \bf \fontid\font \NC \NR
+\NC bold \NC \type {\bf} \NC \bf \fontid\font \NC \NR
+\NC italic \NC \type {\it} \NC \it \fontid\font \NC \NR
+\NC bold italic \NC \type {\bi} \NC \bi \fontid\font \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+These numbers depend on the macro package used because each one has its own way
+of dealing with fonts. They can also differ per run, as they can depend on the
+order of loading fonts. For instance, when in \CONTEXT\ virtual math \UNICODE\
+fonts are used, we can easily get over a hundred ids in use. Not all ids have to
+be bound to a real font, after all it's just a number.
+
+The primitive \lpr {setfontid} can be used to enable a font with the given id,
+which of course needs to be a valid one.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {noligs} and \lpr {nokerns}}]
+
+\topicindex {ligatures+suppress}
+\topicindex {kerns+suppress}
+
+These primitives prohibit ligature and kerning insertion at the time when the
+initial node list is built by \LUATEX's main control loop. You can enable these
+primitives when you want to do node list processing of \quote {characters}, where
+\TEX's normal processing would get in the way.
+
+\startsyntax
+\noligs <integer>!crlf
+\nokerns <integer>
+\stopsyntax
+
+These primitives can also be implemented by overloading the ligature building and
+kerning functions, i.e.\ by assigning dummy functions to their associated
+callbacks. Keep in mind that when you define a font (using \LUA) you can also
+omit the kern and ligature tables, which has the same effect as the above.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type{\nospaces}}]
+
+\topicindex {spaces+suppress}
+
+This new primitive can be used to overrule the usual \prm {spaceskip} related
+heuristics when a space character is seen in a text flow. The value~\type{1}
+triggers no injection while \type{2} results in injection of a zero skip. In \in
+{figure} [fig:nospaces] we see the results for four characters separated by a
+space.
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=fig:nospaces,title={The \lpr {nospaces} options.}]
+\startcombination[3*2]
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=0\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {0 / hsize 10mm}}
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=1\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {1 / hsize 10mm}}
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 10mm\nospaces=2\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {2 / hsize 10mm}}
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=0\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {0 / hsize 1mm}}
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=1\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {1 / hsize 1mm}}
+ {\ruledhbox to 5cm{\vtop{\hsize 1mm\nospaces=2\relax x x x x \par}\hss}} {\type {2 / hsize 1mm}}
+\stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Tokens, commands and strings}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {scantextokens}}]
+
+\topicindex {tokens+scanning}
+
+The syntax of \lpr {scantextokens} is identical to \prm {scantokens}. This
+primitive is a slightly adapted version of \ETEX's \prm {scantokens}. The
+differences are:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ The last (and usually only) line does not have a \prm {endlinechar}
+ appended.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \lpr {scantextokens} never raises an EOF error, and it does not execute
+ \prm {everyeof} tokens.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ There are no \quote {\unknown\ while end of file \unknown} error tests
+ executed. This allows the expansion to end on a different grouping level or
+ while a conditional is still incomplete.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {toksapp}, \lpr {tokspre}, \lpr {etoksapp}, \lpr {etokspre},
+\lpr {gtoksapp}, \lpr {gtokspre}, \lpr {xtoksapp}, \lpr {xtokspre}}]
+
+Instead of:
+
+\starttyping
+\toks0\expandafter{\the\toks0 foo}
+\stoptyping
+
+you can use:
+
+\starttyping
+\etoksapp0{foo}
+\stoptyping
+
+The \type {pre} variants prepend instead of append, and the \type {e} variants
+expand the passed general text. The \type {g} and \type {x} variants are global.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\prm {csstring}, \lpr {begincsname} and \lpr {lastnamedcs}}]
+
+These are somewhat special. The \prm {csstring} primitive is like
+\prm {string} but it omits the leading escape character. This can be
+somewhat more efficient than stripping it afterwards.
+
+The \lpr {begincsname} primitive is like \prm {csname} but doesn't create
+a relaxed equivalent when there is no such name. It is equivalent to
+
+\starttyping
+\ifcsname foo\endcsname
+ \csname foo\endcsname
+\fi
+\stoptyping
+
+The advantage is that it saves a lookup (don't expect much speedup) but more
+important is that it avoids using the \prm {if} test. The \lpr {lastnamedcs}
+is one that should be used with care. The above example could be written as:
+
+\starttyping
+\ifcsname foo\endcsname
+ \lastnamedcs
+\fi
+\stoptyping
+
+This is slightly more efficient than constructing the string twice (deep down in
+\LUATEX\ this also involves some \UTF8 juggling), but probably more relevant is
+that it saves a few tokens and can make code a bit more readable.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {clearmarks}}]
+
+\topicindex {marks}
+
+This primitive complements the \ETEX\ mark primitives and clears a mark class
+completely, resetting all three connected mark texts to empty. It is an
+immediate command.
+
+\startsyntax
+\clearmarks <16-bit number>
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {alignmark} and \lpr {aligntab}}]
+
+The primitive \lpr {alignmark} duplicates the functionality of \type {#} inside
+alignment preambles, while \lpr {aligntab} duplicates the functionality of \type
+{&}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {letcharcode}}]
+
+This primitive can be used to assign a meaning to an active character, as in:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\foo{bar} \letcharcode123=\foo
+\stoptyping
+
+This can be a bit nicer than using the uppercase tricks (using the property of
+\prm {uppercase} that it treats active characters special).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {glet}}]
+
+This primitive is similar to:
+
+\starttyping
+\protected\def\glet{\global\let}
+\stoptyping
+
+but faster (only measurable with millions of calls) and probably more convenient
+(after all we also have \type {\gdef}).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {expanded}, \lpr {immediateassignment} and \lpr {immediateassigned}}]
+
+\topicindex {expansion}
+
+The \lpr {expanded} primitive takes a token list and expands it content which can
+come in handy: it avoids a tricky mix of \prm {expandafter} and \prm {noexpand}.
+You can compare it with what happens inside the body of an \prm {edef}. But this
+kind of expansion it still doesn't expand some primitive operations.
+
+\startbuffer
+\newcount\NumberOfCalls
+
+\def\TestMe{\advance\NumberOfCalls1 }
+
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+
+\meaning\Tested
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+The result is a macro that has the not expanded code in its body:
+
+\getbuffer
+
+Instead we can define \tex {TestMe} in a way that expands the assignment
+immediately. You need of course to be aware of preventing look ahead interference
+by using a space or \tex {relax} (often an expression works better as it doesn't
+leave an \tex {relax}).
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\TestMe{\immediateassignment\advance\NumberOfCalls1 }
+
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+\edef\Tested{\TestMe foo:\the\NumberOfCalls}
+
+\meaning\Tested
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+This time the counter gets updates and we don't see interference in the
+resulting \tex {Tested} macro:
+
+\getbuffer
+
+Here is a somewhat silly example of expanded comparison:
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\expandeddoifelse#1#2#3#4%
+ {\immediateassignment\edef\tempa{#1}%
+ \immediateassignment\edef\tempb{#2}%
+ \ifx\tempa\tempb
+ \immediateassignment\def\next{#3}%
+ \else
+ \immediateassignment\def\next{#4}%
+ \fi
+ \next}
+
+\edef\Tested
+ {(\expandeddoifelse{abc}{def}{yes}{nop}/%
+ \expandeddoifelse{abc}{abc}{yes}{nop})}
+
+\meaning\Tested
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+It gives:
+
+\getbuffer
+
+A variant is:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\expandeddoifelse#1#2#3#4%
+ {\immediateassigned{
+ \edef\tempa{#1}%
+ \edef\tempb{#2}%
+ }%
+ \ifx\tempa\tempb
+ \immediateassignment\def\next{#3}%
+ \else
+ \immediateassignment\def\next{#4}%
+ \fi
+ \next}
+\stoptyping
+
+The possible error messages are the same as using assignments in preambles of
+alignments and after the \prm {accent} command. The supported assignments are the
+so called prefixed commands (except box assignments).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {ifcondition}}]
+
+\topicindex {conditions}
+
+This is a somewhat special one. When you write macros conditions need to be
+properly balanced in order to let \TEX's fast branch skipping work well. This new
+primitive is basically a no||op flagged as a condition so that the scanner can
+recognize it as an if|-|test. However, when a real test takes place the work is
+done by what follows, in the next example \tex {something}.
+
+\starttyping
+\unexpanded\def\something#1#2%
+ {\edef\tempa{#1}%
+ \edef\tempb{#2}
+ \ifx\tempa\tempb}
+
+\ifcondition\something{a}{b}%
+ \ifcondition\something{a}{a}%
+ true 1
+ \else
+ false 1
+ \fi
+\else
+ \ifcondition\something{a}{a}%
+ true 2
+ \else
+ false 2
+ \fi
+\fi
+\stoptyping
+
+If you are familiar with \METAPOST, this is a bit like \type {vardef} where the macro
+has a return value. Here the return value is a test.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Boxes, rules and leaders}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {outputbox}}]
+
+\topicindex {output}
+
+This integer parameter allows you to alter the number of the box that will be
+used to store the page sent to the output routine. Its default value is 255, and
+the acceptable range is from 0 to 65535.
+
+\startsyntax
+\outputbox = 12345
+\stopsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\prm {vpack}, \prm {hpack} and \prm {tpack}}]
+
+These three primitives are like \prm {vbox}, \prm {hbox} and \prm {vtop}
+but don't apply the related callbacks.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\prm {vsplit}}]
+
+\topicindex {splitting}
+
+The \prm {vsplit} primitive has to be followed by a specification of the required
+height. As alternative for the \type {to} keyword you can use \type {upto} to get
+a split of the given size but result has the natural dimensions then.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Images and reused box objects},reference=sec:imagedandforms]
+
+These two concepts are now core concepts and no longer whatsits. They are in fact
+now implemented as rules with special properties. Normal rules have subtype~0,
+saved boxes have subtype~1 and images have subtype~2. This has the positive side
+effect that whenever we need to take content with dimensions into account, when
+we look at rule nodes, we automatically also deal with these two types.
+
+The syntax of the \type {\save...resource} is the same as in \PDFTEX\ but you
+should consider them to be backend specific. This means that a macro package
+should treat them as such and check for the current output mode if applicable.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB command \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {saveboxresource} \NC save the box as an object to be included later \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {saveimageresource} \NC save the image as an object to be included later \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {useboxresource} \NC include the saved box object here (by index) \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {useimageresource} \NC include the saved image object here (by index) \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedboxresourceindex} \NC the index of the last saved box object \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedimageresourceindex} \NC the index of the last saved image object \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedimageresourcepages} \NC the number of pages in the last saved image object \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\LUATEX\ accepts optional dimension parameters for \type {\use...resource} in the
+same format as for rules. With images, these dimensions are then used instead of
+the ones given to \lpr {useimageresource} but the original dimensions are not
+overwritten, so that a \lpr {useimageresource} without dimensions still
+provides the image with dimensions defined by \lpr {saveimageresource}. These
+optional parameters are not implemented for \lpr {saveboxresource}.
+
+\starttyping
+\useimageresource width 20mm height 10mm depth 5mm \lastsavedimageresourceindex
+\useboxresource width 20mm height 10mm depth 5mm \lastsavedboxresourceindex
+\stoptyping
+
+The box resources are of course implemented in the backend and therefore we do
+support the \type {attr} and \type {resources} keys that accept a token list. New
+is the \type {type} key. When set to non|-|zero the \type {/Type} entry is
+omitted. A value of 1 or 3 still writes a \type {/BBox}, while 2 or 3 will write
+a \type {/Matrix}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {nohrule} and \lpr {novrule}}]
+
+\topicindex {rules}
+
+Because introducing a new keyword can cause incompatibilities, two new primitives
+were introduced: \lpr {nohrule} and \lpr {novrule}. These can be used to
+reserve space. This is often more efficient than creating an empty box with fake
+dimensions.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {gleaders}}]
+
+\topicindex {leaders}
+
+This type of leaders is anchored to the origin of the box to be shipped out. So
+they are like normal \prm {leaders} in that they align nicely, except that the
+alignment is based on the {\it largest\/} enclosing box instead of the {\it
+smallest\/}. The \type {g} stresses this global nature.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Languages}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {hyphenationmin}}]
+
+\topicindex {languages}
+\topicindex {hyphenation}
+
+This primitive can be used to set the minimal word length, so setting it to a value
+of~$5$ means that only words of 6 characters and more will be hyphenated, of course
+within the constraints of the \prm {lefthyphenmin} and \prm {righthyphenmin}
+values (as stored in the glyph node). This primitive accepts a number and stores
+the value with the language.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\prm {boundary}, \prm {noboundary}, \prm {protrusionboundary} and \prm {wordboundary}}]
+
+The \prm {noboundary} command is used to inject a whatsit node but now injects a normal
+node with type \nod {boundary} and subtype~0. In addition you can say:
+
+\starttyping
+x\boundary 123\relax y
+\stoptyping
+
+This has the same effect but the subtype is now~1 and the value~123 is stored.
+The traditional ligature builder still sees this as a cancel boundary directive
+but at the \LUA\ end you can implement different behaviour. The added benefit of
+passing this value is a side effect of the generalization. The subtypes~2 and~3
+are used to control protrusion and word boundaries in hyphenation and have
+related primitives.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Control and debugging}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Tracing}]
+
+\topicindex {tracing}
+
+If \prm {tracingonline} is larger than~2, the node list display will also print
+the node number of the nodes.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {outputmode}}]
+
+\topicindex {output}
+\topicindex {backend}
+
+The \lpr {outputmode} variable tells \LUATEX\ what it has to produce:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC output \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {0} \NC \DVI\ code \NC \NR
+\NC \type {1} \NC \PDF\ code \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr {draftmode}}]
+
+The value of the \lpr {draftmode} counter signals the backend if it should output
+less. The \PDF\ backend accepts a value of~1, while the \DVI\ backend ignores the
+value. This is no critical feature so we can remove it in future versions when it
+can make the backend cleaner.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Files}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={File syntax}]
+
+\topicindex {files+names}
+
+\LUATEX\ will accept a braced argument as a file name:
+
+\starttyping
+\input {plain}
+\openin 0 {plain}
+\stoptyping
+
+This allows for embedded spaces, without the need for double quotes. Macro
+expansion takes place inside the argument.
+
+The \lpr {tracingfonts} primitive that has been inherited from \PDFTEX\ has
+been adapted to support variants in reporting the font. The reason for this
+extension is that a csname not always makes sense. The zero case is the default.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC reported \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{0} \NC \type{\foo xyz} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{1} \NC \type{\foo (bar)} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{2} \NC \type{<bar> xyz} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{3} \NC \type{<bar @ ..pt> xyz} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{4} \NC \type{<id>} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{5} \NC \type{<id: bar>} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{6} \NC \type{<id: bar @ ..pt> xyz} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Writing to file}]
+
+\topicindex {files+writing}
+
+You can now open upto 127 files with \prm {openout}. When no file is open
+writes will go to the console and log. As a consequence a system command is
+no longer possible but one can use \type {os.execute} to do the same.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math}]
+
+\topicindex {math}
+
+We will cover math extensions in its own chapter because not only the font
+subsystem and spacing model have been enhanced (thereby introducing many new
+primitives) but also because some more control has been added to existing
+functionality. Much of this relates to the different approaches of traditional
+\TEX\ fonts and \OPENTYPE\ math.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fontloader.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fontloader.tex index c2d82cbba36..e99ea1d2ff2 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fontloader.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fontloader.tex @@ -1,1068 +1,1164 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-fontloader - -\startchapter[reference=fontloader,title={The fontloader}] - -The fontloader library is sort of independent of the rest in the sense that it -can load font into a \LUA\ table that then can be converted into a table suitable -for \TEX. The library is an adapted subset of \FONTFORGE\ and as such gives a -similar view on a font (which has advantages when you want to debug.) - -\section{Getting quick information on a font} - -When you want to locate font by name you need some basic information that is -hidden in the font files. For that reason we provide an efficient helper that -gets the basic information without loading all of the font. Normally this helper -is used to create a font (name) database. - -\startfunctioncall -<table> info = - fontloader.info(<string> filename) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns either \type {nil}, or a \type {table}, or an array of -small tables (in the case of a \TRUETYPE\ collection). The returned table(s) will -contain some fairly interesting information items from the font(s) defined by the -file: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{fontname} \NC string \NC the \POSTSCRIPT\ name of the font\NC \NR -\NC \type{fullname} \NC string \NC the formal name of the font\NC \NR -\NC \type{familyname} \NC string \NC the family name this font belongs to\NC \NR -\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC a string indicating the color value of the font\NC \NR -\NC \type{version} \NC string \NC the internal font version\NC \NR -\NC \type{italicangle} \NC float \NC the slant angle\NC \NR -\NC \type{units_per_em} \NC number \NC 1000 for \POSTSCRIPT-based fonts, usually 2048 for \TRUETYPE\NC \NR -\NC \type{pfminfo} \NC table \NC (see \in{section}[fontloaderpfminfotable])\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Getting information through this function is (sometimes much) more efficient than -loading the font properly, and is therefore handy when you want to create a -dictionary of available fonts based on a directory contents. - -\section{Loading an \OPENTYPE\ or \TRUETYPE\ file} - -If you want to use an \OPENTYPE\ font, you have to get the metric information -from somewhere. Using the \type {fontloader} library, the simplest way to get -that information is thus: - -\starttyping -function load_font (filename) - local metrics = nil - local font = fontloader.open(filename) - if font then - metrics = fontloader.to_table(font) - fontloader.close(font) - end - return metrics -end - -myfont = load_font('/opt/tex/texmf/fonts/data/arial.ttf') -\stoptyping - -The main function call is - -\startfunctioncall -<userdata> f, <table> w = fontloader.open(<string> filename) -<userdata> f, <table> w = fontloader.open(<string> filename, <string> fontname) -\stopfunctioncall - -The first return value is a userdata representation of the font. The second -return value is a table containing any warnings and errors reported by fontloader -while opening the font. In normal typesetting, you would probably ignore the -second argument, but it can be useful for debugging purposes. - -For \TRUETYPE\ collections (when filename ends in 'ttc') and \DFONT\ collections, -you have to use a second string argument to specify which font you want from the -collection. Use the \type {fontname} strings that are returned by \type -{fontloader.info} for that. - -To turn the font into a table, \type {fontloader.to_table} is used on the font -returned by \type {fontloader.open}. - -\startfunctioncall -<table> f = fontloader.to_table(<userdata> font) -\stopfunctioncall - -This table cannot be used directly by \LUATEX\ and should be turned into another -one as described in~\in {chapter} [fonts]. Do not forget to store the \type -{fontname} value in the \type {psname} field of the metrics table to be returned -to \LUATEX, otherwise the font inclusion backend will not be able to find the -correct font in the collection. - -See \in {section} [fontloadertables] for details on the userdata object returned -by \type {fontloader.open()} and the layout of the \type {metrics} table returned -by \type {fontloader.to_table()}. - -The font file is parsed and partially interpreted by the font loading routines -from \FONTFORGE. The file format can be \OPENTYPE, \TRUETYPE, \TRUETYPE\ -Collection, \CFF, or \TYPEONE. - -There are a few advantages to this approach compared to reading the actual font -file ourselves: - -\startitemize - -\startitem - The font is automatically re|-|encoded, so that the \type {metrics} table for - \TRUETYPE\ and \OPENTYPE\ fonts is using \UNICODE\ for the character indices. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Many features are pre|-|processed into a format that is easier to handle than - just the bare tables would be. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \POSTSCRIPT|-|based \OPENTYPE\ fonts do not store the character height and - depth in the font file, so the character boundingbox has to be calculated in - some way. -\stopitem - -\startitem - In the future, it may be interesting to allow \LUA\ scripts access to - the font program itself, perhaps even creating or changing the font. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -A loaded font is discarded with: - -\startfunctioncall -fontloader.close(<userdata> font) -\stopfunctioncall - -\section{Applying a \quote{feature file}} - -You can apply a \quote{feature file} to a loaded font: - -\startfunctioncall -<table> errors = fontloader.apply_featurefile(<userdata> font, <string> filename) -\stopfunctioncall - -A \quote {feature file} is a textual representation of the features in an -\OPENTYPE\ font. See - -\starttyping -http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko/topic_feature_file_syntax.html -\stoptyping - -and - -\starttyping -http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/featurefile.html -\stoptyping - -for a more detailed description of feature files. - -If the function fails, the return value is a table containing any errors reported -by fontloader while applying the feature file. On success, \type {nil} is -returned. - -\section{Applying an \quote{\AFM\ file}} - -You can apply an \quote {\AFM\ file} to a loaded font: - -\startfunctioncall -<table> errors = fontloader.apply_afmfile(<userdata> font, <string> filename) -\stopfunctioncall - -An \AFM\ file is a textual representation of (some of) the meta information -in a \TYPEONE\ font. See - -\starttyping -ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/u/ma/hohn/linux/postscript/5004.AFM_Spec.pdf -\stoptyping - -for more information about \AFM\ files. - -Note: If you \type {fontloader.open()} a \TYPEONE\ file named \type {font.pfb}, -the library will automatically search for and apply \type {font.afm} if it exists -in the same directory as the file \type {font.pfb}. In that case, there is no -need for an explicit call to \type {apply_afmfile()}. - -If the function fails, the return value is a table containing any errors reported -by fontloader while applying the AFM file. On success, \type {nil} is returned. - -\section[fontloadertables]{Fontloader font tables} - -As mentioned earlier, the return value of \type {fontloader.open()} is a userdata -object. One way to have access to the actual metrics is to call \type -{fontloader.to_table()} on this object, returning the table structure that is -explained in the following sections. In teh following sections we will not -explain each field in detail. Most fields are self descriptive and for the more -technical aspects you need to consult the relevant font references. - -It turns out that the result from \type {fontloader.to_table()} sometimes needs -very large amounts of memory (depending on the font's complexity and size) so it -is possible to access the userdata object directly. - -\startitemize -\startitem - All top|-|level keys that would be returned by \type {to_table()} - can also be accessed directly. -\stopitem -\startitem - The top|-|level key \quote {glyphs} returns a {\it virtual\/} array that - allows indices from \type {f.glyphmin} to (\type {f.glyphmax}). -\stopitem -\startitem - The items in that virtual array (the actual glyphs) are themselves also - userdata objects, and each has accessors for all of the keys explained in the - section \quote {Glyph items} below. -\stopitem -\startitem - The top|-|level key \quote {subfonts} returns an {\it actual} array of userdata - objects, one for each of the subfonts (or nil, if there are no subfonts). -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -A short example may be helpful. This code generates a printout of all -the glyph names in the font \type {PunkNova.kern.otf}: - -\starttyping -local f = fontloader.open('PunkNova.kern.otf') -print (f.fontname) -local i = 0 -if f.glyphcnt > 0 then - for i=f.glyphmin,f.glyphmax do - local g = f.glyphs[i] - if g then - print(g.name) - end - i = i + 1 - end -end -fontloader.close(f) -\stoptyping - -In this case, the \LUATEX\ memory requirement stays below 100MB on the test -computer, while the internal structure generated by \type {to_table()} needs more -than 2GB of memory (the font itself is 6.9MB in disk size). - -Only the top|-|level font, the subfont table entries, and the glyphs are virtual -objects, everything else still produces normal \LUA\ values and tables. - -If you want to know the valid fields in a font or glyph structure, call the \type -{fields} function on an object of a particular type (either glyph or font): - -\startfunctioncall -<table> fields = fontloader.fields(<userdata> font) -<table> fields = fontloader.fields(<userdata> font_glyph) -\stopfunctioncall - -For instance: - -\startfunctioncall -local fields = fontloader.fields(f) -local fields = fontloader.fields(f.glyphs[0]) -\stopfunctioncall - -\section{Table types} - -\subsection{Top-level} - -The top|-|level keys in the returned table are (the explanations in this part of -the documentation are not yet finished): - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \NC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{table_version} \NC number \NC indicates the metrics version (currently~0.3)\NC \NR -\NC \type{fontname} \NC string \NC \POSTSCRIPT\ font name\NC \NR -\NC \type{fullname} \NC string \NC official (human-oriented) font name\NC \NR -\NC \type{familyname} \NC string \NC family name\NC \NR -\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC weight indicator\NC \NR -\NC \type{copyright} \NC string \NC copyright information\NC \NR -\NC \type{filename} \NC string \NC the file name\NC \NR -\NC \type{version} \NC string \NC font version\NC \NR -\NC \type{italicangle} \NC float \NC slant angle\NC \NR -\NC \type{units_per_em} \NC number \NC 1000 for \POSTSCRIPT-based fonts, usually 2048 for \TRUETYPE\NC \NR -\NC \type{ascent} \NC number \NC height of ascender in \type {units_per_em}\NC \NR -\NC \type{descent} \NC number \NC depth of descender in \type {units_per_em}\NC \NR -\NC \type{upos} \NC float \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{uwidth} \NC float \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{uniqueid} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{glyphs} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{glyphcnt} \NC number \NC number of included glyphs\NC \NR -\NC \type{glyphmax} \NC number \NC maximum used index the glyphs array\NC \NR -\NC \type{glyphmin} \NC number \NC minimum used index the glyphs array\NC \NR -\NC \type{notdef_loc} \NC number \NC location of the \type {.notdef} glyph - or \type {-1} when not present \NC \NR -\NC \type{hasvmetrics} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{onlybitmaps} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{serifcheck} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{isserif} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{issans} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{encodingchanged} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{strokedfont} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{use_typo_metrics} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{weight_width_slope_only} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{head_optimized_for_cleartype} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{uni_interp} \NC enum \NC \type {unset}, \type {none}, \type {adobe}, - \type {greek}, \type {japanese}, \type {trad_chinese}, - \type {simp_chinese}, \type {korean}, \type {ams}\NC \NR -\NC \type{origname} \NC string \NC the file name, as supplied by the user\NC \NR -\NC \type{map} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{private} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{xuid} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{pfminfo} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{names} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{cidinfo} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{subfonts} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{commments} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fontlog} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{cvt_names} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{anchor_classes} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ttf_tables} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ttf_tab_saved} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{kerns} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{vkerns} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{texdata} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lookups} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{gpos} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{gsub} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{mm} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{chosenname} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{macstyle} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fondname} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -%NC \type{design_size} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fontstyle_id} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fontstyle_name} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -%NC \type{design_range_bottom} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -%NC \type{design_range_top} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{strokewidth} \NC float \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{mark_classes} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{creationtime} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{modificationtime} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_version} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{sfd_version} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{math} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{validation_state} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{horiz_base} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{vert_base} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{extrema_bound} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{truetype} \NC boolean \NC signals a \TRUETYPE\ font \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{Glyph items} - -The \type {glyphs} is an array containing the per|-|character -information (quite a few of these are only present if nonzero). - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC \type{key} \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC the glyph name \NC \NR -\NC \type{unicode} \NC number \NC unicode code point, or -1 \NC \NR -\NC \type{boundingbox} \NC array \NC array of four numbers, see note below \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC only for horizontal fonts \NC \NR -\NC \type{vwidth} \NC number \NC only for vertical fonts \NC \NR -\NC \type{tsidebearing} \NC number \NC only for vertical ttf/otf fonts, and only if nonzero \NC \NR -\NC \type{lsidebearing} \NC number \NC only if nonzero and not equal to boundingbox[1] \NC \NR -\NC \type{class} \NC string \NC one of "none", "base", "ligature", "mark", "component" - (if not present, the glyph class is \quote {automatic}) \NC \NR -\NC \type{kerns} \NC array \NC only for horizontal fonts, if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{vkerns} \NC array \NC only for vertical fonts, if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{dependents} \NC array \NC linear array of glyph name strings, only if nonempty\NC \NR -\NC \type{lookups} \NC table \NC only if nonempty \NC \NR -\NC \type{ligatures} \NC table \NC only if nonempty \NC \NR -\NC \type{anchors} \NC table \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{comment} \NC string \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{tex_height} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{tex_depth} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{italic_correction} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{top_accent} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR -\NC \type{is_extended_shape} \NC number \NC only if this character is part of a math extension list \NC \NR -\NC \type{altuni} \NC table \NC alternate \UNICODE\ items \NC \NR -\NC \type{vert_variants} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{horiz_variants} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{mathkern} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -On \type {boundingbox}: The boundingbox information for \TRUETYPE\ fonts and -\TRUETYPE-based \OTF\ fonts is read directly from the font file. -\POSTSCRIPT-based fonts do not have this information, so the boundingbox of -traditional \POSTSCRIPT\ fonts is generated by interpreting the actual bezier -curves to find the exact boundingbox. This can be a slow process, so the -boundingboxes of \POSTSCRIPT-based \OTF\ fonts (and raw \CFF\ fonts) are -calculated using an approximation of the glyph shape based on the actual glyph -points only, instead of taking the whole curve into account. This means that -glyphs that have missing points at extrema will have a too|-|tight boundingbox, -but the processing is so much faster that in our opinion the tradeoff is worth -it. - -The \type {kerns} and \type {vkerns} are linear arrays of small hashes: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{off} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lookup} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {lookups} is a hash, based on lookup subtable names, with -the value of each key inside that a linear array of small hashes: - -% TODO: fix this description - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC enum \NC \type {position}, \type {pair}, \type - {substitution}, \type {alternate}, \type - {multiple}, \type {ligature}, \type {lcaret}, - \type {kerning}, \type {vkerning}, \type - {anchors}, \type {contextpos}, \type - {contextsub}, \type {chainpos}, \type - {chainsub}, \type {reversesub}, \type {max}, - \type {kernback}, \type {vkernback} \NC \NR -\NC \type{specification} \NC table \NC extra data \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -For the first seven values of \type {type}, there can be additional -sub|-|information, stored in the sub-table \type {specification}: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC value \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{position} \NC table \NC a table of the \type {offset_specs} type \NC \NR -\NC \type{pair} \NC table \NC one string: \type {paired}, and an array of one - or two \type {offset_specs} tables: \type - {offsets} \NC \NR -\NC \type{substitution} \NC table \NC one string: \type {variant} \NC \NR -\NC \type{alternate} \NC table \NC one string: \type {components} \NC \NR -\NC \type{multiple} \NC table \NC one string: \type {components} \NC \NR -\NC \type{ligature} \NC table \NC two strings: \type {components}, \type {char} \NC \NR -\NC \type{lcaret} \NC array \NC linear array of numbers \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Tables for \type {offset_specs} contain up to four number|-|valued fields: \type -{x} (a horizontal offset), \type {y} (a vertical offset), \type {h} (an advance -width correction) and \type {v} (an advance height correction). - -The \type {ligatures} is a linear array of small hashes: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{lig} \NC table \NC uses the same substructure as a single item in - the \type {lookups} table explained above \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{components} \NC array \NC linear array of named components \NC \NR -\NC \type{ccnt} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {anchor} table is indexed by a string signifying the anchor type, which -is one of - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{mark} \NC table \NC placement mark \NC \NR -\NC \type{basechar} \NC table \NC mark for attaching combining items to a base char \NC \NR -\NC \type{baselig} \NC table \NC mark for attaching combining items to a ligature \NC \NR -\NC \type{basemark} \NC table \NC generic mark for attaching combining items to connect to \NC \NR -\NC \type{centry} \NC table \NC cursive entry point \NC \NR -\NC \type{cexit} \NC table \NC cursive exit point \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The content of these is a short array of defined anchors, with the -entry keys being the anchor names. For all except \type {baselig}, the -value is a single table with this definition: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{x} \NC number \NC x location \NC \NR -\NC \type{y} \NC number \NC y location \NC \NR -\NC \type{ttf_pt_index} \NC number \NC truetype point index, only if given \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -For \type {baselig}, the value is a small array of such anchor sets sets, one for -each constituent item of the ligature. - -For clarification, an anchor table could for example look like this : - -\starttyping -['anchor'] = { - ['basemark'] = { - ['Anchor-7'] = { ['x']=170, ['y']=1080 } - }, - ['mark'] ={ - ['Anchor-1'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=810 }, - ['Anchor-4'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=800 } - }, - ['baselig'] = { - [1] = { ['Anchor-2'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=650 } }, - [2] = { ['Anchor-2'] = { ['x']=460, ['y']=640 } } - } - } -\stoptyping - -Note: The \type {baselig} table can be sparse! - -\subsection{map table} - -The top|-|level map is a list of encoding mappings. Each of those is a table -itself. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{enccount} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{encmax} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{backmax} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{remap} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{map} \NC array \NC non|-|linear array of mappings\NC \NR -\NC \type{backmap} \NC array \NC non|-|linear array of backward mappings\NC \NR -\NC \type{enc} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {remap} table is very small: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{firstenc} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lastenc} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{infont} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {enc} table is a bit more verbose: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{enc_name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{char_cnt} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{char_max} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{unicode} \NC array \NC of \UNICODE\ position numbers\NC \NR -\NC \type{psnames} \NC array \NC of \POSTSCRIPT\ glyph names\NC \NR -\NC \type{builtin} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hidden} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{only_1byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{has_1byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{has_2byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{is_unicodebmp} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_unicodefull} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_custom} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_original} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_compact} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_japanese} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_korean} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_tradchinese} \NC number \NC only if nonzero [name?]\NC \NR -\NC \type{is_simplechinese} \NC number \NC only if nonzero\NC \NR -\NC \type{low_page} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{high_page} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{iconv_name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{iso_2022_escape} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{private table} - -This is the font's private \POSTSCRIPT\ dictionary, if any. Keys and values are -both strings. - -\subsection{cidinfo table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{registry} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ordering} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{supplement} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{version} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection[fontloaderpfminfotable]{pfminfo table} - -The \type {pfminfo} table contains most of the OS/2 information: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{pfmset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{winascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{windescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hheadascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hheaddescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{typoascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{typodescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{subsuper_set} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{panose_set} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hheadset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{vheadset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{pfmfamily} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{weight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{avgwidth} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{firstchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lastchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fstype} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{linegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{vlinegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hhead_ascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hhead_descent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_typoascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_typodescent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_typolinegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_winascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_windescent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_subxsize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_subysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_subxoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_subyoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_supxsize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_supysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_supxoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_supyoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_strikeysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_strikeypos} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_family_class} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_xheight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_capheight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_defaultchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_breakchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{os2_vendor} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{codepages} \NC table \NC A two-number array of encoded code pages \NC \NR -\NC \type{unicoderages} \NC table \NC A four-number array of encoded unicode ranges \NC \NR -\NC \type{panose} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {panose} subtable has exactly 10 string keys: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{familytype} \NC string \NC Values as in the \OPENTYPE\ font - specification: \type {Any}, \type {No Fit}, - \type {Text and Display}, \type {Script}, - \type {Decorative}, \type {Pictorial} \NC - \NR -\NC \type{serifstyle} \NC string \NC See the \OPENTYPE\ font specification for - values \NC \NR -\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{proportion} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{contrast} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{strokevariation} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{armstyle} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{letterform} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{midline} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\NC \type{xheight} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection[fontloadernamestable]{names table} - -Each item has two top|-|level keys: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{lang} \NC string \NC language for this entry \NC \NR -\NC \type{names} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {names} keys are the actual \TRUETYPE\ name strings. The possible keys -are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC key \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{copyright} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{family} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{subfamily} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{uniqueid} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fullname} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{version} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{postscriptname} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{trademark} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{manufacturer} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{designer} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{descriptor} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{venderurl} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{designerurl} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{license} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{licenseurl} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{idontknow} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{preffamilyname} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{prefmodifiers} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{compatfull} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{sampletext} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{cidfindfontname} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{wwsfamily} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{wwssubfamily} \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{anchor_classes table} - -The anchor_classes classes: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC a descriptive id of this anchor class\NC \NR -\NC \type{lookup} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \type {mark}, \type {mkmk}, \type {curs}, \type {mklg} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -% type is actually a lookup subtype, not a feature name. Officially, these -% strings should be gpos_mark2mark etc. - -\subsection{gpos table} - -The \type {gpos} table has one array entry for each lookup. (The \type {gpos_} -prefix is somewhat redundant.) - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \type {gpos_single}, \type {gpos_pair}, - \type {gpos_cursive}, \type {gpos_mark2base},\crlf - \type {gpos_mark2ligature}, \type - {gpos_mark2mark}, \type {gpos_context},\crlf \type - {gpos_contextchain} \NC \NR -\NC \type{flags} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{features} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtables} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The flags table has a true value for each of the lookup flags that is actually -set: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{r2l} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ignorebaseglyphs} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ignoreligatures} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ignorecombiningmarks} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{mark_class} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The features subtable items of gpos have: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{scripts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The scripts table within features has: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{script} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{langs} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The subtables table has: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{suffix} \NC string \NC (only if used)\NC \NR % used by gpos_single to get a default -\NC \type{anchor_classes} \NC number \NC (only if used)\NC \NR -\NC \type{vertical_kerning} \NC number \NC (only if used)\NC \NR -\NC \type{kernclass} \NC table \NC (only if used)\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The kernclass with subtables table has: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{firsts} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{seconds} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lookup} \NC string or array \NC associated lookup(s) \NC \NR -\NC \type{offsets} \NC array of numbers \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note: the kernclass (as far as we can see) always has one entry so it could be one level -deep instead. Also the seconds start at \type {[2]} which is close to the fontforge -internals so we keep that too. - -\subsection{gsub table} - -This has identical layout to the \type {gpos} table, except for the -type: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \type {gsub_single}, \type {gsub_multiple}, - \type {gsub_alternate}, \type - {gsub_ligature},\crlf \type {gsub_context}, \type - {gsub_contextchain}, \type - {gsub_reversecontextchain} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{ttf_tables and ttf_tab_saved tables} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{len} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{maxlen} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{mm table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{axes} \NC table \NC array of axis names \NC \NR -\NC \type{instance_count} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{positions} \NC table \NC array of instance positions - (\#axes * instances )\NC \NR -\NC \type{defweights} \NC table \NC array of default weights for instances \NC \NR -\NC \type{cdv} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ndv} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{axismaps} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {axismaps}: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{blends} \NC table \NC an array of blend points \NC \NR -\NC \type{designs} \NC table \NC an array of design values \NC \NR -\NC \type{min} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{def} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{max} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{mark_classes table} - -The keys in this table are mark class names, and the values are a -space|-|separated string of glyph names in this class. - -\subsection{math table} - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type{ScriptPercentScaleDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{ScriptScriptPercentScaleDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{DelimitedSubFormulaMinHeight} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{DisplayOperatorMinHeight} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{MathLeading} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{AxisHeight} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{AccentBaseHeight} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FlattenedAccentBaseHeight} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SubscriptShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SubscriptTopMax} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SubscriptBaselineDropMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SuperscriptShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SuperscriptShiftUpCramped} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SuperscriptBottomMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SuperscriptBaselineDropMax} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SubSuperscriptGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SuperscriptBottomMaxWithSubscript} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SpaceAfterScript} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{UpperLimitGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{UpperLimitBaselineRiseMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{LowerLimitGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{LowerLimitBaselineDropMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackTopShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackTopDisplayStyleShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackBottomShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StackDisplayStyleGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StretchStackTopShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StretchStackBottomShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StretchStackGapAboveMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{StretchStackGapBelowMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionNumeratorShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleShiftUp} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDenominatorShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleShiftDown} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionNumeratorGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionRuleThickness} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDenominatorGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleGapMin} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SkewedFractionHorizontalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{SkewedFractionVerticalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{OverbarVerticalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{OverbarRuleThickness} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{OverbarExtraAscender} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{UnderbarVerticalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{UnderbarRuleThickness} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{UnderbarExtraDescender} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalVerticalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalDisplayStyleVerticalGap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalRuleThickness} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalExtraAscender} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalKernBeforeDegree} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalKernAfterDegree} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{RadicalDegreeBottomRaisePercent} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{MinConnectorOverlap} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDelimiterSize} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize} \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{validation_state table} - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC key \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_ps_fontname} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_glyph_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_cff_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_metrics_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_cmap_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_bitmaps_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_gx_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_ot_table} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_os2_version} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bad_sfnt_header} \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{horiz_base and vert_base table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{tags} \NC table \NC an array of script list tags\NC \NR -\NC \type{scripts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {scripts} subtable: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{baseline} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{default_baseline} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lang} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - - -The \type {lang} subtable: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC a script tag \NC \NR -\NC \type{ascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{descent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{features} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {features} points to an array of tables with the same layout except -that in those nested tables, the tag represents a language. - -\subsection{altuni table} - -An array of alternate \UNICODE\ values. Inside that array are hashes with: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{unicode} \NC number \NC this glyph is also used for this unicode \NC \NR -\NC \type{variant} \NC number \NC the alternative is driven by this unicode selector \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{vert_variants and horiz_variants table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{variants} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{italic_correction} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{parts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {parts} table is an array of smaller tables: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{component} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{extender} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{start} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{end} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{advance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{mathkern table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{top_right} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bottom_right} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{top_left} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{bottom_left} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Each of the subtables is an array of small hashes with two keys: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{kern} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{kerns table} - -Substructure is identical to the per|-|glyph subtable. - -\subsection{vkerns table} - -Substructure is identical to the per|-|glyph subtable. - -\subsection{texdata table} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC \type {unset}, \type {text}, \type {math}, \type {mathext} \NC \NR -\NC \type{params} \NC array \NC 22 font numeric parameters \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{lookups table} - -Top|-|level \type {lookups} is quite different from the ones at character level. -The keys in this hash are strings, the values the actual lookups, represented as -dictionary tables. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{format} \NC enum \NC one of \type {glyphs}, \type {class}, \type {coverage}, \type {reversecoverage} \NC \NR -\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{current_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{before_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{after_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{rules} \NC array \NC an array of rule items\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Rule items have one common item and one specialized item: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{lookups} \NC array \NC a linear array of lookup names\NC \NR -\NC \type{glyphs} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {glyphs}\NC \NR -\NC \type{class} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {class}\NC \NR -\NC \type{coverage} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {coverage}\NC \NR -\NC \type{reversecoverage} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {reversecoverage}\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A glyph table is: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{names} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{back} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{fore} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A class table is: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR -\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR -\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -coverage: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of strings\NC \NR -\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -reversecoverage: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of strings\NC \NR -\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{replacements} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-fontloader
+
+\startchapter[reference=fontloader,title={The fontloader}]
+
+\topicindex {fonts+loading}
+
+The fontloader library is sort of independent of the rest in the sense that it
+can load font into a \LUA\ table that then can be converted into a table suitable
+for \TEX. The library is an adapted subset of \FONTFORGE\ and as such gives a
+similar view on a font (which has advantages when you want to debug). We will not
+discuss \OPENTYPE\ in detail here as the \MICROSOFT\ website offers enough
+information about it. The tables returned by the loader are not that far from the
+standard. We have no plans to extend the loader (it may even become an external
+module at some time).
+
+\startsection[title={Getting quick information on a font}][library=fontloader]
+
+\topicindex {fonts+information}
+
+\libindex{info}
+
+When you want to locate font by name you need some basic information that is
+hidden in the font files. For that reason we provide an efficient helper that
+gets the basic information without loading all of the font. Normally this helper
+is used to create a font (name) database.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> info =
+ fontloader.info(<string> filename)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns either \type {nil}, or a \type {table}, or an array of
+small tables (in the case of a \TRUETYPE\ collection). The returned table(s) will
+contain some fairly interesting information items from the font(s) defined by the
+file:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{fontname} \NC string \NC the \POSTSCRIPT\ name of the font\NC \NR
+\NC \type{fullname} \NC string \NC the formal name of the font\NC \NR
+\NC \type{familyname} \NC string \NC the family name this font belongs to\NC \NR
+\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC a string indicating the color value of the font\NC \NR
+\NC \type{version} \NC string \NC the internal font version\NC \NR
+\NC \type{italicangle} \NC float \NC the slant angle\NC \NR
+\NC \type{units_per_em} \NC number \NC 1000 for \POSTSCRIPT-based fonts, usually 2048 for \TRUETYPE\NC \NR
+\NC \type{pfminfo} \NC table \NC (see \in{section}[fontloaderpfminfotable])\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Getting information through this function is (sometimes much) more efficient than
+loading the font properly, and is therefore handy when you want to create a
+dictionary of available fonts based on a directory contents.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Loading an \OPENTYPE\ or \TRUETYPE\ file}][library=fontloader]
+
+\topicindex {\OPENTYPE}
+\topicindex {\TRUETYPE}
+
+\libindex{open}
+\libindex{close}
+\libindex{to_table}
+
+If you want to use an \OPENTYPE\ font, you have to get the metric information
+from somewhere. Using the \type {fontloader} library, the simplest way to get
+that information is thus:
+
+\starttyping
+function load_font (filename)
+ local metrics = nil
+ local font = fontloader.open(filename)
+ if font then
+ metrics = fontloader.to_table(font)
+ fontloader.close(font)
+ end
+ return metrics
+end
+
+myfont = load_font('/opt/tex/texmf/fonts/data/arial.ttf')
+\stoptyping
+
+The main function call is
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<userdata> f, <table> w = fontloader.open(<string> filename)
+<userdata> f, <table> w = fontloader.open(<string> filename, <string> fontname)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The first return value is a userdata representation of the font. The second
+return value is a table containing any warnings and errors reported by fontloader
+while opening the font. In normal typesetting, you would probably ignore the
+second argument, but it can be useful for debugging purposes.
+
+For \TRUETYPE\ collections (when filename ends in 'ttc') and \DFONT\ collections,
+you have to use a second string argument to specify which font you want from the
+collection. Use the \type {fontname} strings that are returned by \type
+{fontloader.info} for that.
+
+To turn the font into a table, \type {fontloader.to_table} is used on the font
+returned by \type {fontloader.open}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> f = fontloader.to_table(<userdata> font)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This table cannot be used directly by \LUATEX\ and should be turned into another
+one as described in~\in {chapter} [fonts]. Do not forget to store the \type
+{fontname} value in the \type {psname} field of the metrics table to be returned
+to \LUATEX, otherwise the font inclusion backend will not be able to find the
+correct font in the collection.
+
+See \in {section} [fontloadertables] for details on the userdata object returned
+by \type {fontloader.open} and the layout of the \type {metrics} table returned
+by \type {fontloader.to_table}.
+
+The font file is parsed and partially interpreted by the font loading routines
+from \FONTFORGE. The file format can be \OPENTYPE, \TRUETYPE, \TRUETYPE\
+Collection, \CFF, or \TYPEONE.
+
+There are a few advantages to this approach compared to reading the actual font
+file ourselves:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ The font is automatically re|-|encoded, so that the \type {metrics} table for
+ \TRUETYPE\ and \OPENTYPE\ fonts is using \UNICODE\ for the character indices.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Many features are pre|-|processed into a format that is easier to handle than
+ just the bare tables would be.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \POSTSCRIPT|-|based \OPENTYPE\ fonts do not store the character height and
+ depth in the font file, so the character boundingbox has to be calculated in
+ some way.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+A loaded font is discarded with:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+fontloader.close(<userdata> font)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Applying a \quote{feature file}}][library=fontloader]
+
+\libindex{apply_featurefile}
+
+You can apply a \quote{feature file} to a loaded font:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> errors = fontloader.apply_featurefile(<userdata> font, <string> filename)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+A \quote {feature file} is a textual representation of the features in an
+\OPENTYPE\ font. See
+
+\starttyping
+http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko/topic_feature_file_syntax.html
+\stoptyping
+
+and
+
+\starttyping
+http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/featurefile.html
+\stoptyping
+
+for a more detailed description of feature files.
+
+If the function fails, the return value is a table containing any errors reported
+by fontloader while applying the feature file. On success, \type {nil} is
+returned.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Applying an \quote{\AFM\ file}}][library=fontloader]
+
+\topicindex {\TYPEONE}
+
+\libindex{apply_afmfile}
+
+You can apply an \quote {\AFM\ file} to a loaded font:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> errors = fontloader.apply_afmfile(<userdata> font, <string> filename)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+An \AFM\ file is a textual representation of (some of) the meta information
+in a \TYPEONE\ font. See
+
+\starttyping
+ftp://ftp.math.utah.edu/u/ma/hohn/linux/postscript/5004.AFM_Spec.pdf
+\stoptyping
+
+for more information about \AFM\ files.
+
+Note: If you \type {fontloader.open} a \TYPEONE\ file named \type {font.pfb},
+the library will automatically search for and apply \type {font.afm} if it exists
+in the same directory as the file \type {font.pfb}. In that case, there is no
+need for an explicit call to \type {apply_afmfile()}.
+
+If the function fails, the return value is a table containing any errors reported
+by fontloader while applying the AFM file. On success, \type {nil} is returned.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Fontloader font tables},reference=fontloadertables][library=fontloader]
+
+\topicindex {fontloader+tables}
+
+\libindex{fields}
+
+As mentioned earlier, the return value of \type {fontloader.open} is a userdata
+object. One way to have access to the actual metrics is to call \type
+{fontloader.to_table} on this object, returning the table structure that is
+explained in the following sections. In teh following sections we will not
+explain each field in detail. Most fields are self descriptive and for the more
+technical aspects you need to consult the relevant font references.
+
+It turns out that the result from \type {fontloader.to_table} sometimes needs
+very large amounts of memory (depending on the font's complexity and size) so it
+is possible to access the userdata object directly.
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ All top|-|level keys that would be returned by \type {to_table()}
+ can also be accessed directly.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The top|-|level key \quote {glyphs} returns a {\it virtual\/} array that
+ allows indices from \type {f.glyphmin} to (\type {f.glyphmax}).
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The items in that virtual array (the actual glyphs) are themselves also
+ userdata objects, and each has accessors for all of the keys explained in the
+ section \quote {Glyph items} below.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The top|-|level key \quote {subfonts} returns an {\it actual} array of userdata
+ objects, one for each of the subfonts (or nil, if there are no subfonts).
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+A short example may be helpful. This code generates a printout of all
+the glyph names in the font \type {PunkNova.kern.otf}:
+
+\starttyping
+local f = fontloader.open('PunkNova.kern.otf')
+print (f.fontname)
+local i = 0
+if f.glyphcnt > 0 then
+ for i=f.glyphmin,f.glyphmax do
+ local g = f.glyphs[i]
+ if g then
+ print(g.name)
+ end
+ i = i + 1
+ end
+end
+fontloader.close(f)
+\stoptyping
+
+In this case, the \LUATEX\ memory requirement stays below 100MB on the test
+computer, while the internal structure generated by \type {to_table()} needs more
+than 2GB of memory (the font itself is 6.9MB in disk size).
+
+Only the top|-|level font, the subfont table entries, and the glyphs are virtual
+objects, everything else still produces normal \LUA\ values and tables.
+
+If you want to know the valid fields in a font or glyph structure, call the \type
+{fields} function on an object of a particular type (either glyph or font):
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> fields = fontloader.fields(<userdata> font)
+<table> fields = fontloader.fields(<userdata> font_glyph)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+For instance:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+local fields = fontloader.fields(f)
+local fields = fontloader.fields(f.glyphs[0])
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Table types}][library=fontloader]
+
+\startsubsection[title={The main table}]
+
+The top|-|level keys in the returned table are (the explanations in this part of
+the documentation are not yet finished):
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \NC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{table_version} \NC number \NC indicates the metrics version (currently~0.3)\NC \NR
+\NC \type{fontname} \NC string \NC \POSTSCRIPT\ font name\NC \NR
+\NC \type{fullname} \NC string \NC official (human-oriented) font name\NC \NR
+\NC \type{familyname} \NC string \NC family name\NC \NR
+\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC weight indicator\NC \NR
+\NC \type{copyright} \NC string \NC copyright information\NC \NR
+\NC \type{filename} \NC string \NC the file name\NC \NR
+\NC \type{version} \NC string \NC font version\NC \NR
+\NC \type{italicangle} \NC float \NC slant angle\NC \NR
+\NC \type{units_per_em} \NC number \NC 1000 for \POSTSCRIPT-based fonts, usually 2048 for \TRUETYPE\NC \NR
+\NC \type{ascent} \NC number \NC height of ascender in \type {units_per_em}\NC \NR
+\NC \type{descent} \NC number \NC depth of descender in \type {units_per_em}\NC \NR
+\NC \type{upos} \NC float \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{uwidth} \NC float \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{uniqueid} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyphs} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyphcnt} \NC number \NC number of included glyphs\NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyphmax} \NC number \NC maximum used index the glyphs array\NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyphmin} \NC number \NC minimum used index the glyphs array\NC \NR
+\NC \type{notdef_loc} \NC number \NC location of the \type {.notdef} glyph
+ or \type {-1} when not present \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hasvmetrics} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{onlybitmaps} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{serifcheck} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{isserif} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{issans} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{encodingchanged} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{strokedfont} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{use_typo_metrics} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{weight_width_slope_only} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head_optimized_for_cleartype} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{uni_interp} \NC enum \NC \nod {unset}, \type {none}, \type {adobe},
+ \type {greek}, \type {japanese}, \type {trad_chinese},
+ \type {simp_chinese}, \type {korean}, \type {ams}\NC \NR
+\NC \type{origname} \NC string \NC the file name, as supplied by the user\NC \NR
+\NC \type{map} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{private} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xuid} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pfminfo} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{names} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cidinfo} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{subfonts} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{commments} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fontlog} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cvt_names} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{anchor_classes} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ttf_tables} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ttf_tab_saved} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kerns} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vkerns} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{texdata} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lookups} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{gpos} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{gsub} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mm} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{chosenname} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{macstyle} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fondname} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+%NC \type{design_size} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fontstyle_id} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fontstyle_name} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+%NC \type{design_range_bottom} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+%NC \type{design_range_top} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{strokewidth} \NC float \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mark_classes} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{creationtime} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{modificationtime} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_version} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{math} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{validation_state} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{horiz_base} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vert_base} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{extrema_bound} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{truetype} \NC boolean \NC signals a \TRUETYPE\ font \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {glyphs}}]
+
+The \type {glyphs} is an array containing the per|-|character
+information (quite a few of these are only present if non|-|zero).
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC the glyph name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{unicode} \NC number \NC unicode code point, or -1 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{boundingbox} \NC array \NC array of four numbers, see note below \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC only for horizontal fonts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vwidth} \NC number \NC only for vertical fonts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tsidebearing} \NC number \NC only for vertical ttf/otf fonts, and only if non|-|zero \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lsidebearing} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero and not equal to boundingbox[1] \NC \NR
+\NC \type{class} \NC string \NC one of "none", "base", "ligature", "mark", "component"
+ (if not present, the glyph class is \quote {automatic}) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kerns} \NC array \NC only for horizontal fonts, if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vkerns} \NC array \NC only for vertical fonts, if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dependents} \NC array \NC linear array of glyph name strings, only if nonempty\NC \NR
+\NC \type{lookups} \NC table \NC only if nonempty \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ligatures} \NC table \NC only if nonempty \NC \NR
+\NC \type{anchors} \NC table \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{comment} \NC string \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tex_height} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tex_depth} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{italic_correction} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{top_accent} \NC number \NC only if set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_extended_shape} \NC number \NC only if this character is part of a math extension list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{altuni} \NC table \NC alternate \UNICODE\ items \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vert_variants} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{horiz_variants} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mathkern} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+On \type {boundingbox}: The boundingbox information for \TRUETYPE\ fonts and
+\TRUETYPE-based \OTF\ fonts is read directly from the font file.
+\POSTSCRIPT-based fonts do not have this information, so the boundingbox of
+traditional \POSTSCRIPT\ fonts is generated by interpreting the actual bezier
+curves to find the exact boundingbox. This can be a slow process, so the
+boundingboxes of \POSTSCRIPT-based \OTF\ fonts (and raw \CFF\ fonts) are
+calculated using an approximation of the glyph shape based on the actual glyph
+points only, instead of taking the whole curve into account. This means that
+glyphs that have missing points at extrema will have a too|-|tight boundingbox,
+but the processing is so much faster that in our opinion the tradeoff is worth
+it.
+
+The \type {kerns} and \type {vkerns} are linear arrays of small hashes:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{char} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{off} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lookup} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {lookups} is a hash, based on lookup subtable names, with
+the value of each key inside that a linear array of small hashes:
+
+% TODO: fix this description
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC enum \NC \type {position}, \type {pair}, \type
+ {substitution}, \type {alternate}, \type
+ {multiple}, \type {ligature}, \type
+ {lcaret}, \cbk {kerning}, \type {vkerning},
+ \type {anchors}, \type {contextpos}, \type
+ {contextsub}, \type {chainpos}, \type
+ {chainsub}, \type {reversesub}, \type
+ {max}, \type {kernback}, \type {vkernback}
+ \NC \NR
+\NC \type{specification} \NC table \NC extra data \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+For the first seven values of \type {type}, there can be additional
+sub|-|information, stored in the sub-table \type {specification}:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{position} \NC table \NC a table of the \type {offset_specs} type \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pair} \NC table \NC one string: \type {paired}, and an array of one
+ or two \type {offset_specs} tables: \type {offsets} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{substitution} \NC table \NC one string: \type {variant} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{alternate} \NC table \NC one string: \type {components} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{multiple} \NC table \NC one string: \type {components} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ligature} \NC table \NC two strings: \type {components}, \type {char} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lcaret} \NC array \NC linear array of numbers \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Tables for \type {offset_specs} contain up to four number|-|valued fields: \type
+{x} (a horizontal offset), \type {y} (a vertical offset), \type {h} (an advance
+width correction) and \type {v} (an advance height correction).
+
+The \type {ligatures} is a linear array of small hashes:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{lig} \NC table \NC uses the same substructure as a single item in
+ the \type {lookups} table explained above \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{components} \NC array \NC linear array of named components \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ccnt} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {anchor} table is indexed by a string signifying the anchor type, which
+is one of:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{mark} \NC table \NC placement mark \NC \NR
+\NC \type{basechar} \NC table \NC mark for attaching combining items to a base char \NC \NR
+\NC \type{baselig} \NC table \NC mark for attaching combining items to a ligature \NC \NR
+\NC \type{basemark} \NC table \NC generic mark for attaching combining items to connect to \NC \NR
+\NC \type{centry} \NC table \NC cursive entry point \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cexit} \NC table \NC cursive exit point \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The content of these is a short array of defined anchors, with the
+entry keys being the anchor names. For all except \type {baselig}, the
+value is a single table with this definition:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{x} \NC number \NC x location \NC \NR
+\NC \type{y} \NC number \NC y location \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ttf_pt_index} \NC number \NC truetype point index, only if given \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+For \type {baselig}, the value is a small array of such anchor sets sets, one for
+each constituent item of the ligature.
+
+For clarification, an anchor table could for example look like this :
+
+\starttyping
+['anchor'] = {
+ ['basemark'] = {
+ ['Anchor-7'] = { ['x']=170, ['y']=1080 }
+ },
+ ['mark'] ={
+ ['Anchor-1'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=810 },
+ ['Anchor-4'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=800 }
+ },
+ ['baselig'] = {
+ [1] = { ['Anchor-2'] = { ['x']=160, ['y']=650 } },
+ [2] = { ['Anchor-2'] = { ['x']=460, ['y']=640 } }
+ }
+ }
+\stoptyping
+
+Note: The \type {baselig} table can be sparse!
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {map}}]
+
+The top|-|level map is a list of encoding mappings. Each of those is a table
+itself.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{enccount} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{encmax} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{backmax} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{remap} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{map} \NC array \NC non|-|linear array of mappings\NC \NR
+\NC \type{backmap} \NC array \NC non|-|linear array of backward mappings\NC \NR
+\NC \type{enc} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {remap} table is very small:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{firstenc} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastenc} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{infont} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {enc} table is a bit more verbose:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{enc_name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char_cnt} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char_max} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{unicode} \NC array \NC of \UNICODE\ position numbers\NC \NR
+\NC \type{psnames} \NC array \NC of \POSTSCRIPT\ glyph names\NC \NR
+\NC \type{builtin} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hidden} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{only_1byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{has_1byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{has_2byte} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_unicodebmp} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_unicodefull} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_custom} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_original} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_compact} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_japanese} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_korean} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_tradchinese} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero [name?]\NC \NR
+\NC \type{is_simplechinese} \NC number \NC only if non|-|zero\NC \NR
+\NC \type{low_page} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{high_page} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{iconv_name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{iso_2022_escape} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {private}}]
+
+This is the font's private \POSTSCRIPT\ dictionary, if any. Keys and values are
+both strings.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {cidinfo}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{registry} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ordering} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{supplement} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{version} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[reference=fontloaderpfminfotable,title={\type {pfminfo}}]
+
+The \type {pfminfo} table contains most of the OS/2 information:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{pfmset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{winascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{windescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hheadascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hheaddescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{typoascent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{typodescent_add} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{subsuper_set} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{panose_set} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hheadset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vheadset} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pfmfamily} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{weight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{avgwidth} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{firstchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fstype} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{linegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{vlinegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hhead_ascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hhead_descent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_typoascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_typodescent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_typolinegap} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_winascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_windescent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_subxsize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_subysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_subxoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_subyoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_supxsize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_supysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_supxoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_supyoff} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_strikeysize} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_strikeypos} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_family_class} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_xheight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_capheight} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_defaultchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_breakchar} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{os2_vendor} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{codepages} \NC table \NC A two-number array of encoded code pages \NC \NR
+\NC \type{unicoderages} \NC table \NC A four-number array of encoded unicode ranges \NC \NR
+\NC \type{panose} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {panose} subtable has exactly 10 string keys:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{familytype} \NC string \NC Values as in the \OPENTYPE\ font
+ specification: \type {Any}, \type {No Fit},
+ \type {Text and Display}, \type {Script},
+ \type {Decorative}, \type {Pictorial} \NC
+ \NR
+\NC \type{serifstyle} \NC string \NC See the \OPENTYPE\ font specification for
+ values \NC \NR
+\NC \type{weight} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{proportion} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{contrast} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{strokevariation} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{armstyle} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{letterform} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{midline} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xheight} \NC string \NC idem \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[reference=fontloadernamestable,title={\type {names}}]
+
+Each item has two top|-|level keys:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{lang} \NC string \NC language for this entry \NC \NR
+\NC \type{names} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {names} keys are the actual \TRUETYPE\ name strings. The possible keys
+are: \type {copyright}, \type {family}, \type {subfamily}, \type {uniqueid},
+\type {fullname}, \type {version}, \type {postscriptname}, \type {trademark},
+\type {manufacturer}, \type {designer}, \type {descriptor}, \type {venderurl},
+\type {designerurl}, \type {license}, \type {licenseurl}, \type {idontknow},
+\type {preffamilyname}, \type {prefmodifiers}, \type {compatfull}, \type
+{sampletext}, \type {cidfindfontname}, \type {wwsfamily} and \type
+{wwssubfamily}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {anchor_classes}}]
+
+The anchor_classes classes:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC a descriptive id of this anchor class\NC \NR
+\NC \type{lookup} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \nod {mark}, \type {mkmk}, \type {curs}, \type {mklg} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+% type is actually a lookup subtype, not a feature name. Officially, these
+% strings should be gpos_mark2mark etc.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {gpos}}]
+
+The \type {gpos} table has one array entry for each lookup. (The \type {gpos_}
+prefix is somewhat redundant.)
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \type {gpos_single}, \type {gpos_pair},
+ \type {gpos_cursive}, \type {gpos_mark2base},\crlf
+ \type {gpos_mark2ligature}, \type {gpos_mark2mark}, \type {gpos_context},\crlf \type {gpos_contextchain} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{flags} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{features} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{subtables} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The flags table has a true value for each of the lookup flags that is actually
+set:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{r2l} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ignorebaseglyphs} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ignoreligatures} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ignorecombiningmarks} \NC boolean \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mark_class} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The features subtable items of gpos have:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scripts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The scripts table within features has:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{script} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{langs} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The subtables table has:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{suffix} \NC string \NC (only if used)\NC \NR % used by gpos_single to get a default
+\NC \type{anchor_classes} \NC number \NC (only if used)\NC \NR
+\NC \type{vertical_kerning} \NC number \NC (only if used)\NC \NR
+\NC \type{kernclass} \NC table \NC (only if used)\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The kernclass with subtables table has:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{firsts} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{seconds} \NC array of strings \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lookup} \NC string or array \NC associated lookup(s) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{offsets} \NC array of numbers \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note: the kernclass (as far as we can see) always has one entry so it could be one level
+deep instead. Also the seconds start at \type {[2]} which is close to the fontforge
+internals so we keep that too.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {gsub}}]
+
+This has identical layout to the \type {gpos} table, except for the
+type:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC one of \type {gsub_single}, \type {gsub_multiple},
+ \type {gsub_alternate}, \type {gsub_ligature},\crlf
+ \type {gsub_context}, \type {gsub_contextchain},
+ \type {gsub_reversecontextchain} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {ttf_tables} and \type {ttf_tab_saved}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{len} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{maxlen} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {mm}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{axes} \NC table \NC array of axis names \NC \NR
+\NC \type{instance_count} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{positions} \NC table \NC array of instance positions
+ (\#axes * instances )\NC \NR
+\NC \type{defweights} \NC table \NC array of default weights for instances \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cdv} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ndv} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{axismaps} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {axismaps}:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{blends} \NC table \NC an array of blend points \NC \NR
+\NC \type{designs} \NC table \NC an array of design values \NC \NR
+\NC \type{min} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{def} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {mark_classes}}]
+
+The keys in this table are mark class names, and the values are a
+space|-|separated string of glyph names in this class.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {math}}]
+
+The math table has the variables that are also discussed in the chapter aboout
+math: \type {ScriptPercentScaleDown}, \type {ScriptScriptPercentScaleDown}, \type
+{DelimitedSubFormulaMinHeight}, \type {DisplayOperatorMinHeight}, \type
+{MathLeading}, \type {AxisHeight}, \type {AccentBaseHeight}, \type
+{FlattenedAccentBaseHeight}, \type {SubscriptShiftDown}, \type {SubscriptTopMax},
+\type {SubscriptBaselineDropMin}, \type {SuperscriptShiftUp}, \type
+{SuperscriptShiftUpCramped}, \type {SuperscriptBottomMin}, \type
+{SuperscriptBaselineDropMax}, \type {SubSuperscriptGapMin}, \type
+{SuperscriptBottomMaxWithSubscript}, \type {SpaceAfterScript}, \type
+{UpperLimitGapMin}, \type {UpperLimitBaselineRiseMin}, \type {LowerLimitGapMin},
+\type {LowerLimitBaselineDropMin}, \type {StackTopShiftUp}, \type
+{StackTopDisplayStyleShiftUp}, \type {StackBottomShiftDown}, \type
+{StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown}, \type {StackGapMin}, \type
+{StackDisplayStyleGapMin}, \type {StretchStackTopShiftUp}, \type
+{StretchStackBottomShiftDown}, \type {StretchStackGapAboveMin}, \type
+{StretchStackGapBelowMin}, \type {FractionNumeratorShiftUp}, \type
+{FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleShiftUp}, \type {FractionDenominatorShiftDown},
+\type {FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleShiftDown}, \type
+{FractionNumeratorGapMin}, \type {FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleGapMin} \type
+{FractionRuleThickness}, \type {FractionDenominatorGapMin}, \type
+{FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleGapMin}, \type {SkewedFractionHorizontalGap},
+\type {SkewedFractionVerticalGap}, \type {OverbarVerticalGap}, \type
+{OverbarRuleThickness}, \type {OverbarExtraAscender}, \type
+{UnderbarVerticalGap}, \type {UnderbarRuleThickness}, \type
+{UnderbarExtraDescender}, \type {RadicalVerticalGap}, \type
+{RadicalDisplayStyleVerticalGap}, \type {RadicalRuleThickness}, \type
+{RadicalExtraAscender}, \type {RadicalKernBeforeDegree}, \type
+{RadicalKernAfterDegree}, \type {RadicalDegreeBottomRaisePercent}, \type
+{MinConnectorOverlap}, \type {FractionDelimiterSize} and \type
+{FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {validation_state}}]
+
+This is just a bonus table with keys: \type {bad_ps_fontname}, \type {bad_glyph_table}, \type {bad_cff_table}, \type {bad_metrics_table}, \type {bad_cmap_table}, \type {bad_bitmaps_table}, \type {bad_gx_table}, \type {bad_ot_table}, \type {bad_os2_version} and \type {bad_sfnt_header}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {horiz_base} and \type {vert_base}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{tags} \NC table \NC an array of script list tags\NC \NR
+\NC \type{scripts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {scripts} subtable:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{baseline} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{default_baseline} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lang} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+
+The \type {lang} subtable:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC a script tag \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ascent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{descent} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{features} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {features} points to an array of tables with the same layout except
+that in those nested tables, the tag represents a language.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {altuni}}]
+
+An array of alternate \UNICODE\ values. Inside that array are hashes with:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{unicode} \NC number \NC this glyph is also used for this unicode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{variant} \NC number \NC the alternative is driven by this unicode selector \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {vert_variants} and \type {horiz_variants}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{variants} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{italic_correction} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{parts} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {parts} table is an array of smaller tables:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{component} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{extender} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{start} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{end} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{advance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {mathkern}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{top_right} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{bottom_right} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{top_left} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{bottom_left} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Each of the subtables is an array of small hashes with two keys:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kern} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {kerns}}]
+
+Substructure is identical to the per|-|glyph subtable.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {vkerns}}]
+
+Substructure is identical to the per|-|glyph subtable.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {texdata}}]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC \nod {unset}, \type {text}, \nod {math}, \type {mathext} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{params} \NC array \NC 22 font numeric parameters \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {lookups}}]
+
+Top|-|level \type {lookups} is quite different from the ones at character level.
+The keys in this hash are strings, the values the actual lookups, represented as
+dictionary tables.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{format} \NC enum \NC one of \type {glyphs}, \type {class}, \type {coverage},
+ \type {reversecoverage} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tag} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{current_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{before_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after_class} \NC array \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{rules} \NC array \NC an array of rule items\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Rule items have one common item and one specialized item:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{lookups} \NC array \NC a linear array of lookup names \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyphs} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {glyphs} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{class} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {class} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{coverage} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {coverage} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{reversecoverage} \NC array \NC only if the parent's format is \type {reversecoverage} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A glyph table is:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{names} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{back} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fore} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A class table is:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR
+\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of numbers \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+for coverage:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+and for reverse coverage:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{current} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{before} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{after} \NC array \NC of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{replacements} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fonts.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fonts.tex index 6d72364839a..0e1cc8cc5a2 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fonts.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-fonts.tex @@ -1,776 +1,858 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-fonts - -\startchapter[reference=fonts,title={Font structure}] - -\section {The font tables} - -All \TEX\ fonts are represented to \LUA\ code as tables, and internally as -\CCODE~structures. All keys in the table below are saved in the internal font -structure if they are present in the table returned by the \type {define_font} -callback, or if they result from the normal \TFM|/|\VF\ reading routines if there -is no \type {define_font} callback defined. - -The column \quote {\VF} means that this key will be created by the \type -{font.read_vf()} routine, \quote {\TFM} means that the key will be created by the -\type {font.read_tfm()} routine, and \quote{used} means whether or not the -\LUATEX\ engine itself will do something with the key. - -The top|-|level keys in the table are as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|l|p|] -\BC key \BC vf \BC tfm \BC used \BC value type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC string \NC metric (file) name \NC \NR -\NC \type{area} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC string \NC (directory) location, typically empty \NC \NR -\NC \type{used} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC boolean \NC indicates usage (initial: false) \NC \NR -\NC \type{characters} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC the defined glyphs of this font \NC \NR -\NC \type{checksum} \NC yes \NC yes \NC no \NC number \NC default: 0 \NC \NR -\NC \type{designsize} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC expected size (default: 655360 == 10pt) \NC \NR -\NC \type{direction} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC default: 0 \NC \NR -\NC \type{encodingbytes} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: depends on \type {format} \NC \NR -\NC \type{encodingname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC encoding name \NC \NR -\NC \type{fonts} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC locally used fonts \NC \NR -\NC \type{psname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC This is the \POSTSCRIPT\ fontname in the incoming font - source, and it's used as fontname identifier in the \PDF\ - output. This has to be a valid string, e.g.\ no spaces - and such, as the backend will not do a cleanup. This gives - complete control to the loader. \NC \NR -\NC \type{fullname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC output font name, used as a fallback in the \PDF\ output - if the \type {psname} is not set \NC \NR -\NC \type{header} \NC yes \NC no \NC no \NC string \NC header comments, if any \NC \NR -\NC \type{hyphenchar} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: \TEX's \type {\hyphenchar} \NC \NR -\NC \type{parameters} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC hash \NC default: 7 parameters, all zero \NC \NR -\NC \type{size} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC loaded (at) size. (default: same as designsize) \NC \NR -\NC \type{skewchar} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: \TEX's \type {\skewchar} \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC basic type of this font \NC \NR -\NC \type{format} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC disk format type \NC \NR -\NC \type{embedding} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC \PDF\ inclusion \NC \NR -\NC \type{filename} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC the name of the font on disk \NC \NR -\NC \type{tounicode} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC When this is set to~1 \LUATEX\ assumes per|-|glyph - tounicode entries are present in the font. \NC \NR -\NC \type{stretch} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {stretch} value from \type - {\expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR -\NC \type{shrink} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {shrink} value from \type - {\expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR -\NC \type{step} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {step} value from \type - {\expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR -\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC no \NC no \NC no \NC number \NC the actual expansion factor of an expanded font \NC \NR -\NC \type{attributes} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC the \type {\pdffontattr} \NC \NR -\NC \type{cache} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC This key controls caching of the \LUA\ table on the - \TEX\ end where \type {yes} means: use a reference to - the table that is passed to \LUATEX\ (this is the - default), and no \type {no} means: don't store the - table reference, don't cache any \LUA\ data for this - font while \type {renew} means: don't store the table - reference, but save a reference to the table that is - created at the first access to one of its fields in font. - Note: the saved reference is thread|-|local, so be - careful when you are using coroutines: an error will be - thrown if the table has been cached in one thread, but - you reference it from another thread. \NC \NR -\NC \type{nomath} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC boolean \NC This key allows a minor speedup for text fonts. If it - is present and true, then \LUATEX\ will not check the - character entries for math|-|specific keys. \NC \NR -\NC \type{oldmath} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC boolean \NC This key flags a font as representing an old school \TEX\ - math font and disables the \OPENTYPE\ code path. \NC \NR -\NC \type{slant} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC This has the same semantics as the \type {SlantFont} - operator in font map files. \NC \NR -\NC \type{extent} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC This has the same semantics as the \type {ExtendFont} - operator in font map files. \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The key \type {name} is always required. The keys \type {stretch}, \type -{shrink}, \type {step} only have meaning when used together: they can be used to -replace a post|-|loading \type {\expandglyphsinfont} command. The \type -{auto_expand} option is not supported in \LUATEX. In fact, the primitives -that create expanded or protruding copies are probably only useful when used with -traditional fonts because all these extra \OPENTYPE\ properties are kept out of -the picture. The \type {expansion_factor} is value that can be present inside a -font in \type {font.fonts}. It is the actual expansion factor (a value between -\type {-shrink} and \type {stretch}, with step \type {step}) of a font that was -automatically generated by the font expansion algorithm. - -Because we store the actual state of expansion with each glyph and don't have -special font instances, we can change some font related parameters before lines -are constructed, like: - -\starttyping -font.setexpansion(font.current(),100,100,20) -\stoptyping - -This is mostly meant for experiments (or an optimizing routing written in \LUA) -so there is no primitive. - -The key \type {attributes} can be used to set font attributes in the \PDF\ file. -The key \type {used} is set by the engine when a font is actively in use, this -makes sure that the font's definition is written to the output file (\DVI\ or -\PDF). The \TFM\ reader sets it to false. The \type {direction} is a number -signalling the \quote {normal} direction for this font. There are sixteen -possibilities: - -\starttabulate[|c|c|c|c|] -\BC number \BC meaning \BC number \BC meaning \NC \NR -\NC \type{0} \NC \type{LT} \NC \type {8} \NC \type{TT} \NC \NR -\NC \type{1} \NC \type{LL} \NC \type {9} \NC \type{TL} \NC \NR -\NC \type{2} \NC \type{LB} \NC \type{10} \NC \type{TB} \NC \NR -\NC \type{3} \NC \type{LR} \NC \type{11} \NC \type{TR} \NC \NR -\NC \type{4} \NC \type{RT} \NC \type{12} \NC \type{BT} \NC \NR -\NC \type{5} \NC \type{RL} \NC \type{13} \NC \type{BL} \NC \NR -\NC \type{6} \NC \type{RB} \NC \type{14} \NC \type{BB} \NC \NR -\NC \type{7} \NC \type{RR} \NC \type{15} \NC \type{BR} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -These are \OMEGA|-|style direction abbreviations: the first character indicates -the \quote {first} edge of the character glyphs (the edge that is seen first in -the writing direction), the second the \quote {top} side. Keep in mind that -\LUATEX\ has a bit different directional model so these values are not used for -anything. - -The \type {parameters} is a hash with mixed key types. There are seven possible -string keys, as well as a number of integer indices (these start from 8 up). The -seven strings are actually used instead of the bottom seven indices, because that -gives a nicer user interface. - -The names and their internal remapping are: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|] -\BC name \BC remapping \NC \NR -\NC \type {slant} \NC 1 \NC \NR -\NC \type {space} \NC 2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {space_stretch} \NC 3 \NC \NR -\NC \type {space_shrink} \NC 4 \NC \NR -\NC \type {x_height} \NC 5 \NC \NR -\NC \type {quad} \NC 6 \NC \NR -\NC \type {extra_space} \NC 7 \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The keys \type {type}, \type {format}, \type {embedding}, \type {fullname} and -\type {filename} are used to embed \OPENTYPE\ fonts in the result \PDF. - -The \type {characters} table is a list of character hashes indexed by an integer -number. The number is the \quote {internal code} \TEX\ knows this character by. - -Two very special string indexes can be used also: \type {left_boundary} is a -virtual character whose ligatures and kerns are used to handle word boundary -processing. \type {right_boundary} is similar but not actually used for anything -(yet). - -Other index keys are ignored. - -Each character hash itself is a hash. For example, here is the character \quote -{f} (decimal 102) in the font \type {cmr10 at 10pt}: - -\starttyping -[102] = { - ['width'] = 200250, - ['height'] = 455111, - ['depth'] = 0, - ['italic'] = 50973, - ['kerns'] = { - [63] = 50973, - [93] = 50973, - [39] = 50973, - [33] = 50973, - [41] = 50973 - }, - ['ligatures'] = { - [102] = { - ['char'] = 11, - ['type'] = 0 - }, - [108] = { - ['char'] = 13, - ['type'] = 0 - }, - [105] = { - ['char'] = 12, - ['type'] = 0 - } - } -} -\stoptyping - -The following top|-|level keys can be present inside a character hash: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|l|p|] -\BC key \BC vf \BC tfm \BC used \BC type \BC description \NC\NR -\NC \type{width} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's width, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR -\NC \type{height} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's height, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's depth, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR -\NC \type{italic} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's italic correction, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR -\NC \type{top_accent} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's top accent alignment place, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR -\NC \type{bot_accent} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's bottom accent alignment place, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR -\NC \type{left_protruding} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \type {\lpcode} \NC\NR -\NC \type{right_protruding} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \type {\rpcode} \NC\NR -\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \type {\efcode} \NC\NR -\NC \type{tounicode} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC string \NC character's \UNICODE\ equivalent(s), in \UTF|-|16BE hexadecimal format \NC\NR -\NC \type{next} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {next larger} character index \NC\NR -\NC \type{extensible} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC the constituent parts of an extensible recipe \NC\NR -\NC \type{vert_variants} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC constituent parts of a vertical variant set \NC \NR -\NC \type{horiz_variants} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC constituent parts of a horizontal variant set \NC \NR -\NC \type{kerns} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC kerning information \NC\NR -\NC \type{ligatures} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC ligaturing information \NC\NR -\NC \type{commands} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC array \NC virtual font commands \NC\NR -\NC \type{name} \NC no \NC no \NC no \NC string \NC the character (\POSTSCRIPT) name \NC\NR -\NC \type{index} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the (\OPENTYPE\ or \TRUETYPE) font glyph index \NC\NR -\NC \type{used} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC boolean \NC typeset already (default: false)? \NC\NR -\NC \type{mathkern} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC math cut-in specifications \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The values of \type {top_accent}, \type {bot_accent} and \type {mathkern} are -used only for math accent and superscript placement, see the \at {math chapter} -[math] in this manual for details. - -The values of \type {left_protruding} and \type {right_protruding} are used only -when \type {\protrudechars} is non-zero. - -Whether or not \type {expansion_factor} is used depends on the font's global -expansion settings, as well as on the value of \type {\adjustspacing}. - -The usage of \type {tounicode} is this: if this font specifies a \type -{tounicode=1} at the top level, then \LUATEX\ will construct a \type {/ToUnicode} -entry for the \PDF\ font (or font subset) based on the character|-|level \type -{tounicode} strings, where they are available. If a character does not have a -sensible \UNICODE\ equivalent, do not provide a string either (no empty strings). - -If the font level \type {tounicode} is not set, then \LUATEX\ will build up \type -{/ToUnicode} based on the \TEX\ code points you used, and any character-level -\type {tounicodes} will be ignored. The string format is exactly the format that -is expected by Adobe \CMAP\ files (\UTF-16BE in hexadecimal encoding), minus the -enclosing angle brackets. For instance the \type {tounicode} for a \type {fi} -ligature would be \type {00660069}. When you pass a number the conversion will be -done for you. - -The presence of \type {extensible} will overrule \type {next}, if that is also -present. It in in turn can be overruled by \type {vert_variants}. - -The \type {extensible} table is very simple: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC description \NC\NR -\NC \type{top} \NC number \NC top character index \NC\NR -\NC \type{mid} \NC number \NC middle character index \NC\NR -\NC \type{bot} \NC number \NC bottom character index \NC\NR -\NC \type{rep} \NC number \NC repeatable character index \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {horiz_variants} and \type {vert_variants} are arrays of components. -Each of those components is itself a hash of up to five keys: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{glyph} \NC number \NC The character index. Note that this is an encoding number, not a name. \NC \NR -\NC \type{extender} \NC number \NC One (1) if this part is repeatable, zero (0) otherwise. \NC \NR -\NC \type{start} \NC number \NC The maximum overlap at the starting side (in scaled points). \NC \NR -\NC \type{end} \NC number \NC The maximum overlap at the ending side (in scaled points). \NC \NR -\NC \type{advance} \NC number \NC The total advance width of this item. It can be zero or missing, - then the natural size of the glyph for character \type {component} - is used. \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {kerns} table is a hash indexed by character index (and \quote -{character index} is defined as either a non|-|negative integer or the string -value \type {right_boundary}), with the values the kerning to be applied, in -scaled points. - -The \type {ligatures} table is a hash indexed by character index (and \quote -{character index} is defined as either a non|-|negative integer or the string -value \type {right_boundary}), with the values being yet another small hash, with -two fields: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC number \NC the type of this ligature command, default 0 \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the character index of the resultant ligature \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {char} field in a ligature is required. - -The \type {type} field inside a ligature is the numerical or string value of one -of the eight possible ligature types supported by \TEX. When \TEX\ inserts a new -ligature, it puts the new glyph in the middle of the left and right glyphs. The -original left and right glyphs can optionally be retained, and when at least one -of them is kept, it is also possible to move the new \quote {insertion point} -forward one or two places. The glyph that ends up to the right of the insertion -point will become the next \quote {left}. - -\starttabulate[|l|c|l|l|] -\BC textual (Knuth) \BC number \BC string \BC result \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r =: n} \NC 0 \NC \type{=:} \NC \type{|n} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r =:| n} \NC 1 \NC \type{=:|} \NC \type{|nr} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r |=: n} \NC 2 \NC \type{|=:} \NC \type{|ln} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r |=:| n} \NC 3 \NC \type{|=:|} \NC \type{|lnr} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r =:|> n} \NC 5 \NC \type{=:|>} \NC \type{n|r} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r |=:> n} \NC 6 \NC \type{|=:>} \NC \type{l|n} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r |=:|> n} \NC 7 \NC \type{|=:|>} \NC \type{l|nr} \NC\NR -\NC \type{l + r |=:|>> n} \NC 11 \NC \type{|=:|>>} \NC \type{ln|r} \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The default value is~0, and can be left out. That signifies a \quote {normal} -ligature where the ligature replaces both original glyphs. In this table the~\type {|} -indicates the final insertion point. - -The \type {commands} array is explained below. - -\section {Real fonts} - -Whether or not a \TEX\ font is a \quote {real} font that should be written to the -\PDF\ document is decided by the \type {type} value in the top|-|level font -structure. If the value is \type {real}, then this is a proper font, and the -inclusion mechanism will attempt to add the needed font object definitions to the -\PDF. Values for \type {type} are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC description \NC\NR -\NC \type{real} \NC this is a base font \NC\NR -\NC \type{virtual} \NC this is a virtual font \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The actions to be taken depend on a number of different variables: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - Whether the used font fits in an 8-bit encoding scheme or not. -\stopitem -\startitem - The type of the disk font file. -\stopitem -\startitem - The level of embedding requested. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -A font that uses anything other than an 8-bit encoding vector has to be written -to the \PDF\ in a different way. - -The rule is: if the font table has \type {encodingbytes} set to~2, then this is a -wide font, in all other cases it isn't. The value~2 is the default for \OPENTYPE\ -and \TRUETYPE\ fonts loaded via \LUA. For \TYPEONE\ fonts, you have to set \type -{encodingbytes} to~2 explicitly. For \PK\ bitmap fonts, wide font encoding is not -supported at all. - -If no special care is needed, \LUATEX\ currently falls back to the -mapfile|-|based solution used by \PDFTEX\ and \DVIPS. This behaviour might -silently be removed in the future, in which case the related primitives and \LUA\ -functions will become no|-|ops. - -If a \quote {wide} font is used, the new subsystem kicks in, and some -extra fields have to be present in the font structure. In this case, \LUATEX\ -does not use a map file at all. - -The extra fields are: \type {format}, \type {embedding}, \type {fullname}, \type -{cidinfo} (as explained above), \type {filename}, and the \type {index} key in -the separate characters. - -Values for \type {format} are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{type1} \NC this is a \POSTSCRIPT\ \TYPEONE\ font \NC \NR -\NC \type{type3} \NC this is a bitmapped (\PK) font \NC \NR -\NC \type{truetype} \NC this is a \TRUETYPE\ or \TRUETYPE|-|based \OPENTYPE\ font \NC \NR -\NC \type{opentype} \NC this is a \POSTSCRIPT|-|based \OPENTYPE\ font \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\type {type3} fonts are provided for backward compatibility only, and do not -support the new wide encoding options. - -Values for \type {embedding} are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{no} \NC don't embed the font at all \NC \NR -\NC \type{subset} \NC include and atttempt to subset the font \NC \NR -\NC \type{full} \NC include this font in its entirety \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The other fields are used as follows: The \type {fullname} will be the -\POSTSCRIPT|/|\PDF\ font name. The \type {cidinfo} will be used as the character -set (the CID \type {/Ordering} and \type {/Registry} keys). The \type {filename} -points to the actual font file. If you include the full path in the \type -{filename} or if the file is in the local directory, \LUATEX\ will run a little -bit more efficient because it will not have to re|-|run the \type {find_xxx_file} -callback in that case. - -Be careful: when mixing old and new fonts in one document, it is possible to -create \POSTSCRIPT\ name clashes that can result in printing errors. When this -happens, you have to change the \type {fullname} of the font. - -Typeset strings are written out in a wide format using 2~bytes per glyph, using -the \type {index} key in the character information as value. The overall effect -is like having an encoding based on numbers instead of traditional (\POSTSCRIPT) -name|-|based reencoding. The way to get the correct \type {index} numbers for -\TYPEONE\ fonts is by loading the font via \type {fontloader.open} and use the table -indices as \type {index} fields. - -In order to make sure that cut and paste of the final document works okay you can -best make sure that there is a \type {tounicode} vector enforced. - -\section[virtualfonts]{Virtual fonts} - -\subsection{The structure} - -You have to take the following steps if you want \LUATEX\ to treat the returned -table from \type {define_font} as a virtual font: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - Set the top|-|level key \type {type} to \type {virtual}. -\stopitem -\startitem - Make sure there is at least one valid entry in \type {fonts} (see below). -\stopitem -\startitem - Give a \type {commands} array to every character (see below). -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The presence of the toplevel \type {type} key with the specific value \type -{virtual} will trigger handling of the rest of the special virtual font fields in -the table, but the mere existence of 'type' is enough to prevent \LUATEX\ from -looking for a virtual font on its own. - -Therefore, this also works \quote {in reverse}: if you are absolutely certain -that a font is not a virtual font, assigning the value \type {base} or \type -{real} to \type {type} will inhibit \LUATEX\ from looking for a virtual font -file, thereby saving you a disk search. - -The \type {fonts} is another \LUA\ array. The values are one- or two|-|key -hashes themselves, each entry indicating one of the base fonts in a virtual font. -In case your font is referring to itself, you can use the \type {font.nextid()} -function which returns the index of the next to be defined font which is probably -the currently defined one. - -An example makes this easy to understand - -\starttyping -fonts = { - { name = 'ptmr8a', size = 655360 }, - { name = 'psyr', size = 600000 }, - { id = 38 } -} -\stoptyping - -says that the first referenced font (index 1) in this virtual font is \type -{ptrmr8a} loaded at 10pt, and the second is \type {psyr} loaded at a little over -9pt. The third one is previously defined font that is known to \LUATEX\ as font id -\quote {38}. - -The array index numbers are used by the character command definitions that are -part of each character. - -The \type {commands} array is a hash where each item is another small array, -with the first entry representing a command and the extra items being the -parameters to that command. The allowed commands and their arguments are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|] -\BC command name \BC arguments \BC type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{font} \NC 1 \NC number \NC select a new font from the local \type {fonts} table \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC 1 \NC number \NC typeset this character number from the current font, - and move right by the character's width \NC \NR -\NC \type{node} \NC 1 \NC node \NC output this node (list), and move right - by the width of this list\NC \NR -\NC \type{slot} \NC 2 \NC 2 numbers \NC a shortcut for the combination of a font and char command\NC \NR -\NC \type{push} \NC 0 \NC \NC save current position\NC \NR -\NC \type{nop} \NC 0 \NC \NC do nothing \NC \NR -\NC \type{pop} \NC 0 \NC \NC pop position \NC \NR -\NC \type{rule} \NC 2 \NC 2 numbers \NC output a rule $ht*wd$, and move right. \NC \NR -\NC \type{down} \NC 1 \NC number \NC move down on the page \NC \NR -\NC \type{right} \NC 1 \NC number \NC move right on the page \NC \NR -\NC \type{special} \NC 1 \NC string \NC output a \type {\special} command \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf} \NC 2 \NC 2 strings \NC output a \PDF\ literal, the first string is one of \type {origin}, - \type {page}, \type {direct} or \type {raw}; if you have one string - only \type {origin} is assumed \NC \NR -\NC \type{lua} \NC 1 \NC string \NC execute a \LUA\ script (at \type {\latelua} time) \NC \NR -\NC \type{image} \NC 1 \NC image \NC output an image (the argument can be either an \type - {<image>} variable or an \type {image_spec} table) \NC \NR -\NC \type{comment} \NC any \NC any \NC the arguments of this command are ignored \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -When a font id is set to~0 then it will be replaced by the currently assigned -font id. This prevents the need for hackery with future id's (normally one could -use \type {font.nextid} but when more complex fonts are built in the meantime -other instances could have been loaded. - -Here is a rather elaborate glyph commands example: - -\starttyping -... -commands = { - { "push" }, -- remember where we are - { "right", 5000 }, -- move right about 0.08pt - { "font", 3 }, -- select the fonts[3] entry - { "char", 97 }, -- place character 97 (ASCII 'a') - { "pop" }, -- go all the way back - { "down", -200000 }, -- move upwards by about 3pt - { "special", "pdf: 1 0 0 rg" } -- switch to red color - -- { "pdf", "origin", "1 0 0 rg" } -- switch to red color (alternative) - { "rule", 500000, 20000 } -- draw a bar - { "special", "pdf: 0 g" } -- back to black - -- { "pdf", "origin", "0 g" } -- back to black (alternative) -} -... -\stoptyping - -The default value for \type {font} is always~1 at the start of the -\type {commands} array. Therefore, if the virtual font is essentially only a -re|-|encoding, then you do usually not have create an explicit \quote {font} -command in the array. - -Rules inside of \type {commands} arrays are built up using only two dimensions: -they do not have depth. For correct vertical placement, an extra \type {down} -command may be needed. - -Regardless of the amount of movement you create within the \type {commands}, the -output pointer will always move by exactly the width that was given in the \type -{width} key of the character hash. Any movements that take place inside the \type -{commands} array are ignored on the upper level. - -The special can have a \type {pdf:}, \type {pdf:origin:}, \type {pdf:page:}, -\type {pdf:direct:} or \type {pdf:raw:} prefix. When you have to concatenate -strings using the \type {pdf} command might be more efficient. - -\subsection{Artificial fonts} - -Even in a \quote {real} font, there can be virtual characters. When \LUATEX\ -encounters a \type {commands} field inside a character when it becomes time to -typeset the character, it will interpret the commands, just like for a true -virtual character. In this case, if you have created no \quote {fonts} array, -then the default (and only) \quote {base} font is taken to be the current font -itself. In practice, this means that you can create virtual duplicates of -existing characters which is useful if you want to create composite characters. - -Note: this feature does {\it not\/} work the other way around. There can not be -\quote {real} characters in a virtual font! You cannot use this technique for -font re-encoding either; you need a truly virtual font for that (because -characters that are already present cannot be altered). - -\subsection{Example virtual font} - -Finally, here is a plain \TEX\ input file with a virtual font demonstration: - -\startbuffer -\directlua { - callback.register('define_font', - function (name,size) - if name == 'cmr10-red' then - f = font.read_tfm('cmr10',size) - f.name = 'cmr10-red' - f.type = 'virtual' - f.fonts = {{ name = 'cmr10', size = size }} - for i,v in pairs(f.characters) do - if (string.char(i)):find('[tacohanshartmut]') then - v.commands = { - {'special','pdf: 1 0 0 rg'}, - {'char',i}, - {'special','pdf: 0 g'}, - } - else - v.commands = {{'char',i}} - end - end - else - f = font.read_tfm(name,size) - end - return f - end - ) -} - -\font\myfont = cmr10-red at 10pt \myfont This is a line of text \par -\font\myfontx= cmr10 at 10pt \myfontx Here is another line of text \par -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -\section{The \type {font} library} - -The font library provides the interface into the internals of the font system, -and also it contains helper functions to load traditional \TEX\ font metrics -formats. Other font loading functionality is provided by the \type {fontloader} -library that will be discussed in the next section. - -\subsection{Loading a \TFM\ file} - -The behavior documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that -there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more. - -\startfunctioncall -<table> fnt = - font.read_tfm(<string> name, <number> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -The number is a bit special: - -\startitemize -\startitem - If it is positive, it specifies an \quote {at size} in scaled points. -\stopitem -\startitem - If it is negative, its absolute value represents a \quote {scaled} - setting relative to the designsize of the font. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The internal structure of the metrics font table that is returned is explained in -\in {chapter} [fonts]. - -\subsection{Loading a \VF\ file} - -The behavior documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that -there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more. - -\startfunctioncall -<table> vf_fnt = - font.read_vf(<string> name, <number> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -The meaning of the number \type {s} and the format of the returned table are -similar to the ones in the \type {read_tfm()} function. - -\subsection{The fonts array} - -The whole table of \TEX\ fonts is accessible from \LUA\ using a virtual array. - -\starttyping -font.fonts[n] = { ... } -<table> f = font.fonts[n] -\stoptyping - -See \in {chapter} [fonts] for the structure of the tables. Because this is a -virtual array, you cannot call \type {pairs} on it, but see below for the \type -{font.each} iterator. - -The two metatable functions implementing the virtual array are: - -\startfunctioncall -<table> f = font.getfont(<number> n) -font.setfont(<number> n, <table> f) -\stopfunctioncall - -Note that at the moment, each access to the \type {font.fonts} or call to \type -{font.getfont} creates a \LUA\ table for the whole font. This process can be quite -slow. In a later version of \LUATEX, this interface will change (it will start -using userdata objects instead of actual tables). - -Also note the following: assignments can only be made to fonts that have already -been defined in \TEX, but have not been accessed {\it at all\/} since that -definition. This limits the usability of the write access to \type {font.fonts} -quite a lot, a less stringent ruleset will likely be implemented later. - -\subsection{Checking a font's status} - -You can test for the status of a font by calling this function: - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> f = - font.frozen(<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -The return value is one of \type {true} (unassignable), \type {false} (can be -changed) or \type {nil} (not a valid font at all). - -\subsection{Defining a font directly} - -You can define your own font into \type {font.fonts} by calling this function: - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.define(<table> f) -\stopfunctioncall - -The return value is the internal id number of the defined font (the index into -\type {font.fonts}). If the font creation fails, an error is raised. The table -is a font structure, as explained in \in {chapter} [fonts]. An alternative call -is: - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.define(<number> n, <table> f) -\stopfunctioncall - -Where the first argument is a reserved font id (see below). - -\subsection{Extending a font} - -Within reasonable bounds you can extend a font after it has been defined. Because -some properties are best left unchanged this is limited to adding characters. - -\startfunctioncall -font.addcharacters(<number n>, <table> f) -\stopfunctioncall - -The table passed can have the fields \type {characters} which is a (sub)table -like the one used in define, and for virtual fonts a \type {fonts} table can be -added. The characters defined in the \type {characters} table are added (when not -yet present) or replace an existing entry. Keep in mind that replacing can have -side effects because a character already can have been used. Instead of posing -restrictions we expect the user to be careful. (The \type {setfont} helper is -a more drastic replacer.) - -\subsection{Projected next font id} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.nextid() -\stopfunctioncall - -This returns the font id number that would be returned by a \type {font.define} -call if it was executed at this spot in the code flow. This is useful for virtual -fonts that need to reference themselves. If you pass \type {true} as argument, -the id gets reserved and you can pass to \type {font.define} as first argument. -This can be handy when you create complex virtual fonts. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.nextid(true) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{Font id} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.id(<string> csname) -\stopfunctioncall - -This returns the font id associated with \type {csname} string, or $-1$ if \type -{csname} is not defined. - -\subsection{Currently active font} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = font.current() -font.current(<number> i) -\stopfunctioncall - -This gets or sets the currently used font number. - -\subsection{Maximum font id} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - font.max() -\stopfunctioncall - -This is the largest used index in \type {font.fonts}. - -\subsection{Iterating over all fonts} - -\startfunctioncall -for i,v in font.each() do - ... -end -\stopfunctioncall - -This is an iterator over each of the defined \TEX\ fonts. The first returned -value is the index in \type {font.fonts}, the second the font itself, as a \LUA\ -table. The indices are listed incrementally, but they do not always form an array -of consecutive numbers: in some cases there can be holes in the sequence. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-fonts
+
+\startchapter[reference=fonts,title={Font structure}]
+
+\startsection[title={The font tables}]
+
+\topicindex {fonts}
+\topicindex {fonts+tables}
+
+All \TEX\ fonts are represented to \LUA\ code as tables, and internally as
+\CCODE~structures. All keys in the table below are saved in the internal font
+structure if they are present in the table returned by the \cbk {define_font}
+callback, or if they result from the normal \TFM|/|\VF\ reading routines if there
+is no \cbk {define_font} callback defined.
+
+The column \quote {\VF} means that this key will be created by the \type
+{font.read_vf()} routine, \quote {\TFM} means that the key will be created by the
+\type {font.read_tfm()} routine, and \quote {used} means whether or not the
+\LUATEX\ engine itself will do something with the key. The top|-|level keys in
+the table are as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|l|pl|]
+\DB key \BC vf \BC tfm \BC used \BC value type \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{name} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC string \NC metric (file) name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{area} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC string \NC (directory) location, typically empty \NC \NR
+\NC \type{used} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC boolean \NC indicates usage (initial: false) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{characters} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC the defined glyphs of this font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{checksum} \NC yes \NC yes \NC no \NC number \NC default: 0 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{designsize} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC expected size (default: 655360 == 10pt) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{direction} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC default: 0 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{encodingbytes} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: depends on \type {format} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{encodingname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC encoding name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fonts} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC locally used fonts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{psname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC This is the \POSTSCRIPT\ fontname in the incoming font
+ source, and it's used as fontname identifier in the \PDF\
+ output. This has to be a valid string, e.g.\ no spaces
+ and such, as the backend will not do a cleanup. This gives
+ complete control to the loader. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fullname} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC output font name, used as a fallback in the \PDF\ output
+ if the \type {psname} is not set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{header} \NC yes \NC no \NC no \NC string \NC header comments, if any \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hyphenchar} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: \TEX's \prm {hyphenchar} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{parameters} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC hash \NC default: 7 parameters, all zero \NC \NR
+\NC \type{size} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC the required scaling (by default the same as designsize) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{skewchar} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC default: \TEX's \prm {skewchar} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{type} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC basic type of this font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{format} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC disk format type \NC \NR
+\NC \type{embedding} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC \PDF\ inclusion \NC \NR
+\NC \type{filename} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC the name of the font on disk \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tounicode} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC When this is set to~1 \LUATEX\ assumes per|-|glyph
+ tounicode entries are present in the font. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stretch} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {stretch} value from \lpr {expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{shrink} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {shrink} value from \lpr {expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{step} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {step} value from \lpr {expandglyphsinfont} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC no \NC no \NC no \NC number \NC the actual expansion factor of an expanded font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attributes} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC the \orm {pdffontattr} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cache} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC string \NC This key controls caching of the \LUA\ table on the
+ \TEX\ end where \type {yes} means: use a reference to
+ the table that is passed to \LUATEX\ (this is the
+ default), and \type {no} means: don't store the
+ table reference, don't cache any \LUA\ data for this
+ font while \type {renew} means: don't store the table
+ reference, but save a reference to the table that is
+ created at the first access to one of its fields in the
+ font. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nomath} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC boolean \NC This key allows a minor speedup for text fonts. If it
+ is present and true, then \LUATEX\ will not check the
+ character entries for math|-|specific keys. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{oldmath} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC boolean \NC This key flags a font as representing an old school \TEX\
+ math font and disables the \OPENTYPE\ code path. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{slant} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC This parameter will tilt the font and
+ does the same as \type {SlantFont} in the map file for
+ \TYPEONE\ fonts. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{extend} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC This parameter will scale the font horizontally and
+ does the same as \type {ExtendFont} in the map file for
+ \TYPEONE\ fonts. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{squeeze} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC This parameter will scale the font vertically and has
+ no equivalent in the map file. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC The backend will inject \PDF\ operators that set the
+ penwidth. The value is (as usual in \TEX) divided by 1000.
+ It works with the \type {mode} file. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mode} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC The backend will inject \PDF\ operators that relate to the
+ drawing mode with 0~being a fill, 1~being an outline,
+ 2~both draw and fill and 3~no painting at all. \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The saved reference in the \type {cache} option is thread|-|local, so be careful
+when you are using coroutines: an error will be thrown if the table has been
+cached in one thread, but you reference it from another thread.
+
+The key \type {name} is always required. The keys \type {stretch}, \type
+{shrink}, \type {step} only have meaning when used together: they can be used to
+replace a post|-|loading \lpr {expandglyphsinfont} command. The \type
+{auto_expand} option is not supported in \LUATEX. In fact, the primitives that
+create expanded or protruding copies are probably only useful when used with
+traditional fonts because all these extra \OPENTYPE\ properties are kept out of
+the picture. The \type {expansion_factor} is value that can be present inside a
+font in \type {font.fonts}. It is the actual expansion factor (a value between
+\type {-shrink} and \type {stretch}, with step \type {step}) of a font that was
+automatically generated by the font expansion algorithm.
+
+Because we store the actual state of expansion with each glyph and don't have
+special font instances, we can change some font related parameters before lines
+are constructed, like:
+
+\starttyping
+font.setexpansion(font.current(),100,100,20)
+\stoptyping
+
+This is mostly meant for experiments (or an optimizing routing written in \LUA)
+so there is no primitive.
+
+The key \type {attributes} can be used to set font attributes in the \PDF\ file.
+The key \type {used} is set by the engine when a font is actively in use, this
+makes sure that the font's definition is written to the output file (\DVI\ or
+\PDF). The \TFM\ reader sets it to false. The \type {direction} is a number
+signalling the \quote {normal} direction for this font. There are sixteen
+possibilities:
+
+\starttabulate[|Tc|c|Tc|c|Tc|c|Tc|c|]
+\DB \# \BC dir \BC \# \BC dir \BC \# \BC dir \BC \# \BC dir \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC LT \NC 4 \NC RT \NC 8 \NC TT \NC 12 \NC BT \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC LL \NC 5 \NC RL \NC 9 \NC TL \NC 13 \NC BL \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC LB \NC 6 \NC RB \NC 10 \NC TB \NC 14 \NC BB \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC LR \NC 7 \NC RR \NC 11 \NC TR \NC 15 \NC BR \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+These are \OMEGA|-|style direction abbreviations: the first character indicates
+the \quote {first} edge of the character glyphs (the edge that is seen first in
+the writing direction), the second the \quote {top} side. Keep in mind that
+\LUATEX\ has a bit different directional model so these values are not used for
+anything.
+
+The \type {parameters} is a hash with mixed key types. There are seven possible
+string keys, as well as a number of integer indices (these start from 8 up). The
+seven strings are actually used instead of the bottom seven indices, because that
+gives a nicer user interface.
+
+The names and their internal remapping are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|]
+\DB name \BC remapping \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {slant} \NC 1 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {space} \NC 2 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {space_stretch} \NC 3 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {space_shrink} \NC 4 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {x_height} \NC 5 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {quad} \NC 6 \NC \NR
+\NC \type {extra_space} \NC 7 \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The keys \type {type}, \type {format}, \type {embedding}, \type {fullname} and
+\type {filename} are used to embed \OPENTYPE\ fonts in the result \PDF.
+
+The \type {characters} table is a list of character hashes indexed by an integer
+number. The number is the \quote {internal code} \TEX\ knows this character by.
+
+Two very special string indexes can be used also: \type {left_boundary} is a
+virtual character whose ligatures and kerns are used to handle word boundary
+processing. \type {right_boundary} is similar but not actually used for anything
+(yet).
+
+Each character hash itself is a hash. For example, here is the character \quote
+{f} (decimal 102) in the font \type {cmr10 at 10pt}. The numbers that represent
+dimensions are in scaled points.
+
+\starttyping
+[102] = {
+ ["width"] = 200250,
+ ["height"] = 455111,
+ ["depth"] = 0,
+ ["italic"] = 50973,
+ ["kerns"] = {
+ [63] = 50973,
+ [93] = 50973,
+ [39] = 50973,
+ [33] = 50973,
+ [41] = 50973
+ },
+ ["ligatures"] = {
+ [102] = { ["char"] = 11, ["type"] = 0 },
+ [108] = { ["char"] = 13, ["type"] = 0 },
+ [105] = { ["char"] = 12, ["type"] = 0 }
+ }
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+The following top|-|level keys can be present inside a character hash:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC vf \BC tfm \BC used \BC type \BC description \NC\NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{width} \NC yes \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's width, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's height, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's depth, in sp (default 0) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{italic} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC character's italic correction, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{top_accent} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's top accent alignment place, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{bot_accent} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's bottom accent alignment place, in sp (default zero) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{left_protruding} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \lpr {lpcode} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{right_protruding} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \lpr {rpcode} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC number \NC character's \lpr {efcode} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{tounicode} \NC no \NC no \NC maybe \NC string \NC character's \UNICODE\ equivalent(s), in \UTF|-|16BE hexadecimal format \NC\NR
+\NC \type{next} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC number \NC the \quote {next larger} character index \NC\NR
+\NC \type{extensible} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC the constituent parts of an extensible recipe \NC\NR
+\NC \type{vert_variants} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC constituent parts of a vertical variant set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{horiz_variants} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC constituent parts of a horizontal variant set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kerns} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC kerning information \NC\NR
+\NC \type{ligatures} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC table \NC ligaturing information \NC\NR
+\NC \type{commands} \NC yes \NC no \NC yes \NC array \NC virtual font commands \NC\NR
+\NC \type{name} \NC no \NC no \NC no \NC string \NC the character (\POSTSCRIPT) name \NC\NR
+\NC \type{index} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC number \NC the (\OPENTYPE\ or \TRUETYPE) font glyph index \NC\NR
+\NC \type{used} \NC no \NC yes \NC yes \NC boolean \NC typeset already (default: false) \NC\NR
+\NC \type{mathkern} \NC no \NC no \NC yes \NC table \NC math cut-in specifications \NC\NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The values of \type {top_accent}, \type {bot_accent} and \type {mathkern} are
+used only for math accent and superscript placement, see \at {page} [math] in
+this manual for details. The values of \type {left_protruding} and \type
+{right_protruding} are used only when \lpr {protrudechars} is non-zero. Whether
+or not \type {expansion_factor} is used depends on the font's global expansion
+settings, as well as on the value of \lpr {adjustspacing}.
+
+The usage of \type {tounicode} is this: if this font specifies a \type
+{tounicode=1} at the top level, then \LUATEX\ will construct a \type {/ToUnicode}
+entry for the \PDF\ font (or font subset) based on the character|-|level \type
+{tounicode} strings, where they are available. If a character does not have a
+sensible \UNICODE\ equivalent, do not provide a string either (no empty strings).
+
+If the font level \type {tounicode} is not set, then \LUATEX\ will build up \type
+{/ToUnicode} based on the \TEX\ code points you used, and any character-level
+\type {tounicodes} will be ignored. The string format is exactly the format that
+is expected by Adobe \CMAP\ files (\UTF-16BE in hexadecimal encoding), minus the
+enclosing angle brackets. For instance the \type {tounicode} for a \type {fi}
+ligature would be \type {00660069}. When you pass a number the conversion will be
+done for you.
+
+A math character can have a \type {next} field that points to a next larger
+shape. However, the presence of \type {extensible} will overrule \type {next}, if
+that is also present. The \type {extensible} field in turn can be overruled by
+\type {vert_variants}, the \OPENTYPE\ version. The \type {extensible} table is
+very simple:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC description \NC\NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{top} \NC number \NC top character index \NC\NR
+\NC \type{mid} \NC number \NC middle character index \NC\NR
+\NC \type{bot} \NC number \NC bottom character index \NC\NR
+\NC \type{rep} \NC number \NC repeatable character index \NC\NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {horiz_variants} and \type {vert_variants} are arrays of components.
+Each of those components is itself a hash of up to five keys:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{glyph} \NC number \NC The character index. Note that this is an encoding number, not a name. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{extender} \NC number \NC One (1) if this part is repeatable, zero (0) otherwise. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{start} \NC number \NC The maximum overlap at the starting side (in scaled points). \NC \NR
+\NC \type{end} \NC number \NC The maximum overlap at the ending side (in scaled points). \NC \NR
+\NC \type{advance} \NC number \NC The total advance width of this item. It can be zero or missing,
+ then the natural size of the glyph for character \type {component}
+ is used. \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {kerns} table is a hash indexed by character index (and \quote
+{character index} is defined as either a non|-|negative integer or the string
+value \type {right_boundary}), with the values of the kerning to be applied, in
+scaled points.
+
+The \type {ligatures} table is a hash indexed by character index (and \quote
+{character index} is defined as either a non|-|negative integer or the string
+value \type {right_boundary}), with the values being yet another small hash, with
+two fields:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type} \NC number \NC the type of this ligature command, default 0 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the character index of the resultant ligature \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {char} field in a ligature is required. The \type {type} field inside a
+ligature is the numerical or string value of one of the eight possible ligature
+types supported by \TEX. When \TEX\ inserts a new ligature, it puts the new glyph
+in the middle of the left and right glyphs. The original left and right glyphs
+can optionally be retained, and when at least one of them is kept, it is also
+possible to move the new \quote {insertion point} forward one or two places. The
+glyph that ends up to the right of the insertion point will become the next
+\quote {left}.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|l|l|]
+\DB textual (Knuth) \BC number \BC string \BC result \NC\NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{l + r =: n} \NC 0 \NC \type{=:} \NC \type{|n} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r =:| n} \NC 1 \NC \type{=:|} \NC \type{|nr} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r |=: n} \NC 2 \NC \type{|=:} \NC \type{|ln} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r |=:| n} \NC 3 \NC \type{|=:|} \NC \type{|lnr} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r =:|> n} \NC 5 \NC \type{=:|>} \NC \type{n|r} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r |=:> n} \NC 6 \NC \type{|=:>} \NC \type{l|n} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r |=:|> n} \NC 7 \NC \type{|=:|>} \NC \type{l|nr} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{l + r |=:|>> n} \NC 11 \NC \type{|=:|>>} \NC \type{ln|r} \NC\NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The default value is~0, and can be left out. That signifies a \quote {normal}
+ligature where the ligature replaces both original glyphs. In this table the~\type {|}
+indicates the final insertion point.
+
+The \type {commands} array is explained below.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Real fonts}]
+
+\topicindex {fonts+real}
+\topicindex {fonts+virtual}
+
+Whether or not a \TEX\ font is a \quote {real} font that should be written to the
+\PDF\ document is decided by the \type {type} value in the top|-|level font
+structure. If the value is \type {real}, then this is a proper font, and the
+inclusion mechanism will attempt to add the needed font object definitions to the
+\PDF. Values for \type {type} are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC description \NC\NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{real} \NC this is a base font \NC\NR
+\NC \type{virtual} \NC this is a virtual font \NC\NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The actions to be taken depend on a number of different variables:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ Whether the used font fits in an 8-bit encoding scheme or not. This is true for
+ traditional \TEX\ fonts that communicate via \TFM\ files.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The type of the disk font file, for instance a bitmap file or an outline
+ \TYPEONE, \TRUETYPE\ or \OPENTYPE\ font.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The level of embedding requested, although in most cases a subset of
+ characters is embedded. The times when nothing got embedded are (in our
+ opinion at least) basically gone.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+A font that uses anything other than an 8-bit encoding vector has to be written
+to the \PDF\ in a different way. When the font table has \type {encodingbytes}
+set to~2, then it is a wide font, in all other cases it isn't. The value~2 is the
+default for \OPENTYPE\ and \TRUETYPE\ fonts loaded via \LUA. For \TYPEONE\ fonts,
+you have to set \type {encodingbytes} to~2 explicitly. For \PK\ bitmap fonts,
+wide font encoding is not supported at all.
+
+If no special care is needed, \LUATEX\ falls back to the mapfile|-|based solution
+used by \PDFTEX\ and \DVIPS, so that legacy fonts are supported transparently. If
+a \quote {wide} font is used, the new subsystem kicks in, and some extra fields
+have to be present in the font structure. In this case, \LUATEX\ does not use a
+map file at all. These extra fields are: \type {format}, \type {embedding}, \type
+{fullname}, \type {cidinfo} (as explained above), \type {filename}, and the \type
+{index} key in the separate characters.
+
+The \type {format} variable can have the following values. \type {type3} fonts
+are provided for backward compatibility only, and do not support the new wide
+encoding options.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{type1} \NC this is a \POSTSCRIPT\ \TYPEONE\ font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{type3} \NC this is a bitmapped (\PK) font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{truetype} \NC this is a \TRUETYPE\ or \TRUETYPE|-|based \OPENTYPE\ font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{opentype} \NC this is a \POSTSCRIPT|-|based \OPENTYPE\ font \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Valid values for the \type {embedding} variable are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB value \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{no} \NC don't embed the font at all \NC \NR
+\NC \type{subset} \NC include and atttempt to subset the font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{full} \NC include this font in its entirety \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The other fields are used as follows. The \type {fullname} will be the
+\POSTSCRIPT|/|\PDF\ font name. The \type {cidinfo} will be used as the character
+set: the CID \type {/Ordering} and \type {/Registry} keys. The \type {filename}
+points to the actual font file. If you include the full path in the \type
+{filename} or if the file is in the local directory, \LUATEX\ will run a little
+bit more efficient because it will not have to re|-|run the \type {find_*_file}
+callback in that case.
+
+Be careful: when mixing old and new fonts in one document, it is possible to
+create \POSTSCRIPT\ name clashes that can result in printing errors. When this
+happens, you have to change the \type {fullname} of the font to a more unique
+one.
+
+Typeset strings are written out in a wide format using 2~bytes per glyph, using
+the \type {index} key in the character information as value. The overall effect
+is like having an encoding based on numbers instead of traditional (\POSTSCRIPT)
+name|-|based reencoding. One way to get the correct \type {index} numbers for
+\TYPEONE\ fonts is by loading the font via \type {fontloader.open} and use the
+table indices as \type {index} fields.
+
+In order to make sure that cut and paste of the final document works okay you can
+best make sure that there is a \type {tounicode} vector enforced. Not all \PDF\
+viewers handle this right so take \ACROBAT\ as reference.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[reference=virtualfonts,title={Virtual fonts}]
+
+\subsection{The structure}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+virtual}
+
+You have to take the following steps if you want \LUATEX\ to treat the returned
+table from \cbk {define_font} as a virtual font:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ Set the top|-|level key \type {type} to \type {virtual}. In most cases it's
+ optional because we look at the \type {commands} entry anyway.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Make sure there is at least one valid entry in \type {fonts} (see below),
+ although recent versions of \LUATEX\ add a default entry when this table is
+ missing.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Add a \type {commands} array to those characters that matter. A virtual
+ character can itself point to virtual characters but be careful with nesting
+ as you can create loops and overflow the stack (which often indicates an
+ error anyway).
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The presence of the toplevel \type {type} key with the specific value \type
+{virtual} will trigger handling of the rest of the special virtual font fields in
+the table, but the mere existence of 'type' is enough to prevent \LUATEX\ from
+looking for a virtual font on its own. This also works \quote {in reverse}: if
+you are absolutely certain that a font is not a virtual font, assigning the value
+\type {real} to \type {type} will inhibit \LUATEX\ from looking for a virtual
+font file, thereby saving you a disk search. This only matters when we load a
+\TFM\ file.
+
+The \type {fonts} is an (indexed) \LUA\ table. The values are one- or two|-|key
+hashes themselves, each entry indicating one of the base fonts in a virtual font.
+In case your font is referring to itself, you can use the \type {font.nextid()}
+function which returns the index of the next to be defined font which is probably
+the currently defined one. So, a table looks like this:
+
+\starttyping
+fonts = {
+ { name = "ptmr8a", size = 655360 },
+ { name = "psyr", size = 600000 },
+ { id = 38 }
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+The first referenced font (at index~1) in this virtual font is \type {ptrmr8a}
+loaded at 10pt, and the second is \type {psyr} loaded at a little over 9pt. The
+third one is a previously defined font that is known to \LUATEX\ as font id~38.
+The array index numbers are used by the character command definitions that are
+part of each character.
+
+The \type {commands} array is a hash where each item is another small array,
+with the first entry representing a command and the extra items being the
+parameters to that command. The allowed commands and their arguments are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|]
+\DB command \BC arguments \BC type \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{font} \NC 1 \NC number \NC select a new font from the local \type {fonts} table \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char} \NC 1 \NC number \NC typeset this character number from the current font,
+ and move right by the character's width \NC \NR
+\NC \type{node} \NC 1 \NC node \NC output this node (list), and move right
+ by the width of this list\NC \NR
+\NC \type{slot} \NC 2 \NC 2 numbers \NC a shortcut for the combination of a font and char command\NC \NR
+\NC \type{push} \NC 0 \NC \NC save current position\NC \NR
+\NC \type{nop} \NC 0 \NC \NC do nothing \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pop} \NC 0 \NC \NC pop position \NC \NR
+\NC \type{rule} \NC 2 \NC 2 numbers \NC output a rule $ht*wd$, and move right. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{down} \NC 1 \NC number \NC move down on the page \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right} \NC 1 \NC number \NC move right on the page \NC \NR
+\NC \type{special} \NC 1 \NC string \NC output a \prm {special} command \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf} \NC 2 \NC 2 strings \NC output a \PDF\ literal, the first string is one of \type {origin},
+ \type {page}, \type {text}, \type {font}, \type {direct} or \type {raw}; if you
+ have one string only \type {origin} is assumed \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lua} \NC 1 \NC string,
+ function \NC execute a \LUA\ script when the glyph is embedded; in case of a
+ function it gets the font id and character code passed \NC \NR
+\NC \type{image} \NC 1 \NC image \NC output an image (the argument can be either an \type {<image>} variable or an \type {image_spec} table) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{comment} \NC any \NC any \NC the arguments of this command are ignored \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+When a font id is set to~0 then it will be replaced by the currently assigned
+font id. This prevents the need for hackery with future id's. Normally one could
+use \type {font.nextid} but when more complex fonts are built in the meantime
+other instances could have been loaded.
+
+The \type {pdf} option also accepts a \type {mode} keyword in which case the
+third argument sets the mode. That option will change the mode in an efficient
+way (passing an empty string would result in an extra empty lines in the \PDF\
+file. This option only makes sense for virtual fonts. The \type {font} mode only
+makes sense in virtual fonts. Modes are somewhat fuzzy and partially inherited
+from \PDFTEX.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB mode \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {origin} \NC enter page mode and set the position \NC \NR
+\NC \type {page} \NC enter page mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type {text} \NC enter text mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type {font} \NC enter font mode (kind of text mode, only in virtual fonts) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {always} \NC finish the current string and force a transform if needed \NC \NR
+\NC \type {raw} \NC finish the current string \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+You always need to check what \PDF\ code is generated because there can be all
+kind of interferences with optimization in the backend and fonts are complicated
+anyway. Here is a rather elaborate glyph commands example using such keys:
+
+\starttyping
+...
+commands = {
+ { "push" }, -- remember where we are
+ { "right", 5000 }, -- move right about 0.08pt
+ { "font", 3 }, -- select the fonts[3] entry
+ { "char", 97 }, -- place character 97 (ASCII 'a')
+ -- { "slot", 2, 97 }, -- an alternative for the previous two
+ { "pop" }, -- go all the way back
+ { "down", -200000 }, -- move upwards by about 3pt
+ { "special", "pdf: 1 0 0 rg" } -- switch to red color
+ -- { "pdf", "origin", "1 0 0 rg" } -- switch to red color (alternative)
+ { "rule", 500000, 20000 } -- draw a bar
+ { "special", "pdf: 0 g" } -- back to black
+ -- { "pdf", "origin", "0 g" } -- back to black (alternative)
+}
+...
+\stoptyping
+
+The default value for \type {font} is always~1 at the start of the
+\type {commands} array. Therefore, if the virtual font is essentially only a
+re|-|encoding, then you do usually not have created an explicit \quote {font}
+command in the array.
+
+Rules inside of \type {commands} arrays are built up using only two dimensions:
+they do not have depth. For correct vertical placement, an extra \type {down}
+command may be needed.
+
+Regardless of the amount of movement you create within the \type {commands}, the
+output pointer will always move by exactly the width that was given in the \type
+{width} key of the character hash. Any movements that take place inside the \type
+{commands} array are ignored on the upper level.
+
+The special can have a \type {pdf:}, \type {pdf:origin:}, \type {pdf:page:},
+\type {pdf:direct:} or \type {pdf:raw:} prefix. When you have to concatenate
+strings using the \type {pdf} command might be more efficient.
+
+\subsection{Artificial fonts}
+
+Even in a \quote {real} font, there can be virtual characters. When \LUATEX\
+encounters a \type {commands} field inside a character when it becomes time to
+typeset the character, it will interpret the commands, just like for a true
+virtual character. In this case, if you have created no \quote {fonts} array,
+then the default (and only) \quote {base} font is taken to be the current font
+itself. In practice, this means that you can create virtual duplicates of
+existing characters which is useful if you want to create composite characters.
+
+Note: this feature does {\it not\/} work the other way around. There can not be
+\quote {real} characters in a virtual font! You cannot use this technique for
+font re-encoding either; you need a truly virtual font for that (because
+characters that are already present cannot be altered).
+
+\subsection{Example virtual font}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+virtual}
+
+Finally, here is a plain \TEX\ input file with a virtual font demonstration:
+
+\startbuffer
+\directlua {
+ callback.register('define_font',
+ function (name,size)
+ if name == 'cmr10-red' then
+ local f = font.read_tfm('cmr10',size)
+ f.name = 'cmr10-red'
+ f.type = 'virtual'
+ f.fonts = {
+ { name = 'cmr10', size = size }
+ }
+ for i,v in pairs(f.characters) do
+ if string.char(i):find('[tacohanshartmut]') then
+ v.commands = {
+ { "special", "pdf: 1 0 0 rg" },
+ { "char", i },
+ { "special", "pdf: 0 g" },
+ }
+ end
+ end
+ return f
+ else
+ return font.read_tfm(name,size)
+ end
+ end
+ )
+}
+
+\font\myfont = cmr10-red at 10pt \myfont This is a line of text \par
+\font\myfontx = cmr10 at 10pt \myfontx Here is another line of text \par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {vf} library}]
+
+The \type {vf} library can be used when \LUA\ code, as defined in the \type
+{commands} of the font, is executed. The functions provided are similar as the
+commands: \type {char}, \type {down}, \type {fontid}, \type {image}, \type
+{node}, \type {nop}, \type {pop}, \type {push}, \type {right}, \nod {rule}, \type
+{special} and \type {pdf}. This library has been present for a while but not been
+advertised and tested much, if only because it's easy to define an invalid font
+(or mess up the \PDF\ stream). Keep in mind that the \LUA\ snippets are executed
+each time when a character is output.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {font} library}]
+
+\topicindex {fonts+library}
+
+The font library provides the interface into the internals of the font system,
+and it also contains helper functions to load traditional \TEX\ font metrics
+formats. Other font loading functionality is provided by the \type {fontloader}
+library that will be discussed in the next section.
+
+\subsection{Loading a \TFM\ file}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+tfm}
+
+The behaviour documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that
+there will not be backward|-|incompatible changes any more.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> fnt =
+ font.read_tfm(<string> name, <number> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The number is a bit special:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ If it is positive, it specifies an \quote {at size} in scaled points.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ If it is negative, its absolute value represents a \quote {scaled}
+ setting relative to the designsize of the font.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+\subsection{Loading a \VF\ file}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+vf}
+
+The behavior documented in this subsection is considered stable in the sense that
+there will not be backward-incompatible changes any more.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> vf_fnt =
+ font.read_vf(<string> name, <number> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The meaning of the number \type {s} and the format of the returned table are
+similar to the ones in the \type {read_tfm} function.
+
+\subsection{The fonts array}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+virtual}
+
+The whole table of \TEX\ fonts is accessible from \LUA\ using a virtual array.
+
+\starttyping
+font.fonts[n] = { ... }
+<table> f = font.fonts[n]
+\stoptyping
+
+Because this is a virtual array, you cannot call \type {pairs} on it, but see
+below for the \type {font.each} iterator.
+
+The two metatable functions implementing the virtual array are:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> f = font.getfont(<number> n)
+font.setfont(<number> n, <table> f)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Note that at the moment, each access to the \type {font.fonts} or call to \type
+{font.getfont} creates a \LUA\ table for the whole font unless you cached it.
+This process can be quite slow.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> p = font.getparameters(<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This one will return a table of the parameters as known to \TEX. These can be
+different from the ones in the cached table.
+
+Also note the following: assignments can only be made to fonts that have already
+been defined in \TEX, but have not been accessed {\it at all\/} since that
+definition. This limits the usability of the write access to \type {font.fonts}
+quite a lot, a less stringent ruleset will likely be implemented later.
+
+\subsection{Checking a font's status}
+
+You can test for the status of a font by calling this function:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> f =
+ font.frozen(<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The return value is one of \type {true} (unassignable), \type {false} (can be
+changed) or \type {nil} (not a valid font at all).
+
+\subsection{Defining a font directly}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+define}
+
+You can define your own font into \type {font.fonts} by calling this function:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.define(<table> f)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The return value is the internal id number of the defined font (the index into
+\type {font.fonts}). If the font creation fails, an error is raised. The table is
+a font structure. An alternative call is:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.define(<number> n, <table> f)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Where the first argument is a reserved font id (see below).
+
+\subsection{Extending a font}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+extend}
+
+Within reasonable bounds you can extend a font after it has been defined. Because
+some properties are best left unchanged this is limited to adding characters.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+font.addcharacters(<number n>, <table> f)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The table passed can have the fields \type {characters} which is a (sub)table
+like the one used in define, and for virtual fonts a \type {fonts} table can be
+added. The characters defined in the \type {characters} table are added (when not
+yet present) or replace an existing entry. Keep in mind that replacing can have
+side effects because a character already can have been used. Instead of posing
+restrictions we expect the user to be careful. (The \type {setfont} helper is
+a more drastic replacer.)
+
+\subsection{Projected next font id}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+id}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.nextid()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This returns the font id number that would be returned by a \type {font.define}
+call if it was executed at this spot in the code flow. This is useful for virtual
+fonts that need to reference themselves. If you pass \type {true} as argument,
+the id gets reserved and you can pass to \type {font.define} as first argument.
+This can be handy when you create complex virtual fonts.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.nextid(true)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{Font ids}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+id}
+\topicindex {fonts+current}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.id(<string> csname)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This returns the font id associated with \type {csname}, or $-1$ if \type
+{csname} is not defined.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ font.max()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This is the largest used index in \type {font.fonts}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i = font.current()
+font.current(<number> i)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This gets or sets the currently used font number.
+
+\subsection{Iterating over all fonts}
+
+\topicindex {fonts+iterate}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+for i,v in font.each() do
+ ...
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This is an iterator over each of the defined \TEX\ fonts. The first returned
+value is the index in \type {font.fonts}, the second the font itself, as a \LUA\
+table. The indices are listed incrementally, but they do not always form an array
+of consecutive numbers: in some cases there can be holes in the sequence.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-graphics.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-graphics.tex index 56da90071b5..038710cd583 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-graphics.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-graphics.tex @@ -1,647 +1,831 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-graphics - -\startchapter[reference=graphics,title={The graphic libraries}] - -\section{The \type {img} library} - -The \type {img} library can be used as an alternative to \type {\pdfximage} and -\type {\pdfrefximage}, and the associated \quote {satellite} commands like \type -{\pdfximagebbox}. Image objects can also be used within virtual fonts via the -\type {image} command listed in~\in {section} [virtualfonts]. - -\subsection{\type {new}} - -\startfunctioncall -<image> var = img.new() -<image> var = img.new(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function creates a userdata object of type \quote {image}. The \type -{image_spec} argument is optional. If it is given, it must be a table, and that -table must contain a \type {filename} key. A number of other keys can also be -useful, these are explained below. - -You can either say - -\starttyping -a = img.new() -\stoptyping - -followed by - -\starttyping -a.filename = "foo.png" -\stoptyping - -or you can put the file name (and some or all of the other keys) into a table -directly, like so: - -\starttyping -a = img.new({filename='foo.pdf', page=1}) -\stoptyping - -The generated \type {<image>} userdata object allows access to a set of -user|-|specified values as well as a set of values that are normally filled in -and updated automatically by \LUATEX\ itself. Some of those are derived from the -actual image file, others are updated to reflect the \PDF\ output status of the -object. - -There is one required user-specified field: the file name (\type {filename}). It -can optionally be augmented by the requested image dimensions (\type {width}, -\type {depth}, \type {height}), user|-|specified image attributes (\type {attr}), -the requested \PDF\ page identifier (\type {page}), the requested boundingbox -(\type {pagebox}) for \PDF\ inclusion, the requested color space object (\type -{colorspace}). - -The function \type {img.new} does not access the actual image file, it just -creates the \type {<image>} userdata object and initializes some memory -structures. The \type {<image>} object and its internal structures are -automatically garbage collected. - -Once the image is scanned, all the values in the \type {<image>} except \type -{width}, \type {height} and \type {depth}, become frozen, and you cannot change -them any more. - -You can use \type {pdf.setignoreunknownimages(1)} (or at the \TEX\ end the \type -{\pdfvariable} \type {ignoreunknownimages}) to get around a quit when no known -image type is found (based on name or preamble). Beware: this will not catch -invalid images and we cannot guarantee side effects. A zero dimension image is -still included when requested. No special flags are set. A proper workflow will -not rely in such a catch but make sure that images are valid. - -\subsection{\type {keys}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> keys = img.keys() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a list of all the possible \type {image_spec} keys, both -user-supplied and automatic ones. - -% hahe: i need to add r/w ro column... -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field name \BC type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC string \NC the image attributes for \LUATEX \NC \NR -\NC \type{bbox} \NC table \NC table with 4 boundingbox dimensions \type - {llx}, \type {lly}, \type {urx} and \type - {ury} overruling the \type {pagebox} entry \NC \NR -\NC \type{colordepth} \NC number \NC the number of bits used by the color space \NC \NR -\NC \type{colorspace} \NC number \NC the color space object number \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the image depth for \LUATEX \NC \NR -\NC \type{filename} \NC string \NC the image file name \NC \NR -\NC \type{filepath} \NC string \NC the full (expanded) file name of the image\NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the image height for \LUATEX \NC \NR -\NC \type{imagetype} \NC string \NC one of \type {pdf}, \type {png}, \type {jpg}, - \type {jp2} or \type {jbig2} \NC \NR -\NC \type{index} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ image name suffix \NC \NR -\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ image object number \NC \NR -\NC \type{page} \NC number \NC the identifier for the requested image page \NC \NR -\NC \type{pagebox} \NC string \NC the requested bounding box, one of - \type {none}, \type {media}, \type {crop}, - \type {bleed}, \type {trim}, \type {art} \NC \NR -\NC \type{pages} \NC number \NC the total number of available pages \NC \NR -\NC \type{rotation} \NC number \NC the image rotation from included \PDF\ file, - in multiples of 90~deg. \NC \NR -\NC \type{stream} \NC string \NC the raw stream data for an \type {/Xobject} - \type {/Form} object\NC \NR -\NC \type{transform} \NC number \NC the image transform, integer number 0..7 \NC \NR -\NC \type{orientation} \NC number \NC the (jpeg) image orientation, integer number 1..8 (0 for unset) \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the image width for \LUATEX \NC \NR -\NC \type{xres} \NC number \NC the horizontal natural image resolution - (in \DPI) \NC \NR -\NC \type{xsize} \NC number \NC the natural image width \NC \NR -\NC \type{yres} \NC number \NC the vertical natural image resolution - (in \DPI) \NC \NR -\NC \type{ysize} \NC number \NC the natural image height \NC \NR -\NC \type{visiblefileame} \NC string \NC when set, this name will find its way in the - \PDF\ file as \type {PTEX} specification; when - an empty string is assigned nothing is written - to file; otherwise the natural filename is - taken \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A running (undefined) dimension in \type {width}, \type {height}, or \type -{depth} is represented as \type {nil} in \LUA, so if you want to load an image at -its \quote {natural} size, you do not have to specify any of those three fields. - -The \type {stream} parameter allows to fabricate an \type {/XObject} \type -{/Form} object from a string giving the stream contents, e.g., for a filled -rectangle: - -\startfunctioncall -a.stream = "0 0 20 10 re f" -\stopfunctioncall - -When writing the image, an \type {/Xobject} \type {/Form} object is created, like -with embedded \PDF\ file writing. The object is written out only once. The \type -{stream} key requires that also the \type {bbox} table is given. The \type -{stream} key conflicts with the \type {filename} key. The \type {transform} key -works as usual also with \type {stream}. - -The \type {bbox} key needs a table with four boundingbox values, e.g.: - -\startfunctioncall -a.bbox = { "30bp", 0, "225bp", "200bp" } -\stopfunctioncall - -This replaces and overrules any given \type {pagebox} value; with given \type -{bbox} the box dimensions coming with an embedded \PDF\ file are ignored. The -\type {xsize} and \type {ysize} dimensions are set accordingly, when the image is -scaled. The \type {bbox} parameter is ignored for non-\PDF\ images. - -The \type {transform} allows to mirror and rotate the image in steps of 90~deg. -The default value~$0$ gives an unmirrored, unrotated image. Values $1-3$ give -counterclockwise rotation by $90$, $180$, or $270$~degrees, whereas with values -$4-7$ the image is first mirrored and then rotated counterclockwise by $90$, -$180$, or $270$~degrees. The \type {transform} operation gives the same visual -result as if you would externally preprocess the image by a graphics tool and -then use it by \LUATEX. If a \PDF\ file to be embedded already contains a \type -{/Rotate} specification, the rotation result is the combination of the \type -{/Rotate} rotation followed by the \type {transform} operation. - -\subsection{\type {scan}} - -\startfunctioncall -<image> var = img.scan(<image> var) -<image> var = img.scan(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -When you say \type {img.scan(a)} for a new image, the file is scanned, and -variables such as \type {xsize}, \type {ysize}, image \type {type}, number of -\type {pages}, and the resolution are extracted. Each of the \type {width}, \type -{height}, \type {depth} fields are set up according to the image dimensions, if -they were not given an explicit value already. An image file will never be -scanned more than once for a given image variable. With all subsequent \type -{img.scan(a)} calls only the dimensions are again set up (if they have been -changed by the user in the meantime). - -For ease of use, you can do right-away a - -\starttyping -<image> a = img.scan { filename = "foo.png" } -\stoptyping - -without a prior \type {img.new}. - -Nothing is written yet at this point, so you can do \type {a=img.scan}, retrieve -the available info like image width and height, and then throw away \type {a} -again by saying \type {a=nil}. In that case no image object will be reserved in -the PDF, and the used memory will be cleaned up automatically. - -\subsection{\type {copy}} - -\startfunctioncall -<image> var = img.copy(<image> var) -<image> var = img.copy(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -If you say \type {a = b}, then both variables point to the same \type {<image>} -object. if you want to write out an image with different sizes, you can do a -\type {b = img.copy(a)}. - -Afterwards, \type {a} and \type {b} still reference the same actual image -dictionary, but the dimensions for \type {b} can now be changed from their -initial values that were just copies from \type {a}. - -\subsection{\type {write}} - -\startfunctioncall -<image> var = img.write(<image> var) -<image> var = img.write(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -By \type {img.write(a)} a \PDF\ object number is allocated, and a whatsit node of -subtype \type {pdf_refximage} is generated and put into the output list. By this -the image \type {a} is placed into the page stream, and the image file is written -out into an image stream object after the shipping of the current page is -finished. - -Again you can do a terse call like - -\starttyping -img.write { filename = "foo.png" } -\stoptyping - -The \type {<image>} variable is returned in case you want it for later -processing. - -\subsection{\type {immediatewrite}} - -\startfunctioncall -<image> var = img.immediatewrite(<image> var) -<image> var = img.immediatewrite(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -By \type {img.immediatewrite(a)} a \PDF\ object number is allocated, and the -image file for image \type {a} is written out immediately into the \PDF\ file as -an image stream object (like with \type {\immediate}\type {\pdfximage}). The object -number of the image stream dictionary is then available by the \type {objnum} -key. No \type {pdf_refximage} whatsit node is generated. You will need an -\type {img.write(a)} or \type {img.node(a)} call to let the image appear on the -page, or reference it by another trick; else you will have a dangling image -object in the \PDF\ file. - -Also here you can do a terse call like - -\starttyping -a = img.immediatewrite { filename = "foo.png" } -\stoptyping - -The \type {<image>} variable is returned and you will most likely need it. - -\subsection{\type {node}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = img.node(<image> var) -<node> n = img.node(<table> image_spec) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function allocates a \PDF\ object number and returns a whatsit node of -subtype \type {pdf_refximage}, filled with the image parameters \type {width}, -\type {height}, \type {depth}, and \type {objnum}. Also here you can do a terse -call like: - -\starttyping -n = img.node ({ filename = "foo.png" }) -\stoptyping - -This example outputs an image: - -\starttyping -node.write(img.node{filename="foo.png"}) -\stoptyping - -\subsection{\type {types}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> types = img.types() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a list with the supported image file type names, currently -these are \type {pdf}, \type {png}, \type {jpg}, \type {jp2} (JPEG~2000), and -\type {jbig2}. - -\subsection{\type {boxes}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> boxes = img.boxes() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a list with the supported \PDF\ page box names, currently -these are \type {media}, \type {crop}, \type {bleed}, \type {trim}, and \type -{art}, all in lowercase letters. - -\section{The \type {mplib} library} - -The \MP\ library interface registers itself in the table \type {mplib}. It is -based on \MPLIB\ version \ctxlua {context(mplib.version())}. - -\subsection{\type {new}} - -To create a new \METAPOST\ instance, call - -\startfunctioncall -<mpinstance> mp = mplib.new({...}) -\stopfunctioncall - -This creates the \type {mp} instance object. The argument hash can have a number -of different fields, as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|p|] -\BC name \BC type \BC description \BC default \NC \NR -\NC \type{error_line} \NC number \NC error line width \NC 79 \NC \NR -\NC \type{print_line} \NC number \NC line length in ps output \NC 100 \NC \NR -\NC \type{random_seed} \NC number \NC the initial random seed \NC variable \NC \NR -\NC \type{math_mode} \NC string \NC the number system to use: - \type {double}, - \type {scaled}, - \type {binary} or - \type {decimal} \NC \type {scaled} \NC \NR -\NC \type{interaction} \NC string \NC the interaction mode: - \type {batch}, - \type {nonstop}, - \type {scroll} or - \type {errorstop} \NC \type {errorstop} \NC \NR -\NC \type{job_name} \NC string \NC \type {--jobname} \NC \type {mpout} \NC \NR -\NC \type{find_file} \NC function \NC a function to find files \NC only local files \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {find_file} function should be of this form: - -\starttyping -<string> found = finder (<string> name, <string> mode, <string> type) -\stoptyping - -with: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC name \BC the requested file \NC \NR -\NC \type{mode} \NC the file mode: \type {r} or \type {w} \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC the kind of file, one of: \type {mp}, \type {tfm}, \type {map}, - \type {pfb}, \type {enc} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Return either the full path name of the found file, or \type {nil} if the file -cannot be found. - -Note that the new version of \MPLIB\ no longer uses binary mem files, so the way -to preload a set of macros is simply to start off with an \type {input} command -in the first \type {mp:execute()} call. - -\subsection{\type {mp:statistics}} - -You can request statistics with: - -\startfunctioncall -<table> stats = mp:statistics() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns the vital statistics for an \MPLIB\ instance. There are -four fields, giving the maximum number of used items in each of four allocated -object classes: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{main_memory} \NC number \NC memory size \NC \NR -\NC \type{hash_size} \NC number \NC hash size\NC \NR -\NC \type{param_size} \NC number \NC simultaneous macro parameters\NC \NR -\NC \type{max_in_open} \NC number \NC input file nesting levels\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note that in the new version of \MPLIB, this is informational only. The objects -are all allocated dynamically, so there is no chance of running out of space -unless the available system memory is exhausted. - -\subsection{\type {mp:execute}} - -You can ask the \METAPOST\ interpreter to run a chunk of code by calling - -\startfunctioncall -<table> rettable = mp:execute('metapost language chunk') -\stopfunctioncall - -for various bits of \METAPOST\ language input. Be sure to check the \type -{rettable.status} (see below) because when a fatal \METAPOST\ error occurs the -\MPLIB\ instance will become unusable thereafter. - -Generally speaking, it is best to keep your chunks small, but beware that all -chunks have to obey proper syntax, like each of them is a small file. For -instance, you cannot split a single statement over multiple chunks. - -In contrast with the normal stand alone \type {mpost} command, there is -\notabene {no} implied \quote{input} at the start of the first chunk. - -\subsection{\type {mp:finish}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> rettable = mp:finish() -\stopfunctioncall - -If for some reason you want to stop using an \MPLIB\ instance while processing is -not yet actually done, you can call \type {mp:finish}. Eventually, used memory -will be freed and open files will be closed by the \LUA\ garbage collector, but -an explicit \type {mp:finish} is the only way to capture the final part of the -output streams. - -\subsection{Result table} - -The return value of \type {mp:execute} and \type {mp:finish} is a table with a -few possible keys (only \type {status} is always guaranteed to be present). - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{log} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {log} stream \NC \NR -\NC \type{term} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {term} stream \NC \NR -\NC \type{error} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {error} stream - (only used for \quote {out of memory}) \NC \NR -\NC \type{status} \NC number \NC the return value: - \type {0} = good, - \type {1} = warning, - \type {2} = errors, - \type {3} = fatal error \NC \NR -\NC \type{fig} \NC table \NC an array of generated figures (if any) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -When \type {status} equals~3, you should stop using this \MPLIB\ instance -immediately, it is no longer capable of processing input. - -If it is present, each of the entries in the \type {fig} array is a userdata -representing a figure object, and each of those has a number of object methods -you can call: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{boundingbox} \NC function \NC returns the bounding box, as an array of 4 - values \NC \NR -\NC \type{postscript} \NC function \NC returns a string that is the ps output of the - \type {fig}. this function accepts two optional - integer arguments for specifying the values of - \type {prologues} (first argument) and \type - {procset} (second argument) \NC \NR -\NC \type{svg} \NC function \NC returns a string that is the svg output of the - \type {fig}. This function accepts an optional - integer argument for specifying the value of - \type {prologues} \NC \NR -\NC \type{objects} \NC function \NC returns the actual array of graphic objects in - this \type {fig} \NC \NR -\NC \type{copy_objects} \NC function \NC returns a deep copy of the array of graphic - objects in this \type {fig} \NC \NR -\NC \type{filename} \NC function \NC the filename this \type {fig}'s \POSTSCRIPT\ - output would have written to in stand alone - mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharwd} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharht} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC function \NC the \type {fontchardp} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{italcorr} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharit} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{charcode} \NC function \NC the (rounded) \type {charcode} value \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note: you can call \type {fig:objects()} only once for any one \type {fig} -object! - -When the boundingbox represents a \quote {negated rectangle}, i.e.\ when the -first set of coordinates is larger than the second set, the picture is empty. - -Graphical objects come in various types that each has a different list of -accessible values. The types are: \type {fill}, \type {outline}, \type {text}, -\type {start_clip}, \type {stop_clip}, \type {start_bounds}, \type {stop_bounds}, -\type {special}. - -There is helper function (\type {mplib.fields(obj)}) to get the list of -accessible values for a particular object, but you can just as easily use the -tables given below. - -All graphical objects have a field \type {type} that gives the object type as a -string value; it is not explicit mentioned in the following tables. In the -following, \type {number}s are \POSTSCRIPT\ points represented as a floating -point number, unless stated otherwise. Field values that are of type \type -{table} are explained in the next section. - -\subsubsection{fill} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR -\NC \type{htap} \NC table \NC the list of knots for the reversed trajectory \NC \NR -\NC \type{pen} \NC table \NC knots of the pen \NC \NR -\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR -\NC \type{linejoin} \NC number \NC line join style (bare number)\NC \NR -\NC \type{miterlimit} \NC number \NC miterlimit\NC \NR -\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR -\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The entries \type {htap} and \type {pen} are optional. - -There is helper function (\type {mplib.pen_info(obj)}) that returns a table -containing a bunch of vital characteristics of the used pen (all values are -floats): - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC width of the pen \NC \NR -\NC \type{sx} \NC number \NC $x$ scale \NC \NR -\NC \type{rx} \NC number \NC $xy$ multiplier \NC \NR -\NC \type{ry} \NC number \NC $yx$ multiplier \NC \NR -\NC \type{sy} \NC number \NC $y$ scale \NC \NR -\NC \type{tx} \NC number \NC $x$ offset \NC \NR -\NC \type{ty} \NC number \NC $y$ offset \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{outline} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR -\NC \type{pen} \NC table \NC knots of the pen \NC \NR -\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR -\NC \type{linejoin} \NC number \NC line join style (bare number) \NC \NR -\NC \type{miterlimit} \NC number \NC miterlimit \NC \NR -\NC \type{linecap} \NC number \NC line cap style (bare number) \NC \NR -\NC \type{dash} \NC table \NC representation of a dash list \NC \NR -\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR -\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The entry \type {dash} is optional. - -\subsubsection{text} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{text} \NC string \NC the text \NC \NR -\NC \type{font} \NC string \NC font tfm name \NC \NR -\NC \type{dsize} \NC number \NC font size \NC \NR -\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{transform} \NC table \NC a text transformation \NC \NR -\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR -\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{special} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC special text \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{start_bounds, start_clip} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{stop_bounds, stop_clip} - -Here are no fields available. - -\subsection{Subsidiary table formats} - -\subsubsection{Paths and pens} - -Paths and pens (that are really just a special type of paths as far as \MPLIB\ is -concerned) are represented by an array where each entry is a table that -represents a knot. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{left_type} \NC string \NC when present: endpoint, but usually absent \NC \NR -\NC \type{right_type} \NC string \NC like \type {left_type} \NC \NR -\NC \type{x_coord} \NC number \NC X coordinate of this knot \NC \NR -\NC \type{y_coord} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of this knot \NC \NR -\NC \type{left_x} \NC number \NC X coordinate of the precontrol point of this knot \NC \NR -\NC \type{left_y} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of the precontrol point of this knot \NC \NR -\NC \type{right_x} \NC number \NC X coordinate of the postcontrol point of this knot \NC \NR -\NC \type{right_y} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of the postcontrol point of this knot \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -There is one special case: pens that are (possibly transformed) ellipses have an -extra string-valued key \type {type} with value \type {elliptical} besides the -array part containing the knot list. - -\subsubsection{Colors} - -A color is an integer array with 0, 1, 3 or 4 values: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{0} \NC marking only \NC no values \NC \NR -\NC \type{1} \NC greyscale \NC one value in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0$ \NC \NR -\NC \type{3} \NC \RGB \NC three values in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0,0,0$ \NC \NR -\NC \type{4} \NC \CMYK \NC four values in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0,0,0,1$ \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -If the color model of the internal object was \type {uninitialized}, then it was -initialized to the values representing \quote {black} in the colorspace \type -{defaultcolormodel} that was in effect at the time of the \type {shipout}. - -\subsubsection{Transforms} - -Each transform is a six|-|item array. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{1} \NC number \NC represents x \NC \NR -\NC \type{2} \NC number \NC represents y \NC \NR -\NC \type{3} \NC number \NC represents xx \NC \NR -\NC \type{4} \NC number \NC represents yx \NC \NR -\NC \type{5} \NC number \NC represents xy \NC \NR -\NC \type{6} \NC number \NC represents yy \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note that the translation (index 1 and 2) comes first. This differs from the -ordering in \POSTSCRIPT, where the translation comes last. - -\subsubsection{Dashes} - -Each \type {dash} is two-item hash, using the same model as \POSTSCRIPT\ for the -representation of the dashlist. \type {dashes} is an array of \quote {on} and -\quote {off}, values, and \type {offset} is the phase of the pattern. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\NC \type{dashes} \NC hash \NC an array of on-off numbers \NC \NR -\NC \type{offset} \NC number \NC the starting offset value \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{Character size information} - -These functions find the size of a glyph in a defined font. The \type {fontname} -is the same name as the argument to \type {infont}; the \type {char} is a glyph -id in the range 0 to 255; the returned \type {w} is in AFM units. - -\subsubsection{\type {mp:char_width}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w = mp:char_width(<string> fontname, <number> char) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {mp:char_height}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w = mp:char_height(<string> fontname, <number> char) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {mp:char_depth}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w = mp:char_depth(<string> fontname, <number> char) -\stopfunctioncall - -\stopchapter +% language=uk
+
+% mp solve_path
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-graphics
+
+\startchapter[reference=graphics,title={The graphic libraries}]
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {img} library}][library=img]
+
+\topicindex {images}
+\topicindex {images+library}
+\topicindex {graphics}
+
+The \type {img} library can be used as an alternative to \orm {pdfximage} and
+\orm {pdfrefximage}, and the associated \quote {satellite} commands like \type
+{\pdfximagebbox}. Image objects can also be used within virtual fonts via the
+\type {image} command listed in~\in {section} [virtualfonts].
+
+\subsection{\type {new}}
+
+\libindex{new}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<image> var = img.new()
+<image> var = img.new(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function creates a userdata object of type \quote {image}. The \type
+{image_spec} argument is optional. If it is given, it must be a table, and that
+table must contain a \type {filename} key. A number of other keys can also be
+useful, these are explained below.
+
+You can either say
+
+\starttyping
+a = img.new()
+\stoptyping
+
+followed by
+
+\starttyping
+a.filename = "foo.png"
+\stoptyping
+
+or you can put the file name (and some or all of the other keys) into a table
+directly, like so:
+
+\starttyping
+a = img.new({filename='foo.pdf', page=1})
+\stoptyping
+
+The generated \type {<image>} userdata object allows access to a set of
+user|-|specified values as well as a set of values that are normally filled in
+and updated automatically by \LUATEX\ itself. Some of those are derived from the
+actual image file, others are updated to reflect the \PDF\ output status of the
+object.
+
+There is one required user-specified field: the file name (\type {filename}). It
+can optionally be augmented by the requested image dimensions (\type {width},
+\type {depth}, \type {height}), user|-|specified image attributes (\type {attr}),
+the requested \PDF\ page identifier (\type {page}), the requested boundingbox
+(\type {pagebox}) for \PDF\ inclusion, the requested color space object (\type
+{colorspace}).
+
+The function \type {img.new} does not access the actual image file, it just
+creates the \type {<image>} userdata object and initializes some memory
+structures. The \type {<image>} object and its internal structures are
+automatically garbage collected.
+
+Once the image is scanned, all the values in the \type {<image>} except \type
+{width}, \type {height} and \type {depth}, become frozen, and you cannot change
+them any more.
+
+You can use \type {pdf.setignoreunknownimages(1)} (or at the \TEX\ end the \lpr
+{pdfvariable} \type {ignoreunknownimages}) to get around a quit when no known
+image type is found (based on name or preamble). Beware: this will not catch
+invalid images and we cannot guarantee side effects. A zero dimension image is
+still included when requested. No special flags are set. A proper workflow will
+not rely in such a catch but make sure that images are valid.
+
+\subsection{\type {fields}}
+
+\libindex{fields}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> keys = img.fields()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a list of all the possible \type {image_spec} keys, both
+user-supplied and automatic ones.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field name \BC type \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC string \NC the image attributes for \LUATEX \NC \NR
+\NC \type{bbox} \NC table \NC table with 4 boundingbox dimensions \type
+ {llx}, \type {lly}, \type {urx} and \type
+ {ury} overruling the \type {pagebox} entry \NC \NR
+\NC \type{colordepth} \NC number \NC the number of bits used by the color space \NC \NR
+\NC \type{colorspace} \NC number \NC the color space object number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the image depth for \LUATEX \NC \NR
+\NC \type{filename} \NC string \NC the image file name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{filepath} \NC string \NC the full (expanded) file name of the image\NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the image height for \LUATEX \NC \NR
+\NC \type{imagetype} \NC string \NC one of \type {pdf}, \type {png}, \type {jpg},
+ \type {jp2} or \type {jbig2} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{index} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ image name suffix \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ image object number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{page} \NC number \NC the identifier for the requested image page \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pagebox} \NC string \NC the requested bounding box, one of
+ \type {none}, \type {media}, \type {crop},
+ \type {bleed}, \type {trim}, \type {art} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pages} \NC number \NC the total number of available pages \NC \NR
+\NC \type{rotation} \NC number \NC the image rotation from included \PDF\ file,
+ in multiples of 90~deg. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stream} \NC string \NC the raw stream data for an \type {/Xobject}
+ \type {/Form} object\NC \NR
+\NC \type{transform} \NC number \NC the image transform, integer number 0..7 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{orientation} \NC number \NC the (jpeg) image orientation, integer number 1..8
+ (0 for unset) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the image width for \LUATEX \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xres} \NC number \NC the horizontal natural image resolution
+ (in \DPI) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xsize} \NC number \NC the natural image width \NC \NR
+\NC \type{yres} \NC number \NC the vertical natural image resolution
+ (in \DPI) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ysize} \NC number \NC the natural image height \NC \NR
+\NC \type{visiblefilename} \NC string \NC when set, this name will find its way in the
+ \PDF\ file as \type {PTEX} specification; when
+ an empty string is assigned nothing is written
+ to file; otherwise the natural filename is
+ taken \NC \NR
+\NC \type{userpassword} \NC string \NC the userpassword needed for opening a \PDF\ file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ownerpassword} \NC string \NC the ownerpassword needed for opening a \PDF\ file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{keepopen} \NC boolean \NC keep the \PDF\ file open \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nobbox} \NC boolean \NC don't add a boundingbox specification for streams \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nolength} \NC boolean \NC don't add length key nor compress for streams \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nosize} \NC boolean \NC don't add size fields for streams \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A running (undefined) dimension in \type {width}, \type {height}, or \type
+{depth} is represented as \type {nil} in \LUA, so if you want to load an image at
+its \quote {natural} size, you do not have to specify any of those three fields.
+
+The \type {stream} parameter allows to fabricate an \type {/XObject} \type
+{/Form} object from a string giving the stream contents, e.g., for a filled
+rectangle:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+a.stream = "0 0 20 10 re f"
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When writing the image, an \type {/Xobject} \type {/Form} object is created, like
+with embedded \PDF\ file writing. The object is written out only once. The \type
+{stream} key requires that also the \type {bbox} table is given. The \type
+{stream} key conflicts with the \type {filename} key. The \type {transform} key
+works as usual also with \type {stream}.
+
+The \type {bbox} key needs a table with four boundingbox values, e.g.:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+a.bbox = { "30bp", 0, "225bp", "200bp" }
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This replaces and overrules any given \type {pagebox} value; with given \type
+{bbox} the box dimensions coming with an embedded \PDF\ file are ignored. The
+\type {xsize} and \type {ysize} dimensions are set accordingly, when the image is
+scaled. The \type {bbox} parameter is ignored for non-\PDF\ images.
+
+The \type {transform} allows to mirror and rotate the image in steps of 90~deg.
+The default value~$0$ gives an unmirrored, unrotated image. Values $1-3$ give
+counterclockwise rotation by $90$, $180$, or $270$~degrees, whereas with values
+$4-7$ the image is first mirrored and then rotated counterclockwise by $90$,
+$180$, or $270$~degrees. The \type {transform} operation gives the same visual
+result as if you would externally preprocess the image by a graphics tool and
+then use it by \LUATEX. If a \PDF\ file to be embedded already contains a \type
+{/Rotate} specification, the rotation result is the combination of the \type
+{/Rotate} rotation followed by the \type {transform} operation.
+
+\subsection{\type {scan}}
+
+\libindex{scan}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<image> var = img.scan(<image> var)
+<image> var = img.scan(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When you say \type {img.scan(a)} for a new image, the file is scanned, and
+variables such as \type {xsize}, \type {ysize}, image \type {type}, number of
+\type {pages}, and the resolution are extracted. Each of the \type {width}, \type
+{height}, \type {depth} fields are set up according to the image dimensions, if
+they were not given an explicit value already. An image file will never be
+scanned more than once for a given image variable. With all subsequent \type
+{img.scan(a)} calls only the dimensions are again set up (if they have been
+changed by the user in the meantime).
+
+For ease of use, you can do right-away a
+
+\starttyping
+<image> a = img.scan { filename = "foo.png" }
+\stoptyping
+
+without a prior \type {img.new}.
+
+Nothing is written yet at this point, so you can do \type {a=img.scan}, retrieve
+the available info like image width and height, and then throw away \type {a}
+again by saying \type {a=nil}. In that case no image object will be reserved in
+the PDF, and the used memory will be cleaned up automatically.
+
+\subsection{\type {copy}}
+
+\libindex{copy}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<image> var = img.copy(<image> var)
+<image> var = img.copy(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If you say \type {a = b}, then both variables point to the same \type {<image>}
+object. if you want to write out an image with different sizes, you can do
+\type {b = img.copy(a)}.
+
+Afterwards, \type {a} and \type {b} still reference the same actual image
+dictionary, but the dimensions for \type {b} can now be changed from their
+initial values that were just copies from \type {a}.
+
+\subsection{\type {write}, \type {immediatewrite}, \type {immediatewriteobject}}
+
+\topicindex {images+injection}
+\topicindex {images+immediate}
+\topicindex {images+object}
+
+\libindex{write}
+\libindex{immediatewrite}
+\libindex{immediatewriteobject}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<image> var = img.write(<image> var)
+<image> var = img.write(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+By \type {img.write(a)} a \PDF\ object number is allocated, and a rule node of
+subtype \type {image} is generated and put into the output list. By this the
+image \type {a} is placed into the page stream, and the image file is written out
+into an image stream object after the shipping of the current page is finished.
+
+Again you can do a terse call like
+
+\starttyping
+img.write { filename = "foo.png" }
+\stoptyping
+
+The \type {<image>} variable is returned in case you want it for later
+processing. You can also write an object.
+
+By \type {img.immediatewrite(a)} a \PDF\ object number is allocated, and the
+image file for image \type {a} is written out immediately into the \PDF\ file as
+an image stream object (like with \prm {immediate}\orm {pdfximage}). The object
+number of the image stream dictionary is then available by the \type {objnum}
+key. No \type {pdf_refximage} whatsit node is generated. You will need an
+\type {img.write(a)} or \type {img.node(a)} call to let the image appear on the
+page, or reference it by another trick; else you will have a dangling image
+object in the \PDF\ file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<image> var = img.immediatewrite(<image> var)
+<image> var = img.immediatewrite(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Also here you can do a terse call like
+
+\starttyping
+a = img.immediatewrite { filename = "foo.png" }
+\stoptyping
+
+The \type {<image>} variable is returned and you will most likely need it.
+
+The next function is kind of special as it copies an object from a (\PDF) image
+file. This features is experimental and might disappear.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<integer> objnum = img.immediatewriteobject(<image> var, <integer> objnum)
+<integer> objnum = img.immediatewriteobject(<table> image_spec, <integer> objnum)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {node}}
+
+\libindex{node}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n = img.node(<image> var)
+<node> n = img.node(<table> image_spec)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function allocates a \PDF\ object number and returns a whatsit node of
+subtype \type {pdf_refximage}, filled with the image parameters \type {width},
+\type {height}, \type {depth}, and \type {objnum}. Also here you can do a terse
+call like:
+
+\starttyping
+n = img.node ({ filename = "foo.png" })
+\stoptyping
+
+This example outputs an image:
+
+\starttyping
+node.write(img.node{filename="foo.png"})
+\stoptyping
+
+\subsection{\type {types}}
+
+\topicindex {images+types}
+
+\libindex{types}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> types = img.types()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a list with the supported image file type names, currently
+these are \type {pdf}, \type {png}, \type {jpg}, \type {jp2} (JPEG~2000), and
+\type {jbig2}.
+
+\subsection{\type {boxes}}
+
+\libindex{boxes}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> boxes = img.boxes()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a list with the supported \PDF\ page box names, currently
+these are \type {media}, \type {crop}, \type {bleed}, \type {trim}, and \type
+{art}, all in lowercase.
+
+The \PDF\ file is kept open after its properties are determined. After inclusion,
+which happens when the page that references the image is flushed, the file is
+closed. This means that when you have thousands of images on one page, your
+operating system might decide to abort the run. When you include more than one
+page from a \PDF\ file you can set the \type {keepopen} flag when you allocate an
+image object, or pass the \type {keepopen} directive when you refer to the image
+with \lpr {useimageresource}. This only makes sense when you embed many pages.
+An \prm {immediate} applied to \lpr {saveimageresource} will also force a
+close after inclusion.
+
+\starttyping
+\immediate\useimageresource{foo.pdf}%
+ \saveimageresource \lastsavedimageresourceindex % closed
+ \useimageresource{foo.pdf}%
+ \saveimageresource \lastsavedimageresourceindex % kept open
+ \useimageresource{foo.pdf}%
+ \saveimageresource keepopen\lastsavedimageresourceindex % kept open
+
+\directlua{img.write(img.scan{ file = "foo.pdf" })} % closed
+\directlua{img.write(img.scan{ file = "foo.pdf", keepopen = true })} % kept open
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {mplib} library}][library=mplib]
+
+\topicindex {\METAPOST}
+\topicindex {\METAPOST+mplib}
+\topicindex {images+mplib}
+\topicindex {images+\METAPOST}
+
+\libindex{version}
+
+The \MP\ library interface registers itself in the table \type {mplib}. It is
+based on \MPLIB\ version \ctxlua {context(mplib.version())}.
+
+\subsection{\type {new}}
+
+\libindex{new}
+
+To create a new \METAPOST\ instance, call
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<mpinstance> mp = mplib.new({...})
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This creates the \type {mp} instance object. The argument hash can have a number
+of different fields, as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|pl|pl|]
+\DB name \BC type \BC description \BC default \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{error_line} \NC number \NC error line width \NC 79 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{print_line} \NC number \NC line length in ps output \NC 100 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{random_seed} \NC number \NC the initial random seed \NC variable \NC \NR
+\NC \type{math_mode} \NC string \NC the number system to use:
+ \type {scaled},
+ \type {double} or
+ % \type {binary} or
+ \type {decimal} \NC \type {scaled} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{interaction} \NC string \NC the interaction mode:
+ \type {batch},
+ \type {nonstop},
+ \type {scroll} or
+ \type {errorstop} \NC \type {errorstop} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{job_name} \NC string \NC \type {--jobname} \NC \type {mpout} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{find_file} \NC function \NC a function to find files \NC only local files \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The binary mode is no longer available in the \LUATEX\ version of \MPLIB. It
+offers no real advantage and brings a ton of extra libraries with platform
+specific properties that we can now avoid. We might introduce a high resolution
+scaled variant at some point but only when it pays of performance wise.
+
+The \type {find_file} function should be of this form:
+
+\starttyping
+<string> found = finder (<string> name, <string> mode, <string> type)
+\stoptyping
+
+with:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC the requested file \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{mode} \NC the file mode: \type {r} or \type {w} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{type} \NC the kind of file, one of: \type {mp}, \type {tfm}, \type {map},
+ \type {pfb}, \type {enc} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Return either the full path name of the found file, or \type {nil} if the file
+cannot be found.
+
+Note that the new version of \MPLIB\ no longer uses binary mem files, so the way
+to preload a set of macros is simply to start off with an \type {input} command
+in the first \type {execute} call.
+
+When you are processing a snippet of text starting with \type {btex} and
+ending with either \type {etex} or \type {verbatimtex}, the \METAPOST\
+\type {texscriptmode} parameter controls how spaces and newlines get honoured.
+The default value is~1. Possible values are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {0} \NC no newlines \NC \NR
+\NC \type {1} \NC newlines in \type {verbatimtex} \NC \NR
+\NC \type {2} \NC newlines in \type {verbatimtex} and \type {etex} \NC \NR
+\NC \type {3} \NC no leading and trailing strip in \type {verbatimtex} \NC \NR
+\NC \type {4} \NC no leading and trailing strip in \type {verbatimtex} and \type {btex} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+That way the \LUA\ handler (assigned to \type {make_text}) can do what it likes.
+An \type {etex} has to be followed by a space or \type {;} or be at the end of a
+line and preceded by a space or at the beginning of a line.
+
+\subsection{\type {statistics}}
+
+\libindex{statistics}
+
+You can request statistics with:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> stats = mp:statistics()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns the vital statistics for an \MPLIB\ instance. There are
+four fields, giving the maximum number of used items in each of four allocated
+object classes:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{main_memory} \NC number \NC memory size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hash_size} \NC number \NC hash size\NC \NR
+\NC \type{param_size} \NC number \NC simultaneous macro parameters\NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_in_open} \NC number \NC input file nesting levels\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note that in the new version of \MPLIB, this is informational only. The objects
+are all allocated dynamically, so there is no chance of running out of space
+unless the available system memory is exhausted.
+
+\subsection{\type {execute}}
+
+\libindex{execute}
+
+You can ask the \METAPOST\ interpreter to run a chunk of code by calling
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> rettable = execute(mp,"metapost code")
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+for various bits of \METAPOST\ language input. Be sure to check the \type
+{rettable.status} (see below) because when a fatal \METAPOST\ error occurs the
+\MPLIB\ instance will become unusable thereafter.
+
+Generally speaking, it is best to keep your chunks small, but beware that all
+chunks have to obey proper syntax, like each of them is a small file. For
+instance, you cannot split a single statement over multiple chunks.
+
+In contrast with the normal stand alone \type {mpost} command, there is
+\notabene {no} implied \quote{input} at the start of the first chunk.
+
+\subsection{\type {finish}}
+
+\libindex{finish}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> rettable = finish(mp)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If for some reason you want to stop using an \MPLIB\ instance while processing is
+not yet actually done, you can call \type finish}. Eventually, used memory
+will be freed and open files will be closed by the \LUA\ garbage collector, but
+an explicit \type finish} is the only way to capture the final part of the
+output streams.
+
+\subsection{Result table}
+
+\libindex {fields}
+
+The return value of \type {execute} and \type {finish} is a table with a
+few possible keys (only \type {status} is always guaranteed to be present).
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{log} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {log} stream \NC \NR
+\NC \type{term} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {term} stream \NC \NR
+\NC \type{error} \NC string \NC output to the \quote {error} stream
+ (only used for \quote {out of memory}) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{status} \NC number \NC the return value:
+ \type {0} = good,
+ \type {1} = warning,
+ \type {2} = errors,
+ \type {3} = fatal error \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fig} \NC table \NC an array of generated figures (if any) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+When \type {status} equals~3, you should stop using this \MPLIB\ instance
+immediately, it is no longer capable of processing input.
+
+If it is present, each of the entries in the \type {fig} array is a userdata
+representing a figure object, and each of those has a number of object methods
+you can call:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{boundingbox} \NC function \NC returns the bounding box, as an array of 4
+ values \NC \NR
+\NC \type{postscript} \NC function \NC returns a string that is the ps output of the
+ \type {fig}. this function accepts two optional
+ integer arguments for specifying the values of
+ \type {prologues} (first argument) and \type
+ {procset} (second argument) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{svg} \NC function \NC returns a string that is the svg output of the
+ \type {fig}. This function accepts an optional
+ integer argument for specifying the value of
+ \type {prologues} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objects} \NC function \NC returns the actual array of graphic objects in
+ this \type {fig} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{copy_objects} \NC function \NC returns a deep copy of the array of graphic
+ objects in this \type {fig} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{filename} \NC function \NC the filename this \type {fig}'s \POSTSCRIPT\
+ output would have written to in stand alone
+ mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharwd} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharht} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC function \NC the \type {fontchardp} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{italcorr} \NC function \NC the \type {fontcharit} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{charcode} \NC function \NC the (rounded) \type {charcode} value \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note: you can call \type {fig:objects()} only once for any one \type {fig}
+object!
+
+When the boundingbox represents a \quote {negated rectangle}, i.e.\ when the
+first set of coordinates is larger than the second set, the picture is empty.
+
+Graphical objects come in various types that each has a different list of
+accessible values. The types are: \type {fill}, \type {outline}, \type {text},
+\type {start_clip}, \type {stop_clip}, \type {start_bounds}, \type {stop_bounds},
+\type {special}.
+
+There is a helper function (\type {mplib.fields(obj)}) to get the list of
+accessible values for a particular object, but you can just as easily use the
+tables given below.
+
+All graphical objects have a field \type {type} that gives the object type as a
+string value; it is not explicit mentioned in the following tables. In the
+following, \type {number}s are \POSTSCRIPT\ points represented as a floating
+point number, unless stated otherwise. Field values that are of type \type
+{table} are explained in the next section.
+
+\subsubsection{fill}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR
+\NC \type{htap} \NC table \NC the list of knots for the reversed trajectory \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pen} \NC table \NC knots of the pen \NC \NR
+\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR
+\NC \type{linejoin} \NC number \NC line join style (bare number)\NC \NR
+\NC \type{miterlimit} \NC number \NC miterlimit\NC \NR
+\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The entries \type {htap} and \type {pen} are optional.
+
+\subsubsection{outline}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pen} \NC table \NC knots of the pen \NC \NR
+\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR
+\NC \type{linejoin} \NC number \NC line join style (bare number) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{miterlimit} \NC number \NC miterlimit \NC \NR
+\NC \type{linecap} \NC number \NC line cap style (bare number) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dash} \NC table \NC representation of a dash list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The entry \type {dash} is optional.
+
+\subsubsection{text}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{text} \NC string \NC the text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{font} \NC string \NC font tfm name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dsize} \NC number \NC font size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{color} \NC table \NC the object's color \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{transform} \NC table \NC a text transformation \NC \NR
+\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC the prescript text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{postscript} \NC string \NC the postscript text \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsubsection{special}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{prescript} \NC string \NC special text \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsubsection{start_bounds, start_clip}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{path} \NC table \NC the list of knots \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsubsection{stop_bounds, stop_clip}
+
+Here are no fields available.
+
+\subsection{Subsidiary table formats}
+
+\subsubsection{Paths and pens}
+
+Paths and pens (that are really just a special type of paths as far as \MPLIB\ is
+concerned) are represented by an array where each entry is a table that
+represents a knot.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{left_type} \NC string \NC when present: endpoint, but usually absent \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right_type} \NC string \NC like \type {left_type} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{x_coord} \NC number \NC X coordinate of this knot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{y_coord} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of this knot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left_x} \NC number \NC X coordinate of the precontrol point of this knot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left_y} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of the precontrol point of this knot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right_x} \NC number \NC X coordinate of the postcontrol point of this knot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right_y} \NC number \NC Y coordinate of the postcontrol point of this knot \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+There is one special case: pens that are (possibly transformed) ellipses have an
+extra string-valued key \type {type} with value \type {elliptical} besides the
+array part containing the knot list.
+
+\subsubsection{Colors}
+
+A color is an integer array with 0, 1, 3 or 4 values:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{0} \NC marking only \NC no values \NC \NR
+\NC \type{1} \NC greyscale \NC one value in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0$ \NC \NR
+\NC \type{3} \NC \RGB \NC three values in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0,0,0$ \NC \NR
+\NC \type{4} \NC \CMYK \NC four values in the range $(0,1)$, \quote {black} is $0,0,0,1$ \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+If the color model of the internal object was \type {uninitialized}, then it was
+initialized to the values representing \quote {black} in the colorspace \type
+{defaultcolormodel} that was in effect at the time of the \type {shipout}.
+
+\subsubsection{Transforms}
+
+Each transform is a six|-|item array.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB index \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{1} \NC number \NC represents x \NC \NR
+\NC \type{2} \NC number \NC represents y \NC \NR
+\NC \type{3} \NC number \NC represents xx \NC \NR
+\NC \type{4} \NC number \NC represents yx \NC \NR
+\NC \type{5} \NC number \NC represents xy \NC \NR
+\NC \type{6} \NC number \NC represents yy \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note that the translation (index 1 and 2) comes first. This differs from the
+ordering in \POSTSCRIPT, where the translation comes last.
+
+\subsubsection{Dashes}
+
+Each \type {dash} is two-item hash, using the same model as \POSTSCRIPT\ for the
+representation of the dashlist. \type {dashes} is an array of \quote {on} and
+\quote {off}, values, and \type {offset} is the phase of the pattern.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{dashes} \NC hash \NC an array of on-off numbers \NC \NR
+\NC \type{offset} \NC number \NC the starting offset value \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{Pens and \type {pen_info}}
+
+\libindex{pen_info}
+
+There is helper function (\type {pen_info(obj)}) that returns a table containing
+a bunch of vital characteristics of the used pen (all values are floats):
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC width of the pen \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sx} \NC number \NC $x$ scale \NC \NR
+\NC \type{rx} \NC number \NC $xy$ multiplier \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ry} \NC number \NC $yx$ multiplier \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sy} \NC number \NC $y$ scale \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tx} \NC number \NC $x$ offset \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ty} \NC number \NC $y$ offset \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{Character size information}
+
+These functions find the size of a glyph in a defined font. The \type {fontname}
+is the same name as the argument to \type {infont}; the \type {char} is a glyph
+id in the range 0 to 255; the returned \type {w} is in AFM units.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {char_width}}
+
+\libindex{char_width}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w = char_width(mp,<string> fontname, <number> char)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {char_height}}
+
+\libindex{char_height}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w = char_height(mp,<string> fontname, <number> char)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {char_depth}}
+
+\libindex{char_depth}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w = char_depth(mp,<string> fontname, <number> char)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {get_[boolean|numeric|string|path]}}
+
+\libindex{get_boolean}
+\libindex{get_numeric}
+\libindex{get_path}
+\libindex{get_string}
+
+When a script call brings you from the \METAPOST\ run (temporarily) back to
+\LUA\ you can access variables, but only if they are known (so for instance
+anonymous capsules like loop variables are not accessible).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> w = get_boolean(mp,<string> name)
+<number> n = get_numeric(mp,<string> name)
+<string> s = get_string (mp,<string> name)
+<table> p = get_path (mp,<string> name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The path is returned a a table with subtables that have six numbers: the
+coordinates of the point, pre- and postcontrol. A \type {cycle} fields indicates
+if a path is cyclic.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-introduction.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-introduction.tex index d0899147da2..0930c532bdf 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-introduction.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-introduction.tex @@ -1,130 +1,174 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-introduction - -\startchapter[title=Introduction] - -This is the reference manual of \LUATEX. We don't claim it is complete and we -assume that the reader knows about \TEX\ as described in \quotation {The \TEX\ -Book}, the \quotation {\ETEX\ manual}, the \quotation {\PDFTEX\ manual}, etc. -Additional reference material is published in journals of user groups and -\CONTEXT\ related documentation. - -It took about a decade to reach stable version 1.0, but for good reason. -Successive versions brought new functionality, more control, some cleanup of -internals and experimental features evolved into stable ones or were dropped. -Already quite early \LUATEX\ could be used for production and it was used on a -daily basis by the authors. Successive versions sometimes demanded a adaption to -the \LUA\ interfacing, but the concepts were unchanged. The current version can -be considered stable in functionality and there will be no fundamental changes. -Of course we then can decide to move towards version 2.00 with different -properties. - -Don't expect \LUATEX\ to behave the same as \PDFTEX ! Although the core -functionality of that 8 bit engine was starting point, it has been combined with -the directional support of \OMEGA\ (\ALEPH). But, \LUATEX\ can behave different -due to its wide (32 bit) characters, many registers and large memory support. -There is native \UTF\ input, support for large (more that 8 bit) fonts, and the -math machinery is tuned for \OPENTYPE\ math. There is support for directional -typesetting too. The log output can differ from other engines and will likely -differ more as we move forward. When you run plain \TEX\ for sure \LUATEX\ runs -slower than \PDFTEX\ but when you run for instance \CONTEXT\ \MKIV\ in many cases -it runs faster, especially when you have a bit more complex documents or input. -Anyway, 32 bit all||over combined with more features has a price, but on a modern -machine this is no real problem. - -Testing is done with \CONTEXT, but \LUATEX\ should work fine with other macro -packages too. For that purpose we provide generic font handlers that are mostly -the same as used in \CONTEXT. Discussing specific implementations is beyond this -manual. Even when we keep \LUATEX\ lean and mean, we already have enough to -discuss here. - -\LUATEX\ consists of a number of interrelated but (still) distinguishable parts. -The organization of the source code is adapted so that it can glue all these -components together. We continue cleaning up side effects of the accumulated -code in \TEX\ engines (especially code that is not needed any longer). - -\startitemize[packed] - \startitem - Most of \PDFTEX\ version 1.40.9, converted to \CCODE. Some experimental - features have been removed and some utility macros are not inherited as - their functionality can be done in \LUA. The number of backend interface - commands has been reduced to a few. The extensions are separated from the - core (which we keep close to the original \TEX\ core). Some mechanisms - like expansion and protrusion can behave different from the original due - to some cleanup and optimization. Some whatsit based functionality (image - support and reusable content) is now core functionality. - \stopitem - \startitem - The direction model and some other bits from \ALEPH\ RC4 (derived from - \OMEGA) is included. The related primitives are part of core \LUATEX\ but - at the node level directional support is no longer based on so called - whatsits but on real nodes. In fact, whatsits are now only used for - backend specific extensions. - \stopitem - \startitem - Neither \ALEPH's I/O translation processes, nor tcx files, nor \ENCTEX\ - can be used, these encoding|-|related functions are superseded by a - \LUA|-|based solution (reader callbacks). In a similar fashion all file - \IO\ can be intercepted. - \stopitem - \startitem - We currently use \LUA\ 5.3.*. There are few \LUA\ libraries that we - consider part of the core \LUA\ machinery, for instance \type {lpeg}. - There are additional \LUA\ libraries that interface to the internals of - \TEX. We also keep the \LUA\ 5.2 \type {bit32} library around. - \stopitem - \startitem - There are various \TEX\ extensions but only those that cannot be done - using the \LUA\ interfaces. The math machinery often has two code paths: - one traditional and the other more suitable for wide \OPENTYPE\ fonts. - \stopitem - \startitem - The fontloader uses parts of \FONTFORGE\ 2008.11.17 combined with - additional code specific for usage in a \TEX\ engine. We try to minimize - specific font support to what \TEX\ needs: character references and - dimensions and delegate everything else to \LUA. That way we keep \TEX\ - open for extensions without touching the core. - \stopitem - \startitem - The \METAPOST\ library is integral part of \LUATEX. This gives \TEX\ some - graphical capabilities using a relative high speed graphical subsystem. - Again \LUA\ is used as glue between the frontend and backend. Further - development of \METAPOST\ is closely related to \LUATEX. - \stopitem -\stopitemize - -We try to keep upcoming versions compatible but intermediate releases can contain -experimental features. A general rule is that versions that end up on \TEX live -and|/|or are released around \CONTEXT\ meetings are stable. Future versions will -probably become a bit leaner and meaner. Some libraries might become external as -we don't want to bloat the binary and also don't want to add more hard coded -solutions. After all, with \LUA\ you can extend the core functionality. The less -dependencies, the better. - -The \TEXLIVE\ version is to be considered the current stable version. Any version -between the yearly \TEXLIVE\ releases are to be considered beta. The beta -releases are normally available via the \CONTEXT\ distribution channels (the -garden and so called minimals). - -\blank[1*big] - -Hans Hagen, Harmut Henkel, \crlf -Taco Hoekwater \& Luigi Scarso - -\blank[3*big] - -\starttabulate -\NC Version \EQ \currentdate \NC \NR -\NC \LUATEX \EQ version \cldcontext{status.luatex_version/100}, - revision \cldcontext{status.luatex_revision}, - number \cldcontext{environment.luatexversion} \NC \NR -\NC \CONTEXT \EQ MkIV \contextversion \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-introduction
+
+\startchapter[title=Introduction]
+
+This is the reference manual of \LUATEX. We don't claim it is complete and we
+assume that the reader knows about \TEX\ as described in \quotation {The \TEX\
+Book}, the \quotation {\ETEX\ manual}, the \quotation {\PDFTEX\ manual}, etc.
+Additional reference material is published in journals of user groups and
+\CONTEXT\ related documentation.
+
+It took about a decade to reach stable version 1.0, but for good reason.
+Successive versions brought new functionality, more control, some cleanup of
+internals. Experimental features evolved into stable ones or were dropped.
+Already quite early \LUATEX\ could be used for production and it was used on a
+daily basis by the authors. Successive versions sometimes demanded an adaption to
+the \LUA\ interfacing, but the concepts were unchanged. The current version can
+be considered stable in functionality and there will be no fundamental changes.
+Of course we then can decide to move towards version 2.00 with different
+properties.
+
+Don't expect \LUATEX\ to behave the same as \PDFTEX ! Although the core
+functionality of that 8 bit engine was starting point, it has been combined with
+the directional support of \OMEGA\ (\ALEPH). But, \LUATEX\ can behave different
+due to its wide (32 bit) characters, many registers and large memory support. The
+\PDF\ code produced differs from \PDFTEX\ but users will normally not notice
+that. There is native \UTF\ input, support for large (more than 8 bit) fonts, and
+the math machinery is tuned for \OPENTYPE\ math. There is support for directional
+typesetting too. The log output can differ from other engines and will likely
+differ more as we move forward. When you run plain \TEX\ for sure \LUATEX\ runs
+slower than \PDFTEX\ but when you run for instance \CONTEXT\ \MKIV\ in many cases
+it runs faster, especially when you have a bit more complex documents or input.
+Anyway, 32 bit all||over combined with more features has a price, but on a modern
+machine this is no real problem.
+
+Testing is done with \CONTEXT, but \LUATEX\ should work fine with other macro
+packages too. For that purpose we provide generic font handlers that are mostly
+the same as used in \CONTEXT. Discussing specific implementations is beyond this
+manual. Even when we keep \LUATEX\ lean and mean, we already have enough to
+discuss here.
+
+\LUATEX\ consists of a number of interrelated but (still) distinguishable parts.
+The organization of the source code is adapted so that it can glue all these
+components together. We continue cleaning up side effects of the accumulated
+code in \TEX\ engines (especially code that is not needed any longer).
+
+\startitemize [unpacked]
+ \startitem
+ We started out with most of \PDFTEX\ version 1.40.9. The code base was
+ converted to \CCODE\ and split in modules. Experimental features were
+ removed and utility macros are not inherited because their functionality
+ can be programmed in \LUA. The number of backend interface commands has
+ been reduced to a few. The so called extensions are separated from the
+ core (which we try to keep close to the original \TEX\ core). Some
+ mechanisms like expansion and protrusion can behave different from the
+ original due to some cleanup and optimization. Some whatsit based
+ functionality (image support and reusable content) is now core
+ functionality. We don't stay in sync with \PDFTEX\ development.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The direction model from \ALEPH\ RC4 (which is derived from \OMEGA) is
+ included. The related primitives are part of core \LUATEX\ but at the
+ node level directional support is no longer based on so called whatsits
+ but on real nodes with relevant properties. The number of directions is
+ limited to the useful set and the backend has been made direction aware.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ Neither \ALEPH's I/O translation processes, nor tcx files, nor \ENCTEX\
+ are available. These encoding|-|related functions are superseded by a
+ \LUA|-|based solution (reader callbacks). In a similar fashion all file
+ \IO\ can be intercepted.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ We currently use \LUA\ 5.3.*. There are few \LUA\ libraries that we
+ consider part of the core \LUA\ machinery, for instance \type {lpeg}.
+ There are additional \LUA\ libraries that interface to the internals of
+ \TEX. We also keep the \LUA\ 5.2 \type {bit32} library around.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ There are various \TEX\ extensions but only those that cannot be done
+ using the \LUA\ interfaces. The math machinery often has two code paths:
+ one traditional and the other more suitable for wide \OPENTYPE\ fonts. Here
+ we follow the \MICROSOFT\ specifications as much as possible. Some math
+ functionality has been opened up a bit so that users have more control.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The fontloader uses parts of \FONTFORGE\ 2008.11.17 combined with
+ additional code specific for usage in a \TEX\ engine. We try to minimize
+ specific font support to what \TEX\ needs: character references and
+ dimensions and delegate everything else to \LUA. That way we keep \TEX\
+ open for extensions without touching the core. In order to minimize
+ dependencies at some point we may decide to make this an optional
+ library.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The \METAPOST\ library is integral part of \LUATEX. This gives \TEX\ some
+ graphical capabilities using a relative high speed graphical subsystem.
+ Again \LUA\ is used as glue between the frontend and backend. Further
+ development of \METAPOST\ is closely related to \LUATEX.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The virtual font technology that comes with \TEX\ has been integrated
+ into the font machinery in a way that permits creating virtual fonts
+ at runtime. Because \LUATEX\ can also act as a \LUA\ interpreter this
+ means that a complete \TEX\ workflow can be built without the need for
+ additional programs.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The versions starting from 1.09 no longer use the poppler library for
+ inclusion but a lightweight dedicated one. This removes a dependency but
+ also makes the inclusion code of \LUATEX\ different from \PDFTEX. In fact
+ it was already much different due to the \LUA\ image interfacing.
+ \stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+We try to keep upcoming versions compatible but intermediate releases can contain
+experimental features. A general rule is that versions that end up on \TEXLIVE\
+and|/|or are released around \CONTEXT\ meetings are stable. Any version between
+the yearly \TEXLIVE\ releases are to be considered beta and in the repository end
+up as trunk releases. We have an experimental branch that we use for development
+but there is no support for any of its experimental features. Intermediate
+releases (from trunk) are normally available via the \CONTEXT\ distribution
+channels (the garden and so called minimals).
+
+Version 1.10 is more or less an endpoint in development: this is what you get.
+Because not only \CONTEXT, that we can adapt rather easily, uses \LUATEX, we
+cannot change fundamentals without unforeseen consequences. By now it has been
+proven that \LUA\ can be used to extend the core functionality so there is no
+need to add more, and definitely no hard coded solutions for (not so) common
+problems. Of course there will be bug fixes, maybe some optimization, and there
+might even be some additions or non|-|intrusive improvements, but only after
+testing outside the stable release. After all, the binary is already more than
+large enough and there is not that much to gain.
+
+You might find \LUA\ helpers that are not yet documented. These are considered
+experimental, although when you encounter them in a \CONTEXT\ version that has
+been around for a while you can assume that they will stay. Of course it can just
+be that we forgot to document them yet.
+
+A manual like this is not really meant as tutorial, for that we refer to
+documents that ship with \CONTEXT, articles, etc. It is also never complete
+enough for all readers. We try to keep up but the reader needs to realize that
+it's all volunteer work done in spare time. And for sure, complaining about a bad
+manual or crappy documentation will not really motivate us to spend more time on
+it. That being said, we hope that this document is useful.
+
+\blank[big]
+
+\testpage[5]
+
+\startlines
+Hans Hagen
+Harmut Henkel
+Taco Hoekwater
+Luigi Scarso
+\stoplines
+
+\blank[3*big]
+
+\starttabulate[|||]
+\NC Version \EQ \currentdate \NC \NR
+\NC \LUATEX \EQ \cldcontext{LUATEXENGINE} %
+ \cldcontext{LUATEXVERSION} / %
+ \cldcontext{LUATEXFUNCTIONALITY}
+ \NC \NR
+\NC \CONTEXT \EQ MkIV \contextversion \NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-languages.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-languages.tex index 365e87f266c..98960aa65d4 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-languages.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-languages.tex @@ -1,966 +1,1113 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-languages - -\startchapter[reference=languages,title={Languages, characters, fonts and glyphs}] - -\LUATEX's internal handling of the characters and glyphs that eventually become -typeset is quite different from the way \TEX82 handles those same objects. The -easiest way to explain the difference is to focus on unrestricted horizontal mode -(i.e.\ paragraphs) and hyphenation first. Later on, it will be easy to deal -with the differences that occur in horizontal and math modes. - -In \TEX82, the characters you type are converted into \type {char_node} records -when they are encountered by the main control loop. \TEX\ attaches and processes -the font information while creating those records, so that the resulting \quote -{horizontal list} contains the final forms of ligatures and implicit kerning. -This packaging is needed because we may want to get the effective width of for -instance a horizontal box. - -When it becomes necessary to hyphenate words in a paragraph, \TEX\ converts (one -word at time) the \type {char_node} records into a string by replacing ligatures -with their components and ignoring the kerning. Then it runs the hyphenation -algorithm on this string, and converts the hyphenated result back into a \quote -{horizontal list} that is consecutively spliced back into the paragraph stream. -Keep in mind that the paragraph may contain unboxed horizontal material, which -then already contains ligatures and kerns and the words therein are part of the -hyphenation process. - -Those \type {char_node} records are somewhat misnamed, as they are glyph -positions in specific fonts, and therefore not really \quote {characters} in the -linguistic sense. There is no language information inside the \type {char_node} -records at all. Instead, language information is passed along using \type -{language whatsit} records inside the horizontal list. - -In \LUATEX, the situation is quite different. The characters you type are always -converted into \type {glyph_node} records with a special subtype to identify them -as being intended as linguistic characters. \LUATEX\ stores the needed language -information in those records, but does not do any font|-|related processing at -the time of node creation. It only stores the index of the current font and a -reference to a character in that font. - -When it becomes necessary to typeset a paragraph, \LUATEX\ first inserts all -hyphenation points right into the whole node list. Next, it processes all the -font information in the whole list (creating ligatures and adjusting kerning), -and finally it adjusts all the subtype identifiers so that the records are \quote -{glyph nodes} from now on. - -\section[charsandglyphs]{Characters and glyphs} - -\TEX82 (including \PDFTEX) differentiates between \type {char_node}s and \type -{lig_node}s. The former are simple items that contained nothing but a \quote -{character} and a \quote {font} field, and they lived in the same memory as -tokens did. The latter also contained a list of components, and a subtype -indicating whether this ligature was the result of a word boundary, and it was -stored in the same place as other nodes like boxes and kerns and glues. - -In \LUATEX, these two types are merged into one, somewhat larger structure called -a \type {glyph_node}. Besides having the old character, font, and component -fields, and the new special fields like \quote {attr} (see~\in {section} -[glyphnodes]), these nodes also contain: - -\startitemize - -\startitem A subtype, split into four main types: - - \startitemize - \startitem - \type {character}, for characters to be hyphenated: the lowest bit - (bit 0) is set to 1. - \stopitem - \startitem - \type {glyph}, for specific font glyphs: the lowest bit (bit 0) is - not set. - \stopitem - \startitem - \type {ligature}, for ligatures (bit 1 is set) - \stopitem - \startitem - \type {ghost}, for \quote {ghost objects} (bit 2 is set) - \stopitem - \stopitemize - - The latter two make further use of two extra fields (bits 3 and 4): - - \startitemize - \startitem - \type {left}, for ligatures created from a left word boundary and for - ghosts created from \type {\leftghost} - \stopitem - \startitem - \type {right}, for ligatures created from a right word boundary and - for ghosts created from \type {\rightghost} - \stopitem - \stopitemize - - For ligatures, both bits can be set at the same time (in case of a - single|-|glyph word). - -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {glyph_node}s of type \quote {character} also contain language data, - split into four items that were current when the node was created: the - \type {\setlanguage} (15 bits), \type {\lefthyphenmin} (8 bits), \type - {\righthyphenmin} (8 bits), and \type {\uchyph} (1 bit). -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -Incidentally, \LUATEX\ allows 16383 separate languages, and words can be 256 -characters long. The language is stored with each character. You can set -\type {\firstvalidlanguage} to for instance~1 and make thereby language~0 -an ignored hyphenation language. - -The new primitive \type {\hyphenationmin} can be used to signal the minimal length -of a word. This value stored with the (current) language. - -Because the \type {\uchyph} value is saved in the actual nodes, its handling is -subtly different from \TEX82: changes to \type {\uchyph} become effective -immediately, not at the end of the current partial paragraph. - -Typeset boxes now always have their language information embedded in the nodes -themselves, so there is no longer a possible dependency on the surrounding -language settings. In \TEX82, a mid-paragraph statement like \type {\unhbox0} would -process the box using the current paragraph language unless there was a -\type {\setlanguage} issued inside the box. In \LUATEX, all language variables are -already frozen. - -In traditional \TEX\ the process of hyphenation is driven by \type {lccode}s. In -\LUATEX\ we made this dependency less strong. There are several strategies -possible. When you do nothing, the currently used \type {lccode}s are used, when -loading patterns, setting exceptions or hyphenating a list. - -When you set \type {\savinghyphcodes} to a value larger than zero the current set -of \type {lccode}s will be saved with the language. In that case changing a \type -{lccode} afterwards has no effect. However, you can adapt the set with: - -\starttyping -\hjcode`a=`a -\stoptyping - -This change is global which makes sense if you keep in mind that the moment that -hyphenation happens is (normally) when the paragraph or a horizontal box is -constructed. When \type {\savinghyphcodes} was zero when the language got -initialized you start out with nothing, otherwise you already have a set. - -When a \type {\hjcode} is larger than $0$ but smaller than $32$ is indicates the -to be used length. In the following example we map a character (\type {x}) onto -another one in the patterns and tell the engine that \type {Å“} counts as one -character. Because traditionally zero itself is reserved for inhibiting -hyphenation, a value of $32$ counts as zero. - -\starttyping -% assuming french patterns: -foobar % foo-bar - -\hjcode`x=`o - -fxxbar % fxx-bar - -\lefthyphenmin3 - -Å“dipus % Å“di-pus - -\lefthyphenmin4 - -Å“dipus % Å“dipus - -\hjcode`Å“=2 - -Å“dipus % Å“di-pus - -\hjcode`i=32 -\hjcode`d=32 - -Å“dipus % Å“dipus -\stoptyping - -Carrying all this information with each glyph would give too much overhead and -also make the process of setting up thee codes more complex. A solution with -\type {hjcode} sets was considered but rejected because in practice the current -approach is sufficient and it would not be compatible anyway. - -Beware: the values are always saved in the format, independent of the setting -of \type {\savinghyphcodes} at the moment the format is dumped. - -A boundary node normally would mark the end of a word which interferes with for -instance discretionary injection. For this you can use the \type {\wordboundary} -as trigger. Here are a few examples of usage: - -\startbuffer - discrete---discrete -\stopbuffer -\typebuffer \start \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stop -\startbuffer - discrete\discretionary{}{}{---}discrete -\stopbuffer -\typebuffer \start \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stop -\startbuffer - discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{}{}{---}discrete -\stopbuffer -\typebuffer \start \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stop -\startbuffer - discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{}{}{---}\wordboundary discrete -\stopbuffer -\typebuffer \start \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stop -\startbuffer - discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{---}{}{}\wordboundary discrete -\stopbuffer -\typebuffer \start \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stop - -We only accept an explicit hyphen when there is a preceding glyph and we skip a -sequence of explicit hyphens as that normally indicates a \type {--} or \type -{---} ligature in which case we can in a worse case usage get bad node lists -later on due to messed up ligature building as these dashes are ligatures in base -fonts. This is a side effect of the separating the hyphenation, ligaturing and -kerning steps. - -The start and end of a characters is signalled by a glue, penalty, kern or boundary -node. But by default also a hlist, vlist, rule, dir, whatsit, ins, and adjust node -indicate a start or end. You can omit the last set from the test by setting -\type {\hyphenationbounds} to a non|-|zero value: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC \type{0} \NC not strict \NC \NR -\NC \type{1} \NC strict start \NC \NR -\NC \type{2} \NC strict end \NC \NR -\NC \type{3} \NC strict start and strict end \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The word start is determined as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC boundary \NC yes when wordboundary \NC \NR -\BC hlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC vlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC rule \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC dir \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC whatsit \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC glue \NC yes \NC \NR -\BC math \NC skipped \NC \NR -\BC glyph \NC exhyphenchar (one only) : yes (so no -- ---) \NC \NR -\BC otherwise \NC yes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The word end is determined as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC boundary \NC yes \NC \NR -\BC glyph \NC yes when different language \NC \NR -\BC glue \NC yes \NC \NR -\BC penalty \NC yes \NC \NR -\BC kern \NC yes when not italic (for some historic reason) \NC \NR -\BC hlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC vlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC rule \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC dir \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC whatsit \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC ins \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\BC adjust \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\in{Figures}[hb:1] upto \in[hb:5] show some examples. In all cases we set the min -values to 1 and make sure that the words hyphenate at each character. - -\hyphenation{o-n-e t-w-o} - -\def\SomeTest#1#2% - {\lefthyphenmin \plusone - \righthyphenmin \plusone - \parindent \zeropoint - \everypar \emptytoks - \dontcomplain - \hbox to 2cm {% - \vtop {% - \hsize 1pt - \hyphenationbounds#1 - #2 - \par}}} - -\startplacefigure[reference=hb:1,title={\type{one}}] - \startcombination[4*1] - {\SomeTest{0}{one}} {\type{0}} - {\SomeTest{1}{one}} {\type{1}} - {\SomeTest{2}{one}} {\type{2}} - {\SomeTest{3}{one}} {\type{3}} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure -\startplacefigure[reference=hb:2,title={\type{one\null two}}] - \startcombination[4*1] - {\SomeTest{0}{one\null two}} {\type{0}} - {\SomeTest{1}{one\null two}} {\type{1}} - {\SomeTest{2}{one\null two}} {\type{2}} - {\SomeTest{3}{one\null two}} {\type{3}} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure -\startplacefigure[reference=hb:3,title={\type{\null one\null two}}] - \startcombination[4*1] - {\SomeTest{0}{\null one\null two}} {\type{0}} - {\SomeTest{1}{\null one\null two}} {\type{1}} - {\SomeTest{2}{\null one\null two}} {\type{2}} - {\SomeTest{3}{\null one\null two}} {\type{3}} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure -\startplacefigure[reference=hb:4,title={\type{one\null two\null}}] - \startcombination[4*1] - {\SomeTest{0}{one\null two\null}} {\type{0}} - {\SomeTest{1}{one\null two\null}} {\type{1}} - {\SomeTest{2}{one\null two\null}} {\type{2}} - {\SomeTest{3}{one\null two\null}} {\type{3}} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure -\startplacefigure[reference=hb:5,title={\type{\null one\null two\null}}] - \startcombination[4*1] - {\SomeTest{0}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{0}} - {\SomeTest{1}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{1}} - {\SomeTest{2}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{2}} - {\SomeTest{3}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{3}} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure - -% (Future versions of \LUATEX\ might provide more granularity.) - -In traditional \TEX\ ligature building and hyphenation are interwoven with the -line break mechanism. In \LUATEX\ these phases are isolated. As a consequence we -deal differently with (a sequence of) explicit hyphens. We already have added -some control over aspects of the hyphenation and yet another one concerns -automatic hyphens (e.g.\ \type {-} characters in the input). - -When \type {\automatichyphenmode} has a value of 0, a hyphen will be turned into -an automatic discretionary. The snippets before and after it will not be -hyphenated. A side effect is that a leading hyphen can lead to a split but one -will seldom run into that situation. Setting a pre and post character makes this -more prominent. A value of 1 will prevent this side effect and a value of 2 will -not turn the hyphen into a discretionary. Experiments with other options, like -permitting hyphenation of the words on both sides were discarded. - -\startbuffer[a] -before-after \par -before--after \par -before---after \par -\stopbuffer - -\startbuffer[b] --before \par -after- \par ---before \par -after-- \par ----before \par -after--- \par -\stopbuffer - -\startbuffer[c] -before-after \par -before--after \par -before---after \par -\stopbuffer - -We show three samples: - -Input A: \typebuffer[a] -Input B: \typebuffer[b] -Input C: \typebuffer[c] - -\startbuffer[demo] -\startcombination[nx=4,ny=3,location=top] - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[a]}} {A~0~6em} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~0~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~1~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~2~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[b]}} {B~0~6em} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~0~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~1~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~2~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[c]}} {C~0~6em} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~0~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~1~2pt} - {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~2~2pt} -\stopcombination -\stopbuffer - -\startplacefigure[reference=automatic:1,title={The automatic modes \type {0} (default), \type {1} and \type {2}, with a \type {\hsize} -of 6em and 2pt (which triggers a linebreak).}] - \dontcomplain \tt \getbuffer[demo] -\stopplacefigure - -\startplacefigure[reference=automatic:2,title={The automatic modes \type {0} (default), \type {1} and \type {2}, with \type -{\preexhyphenchar} and \type {\postexhyphenchar} set to characters \type {A} and \type {B}.}] - \postexhyphenchar`A\relax - \preexhyphenchar `B\relax - \dontcomplain \tt \getbuffer[demo] -\stopplacefigure - -As with primitive companions of other single character commands, the \type {\-} -command has a more verbose primitive version in \type {\explicitdiscretionary} -and the normally intercepted in the hyphenator character \type {-} (or whatever -is configured) is available as \type {\automaticdiscretionary}. - -\section{The main control loop} - -In \LUATEX's main loop, almost all input characters that are to be typeset are -converted into \type {glyph} node records with subtype \quote {character}, but -there are a few exceptions. - -First, the \type {\accent} primitives creates nodes with subtype \quote {glyph} -instead of \quote {character}: one for the actual accent and one for the -accentee. The primary reason for this is that \type {\accent} in \TEX82 is -explicitly dependent on the current font encoding, so it would not make much -sense to attach a new meaning to the primitive's name, as that would invalidate -many old documents and macro packages. \footnote {Of course, modern packages will -not use the \type {\accent} primitive at all but try to map directly on composed -characters.} A secondary reason is that in \TEX82, \type {\accent} prohibits -hyphenation of the current word. Since in \LUATEX\ hyphenation only takes place -on \quote {character} nodes, it is possible to achieve the same effect. - -This change of meaning did happen with \type {\char}, that now generates \quote -{glyph} nodes with a character subtype. In traditional \TEX\ there was a strong -relationship between the 8|-|bit input encoding, hyphenation and glyphs taken -from a font. In \LUATEX\ we have \UTF\ input, and in most cases this maps -directly to a character in a font, apart from glyph replacement in the font -engine. If you want to access arbitrary glyphs in a font directly you can always -use \LUA\ to do so, because fonts are available as \LUA\ table. - -Second, all the results of processing in math mode eventually become nodes with -\quote {glyph} subtypes. - -Third, the \ALEPH|-|derived commands \type {\leftghost} and \type {\rightghost} -create nodes of a third subtype: \quote {ghost}. These nodes are ignored -completely by all further processing until the stage where inter|-|glyph kerning -is added. - -Fourth, automatic discretionaries are handled differently. \TEX82 inserts an -empty discretionary after sensing an input character that matches the \type -{\hyphenchar} in the current font. This test is wrong in our opinion: whether or -not hyphenation takes place should not depend on the current font, it is a -language property. \footnote {When \TEX\ showed up we didn't have \UNICODE\ yet -and being limited to eight bits meant that one sometimes had to compromise -between supporting character input, glyph rendering, hyphenation.} - -In \LUATEX, it works like this: if \LUATEX\ senses a string of input characters -that matches the value of the new integer parameter \type {\exhyphenchar}, it will -insert an explicit discretionary after that series of nodes. Initex sets the \type -{\exhyphenchar=`\-}. Incidentally, this is a global parameter instead of a -language-specific one because it may be useful to change the value depending on -the document structure instead of the text language. - -The insertion of discretionaries after a sequence of explicit hyphens happens at -the same time as the other hyphenation processing, {\it not\/} inside the main -control loop. - -The only use \LUATEX\ has for \type {\hyphenchar} is at the check whether a word -should be considered for hyphenation at all. If the \type {\hyphenchar} of the -font attached to the first character node in a word is negative, then hyphenation -of that word is abandoned immediately. This behaviour is added for backward -compatibility only, and the use of \type {\hyphenchar=-1} as a means of -preventing hyphenation should not be used in new \LUATEX\ documents. - -Fifth, \type {\setlanguage} no longer creates whatsits. The meaning of \type -{\setlanguage} is changed so that it is now an integer parameter like all others. -That integer parameter is used in \type {\glyph_node} creation to add language -information to the glyph nodes. In conjunction, the \type {\language} primitive is -extended so that it always also updates the value of \type {\setlanguage}. - -Sixth, the \type {\noboundary} command (that prohibits word boundary processing -where that would normally take place) now does create nodes. These nodes are -needed because the exact place of the \type {\noboundary} command in the input -stream has to be retained until after the ligature and font processing stages. - -Finally, there is no longer a \type {main_loop} label in the code. Remember that -\TEX82 did quite a lot of processing while adding \type {char_nodes} to the -horizontal list? For speed reasons, it handled that processing code outside of -the \quote {main control} loop, and only the first character of any \quote {word} -was handled by that \quote {main control} loop. In \LUATEX, there is no longer a -need for that (all hard work is done later), and the (now very small) bits of -character|-|handling code have been moved back inline. When \type -{\tracingcommands} is on, this is visible because the full word is reported, -instead of just the initial character. - -Because we tend to make hard codes behaviour configurable a few new primitives -have been added: - -\starttyping -\hyphenpenaltymode -\automatichyphenpenalty -\explicithyphenpenalty -\stoptyping - -The first parameter has the following consequences for automatic discs (the ones -resulting from an \type {\exhyphenchar}: - -\starttabulate[|c|l|l|] -\BC mode \BC automatic disc \type{-} \BC explicit disc \type{\-} \NC \NR -\HL -\NC \type{0} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{1} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{2} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{3} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{4} \NC \type {\automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{5} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{6} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{7} \NC \type {\automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{8} \NC \type {\automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \type {\hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -other values do what we always did in \LUATEX: insert \type {\exhyphenpenalty}. - -\section[patternsexceptions]{Loading patterns and exceptions} - -The hyphenation algorithm in \LUATEX\ is quite different from the one in \TEX82, -although it uses essentially the same user input. - -After expansion, the argument for \type {\patterns} has to be proper \UTF8 with -individual patterns separated by spaces, no \type {\char} or \type {\chardef}d -commands are allowed. The current implementation quite strict and will reject all -non|-|\UNICODE\ characters. - -Likewise, the expanded argument for \type {\hyphenation} also has to be proper -\UTF8, but here a bit of extra syntax is provided: - -\startitemize[n] -\startitem - Three sets of arguments in curly braces (\type {{}{}{}}) indicates a desired - complex discretionary, with arguments as in \type {\discretionary}'s command in - normal document input. -\stopitem -\startitem - A \type {-} indicates a desired simple discretionary, cf.\ \type {\-} and \type - {\discretionary{-}{}{}} in normal document input. -\stopitem -\startitem - Internal command names are ignored. This rule is provided especially for \type - {\discretionary}, but it also helps to deal with \type {\relax} commands that - may sneak in. -\stopitem -\startitem - An \type {=} indicates a (non|-|discretionary) hyphen in the document input. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The expanded argument is first converted back to a space-separated string while -dropping the internal command names. This string is then converted into a -dictionary by a routine that creates key|-|value pairs by converting the other -listed items. It is important to note that the keys in an exception dictionary -can always be generated from the values. Here are a few examples: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|l|] -\BC value \BC implied key (input) \NC effect \NC\NR -\NC \type {ta-ble} \NC table \NC \type {ta\-ble} ($=$ \type {ta\discretionary{-}{}{}ble}) \NC\NR -\NC \type {ba{k-}{}{c}ken} \NC backen \NC \type {ba\discretionary{k-}{}{c}ken} \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -The resultant patterns and exception dictionary will be stored under the language -code that is the present value of \type {\language}. - -In the last line of the table, you see there is no \type {\discretionary} command -in the value: the command is optional in the \TEX-based input syntax. The -underlying reason for that is that it is conceivable that a whole dictionary of -words is stored as a plain text file and loaded into \LUATEX\ using one of the -functions in the \LUA\ \type {lang} library. This loading method is quite a bit -faster than going through the \TEX\ language primitives, but some (most?) of that -speed gain would be lost if it had to interpret command sequences while doing so. - -It is possible to specify extra hyphenation points in compound words by using -\type {{-}{}{-}} for the explicit hyphen character (replace \type {-} by the -actual explicit hyphen character if needed). For example, this matches the word -\quote {multi|-|word|-|boundaries} and allows an extra break inbetween \quote -{boun} and \quote {daries}: - -\starttyping -\hyphenation{multi{-}{}{-}word{-}{}{-}boun-daries} -\stoptyping - -The motivation behind the \ETEX\ extension \type {\savinghyphcodes} was that -hyphenation heavily depended on font encodings. This is no longer true in -\LUATEX, and the corresponding primitive is basically ignored. Because we now -have \type {hjcode}, the case relate codes can be used exclusively for \type -{\uppercase} and \type {\lowercase}. - -\section{Applying hyphenation} - -The internal structures \LUATEX\ uses for the insertion of discretionaries in -words is very different from the ones in \TEX82, and that means there are some -noticeable differences in handling as well. - -First and foremost, there is no \quote {compressed trie} involved in hyphenation. -The algorithm still reads \PATGEN-generated pattern files, but \LUATEX\ uses a -finite state hash to match the patterns against the word to be hyphenated. This -algorithm is based on the \quote {libhnj} library used by \OPENOFFICE, which in -turn is inspired by \TEX. - -There are a few differences between \LUATEX\ and \TEX82 that are a direct result -of the implementation: - -\startitemize -\startitem - \LUATEX\ happily hyphenates the full \UNICODE\ character range. -\stopitem -\startitem - Pattern and exception dictionary size is limited by the available memory - only, all allocations are done dynamically. The trie|-|related settings in - \type {texmf.cnf} are ignored. -\stopitem -\startitem - Because there is no \quote {trie preparation} stage, language patterns never - become frozen. This means that the primitive \type {\patterns} (and its \LUA\ - counterpart \type {lang.patterns}) can be used at any time, not only in - ini\TEX. -\stopitem -\startitem - Only the string representation of \type {\patterns} and \type {\hyphenation} is - stored in the format file. At format load time, they are simply - re|-|evaluated. It follows that there is no real reason to preload languages - in the format file. In fact, it is usually not a good idea to do so. It is - much smarter to load patterns no sooner than the first time they are actually - needed. -\stopitem -\startitem - \LUATEX\ uses the language-specific variables \type {\prehyphenchar} and \type - {\posthyphenchar} in the creation of implicit discretionaries, instead of - \TEX82's \type {\hyphenchar}, and the values of the language|-|specific variables - \type {\preexhyphenchar} and \type {\postexhyphenchar} for explicit - discretionaries (instead of \TEX82's empty discretionary). -\stopitem -\startitem - The value of the two counters related to hyphenation, \type {\hyphenpenalty} - and \type {\exhyphenpenalty}, are now stored in the discretionary nodes. This - permits a local overload for explicit \type {\discretionary} commands. The - value current when the hyphenation pass is applied is used. When no callbacks - are used this is compatible with traditional \TEX. When you apply the \LUA\ - \type {lang.hyphenate} function the current values are used. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -Because we store penalties in the disc node the \type {\discretionary} command has -been extended to accept an optional penalty specification, so you can do the -following: - -\startbuffer -\hsize1mm -1:foo{\hyphenpenalty 10000\discretionary{}{}{}}bar\par -2:foo\discretionary penalty 10000 {}{}{}bar\par -3:foo\discretionary{}{}{}bar\par -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -This results in: - -\blank \start \getbuffer \stop \blank - -Inserted characters and ligatures inherit their attributes from the nearest glyph -node item (usually the preceding one, but the following one for the items -inserted at the left-hand side of a word). - -Word boundaries are no longer implied by font switches, but by language switches. -One word can have two separate fonts and still be hyphenated correctly (but it -can not have two different languages, the \type {\setlanguage} command forces a -word boundary). - -All languages start out with \type {\prehyphenchar=`\-}, \type {\posthyphenchar=0}, -\type {\preexhyphenchar=0} and \type {\postexhyphenchar=0}. When you assign the -values of one of these four parameters, you are actually changing the settings -for the current \type {\language}, this behaviour is compatible with \type {\patterns} -and \type {\hyphenation}. - -\LUATEX\ also hyphenates the first word in a paragraph. Words can be up to 256 -characters long (up from 64 in \TEX82). Longer words generate an error right now, -but eventually either the limitation will be removed or perhaps it will become -possible to silently ignore the excess characters (this is what happens in -\TEX82, but there the behaviour cannot be controlled). - -If you are using the \LUA\ function \type {lang.hyphenate}, you should be aware -that this function expects to receive a list of \quote {character} nodes. It will -not operate properly in the presence of \quote {glyph}, \quote {ligature}, or -\quote {ghost} nodes, nor does it know how to deal with kerning. - -The hyphenation exception dictionary is maintained as key|-|value hash, and that -is also dynamic, so the \type {hyph_size} setting is not used either. - -\section{Applying ligatures and kerning} - -After all possible hyphenation points have been inserted in the list, \LUATEX\ -will process the list to convert the \quote {character} nodes into \quote {glyph} -and \quote {ligature} nodes. This is actually done in two stages: first all -ligatures are processed, then all kerning information is applied to the result -list. But those two stages are somewhat dependent on each other: If the used font -makes it possible to do so, the ligaturing stage adds virtual \quote {character} -nodes to the word boundaries in the list. While doing so, it removes and -interprets \type {\noboundary} nodes. The kerning stage deletes those word -boundary items after it is done with them, and it does the same for \quote -{ghost} nodes. Finally, at the end of the kerning stage, all remaining \quote -{character} nodes are converted to \quote {glyph} nodes. - -This work separation is worth mentioning because, if you overrule from \LUA\ only -one of the two callbacks related to font handling, then you have to make sure you -perform the tasks normally done by \LUATEX\ itself in order to make sure that the -other, non|-|overruled, routine continues to function properly. - -Work in this area is not yet complete, but most of the possible cases are handled -by our rewritten ligaturing engine. At some point all of the possible inputs will -become supported. \footnote {Not all of this makes sense because we nowadays have -\OPENTYPE\ fonts and ligature building can happen in ,any different ways there.} - -For example, take the word \type {office}, hyphenated \type {of-fice}, using a -\quote {normal} font with all the \type {f}-\type {f} and \type {f}-\type {i} -type ligatures: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC initial \NC \type {{o}{f}{f}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR -\NC after hyphenation \NC \type {{o}{f}{{-},{},{}}{f}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR -\NC first ligature stage \NC \type {{o}{{f-},{f},{<ff>}}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR -\NC final result \NC \type {{o}{{f-},{<fi>},{<ffi>}}{c}{e}} \NC\NR -\stoptabulate - -That's bad enough, but let us assume that there is also a hyphenation point -between the \type {f} and the \type {i}, to create \type {of-f-ice}. Then the -final result should be: - -\starttyping -{o}{{f-}, - {{f-}, - {i}, - {<fi>}}, - {{<ff>-}, - {i}, - {<ffi>}}}{c}{e} -\stoptyping - -with discretionaries in the post-break text as well as in the replacement text of -the top-level discretionary that resulted from the first hyphenation point. - -Here is that nested solution again, in a different representation: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|] -\NC \BC pre \BC \BC post \BC \BC replace \BC \NC \NR -\NC topdisc \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NC sub 1 \NC \NC sub 2 \NC \NR -\NC sub 1 \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \type {i} \NC (3) \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR -\NC sub 2 \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \type {i} \NC (6) \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -When line breaking is choosing its breakpoints, the following fields will -eventually be selected: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|] -\NC \type {of-f-ice} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR -\NC \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \NR -\NC \NC \type {i} \NC (3) \NC \NR -\NC \type {of-fice} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR -\NC \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR -\NC \type {off-ice} \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \NR -\NC \NC \type {i} \NC (6) \NC \NR -\NC \type {office} \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The current solution in \LUATEX\ is not able to handle nested discretionaries, -but it is in fact smart enough to handle this fictional \type {of-f-ice} example. -It does so by combining two sequential discretionary nodes as if they were a -single object (where the second discretionary node is treated as an extension of -the first node). - -One can observe that the \type {of-f-ice} and \type {off-ice} cases both end with -the same actual post replacement list (\type {i}), and that this would be the -case even if that \type {i} was the first item of a potential following ligature -like \type {ic}. This allows \LUATEX\ to do away with one of the fields, and thus -make the whole stuff fit into just two discretionary nodes. - -The mapping of the seven list fields to the six fields in this discretionary node -pair is as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|] -\BC field \BC description \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc1.pre} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc1.post} \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc1.replace} \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc2.pre} \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc2.post} \NC \type {i} \NC (3,6) \NC \NR -\NC \type {disc2.replace} \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -What is actually generated after ligaturing has been applied is therefore: - -\starttyping -{o}{{f-}, - {<fi>}, - {<ffi>}} - {{f-}, - {i}, - {<ff>-}}{c}{e} -\stoptyping - -The two discretionaries have different subtypes from a discretionary appearing on -its own: the first has subtype 4, and the second has subtype 5. The need for -these special subtypes stems from the fact that not all of the fields appear in -their \quote {normal} location. The second discretionary especially looks odd, -with things like the \type {<ff>-} appearing in \type {disc2.replace}. The fact -that some of the fields have different meanings (and different processing code -internally) is what makes it necessary to have different subtypes: this enables -\LUATEX\ to distinguish this sequence of two joined discretionary nodes from the -case of two standalone discretionaries appearing in a row. - -Of course there is still that relationship with fonts: ligatures can be implemented by -mapping a sequence of glyphs onto one glyph, but also by selective replacement and -kerning. This means that the above examples are just representing the traditional -approach. - -\section{Breaking paragraphs into lines} - -This code is still almost unchanged, but because of the above|-|mentioned changes -with respect to discretionaries and ligatures, line breaking will potentially be -different from traditional \TEX. The actual line breaking code is still based on -the \TEX82 algorithms, and it does not expect there to be discretionaries inside -of discretionaries. - -But that situation is now fairly common in \LUATEX, due to the changes to the -ligaturing mechanism. And also, the \LUATEX\ discretionary nodes are implemented -slightly different from the \TEX82 nodes: the \type {no_break} text is now -embedded inside the disc node, where previously these nodes kept their place in -the horizontal list. In traditional \TEX\ the discretionary node contains a -counter indicating how many nodes to skip, but in \LUATEX\ we store the pre, post -and replace text in the discretionary node. - -The combined effect of these two differences is that \LUATEX\ does not always use -all of the potential breakpoints in a paragraph, especially when fonts with many -ligatures are used. Of course kerning also complicates matters here. - -\section{The \type {lang} library} - -This library provides the interface to \LUATEX's structure -representing a language, and the associated functions. - -\startfunctioncall -<language> l = lang.new() -<language> l = lang.new(<number> id) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function creates a new userdata object. An object of type \type {<language>} -is the first argument to most of the other functions in the \type {lang} -library. These functions can also be used as if they were object methods, using -the colon syntax. - -Without an argument, the next available internal id number will be assigned to -this object. With argument, an object will be created that links to the internal -language with that id number. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = lang.id(<language> l) -\stopfunctioncall - -returns the internal \type {\language} id number this object refers to. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> n = lang.hyphenation(<language> l) -lang.hyphenation(<language> l, <string> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Either returns the current hyphenation exceptions for this language, or adds new -ones. The syntax of the string is explained in~\in {section} -[patternsexceptions]. - -\startfunctioncall -lang.clear_hyphenation(<language> l) -\stopfunctioncall - -Clears the exception dictionary (string) for this language. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> n = lang.clean(<language> l, <string> o) -<string> n = lang.clean(<string> o) -\stopfunctioncall - -Creates a hyphenation key from the supplied hyphenation value. The syntax of the -argument string is explained in~\in {section} [patternsexceptions]. This function -is useful if you want to do something else based on the words in a dictionary -file, like spell|-|checking. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> n = lang.patterns(<language> l) -lang.patterns(<language> l, <string> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Adds additional patterns for this language object, or returns the current set. -The syntax of this string is explained in~\in {section} [patternsexceptions]. - -\startfunctioncall -lang.clear_patterns(<language> l) -\stopfunctioncall - -Clears the pattern dictionary for this language. - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = lang.prehyphenchar(<language> l) -lang.prehyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Gets or sets the \quote {pre|-|break} hyphen character for implicit hyphenation -in this language (initially the hyphen, decimal 45). - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = lang.posthyphenchar(<language> l) -lang.posthyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Gets or sets the \quote {post|-|break} hyphen character for implicit hyphenation -in this language (initially null, decimal~0, indicating emptiness). - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = lang.preexhyphenchar(<language> l) -lang.preexhyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Gets or sets the \quote {pre|-|break} hyphen character for explicit hyphenation -in this language (initially null, decimal~0, indicating emptiness). - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = lang.postexhyphenchar(<language> l) -lang.postexhyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Gets or sets the \quote {post|-|break} hyphen character for explicit hyphenation -in this language (initially null, decimal~0, indicating emptiness). - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> success = lang.hyphenate(<node> head) -<boolean> success = lang.hyphenate(<node> head, <node> tail) -\stopfunctioncall - -Inserts hyphenation points (discretionary nodes) in a node list. If \type {tail} -is given as argument, processing stops on that node. Currently, \type {success} -is always true if \type {head} (and \type {tail}, if specified) are proper nodes, -regardless of possible other errors. - -Hyphenation works only on \quote {characters}, a special subtype of all the glyph -nodes with the node subtype having the value \type {1}. Glyph modes with -different subtypes are not processed. See \in {section~} [charsandglyphs] for -more details. - -The following two commands can be used to set or query hj codes: - -\startfunctioncall -lang.sethjcode(<language> l, <number> char, <number> usedchar) -<number> usedchar = lang.gethjcode(<language> l, <number> char) -\stopfunctioncall - -When you set a hjcode the current sets get initialized unless the set was already -initialized due to \type {\savinghyphcodes} being larger than zero. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent - -% \parindent0pt \hsize=1.1cm -% 12-34-56 \par -% 12-34-\hbox{56} \par -% 12-34-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex \par -% 12-\hbox{34}-56 \par -% 12-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex-56 \par -% \hjcode`\1=`\1 \hjcode`\2=`\2 \hjcode`\3=`\3 \hjcode`\4=`\4 \vskip.5cm -% 12-34-56 \par -% 12-34-\hbox{56} \par -% 12-34-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex \par -% 12-\hbox{34}-56 \par -% 12-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex-56 \par - +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-languages
+
+\startchapter[reference=languages,title={Languages, characters, fonts and glyphs}]
+
+\startsection[title={Introduction}]
+
+\topicindex {languages}
+
+\LUATEX's internal handling of the characters and glyphs that eventually become
+typeset is quite different from the way \TEX82 handles those same objects. The
+easiest way to explain the difference is to focus on unrestricted horizontal mode
+(i.e.\ paragraphs) and hyphenation first. Later on, it will be easy to deal
+with the differences that occur in horizontal and math modes.
+
+In \TEX82, the characters you type are converted into \type {char} node records
+when they are encountered by the main control loop. \TEX\ attaches and processes
+the font information while creating those records, so that the resulting \quote
+{horizontal list} contains the final forms of ligatures and implicit kerning.
+This packaging is needed because we may want to get the effective width of for
+instance a horizontal box.
+
+When it becomes necessary to hyphenate words in a paragraph, \TEX\ converts (one
+word at time) the \type {char} node records into a string by replacing ligatures
+with their components and ignoring the kerning. Then it runs the hyphenation
+algorithm on this string, and converts the hyphenated result back into a \quote
+{horizontal list} that is consecutively spliced back into the paragraph stream.
+Keep in mind that the paragraph may contain unboxed horizontal material, which
+then already contains ligatures and kerns and the words therein are part of the
+hyphenation process.
+
+Those \type {char} node records are somewhat misnamed, as they are glyph
+positions in specific fonts, and therefore not really \quote {characters} in the
+linguistic sense. There is no language information inside the \type {char} node
+records at all. Instead, language information is passed along using \type
+{language whatsit} nodes inside the horizontal list.
+
+In \LUATEX, the situation is quite different. The characters you type are always
+converted into \nod {glyph} node records with a special subtype to identify them
+as being intended as linguistic characters. \LUATEX\ stores the needed language
+information in those records, but does not do any font|-|related processing at
+the time of node creation. It only stores the index of the current font and a
+reference to a character in that font.
+
+When it becomes necessary to typeset a paragraph, \LUATEX\ first inserts all
+hyphenation points right into the whole node list. Next, it processes all the
+font information in the whole list (creating ligatures and adjusting kerning),
+and finally it adjusts all the subtype identifiers so that the records are \quote
+{glyph nodes} from now on.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Characters, glyphs and discretionaries},reference=charsandglyphs]
+
+\topicindex {characters}
+\topicindex {glyphs}
+\topicindex {hyphenation}
+
+\TEX82 (including \PDFTEX) differentiates between \type {char} nodes and \type
+{lig} nodes. The former are simple items that contained nothing but a \quote
+{character} and a \quote {font} field, and they lived in the same memory as
+tokens did. The latter also contained a list of components, and a subtype
+indicating whether this ligature was the result of a word boundary, and it was
+stored in the same place as other nodes like boxes and kerns and glues.
+
+In \LUATEX, these two types are merged into one, somewhat larger structure called
+a \nod {glyph} node. Besides having the old character, font, and component
+fields there are a few more, like \quote {attr} that we will see in \in {section}
+[glyphnodes], these nodes also contain a subtype, that codes four main types and
+two additional ghost types. For ligatures, multiple bits can be set at the same
+time (in case of a single|-|glyph word).
+
+\startitemize
+ \startitem
+ \type {character}, for characters to be hyphenated: the lowest bit
+ (bit 0) is set to 1.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ \nod {glyph}, for specific font glyphs: the lowest bit (bit 0) is
+ not set.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ \type {ligature}, for constructed ligatures bit 1 is set.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ \type {ghost}, for so called \quote {ghost objects} bit 2 is set.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ \type {left}, for ligatures created from a left word boundary and for
+ ghosts created from \lpr {leftghost} bit 3 gets set.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ \type {right}, for ligatures created from a right word boundary and
+ for ghosts created from \lpr {rightghost} bit 4 is set.
+ \stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The \nod {glyph} nodes also contain language data, split into four items that
+were current when the node was created: the \prm {setlanguage} (15~bits), \prm
+{lefthyphenmin} (8~bits), \prm {righthyphenmin} (8~bits), and \prm {uchyph}
+(1~bit).
+
+Incidentally, \LUATEX\ allows 16383 separate languages, and words can be 256
+characters long. The language is stored with each character. You can set
+\prm {firstvalidlanguage} to for instance~1 and make thereby language~0
+an ignored hyphenation language.
+
+The new primitive \lpr {hyphenationmin} can be used to signal the minimal length
+of a word. This value is stored with the (current) language.
+
+Because the \prm {uchyph} value is saved in the actual nodes, its handling is
+subtly different from \TEX82: changes to \prm {uchyph} become effective
+immediately, not at the end of the current partial paragraph.
+
+Typeset boxes now always have their language information embedded in the nodes
+themselves, so there is no longer a possible dependency on the surrounding
+language settings. In \TEX82, a mid|-|paragraph statement like \type {\unhbox0}
+would process the box using the current paragraph language unless there was a
+\prm {setlanguage} issued inside the box. In \LUATEX, all language variables
+are already frozen.
+
+In traditional \TEX\ the process of hyphenation is driven by \type {lccode}s. In
+\LUATEX\ we made this dependency less strong. There are several strategies
+possible. When you do nothing, the currently used \type {lccode}s are used, when
+loading patterns, setting exceptions or hyphenating a list.
+
+When you set \prm {savinghyphcodes} to a value greater than zero the current set
+of \type {lccode}s will be saved with the language. In that case changing a \type
+{lccode} afterwards has no effect. However, you can adapt the set with:
+
+\starttyping
+\hjcode`a=`a
+\stoptyping
+
+This change is global which makes sense if you keep in mind that the moment that
+hyphenation happens is (normally) when the paragraph or a horizontal box is
+constructed. When \prm {savinghyphcodes} was zero when the language got
+initialized you start out with nothing, otherwise you already have a set.
+
+When a \lpr {hjcode} is greater than 0 but less than 32 is indicates the
+to be used length. In the following example we map a character (\type {x}) onto
+another one in the patterns and tell the engine that \type {Å“} counts as one
+character. Because traditionally zero itself is reserved for inhibiting
+hyphenation, a value of 32 counts as zero.
+
+Here are some examples (we assume that French patterns are used):
+
+\starttabulate[||||]
+\NC \NC \type{foobar} \NC \type{foo-bar} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{\hjcode`x=`o} \NC \type{fxxbar} \NC \type{fxx-bar} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{\lefthyphenmin3} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \type{Å“di-pus} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{\lefthyphenmin4} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{\hjcode`Å“=2} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \type{Å“di-pus} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{\hjcode`i=32 \hjcode`d=32} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \type{Å“dipus} \NC \NR
+\NC
+\stoptabulate
+
+Carrying all this information with each glyph would give too much overhead and
+also make the process of setting up these codes more complex. A solution with
+\type {hjcode} sets was considered but rejected because in practice the current
+approach is sufficient and it would not be compatible anyway.
+
+Beware: the values are always saved in the format, independent of the setting
+of \prm {savinghyphcodes} at the moment the format is dumped.
+
+A boundary node normally would mark the end of a word which interferes with for
+instance discretionary injection. For this you can use the \prm {wordboundary}
+as a trigger. Here are a few examples of usage:
+
+\startbuffer
+ discrete---discrete
+\stopbuffer
+\typebuffer \startnarrower \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stopnarrower
+\startbuffer
+ discrete\discretionary{}{}{---}discrete
+\stopbuffer
+\typebuffer \startnarrower \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stopnarrower
+\startbuffer
+ discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{}{}{---}discrete
+\stopbuffer
+\typebuffer \startnarrower \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stopnarrower
+\startbuffer
+ discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{}{}{---}\wordboundary discrete
+\stopbuffer
+\typebuffer \startnarrower \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stopnarrower
+\startbuffer
+ discrete\wordboundary\discretionary{---}{}{}\wordboundary discrete
+\stopbuffer
+\typebuffer \startnarrower \dontcomplain \hsize 1pt \getbuffer \par \stopnarrower
+
+We only accept an explicit hyphen when there is a preceding glyph and we skip a
+sequence of explicit hyphens since that normally indicates a \type {--} or \type
+{---} ligature in which case we can in a worse case usage get bad node lists
+later on due to messed up ligature building as these dashes are ligatures in base
+fonts. This is a side effect of separating the hyphenation, ligaturing and
+kerning steps.
+
+The start and end of a sequence of characters is signalled by a \nod {glue}, \nod
+{penalty}, \nod {kern} or \nod {boundary} node. But by default also a \nod
+{hlist}, \nod {vlist}, \nod {rule}, \nod {dir}, \nod {whatsit}, \nod {ins}, and
+\nod {adjust} node indicate a start or end. You can omit the last set from the
+test by setting \lpr {hyphenationbounds} to a non|-|zero value:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC behaviour \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{0} \NC not strict \NC \NR
+\NC \type{1} \NC strict start \NC \NR
+\NC \type{2} \NC strict end \NC \NR
+\NC \type{3} \NC strict start and strict end \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The word start is determined as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB node \BC behaviour \NC \NR
+\TB
+\BC boundary \NC yes when wordboundary \NC \NR
+\BC hlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC vlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC rule \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC dir \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC whatsit \NC when hyphenationbounds 1 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC glue \NC yes \NC \NR
+\BC math \NC skipped \NC \NR
+\BC glyph \NC exhyphenchar (one only) : yes (so no -- ---) \NC \NR
+\BC otherwise \NC yes \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The word end is determined as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB node \BC behaviour \NC \NR
+\TB
+\BC boundary \NC yes \NC \NR
+\BC glyph \NC yes when different language \NC \NR
+\BC glue \NC yes \NC \NR
+\BC penalty \NC yes \NC \NR
+\BC kern \NC yes when not italic (for some historic reason) \NC \NR
+\BC hlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC vlist \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC rule \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC dir \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC whatsit \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC ins \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\BC adjust \NC when hyphenationbounds 2 or 3 \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\in {Figures} [hb:1] upto \in [hb:5] show some examples. In all cases we set the
+min values to 1 and make sure that the words hyphenate at each character.
+
+\hyphenation{o-n-e t-w-o}
+
+\def\SomeTest#1#2%
+ {\lefthyphenmin \plusone
+ \righthyphenmin \plusone
+ \parindent \zeropoint
+ \everypar \emptytoks
+ \dontcomplain
+ \hbox to 2cm {%
+ \vtop {%
+ \hsize 1pt
+ \hyphenationbounds#1
+ #2
+ \par}}}
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=hb:1,title={\type{one}}]
+ \startcombination[4*1]
+ {\SomeTest{0}{one}} {\type{0}}
+ {\SomeTest{1}{one}} {\type{1}}
+ {\SomeTest{2}{one}} {\type{2}}
+ {\SomeTest{3}{one}} {\type{3}}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=hb:2,title={\type{one\null two}}]
+ \startcombination[4*1]
+ {\SomeTest{0}{one\null two}} {\type{0}}
+ {\SomeTest{1}{one\null two}} {\type{1}}
+ {\SomeTest{2}{one\null two}} {\type{2}}
+ {\SomeTest{3}{one\null two}} {\type{3}}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=hb:3,title={\type{\null one\null two}}]
+ \startcombination[4*1]
+ {\SomeTest{0}{\null one\null two}} {\type{0}}
+ {\SomeTest{1}{\null one\null two}} {\type{1}}
+ {\SomeTest{2}{\null one\null two}} {\type{2}}
+ {\SomeTest{3}{\null one\null two}} {\type{3}}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=hb:4,title={\type{one\null two\null}}]
+ \startcombination[4*1]
+ {\SomeTest{0}{one\null two\null}} {\type{0}}
+ {\SomeTest{1}{one\null two\null}} {\type{1}}
+ {\SomeTest{2}{one\null two\null}} {\type{2}}
+ {\SomeTest{3}{one\null two\null}} {\type{3}}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=hb:5,title={\type{\null one\null two\null}}]
+ \startcombination[4*1]
+ {\SomeTest{0}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{0}}
+ {\SomeTest{1}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{1}}
+ {\SomeTest{2}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{2}}
+ {\SomeTest{3}{\null one\null two\null}} {\type{3}}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+% (Future versions of \LUATEX\ might provide more granularity.)
+
+In traditional \TEX\ ligature building and hyphenation are interwoven with the
+line break mechanism. In \LUATEX\ these phases are isolated. As a consequence we
+deal differently with (a sequence of) explicit hyphens. We already have added
+some control over aspects of the hyphenation and yet another one concerns
+automatic hyphens (e.g.\ \type {-} characters in the input).
+
+When \lpr {automatichyphenmode} has a value of 0, a hyphen will be turned into
+an automatic discretionary. The snippets before and after it will not be
+hyphenated. A side effect is that a leading hyphen can lead to a split but one
+will seldom run into that situation. Setting a pre and post character makes this
+more prominent. A value of 1 will prevent this side effect and a value of 2 will
+not turn the hyphen into a discretionary. Experiments with other options, like
+permitting hyphenation of the words on both sides were discarded.
+
+\startbuffer[a]
+before-after \par
+before--after \par
+before---after \par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[b]
+-before \par
+after- \par
+--before \par
+after-- \par
+---before \par
+after--- \par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[c]
+before-after \par
+before--after \par
+before---after \par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[demo]
+\startcombination[nx=4,ny=3,location=top]
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[a]}} {A~0~6em}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~0~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~1~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[a]}} {A~2~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[b]}} {B~0~6em}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~0~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~1~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[b]}} {B~2~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize6em \getbuffer[c]}} {C~0~6em}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\zerocount \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~0~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plusone \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~1~2pt}
+ {\framed[align=normal,strut=no,top=\vskip.5ex,bottom=\vskip.5ex]{\automatichyphenmode\plustwo \hsize2pt \getbuffer[c]}} {C~2~2pt}
+\stopcombination
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startplacefigure[locationreference=automatichyphenmode:1,title={The automatic modes \type {0} (default), \type {1} and \type {2}, with a \prm {hsize}
+of 6em and 2pt (which triggers a linebreak).}]
+ \dontcomplain \tt \getbuffer[demo]
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=automatichyphenmode:2,title={The automatic modes \type {0} (default), \type {1} and \type {2}, with \lpr {preexhyphenchar} and \lpr {postexhyphenchar} set to characters \type {A} and \type {B}.}]
+ \postexhyphenchar`A\relax
+ \preexhyphenchar `B\relax
+ \dontcomplain \tt \getbuffer[demo]
+\stopplacefigure
+
+In \in {figure} [automatichyphenmode:1] \in {and} [automatichyphenmode:2] we show
+what happens with three samples:
+
+Input A: \typebuffer[a]
+Input B: \typebuffer[b]
+Input C: \typebuffer[c]
+
+As with primitive companions of other single character commands, the \prm {-}
+command has a more verbose primitive version in \lpr {explicitdiscretionary}
+and the normally intercepted in the hyphenator character \type {-} (or whatever
+is configured) is available as \lpr {automaticdiscretionary}.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The main control loop}]
+
+\topicindex {main loop}
+\topicindex {hyphenation}
+
+In \LUATEX's main loop, almost all input characters that are to be typeset are
+converted into \nod {glyph} node records with subtype \quote {character}, but
+there are a few exceptions.
+
+\startitemize[n]
+
+\startitem
+ The \prm {accent} primitive creates nodes with subtype \quote {glyph}
+ instead of \quote {character}: one for the actual accent and one for the
+ accentee. The primary reason for this is that \prm {accent} in \TEX82 is
+ explicitly dependent on the current font encoding, so it would not make much
+ sense to attach a new meaning to the primitive's name, as that would
+ invalidate many old documents and macro packages. A secondary reason is that
+ in \TEX82, \prm {accent} prohibits hyphenation of the current word. Since
+ in \LUATEX\ hyphenation only takes place on \quote {character} nodes, it is
+ possible to achieve the same effect. Of course, modern \UNICODE\ aware macro
+ packages will not use the \prm {accent} primitive at all but try to map
+ directly on composed characters.
+
+ This change of meaning did happen with \prm {char}, that now generates
+ \quote {glyph} nodes with a character subtype. In traditional \TEX\ there was
+ a strong relationship between the 8|-|bit input encoding, hyphenation and
+ glyphs taken from a font. In \LUATEX\ we have \UTF\ input, and in most cases
+ this maps directly to a character in a font, apart from glyph replacement in
+ the font engine. If you want to access arbitrary glyphs in a font directly
+ you can always use \LUA\ to do so, because fonts are available as \LUA\
+ table.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ All the results of processing in math mode eventually become nodes with
+ \quote {glyph} subtypes. In fact, the result of processing math is just
+ a regular list of glyphs, kerns, glue, penalties, boxes etc.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \ALEPH|-|derived commands \lpr {leftghost} and \lpr {rightghost}
+ create nodes of a third subtype: \quote {ghost}. These nodes are ignored
+ completely by all further processing until the stage where inter|-|glyph
+ kerning is added.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Automatic discretionaries are handled differently. \TEX82 inserts an empty
+ discretionary after sensing an input character that matches the \prm
+ {hyphenchar} in the current font. This test is wrong in our opinion: whether
+ or not hyphenation takes place should not depend on the current font, it is a
+ language property. \footnote {When \TEX\ showed up we didn't have \UNICODE\
+ yet and being limited to eight bits meant that one sometimes had to
+ compromise between supporting character input, glyph rendering, hyphenation.}
+
+ In \LUATEX, it works like this: if \LUATEX\ senses a string of input
+ characters that matches the value of the new integer parameter \prm
+ {exhyphenchar}, it will insert an explicit discretionary after that series of
+ nodes. Initially \TEX\ sets the \type {\exhyphenchar=`\-}. Incidentally, this
+ is a global parameter instead of a language-specific one because it may be
+ useful to change the value depending on the document structure instead of the
+ text language.
+
+ The insertion of discretionaries after a sequence of explicit hyphens happens
+ at the same time as the other hyphenation processing, {\it not\/} inside the
+ main control loop.
+
+ The only use \LUATEX\ has for \prm {hyphenchar} is at the check whether a
+ word should be considered for hyphenation at all. If the \prm {hyphenchar}
+ of the font attached to the first character node in a word is negative, then
+ hyphenation of that word is abandoned immediately. This behaviour is added
+ for backward compatibility only, and the use of \type {\hyphenchar=-1} as a
+ means of preventing hyphenation should not be used in new \LUATEX\ documents.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \prm {setlanguage} command no longer creates whatsits. The meaning of
+ \prm {setlanguage} is changed so that it is now an integer parameter like all
+ others. That integer parameter is used in \type {\glyph_node} creation to add
+ language information to the glyph nodes. In conjunction, the \prm {language}
+ primitive is extended so that it always also updates the value of \prm
+ {setlanguage}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \prm {noboundary} command (that prohibits word boundary processing
+ where that would normally take place) now does create nodes. These nodes are
+ needed because the exact place of the \prm {noboundary} command in the
+ input stream has to be retained until after the ligature and font processing
+ stages.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ There is no longer a \type {main_loop} label in the code. Remember that
+ \TEX82 did quite a lot of processing while adding \type {char_nodes} to the
+ horizontal list? For speed reasons, it handled that processing code outside
+ of the \quote {main control} loop, and only the first character of any \quote
+ {word} was handled by that \quote {main control} loop. In \LUATEX, there is
+ no longer a need for that (all hard work is done later), and the (now very
+ small) bits of character|-|handling code have been moved back inline. When
+ \prm {tracingcommands} is on, this is visible because the full word is
+ reported, instead of just the initial character.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+Because we tend to make hard coded behaviour configurable a few new primitives
+have been added:
+
+\starttyping
+\hyphenpenaltymode
+\automatichyphenpenalty
+\explicithyphenpenalty
+\stoptyping
+
+The first parameter has the following consequences for automatic discs (the ones
+resulting from an \prm {exhyphenchar}:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|l|]
+\DB mode \BC automatic disc \type {-} \BC explicit disc \prm{-} \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{0} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{1} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{2} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{3} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{4} \NC \lpr {automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \lpr {explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{5} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \lpr {explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{6} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \lpr {explicithyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{7} \NC \lpr {automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{8} \NC \lpr {automatichyphenpenalty} \NC \prm {hyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+other values do what we always did in \LUATEX: insert \prm {exhyphenpenalty}.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Loading patterns and exceptions},reference=patternsexceptions]
+
+\topicindex {hyphenation}
+\topicindex {hyphenation+patterns}
+\topicindex {hyphenation+exceptions}
+\topicindex {patterns}
+\topicindex {exceptions}
+
+Although we keep the traditional approach towards hyphenation (which is still
+superior) the implementation of the hyphenation algorithm in \LUATEX\ is quite
+different from the one in \TEX82.
+
+After expansion, the argument for \prm {patterns} has to be proper \UTF8 with
+individual patterns separated by spaces, no \prm {char} or \prm {chardef}d
+commands are allowed. The current implementation is quite strict and will reject
+all non|-|\UNICODE\ characters. Likewise, the expanded argument for \prm
+{hyphenation} also has to be proper \UTF8, but here a bit of extra syntax is
+provided:
+
+\startitemize[n]
+\startitem
+ Three sets of arguments in curly braces (\type {{}{}{}}) indicate a desired
+ complex discretionary, with arguments as in \prm {discretionary}'s command in
+ normal document input.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ A \type {-} indicates a desired simple discretionary, cf.\ \type {\-} and
+ \type {\discretionary{-}{}{}} in normal document input.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Internal command names are ignored. This rule is provided especially for \prm
+ {discretionary}, but it also helps to deal with \prm {relax} commands that
+ may sneak in.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ An \type {=} indicates a (non|-|discretionary) hyphen in the document input.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The expanded argument is first converted back to a space|-|separated string while
+dropping the internal command names. This string is then converted into a
+dictionary by a routine that creates key|-|value pairs by converting the other
+listed items. It is important to note that the keys in an exception dictionary
+can always be generated from the values. Here are a few examples:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC implied key (input) \BC effect \NC\NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {ta-ble} \NC table \NC \type {ta\-ble} ($=$ \type {ta\discretionary{-}{}{}ble}) \NC\NR
+\NC \type {ba{k-}{}{c}ken} \NC backen \NC \type {ba\discretionary{k-}{}{c}ken} \NC\NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The resultant patterns and exception dictionary will be stored under the language
+code that is the present value of \prm {language}.
+
+In the last line of the table, you see there is no \prm {discretionary} command
+in the value: the command is optional in the \TEX-based input syntax. The
+underlying reason for that is that it is conceivable that a whole dictionary of
+words is stored as a plain text file and loaded into \LUATEX\ using one of the
+functions in the \LUA\ \type {lang} library. This loading method is quite a bit
+faster than going through the \TEX\ language primitives, but some (most?) of that
+speed gain would be lost if it had to interpret command sequences while doing so.
+
+It is possible to specify extra hyphenation points in compound words by using
+\type {{-}{}{-}} for the explicit hyphen character (replace \type {-} by the
+actual explicit hyphen character if needed). For example, this matches the word
+\quote {multi|-|word|-|boundaries} and allows an extra break inbetween \quote
+{boun} and \quote {daries}:
+
+\starttyping
+\hyphenation{multi{-}{}{-}word{-}{}{-}boun-daries}
+\stoptyping
+
+The motivation behind the \ETEX\ extension \prm {savinghyphcodes} was that
+hyphenation heavily depended on font encodings. This is no longer true in
+\LUATEX, and the corresponding primitive is basically ignored. Because we now
+have \lpr {hjcode}, the case relate codes can be used exclusively for \prm
+{uppercase} and \prm {lowercase}.
+
+The three curly brace pair pattern in an exception can be somewhat unexpected so
+we will try to explain it by example. The pattern \type {foo{}{}{x}bar} pattern
+creates a lookup \type {fooxbar} and the pattern \type {foo{}{}{}bar} creates
+\type {foobar}. Then, when a hit happens there is a replacement text (\type {x})
+or none. Because we introduced penalties in discretionary nodes, the exception
+syntax now also can take a penalty specification. The value between square brackets
+is a multiplier for \lpr {exceptionpenalty}. Here we have set it to 10000 so
+effectively we get 30000 in the example.
+
+\def\ShowSample#1#2%
+ {\startlinecorrection[blank]
+ \hyphenation{#1}%
+ \exceptionpenalty=10000
+ \bTABLE[foregroundstyle=type]
+ \bTR
+ \bTD[align=middle,nx=4] \type{#1} \eTD
+ \eTR
+ \bTR
+ \bTD[align=middle] \type{10em} \eTD
+ \bTD[align=middle] \type {3em} \eTD
+ \bTD[align=middle] \type {0em} \eTD
+ \bTD[align=middle] \type {6em} \eTD
+ \eTR
+ \bTR
+ \bTD[width=10em]\vtop{\hsize 10em 123 #2 123\par}\eTD
+ \bTD[width=10em]\vtop{\hsize 3em 123 #2 123\par}\eTD
+ \bTD[width=10em]\vtop{\hsize 0em 123 #2 123\par}\eTD
+ \bTD[width=10em]\vtop{\setupalign[verytolerant,stretch]\rmtf\hsize 6em 123 #2 #2 #2 #2 123\par}\eTD
+ \eTR
+ \eTABLE
+ \stoplinecorrection}
+
+\ShowSample{x{a-}{-b}{}x{a-}{-b}{}x{a-}{-b}{}x{a-}{-b}{}xx}{xxxxxx}
+\ShowSample{x{a-}{-b}{}x{a-}{-b}{}[3]x{a-}{-b}{}[1]x{a-}{-b}{}xx}{xxxxxx}
+
+\ShowSample{z{a-}{-b}{z}{a-}{-b}{z}{a-}{-b}{z}{a-}{-b}{z}z}{zzzzzz}
+\ShowSample{z{a-}{-b}{z}{a-}{-b}{z}[3]{a-}{-b}{z}[1]{a-}{-b}{z}z}{zzzzzz}
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Applying hyphenation}]
+
+\topicindex {hyphenation+how it works}
+\topicindex {hyphenation+discretionaries}
+\topicindex {discretionaries}
+
+The internal structures \LUATEX\ uses for the insertion of discretionaries in
+words is very different from the ones in \TEX82, and that means there are some
+noticeable differences in handling as well.
+
+First and foremost, there is no \quote {compressed trie} involved in hyphenation.
+The algorithm still reads pattern files generated by \PATGEN, but \LUATEX\ uses a
+finite state hash to match the patterns against the word to be hyphenated. This
+algorithm is based on the \quote {libhnj} library used by \OPENOFFICE, which in
+turn is inspired by \TEX.
+
+There are a few differences between \LUATEX\ and \TEX82 that are a direct result
+of the implementation:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ \LUATEX\ happily hyphenates the full \UNICODE\ character range.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Pattern and exception dictionary size is limited by the available memory
+ only, all allocations are done dynamically. The trie|-|related settings in
+ \type {texmf.cnf} are ignored.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Because there is no \quote {trie preparation} stage, language patterns never
+ become frozen. This means that the primitive \prm {patterns} (and its \LUA\
+ counterpart \type {lang.patterns}) can be used at any time, not only in
+ ini\TEX.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Only the string representation of \prm {patterns} and \prm {hyphenation} is
+ stored in the format file. At format load time, they are simply
+ re|-|evaluated. It follows that there is no real reason to preload languages
+ in the format file. In fact, it is usually not a good idea to do so. It is
+ much smarter to load patterns no sooner than the first time they are actually
+ needed.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \LUATEX\ uses the language-specific variables \lpr {prehyphenchar} and \lpr
+ {posthyphenchar} in the creation of implicit discretionaries, instead of
+ \TEX82's \prm {hyphenchar}, and the values of the language|-|specific
+ variables \lpr {preexhyphenchar} and \lpr {postexhyphenchar} for explicit
+ discretionaries (instead of \TEX82's empty discretionary).
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The value of the two counters related to hyphenation, \prm {hyphenpenalty}
+ and \prm {exhyphenpenalty}, are now stored in the discretionary nodes. This
+ permits a local overload for explicit \prm {discretionary} commands. The
+ value current when the hyphenation pass is applied is used. When no callbacks
+ are used this is compatible with traditional \TEX. When you apply the \LUA\
+ \type {lang.hyphenate} function the current values are used.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The hyphenation exception dictionary is maintained as key|-|value hash, and
+ that is also dynamic, so the \type {hyph_size} setting is not used either.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+Because we store penalties in the disc node the \prm {discretionary} command has
+been extended to accept an optional penalty specification, so you can do the
+following:
+
+\startbuffer
+\hsize1mm
+1:foo{\hyphenpenalty 10000\discretionary{}{}{}}bar\par
+2:foo\discretionary penalty 10000 {}{}{}bar\par
+3:foo\discretionary{}{}{}bar\par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+This results in:
+
+\blank \start \getbuffer \stop \blank
+
+Inserted characters and ligatures inherit their attributes from the nearest glyph
+node item (usually the preceding one, but the following one for the items
+inserted at the left-hand side of a word).
+
+Word boundaries are no longer implied by font switches, but by language switches.
+One word can have two separate fonts and still be hyphenated correctly (but it
+can not have two different languages, the \prm {setlanguage} command forces a
+word boundary).
+
+All languages start out with \type {\prehyphenchar=`\-}, \type {\posthyphenchar=0},
+\type {\preexhyphenchar=0} and \type {\postexhyphenchar=0}. When you assign the
+values of one of these four parameters, you are actually changing the settings
+for the current \prm {language}, this behaviour is compatible with \prm {patterns}
+and \prm {hyphenation}.
+
+\LUATEX\ also hyphenates the first word in a paragraph. Words can be up to 256
+characters long (up from 64 in \TEX82). Longer words are ignored right now, but
+eventually either the limitation will be removed or perhaps it will become
+possible to silently ignore the excess characters (this is what happens in
+\TEX82, but there the behaviour cannot be controlled).
+
+If you are using the \LUA\ function \type {lang.hyphenate}, you should be aware
+that this function expects to receive a list of \quote {character} nodes. It will
+not operate properly in the presence of \quote {glyph}, \quote {ligature}, or
+\quote {ghost} nodes, nor does it know how to deal with kerning.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Applying ligatures and kerning}]
+
+\topicindex {ligatures}
+\topicindex {kerning}
+
+After all possible hyphenation points have been inserted in the list, \LUATEX\
+will process the list to convert the \quote {character} nodes into \quote {glyph}
+and \quote {ligature} nodes. This is actually done in two stages: first all
+ligatures are processed, then all kerning information is applied to the result
+list. But those two stages are somewhat dependent on each other: If the used font
+makes it possible to do so, the ligaturing stage adds virtual \quote {character}
+nodes to the word boundaries in the list. While doing so, it removes and
+interprets \prm {noboundary} nodes. The kerning stage deletes those word
+boundary items after it is done with them, and it does the same for \quote
+{ghost} nodes. Finally, at the end of the kerning stage, all remaining \quote
+{character} nodes are converted to \quote {glyph} nodes.
+
+This word separation is worth mentioning because, if you overrule from \LUA\ only
+one of the two callbacks related to font handling, then you have to make sure you
+perform the tasks normally done by \LUATEX\ itself in order to make sure that the
+other, non|-|overruled, routine continues to function properly.
+
+Although we could improve the situation the reality is that in modern \OPENTYPE\
+fonts ligatures can be constructed in many ways: by replacing a sequence of
+characters by one glyph, or by selectively replacing individual glyphs, or by
+kerning, or any combination of this. Add to that contextual analysis and it will
+be clear that we have to let \LUA\ do that job instead. The generic font handler
+that we provide (which is part of \CONTEXT) distinguishes between base mode
+(which essentially is what we describe here and which delegates the task to \TEX)
+and node mode (which deals with more complex fonts.
+
+Let's look at an example. Take the word \type {office}, hyphenated \type
+{of-fice}, using a \quote {normal} font with all the \type {f}-\type {f} and
+\type {f}-\type {i} type ligatures:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\NC initial \NC \type {{o}{f}{f}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR
+\NC after hyphenation \NC \type {{o}{f}{{-},{},{}}{f}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR
+\NC first ligature stage \NC \type {{o}{{f-},{f},{<ff>}}{i}{c}{e}} \NC\NR
+\NC final result \NC \type {{o}{{f-},{<fi>},{<ffi>}}{c}{e}} \NC\NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+That's bad enough, but let us assume that there is also a hyphenation point
+between the \type {f} and the \type {i}, to create \type {of-f-ice}. Then the
+final result should be:
+
+\starttyping
+{o}{{f-},
+ {{f-},
+ {i},
+ {<fi>}},
+ {{<ff>-},
+ {i},
+ {<ffi>}}}{c}{e}
+\stoptyping
+
+with discretionaries in the post-break text as well as in the replacement text of
+the top-level discretionary that resulted from the first hyphenation point.
+
+Here is that nested solution again, in a different representation:
+
+\testpage[4]
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|]
+\DB \BC pre \BC \BC post \BC \BC replace \BC \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC topdisc \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NC sub 1 \NC \NC sub 2 \NC \NR
+\NC sub 1 \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \type {i} \NC (3) \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR
+\NC sub 2 \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \type {i} \NC (6) \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+When line breaking is choosing its breakpoints, the following fields will
+eventually be selected:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|]
+\NC \type {of-f-ice} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR
+\NC \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \NR
+\NC \NC \type {i} \NC (3) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {of-fice} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR
+\NC \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {off-ice} \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \NR
+\NC \NC \type {i} \NC (6) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {office} \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+The current solution in \LUATEX\ is not able to handle nested discretionaries,
+but it is in fact smart enough to handle this fictional \type {of-f-ice} example.
+It does so by combining two sequential discretionary nodes as if they were a
+single object (where the second discretionary node is treated as an extension of
+the first node).
+
+One can observe that the \type {of-f-ice} and \type {off-ice} cases both end with
+the same actual post replacement list (\type {i}), and that this would be the
+case even if \type {i} was the first item of a potential following ligature like
+\type {ic}. This allows \LUATEX\ to do away with one of the fields, and thus make
+the whole stuff fit into just two discretionary nodes.
+
+The mapping of the seven list fields to the six fields in this discretionary node
+pair is as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|]
+\DB field \BC description \NC \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {disc1.pre} \NC \type {f-} \NC (1) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {disc1.post} \NC \type {<fi>} \NC (4) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {disc1.replace} \NC \type {<ffi>} \NC (7) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {disc2.pre} \NC \type {f-} \NC (2) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {disc2.post} \NC \type {i} \NC (3,6) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {disc2.replace} \NC \type {<ff>-} \NC (5) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+What is actually generated after ligaturing has been applied is therefore:
+
+\starttyping
+{o}{{f-},
+ {<fi>},
+ {<ffi>}}
+ {{f-},
+ {i},
+ {<ff>-}}{c}{e}
+\stoptyping
+
+The two discretionaries have different subtypes from a discretionary appearing on
+its own: the first has subtype 4, and the second has subtype 5. The need for
+these special subtypes stems from the fact that not all of the fields appear in
+their \quote {normal} location. The second discretionary especially looks odd,
+with things like the \type {<ff>-} appearing in \type {disc2.replace}. The fact
+that some of the fields have different meanings (and different processing code
+internally) is what makes it necessary to have different subtypes: this enables
+\LUATEX\ to distinguish this sequence of two joined discretionary nodes from the
+case of two standalone discretionaries appearing in a row.
+
+Of course there is still that relationship with fonts: ligatures can be implemented by
+mapping a sequence of glyphs onto one glyph, but also by selective replacement and
+kerning. This means that the above examples are just representing the traditional
+approach.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Breaking paragraphs into lines}]
+
+\topicindex {linebreaks}
+\topicindex {paragraphs}
+\topicindex {discretionaries}
+
+This code is almost unchanged, but because of the above|-|mentioned changes
+with respect to discretionaries and ligatures, line breaking will potentially be
+different from traditional \TEX. The actual line breaking code is still based on
+the \TEX82 algorithms, and it does not expect there to be discretionaries inside
+of discretionaries. But, as patterns evolve and font handling can influence
+discretionaries, you need to be aware of the fact that long term consistency is not
+an engine matter only.
+
+But that situation is now fairly common in \LUATEX, due to the changes to the
+ligaturing mechanism. And also, the \LUATEX\ discretionary nodes are implemented
+slightly different from the \TEX82 nodes: the \type {no_break} text is now
+embedded inside the disc node, where previously these nodes kept their place in
+the horizontal list. In traditional \TEX\ the discretionary node contains a
+counter indicating how many nodes to skip, but in \LUATEX\ we store the pre, post
+and replace text in the discretionary node.
+
+The combined effect of these two differences is that \LUATEX\ does not always use
+all of the potential breakpoints in a paragraph, especially when fonts with many
+ligatures are used. Of course kerning also complicates matters here.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {lang} library}][library=lang]
+
+\subsection {\type {new} and \type {id}}
+
+\topicindex {languages+library}
+
+\libindex {new}
+\libindex {id}
+
+This library provides the interface to \LUATEX's structure representing a
+language, and the associated functions.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<language> l = lang.new()
+<language> l = lang.new(<number> id)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function creates a new userdata object. An object of type \type {<language>}
+is the first argument to most of the other functions in the \type {lang} library.
+These functions can also be used as if they were object methods, using the colon
+syntax. Without an argument, the next available internal id number will be
+assigned to this object. With argument, an object will be created that links to
+the internal language with that id number.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = lang.id(<language> l)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The number returned is the internal \prm {language} id number this object refers to.
+
+\subsection {\type {hyphenation}}
+
+\libindex {hyphenation}
+
+You can hyphenate a string directly with:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> n = lang.hyphenation(<language> l)
+lang.hyphenation(<language> l, <string> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection {\type {clear_hyphenation} and \type {clean}}
+
+\libindex {clear_hyphenation}
+\libindex {clean}
+
+This either returns the current hyphenation exceptions for this language, or adds
+new ones. The syntax of the string is explained in~\in {section}
+[patternsexceptions].
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lang.clear_hyphenation(<language> l)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This call clears the exception dictionary (string) for this language.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> n = lang.clean(<language> l, <string> o)
+<string> n = lang.clean(<string> o)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function creates a hyphenation key from the supplied hyphenation value. The
+syntax of the argument string is explained in \in {section} [patternsexceptions].
+This function is useful if you want to do something else based on the words in a
+dictionary file, like spell|-|checking.
+
+\subsection {\type {patterns} and \type {clear_patterns}}
+
+\libindex {patterns}
+\libindex {clear_patterns}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> n = lang.patterns(<language> l)
+lang.patterns(<language> l, <string> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This adds additional patterns for this language object, or returns the current
+set. The syntax of this string is explained in \in {section}
+[patternsexceptions].
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lang.clear_patterns(<language> l)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This can be used to clear the pattern dictionary for a language.
+
+\subsection {\type {hyphenationmin}}
+
+\libindex {hyphenationmin}
+
+This function sets (or gets) the value of the \TEX\ parameter
+\type {\hyphenationmin}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+n = lang.hyphenationmin(<language> l)
+lang.hyphenationmin(<language> l, <number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection {\type {[pre|post][ex|]hyphenchar}}
+
+\libindex {prehyphenchar}
+\libindex {posthyphenchar}
+\libindex {preexhyphenchar}
+\libindex {postexhyphenchar}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = lang.prehyphenchar(<language> l)
+lang.prehyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n)
+
+<number> n = lang.posthyphenchar(<language> l)
+lang.posthyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+These two are used to get or set the \quote {pre|-|break} and \quote
+{post|-|break} hyphen characters for implicit hyphenation in this language. The
+intial values are decimal 45 (hyphen) and decimal~0 (indicating emptiness).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = lang.preexhyphenchar(<language> l)
+lang.preexhyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n)
+
+<number> n = lang.postexhyphenchar(<language> l)
+lang.postexhyphenchar(<language> l, <number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+These gets or set the \quote {pre|-|break} and \quote {post|-|break} hyphen
+characters for explicit hyphenation in this language. Both are initially
+decimal~0 (indicating emptiness).
+
+\subsection {\type {hyphenate}}
+
+\libindex {hyphenate}
+
+The next call inserts hyphenation points (discretionary nodes) in a node list. If
+\type {tail} is given as argument, processing stops on that node. Currently,
+\type {success} is always true if \type {head} (and \type {tail}, if specified)
+are proper nodes, regardless of possible other errors.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> success = lang.hyphenate(<node> head)
+<boolean> success = lang.hyphenate(<node> head, <node> tail)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Hyphenation works only on \quote {characters}, a special subtype of all the glyph
+nodes with the node subtype having the value \type {1}. Glyph modes with
+different subtypes are not processed. See \in {section} [charsandglyphs] for
+more details.
+
+\subsection {\type {[set|get]hjcode}}
+
+\libindex {sethjcode}
+\libindex {gethjcode}
+
+The following two commands can be used to set or query hj codes:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lang.sethjcode(<language> l, <number> char, <number> usedchar)
+<number> usedchar = lang.gethjcode(<language> l, <number> char)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When you set a hjcode the current sets get initialized unless the set was already
+initialized due to \prm {savinghyphcodes} being larger than zero.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
+
+% \parindent0pt \hsize=1.1cm
+% 12-34-56 \par
+% 12-34-\hbox{56} \par
+% 12-34-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex \par
+% 12-\hbox{34}-56 \par
+% 12-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex-56 \par
+% \hjcode`\1=`\1 \hjcode`\2=`\2 \hjcode`\3=`\3 \hjcode`\4=`\4 \vskip.5cm
+% 12-34-56 \par
+% 12-34-\hbox{56} \par
+% 12-34-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex \par
+% 12-\hbox{34}-56 \par
+% 12-\vrule width 1em height 1.5ex-56 \par
+
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-logos.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-logos.tex index 7406dd60206..d67ce5c0b16 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-logos.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-logos.tex @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ -\startenvironment luatex-logos - -\logo[DFONT] {dfont} -\logo[CFF] {cff} -\logo[CMAP] {CMap} -\logo[PATGEN] {patgen} -\logo[MP] {MetaPost} -\logo[METAPOST] {MetaPost} -\logo[MPLIB] {MPlib} -\logo[COCO] {coco} -\logo[SUNOS] {SunOS} -\logo[BSD] {bsd} -\logo[SYSV] {sysv} -\logo[DPI] {dpi} -\logo[DLL] {dll} -\logo[OPENOFFICE]{OpenOffice} -\logo[OCP] {OCP} - -\stopenvironment +\startenvironment luatex-logos
+
+\usemodule[abr-02]
+
+\logo[DFONT] {dfont}
+\logo[CFF] {cff}
+\logo[CMAP] {CMap}
+\logo[PATGEN] {patgen}
+\logo[MP] {MetaPost}
+\logo[METAPOST] {MetaPost}
+\logo[MPLIB] {MPlib}
+\logo[COCO] {coco}
+\logo[SUNOS] {SunOS}
+\logo[BSD] {bsd}
+\logo[SYSV] {sysv}
+\logo[DPI] {dpi}
+\logo[DLL] {dll}
+\logo[OPENOFFICE]{OpenOffice}
+\logo[OCP] {OCP}
+
+\stopenvironment
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-lua.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-lua.tex index 82b060440b1..3d6d20c35dd 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-lua.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-lua.tex @@ -1,596 +1,760 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-lua - -\startchapter[reference=lua,title={\LUA\ general}] - -\section[init]{Initialization} - -\subsection{\LUATEX\ as a \LUA\ interpreter} - -There are some situations that make \LUATEX\ behave like a standalone \LUA\ -interpreter: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - if a \type {--luaonly} option is given on the commandline, or -\stopitem -\startitem - if the executable is named \type {texlua} or \type {luatexlua}, or -\stopitem -\startitem - if the only non|-|option argument (file) on the commandline has the extension - \type {lua} or \type {luc}. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -In this mode, it will set \LUA's \type {arg[0]} to the found script name, pushing -preceding options in negative values and the rest of the command line in the -positive values, just like the \LUA\ interpreter. - -\LUATEX\ will exit immediately after executing the specified \LUA\ script and is, -in effect, a somewhat bulky stand alone \LUA\ interpreter with a bunch of extra -preloaded libraries. - -\subsection{\LUATEX\ as a \LUA\ byte compiler} - -There are two situations that make \LUATEX\ behave like the \LUA\ byte compiler: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem if a \type {--luaconly} option is given on the command line, or \stopitem -\startitem if the executable is named \type {texluac} \stopitem -\stopitemize - -In this mode, \LUATEX\ is exactly like \type {luac} from the stand alone \LUA\ -distribution, except that it does not have the \type {-l} switch, and that it -accepts (but ignores) the \type {--luaconly} switch. - -\subsection{Other commandline processing} - -When the \LUATEX\ executable starts, it looks for the \type {--lua} command line -option. If there is no \type {--lua} option, the command line is interpreted in a -similar fashion as the other \TEX\ engines. Some options are accepted but have no -consequence. The following command|-|line options are understood: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type{--credits} \NC display credits and exit \NC \NR -\NC \type{--debug-format} \NC enable format debugging \NC \NR -\NC \type{--draftmode} \NC switch on draft mode i.e.\ generate no output in \PDF\ mode \NC \NR -\NC \type{--[no-]file-line-error} \NC disable/enable \type {file:line:error} style messages \NC \NR -\NC \type{--[no-]file-line-error-style} \NC aliases of \type {--[no-]file-line-error} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--fmt=FORMAT} \NC load the format file \type {FORMAT} \NC\NR -\NC \type{--halt-on-error} \NC stop processing at the first error\NC \NR -\NC \type{--help} \NC display help and exit \NC\NR -\NC \type{--ini} \NC be \type {iniluatex}, for dumping formats \NC\NR -\NC \type{--interaction=STRING} \NC set interaction mode: \type {batchmode}, \type {nonstopmode}, \type {scrollmode} or \type {errorstopmode} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--jobname=STRING} \NC set the job name to \type {STRING} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--kpathsea-debug=NUMBER} \NC set path searching debugging flags according to the bits of \type {NUMBER} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--lua=FILE} \NC load and execute a \LUA\ initialization script \NC\NR -\NC \type{--[no-]mktex=FMT} \NC disable/enable \type {mktexFMT} generation with \type {FMT} is \type {tex} or \type {tfm} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--nosocket} \NC disable the \LUA\ socket library \NC\NR -\NC \type{--output-comment=STRING} \NC use \type {STRING} for \DVI\ file comment instead of date (no effect for \PDF) \NC \NR -\NC \type{--output-directory=DIR} \NC use \type {DIR} as the directory to write files to \NC \NR -\NC \type{--output-format=FORMAT} \NC use \type {FORMAT} for job output; \type {FORMAT} is \type {dvi} or \type {pdf} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--progname=STRING} \NC set the program name to \type {STRING} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--recorder} \NC enable filename recorder \NC \NR -\NC \type{--safer} \NC disable easily exploitable \LUA\ commands \NC\NR -\NC \type{--[no-]shell-escape} \NC disable/enable system calls \NC \NR -\NC \type{--shell-restricted} \NC restrict system calls to a list of commands given in \type {texmf.cnf} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--synctex=NUMBER} \NC enable \type {synctex} \NC \NR -\NC \type{--utc} \NC use utc times when applicable \NC \NR -\NC \type{--version} \NC display version and exit \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Some of the traditional flags are just ignored: \type {--etex}, \type -{--translate-file}, \type {--8bit}. \type {--[no-]parse-first-line}, \type -{--default-translate-file}. Also, we no longer support write18 because \type -{os.execute} can do the same. - -The value to use for \type {\jobname} is decided as follows: - -\startitemize -\startitem - If \type {--jobname} is given on the command line, its argument will be the - value for \type {\jobname}, without any changes. The argument will not be - used for actual input so it need not exist. The \type {--jobname} switch only - controls the \type {\jobname} setting. -\stopitem -\startitem - Otherwise, \type {\jobname} will be the name of the first file that is read - from the file system, with any path components and the last extension (the - part following the last \type {.}) stripped off. -\stopitem -\startitem - An exception to the previous point: if the command line goes into interactive - mode (by starting with a command) and there are no files input via \type - {\everyjob} either, then the \type {\jobname} is set to \type {texput} as a - last resort. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The file names for output files that are generated automatically are created by -attaching the proper extension (\type {log}, \type {pdf}, etc.) to the found -\type {\jobname}. These files are created in the directory pointed to by \type -{--output-directory}, or in the current directory, if that switch is not present. - -\blank - -Without the \type {--lua} option, command line processing works like it does in -any other web2c-based typesetting engine, except that \LUATEX\ has a few extra -switches. - -If the \type {--lua} option is present, \LUATEX\ will enter an alternative mode -of command line processing in comparison to the standard web2c programs. - -In this mode, a small series of actions is taken in order. First, it will parse -the command line as usual, but it will only interpret a small subset of the -options immediately: \type {--safer}, \type {--nosocket}, \type -{--[no-]shell-escape}, \type {--enable-write18}, \type {--disable-write18}, \type -{--shell-restricted}, \type {--help}, \type {--version}, and \type {--credits}. - -Next \LUATEX\ searches for the requested \LUA\ initialization script. If it -cannot be found using the actual name given on the command line, a second attempt -is made by prepending the value of the environment variable \type {LUATEXDIR}, if -that variable is defined in the environment. - -Then it checks the various safety switches. You can use those to disable some -\LUA\ commands that can easily be abused by a malicious document. At the moment, -\type {--safer} \type {nil}s the following functions: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC library \BC functions \NC \NR -\NC \type {os} \NC \type {execute} \type {exec} \type {spawn} \type {setenv} \type {rename} \type {remove} \type {tmpdir} \NC \NR -\NC \type {io} \NC \type {popen} \type {output} \type {tmpfile} \NC \NR -\NC \type {lfs} \NC \type {rmdir} \type {mkdir} \type {chdir} \type {lock} \type {touch} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Furthermore, it disables loading of compiled \LUA\ libraries and it makes \type -{io.open()} fail on files that are opened for anything besides reading. - -When \LUATEX\ starts it set the locale to a neutral value. If for some reason you -use \type {os.locale}, you need to make sure you \type {nil} it afterwards -because otherwise it can interfere with code that for instance generates dates. -You can nil the locale with - -\starttyping -os.setlocale(nil.nil) -\stoptyping - -The \type {--nosocket} option makes the socket library unavailable, so that \LUA\ -cannot use networking. - -The switches \type {--[no-]shell-escape}, \type {--[enable|disable]-write18}, and -\type {--shell-restricted} have the same effects as in \PDFTEX, and additionally -make \type {io.popen()}, \type {os.execute}, \type {os.exec} and \type {os.spawn} -adhere to the requested option. - -Next the initialization script is loaded and executed. From within the script, -the entire command line is available in the \LUA\ table \type {arg}, beginning with -\type {arg[0]}, containing the name of the executable. As consequence warnings -about unrecognized options are suppressed. - -Command line processing happens very early on. So early, in fact, that none of -\TEX's initializations have taken place yet. For that reason, the tables that -deal with typesetting, like \type {tex}, \type {token}, \type {node} and -\type {pdf}, are off|-|limits during the execution of the startup file (they -are \type {nil}'d). Special care is taken that \type {texio.write} and \type -{texio.write_nl} function properly, so that you can at least report your actions -to the log file when (and if) it eventually becomes opened (note that \TEX\ does -not even know its \type {\jobname} yet at this point). - -Everything you do in the \LUA\ initialization script will remain visible during -the rest of the run, with the exception of the \TEX\ specific libraries like -\type {tex}, \type {token}, \type {node} and \type {pdf} tables. These will be -initialized to their documented state after the execution of the script. You -should not store anything in variables or within tables with these four global -names, as they will be overwritten completely. - -We recommend you use the startup file only for your own \TEX|-|independent -initializations (if you need any), to parse the command line, set values in the -\type {texconfig} table, and register the callbacks you need. - -\LUATEX\ allows some of the command line options to be overridden by reading -values from the \type {texconfig} table at the end of script execution (see the -description of the \type {texconfig} table later on in this document for more -details on which ones exactly). - -Unless the \type {texconfig} table tells \LUATEX\ not to initialize \KPATHSEA\ -at all (set \type {texconfig.kpse_init} to \type {false} for that), \LUATEX\ -acts on some more command line options after the initialization script is -finished: in order to initialize the built|-|in \KPATHSEA\ library properly, -\LUATEX\ needs to know the correct program name to use, and for that it needs to -check \type {--progname}, or \type {--ini} and \type {--fmt}, if \type -{--progname} is missing. - -\section{\LUA\ behaviour} - -\LUA s \type {tostring} function (and \type {string.format} may return values in -scientific notation, thereby confusing the \TEX\ end of things when it is used as -the right|-|hand side of an assignment to a \type {\dimen} or \type {\count}. - -Loading dynamic \LUA\ libraries will fail if there are two \LUA\ libraries loaded -at the same time (which will typically happen on \type {win32}, because there is -one \LUA\ 5.3 inside \LUATEX, and another will likely be linked to the \DLL\ file -of the module itself). - -\LUATEX\ is able to use the kpathsea library to find \type {require()}d modules. -For this purpose, \type {package.searchers[2]} is replaced by a different loader -function, that decides at runtime whether to use kpathsea or the built|-|in core -\LUA\ function. It uses \KPATHSEA\ when that is already initialized at that point -in time, otherwise it reverts to using the normal \type {package.path} loader. - -Initialization of \KPATHSEA\ can happen either implicitly (when \LUATEX\ starts -up and the startup script has not set \type {texconfig.kpse_init} to false), or -explicitly by calling the \LUA\ function \type {kpse.set_program_name()}. - -\LUATEX\ is able to use dynamically loadable \LUA\ libraries, unless -\type {--safer} was given as an option on the command line. For this purpose, -\type {package.searchers[3]} is replaced by a different loader function, that -decides at runtime whether to use \KPATHSEA\ or the built|-|in core \LUA\ -function. It uses \KPATHSEA\ when that is already initialized at that point in -time, otherwise it reverts to using the normal \type {package.cpath} loader. - -This functionality required an extension to kpathsea: - -\startnarrower -There is a new kpathsea file format: \type {kpse_clua_format} that searches for -files with extension \type {.dll} and \type {.so}. The \type {texmf.cnf} setting -for this variable is \type {CLUAINPUTS}, and by default it has this value: - -\starttyping -CLUAINPUTS=.:$SELFAUTOLOC/lib/{$progname,$engine,}/lua// -\stoptyping - -This path is imperfect (it requires a \TDS\ subtree below the binaries -directory), but the architecture has to be in the path somewhere, and the -currently simplest way to do that is to search below the binaries directory only. -Of course it no big deal to write an alternative loader and use that in a macro -package. - -One level up (a \type {lib} directory parallel to \type {bin}) would have been -nicer, but that is not doable because \TEXLIVE\ uses a \type {bin/<arch>} -structure. -\stopnarrower - -In keeping with the other \TEX|-|like programs in \TEXLIVE, the two \LUA\ functions -\type {os.execute} and \type {io.popen}, as well as the two new functions \type -{os.exec} and \type {os.spawn} that are explained below, take the value of \type -{shell_escape} and|/|or \type {shell_escape_commands} in account. Whenever -\LUATEX\ is run with the assumed intention to typeset a document (and by that we -mean that it is called as \type {luatex}, as opposed to \type {texlua}, and that -the command line option \type {--luaonly} was not given), it will only run the -four functions above if the matching \type {texmf.cnf} variable(s) or their \type -{texconfig} (see \in {section} [texconfig]) counterparts allow execution of the -requested system command. In \quote {script interpreter} runs of \LUATEX, these -settings have no effect, and all four functions function as normal. - -The \type {f:read("*line")} and \type {f:lines()} functions from the io library -have been adjusted so that they are line|-|ending neutral: any of \type {LF}, -\type {CR} or \type {CR+LF} are acceptable line endings. - -\type {luafilesystem} has been extended: there are two extra boolean functions -(\type {lfs.isdir(filename)} and \type {lfs.isfile(filename)}) and one extra -string field in its attributes table (\type {permissions}). There is an -additional function \type {lfs.shortname()} which takes a file name and returns -its short name on \type {win32} platforms. On other platforms, it just returns -the given argument. The file name is not tested for existence. Finally, for -non|-|\type {win32} platforms only, there is the new function \type -{lfs.readlink()} hat takes an existing symbolic link as argument and returns its -content. It returns an error on \type {win32}. - -The \type {string} library has an extra function: \type {string.explode(s[,m])}. -This function returns an array containing the string argument \type {s} split -into sub-strings based on the value of the string argument \type {m}. The second -argument is a string that is either empty (this splits the string into -characters), a single character (this splits on each occurrence of that -character, possibly introducing empty strings), or a single character followed by -the plus sign \type {+} (this special version does not create empty sub-strings). -The default value for \type {m} is \quote {\type { +}} (multiple spaces). Note: -\type {m} is not hidden by surrounding braces as it would be if this function was -written in \TEX\ macros. - -The \type {string} library also has six extra iterators that return strings -piecemeal: - -\startitemize -\startitem - \type {string.utfvalues(s)}: an integer value in the \UNICODE\ range -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.utfcharacters(s)}: a string with a single \UTF-8 token in it -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.characters(s)}: a string containing one byte -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.characterpairs(s)}: two strings each containing one byte or an - empty second string if the string length was odd -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.bytes(s)}: a single byte value -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.bytepairs(s)}: two byte values or nil instead of a number as - its second return value if the string length was odd -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The \type {string.characterpairs()} and \type {string.bytepairs()} iterators -are useful especially in the conversion of \UTF16 encoded data into \UTF8. - -There is also a two|-|argument form of \type {string.dump()}. The second argument -is a boolean which, if true, strips the symbols from the dumped data. This -matches an extension made in \type {luajit}. - -The \type {string} library functions \type {len}, \type {lower}, \type {sub} -etc.\ are not \UNICODE|-|aware. For strings in the \UTF8 encoding, i.e., strings -containing characters above code point 127, the corresponding functions from the -\type {slnunicode} library can be used, e.g., \type {unicode.utf8.len}, \type -{unicode.utf8.lower} etc.\ The exceptions are \type {unicode.utf8.find}, that -always returns byte positions in a string, and \type {unicode.utf8.match} and -\type {unicode.utf8.gmatch}. While the latter two functions in general {\it -are} \UNICODE|-|aware, they fall|-|back to non|-|\UNICODE|-|aware behavior when -using the empty capture \type {()} but other captures work as expected. For the -interpretation of character classes in \type {unicode.utf8} functions refer to -the library sources at \hyphenatedurl {http://luaforge.net/projects/sln}. - -Version 5.3 of \LUA\ provides some native \UTF8 support but we have added a few -similar helpers too: - -\startitemize -\startitem - \type {string.utfvalue(s)}: returns the codepoints of the characters in the - given string -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.utfcharacter(c,...)}: returns a string with the characters of - the given code points -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {string.utflength(s)}: returns the length oif the given string -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -These three functions are relative fast and don't do much checking. They can be used -as building blocks for other helpers. - - -\blank - -The \type {os} library has a few extra functions and variables: - -\startitemize - -\startitem - \type {os.selfdir} is a variable that holds the directory path of the - actual executable. For example: \type {\directlua {tex.sprint(os.selfdir)}}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.exec(commandline)} is a variation on \type {os.execute}. Here - \type {commandline} can be either a single string or a single table. - - If the argument is a table \LUATEX\ first checks if there is a value at - integer index zero. If there is, this is the command to be executed. - Otherwise, it will use the value at integer index one. If neither are - present, nothing at all happens. - - The set of consecutive values starting at integer~1 in the table are the - arguments that are passed on to the command (the value at index~1 becomes - \type {arg[0]}). The command is searched for in the execution path, so there - is normally no need to pass on a fully qualified path name. - - If the argument is a string, then it is automatically converted into a table - by splitting on whitespace. In this case, it is impossible for the command - and first argument to differ from each other. - - In the string argument format, whitespace can be protected by putting (part - of) an argument inside single or double quotes. One layer of quotes is - interpreted by \LUATEX, and all occurrences of \type {\"}, \type {\'} or \type - {\\} within the quoted text are unescaped. In the table format, there is no - string handling taking place. - - This function normally does not return control back to the \LUA\ script: the - command will replace the current process. However, it will return the two - values \type {nil} and \type {error} if there was a problem while - attempting to execute the command. - - On \MSWINDOWS, the current process is actually kept in memory until after the - execution of the command has finished. This prevents crashes in situations - where \TEXLUA\ scripts are run inside integrated \TEX\ environments. - - The original reason for this command is that it cleans out the current - process before starting the new one, making it especially useful for use in - \TEXLUA. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.spawn(commandline)} is a returning version of \type {os.exec}, - with otherwise identical calling conventions. - - If the command ran ok, then the return value is the exit status of the - command. Otherwise, it will return the two values \type {nil} and \type - {error}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.setenv(key,value)} sets a variable in the environment. Passing - \type {nil} instead of a value string will remove the variable. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.env} is a hash table containing a dump of the variables and - values in the process environment at the start of the run. It is writeable, - but the actual environment is \notabene {not} updated automatically. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.gettimeofday()} returns the current \quote {\UNIX\ time}, but as a - float. This function is not available on the \SUNOS\ platforms, so do not use - this function for portable documents. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.times()}returns the current process times according to \ the - \UNIX\ C library function \quote {times}. This function is not available on - the \MSWINDOWS\ and \SUNOS\ platforms, so do not use this function for - portable documents. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.tmpdir()} creates a directory in the \quote {current directory} - with the name \type {luatex.XXXXXX} where the \type {X}-es are replaced by a - unique string. The function also returns this string, so you can \type - {lfs.chdir()} into it, or \type {nil} if it failed to create the directory. - The user is responsible for cleaning up at the end of the run, it does not - happen automatically. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.type} is a string that gives a global indication of the class of - operating system. The possible values are currently \type {windows}, \type - {unix}, and \type {msdos} (you are unlikely to find this value \quote {in the - wild}). -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.name} is a string that gives a more precise indication of the - operating system. These possible values are not yet fixed, and for \type - {os.type} values \type {windows} and \type {msdos}, the \type {os.name} - values are simply \type {windows} and \type {msdos} - - The list for the type \type {unix} is more precise: \type {linux}, \type - {freebsd}, \type {kfreebsd}, \type {cygwin}, \type {openbsd}, \type - {solaris}, \type {sunos} (pre-solaris), \type {hpux}, \type {irix}, \type - {macosx}, \type {gnu} (hurd), \type {bsd} (unknown, but \BSD|-|like), \type - {sysv} (unknown, but \SYSV|-|like), \type {generic} (unknown). -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {os.uname()} returns a table with specific operating system - information acquired at runtime. The keys in the returned table are all - string valued, and their names are: \type {sysname}, \type {machine}, \type - {release}, \type {version}, and \type {nodename}. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -In stock \LUA, many things depend on the current locale. In \LUATEX, we can't do -that, because it makes documents unportable. While \LUATEX\ is running if -forces the following locale settings: - -\starttyping -LC_CTYPE=C -LC_COLLATE=C -LC_NUMERIC=C -\stoptyping - -\section {\LUA\ modules} - -Some modules that are normally external to \LUA\ are statically linked in with -\LUATEX, because they offer useful functionality: - -\startitemize - -\startitem - \type {slnunicode}, from the \type {selene} libraries, \hyphenatedurl - {http://luaforge.net/projects/sln}. This library has been slightly extended - so that the \type {unicode.utf8.*} functions also accept the first 256 values - of plane~18. This is the range \LUATEX\ uses for raw binary output, as - explained above. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {luazip}, from the kepler project, \hyphenatedurl - {http://www.keplerproject.org/luazip/}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {luafilesystem}, also from the kepler project, \hyphenatedurl - {http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {lpeg}, by Roberto Ierusalimschy, \hyphenatedurl - {http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg.html}. This library is not - \UNICODE|-|aware, but interprets strings on a byte|-|per|-|byte basis. This - mainly means that \type {lpeg.S} cannot be used with \UTF8 characters encoded - in more than two bytes, and thus \type {lpeg.S} will look for one of those - two bytes when matching, not the combination of the two. The same is true for - \type {lpeg.R}, although the latter will display an error message if used - with multibyte characters. Therefore \type {lpeg.R('aä')} results in the - message \type {bad argument #1 to 'R' (range must have two characters)}, - since to \type {lpeg}, \type {ä} is two 'characters' (bytes), so \type {aä} - totals three. In practice this is no real issue. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {lzlib}, by Tiago Dionizio, \hyphenatedurl - {http://luaforge.net/projects/lzlib/}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {md5}, by Roberto Ierusalimschy \hyphenatedurl - {http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/md5/md5-5/md5.html}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - \type {luasocket}, by Diego Nehab \hyphenatedurl - {http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/}. The \type {.lua} support - modules from \type {luasocket} are also preloaded inside the executable, - there are no external file dependencies. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -At some point (this also depends on distributions) \LUATEX\ might have these -libraries loaded on demand. For this reason you can best use \type {require} to -make sure they are loaded. - -\section{Testing} - -For development reasons you can influence the used startup date and time. This can -be done in two ways. - -\startitemize[n] - -\startitem - By setting the environmment variable \type {SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}. This will - influence the \TEX\ parameters \type {time} and \type {date}, the random seed, - the \PDF\ timestamp and the \PDF\ id that is derived from the time as well. This - variable is consulted when the \KPSE\ library is enabled. Resolving is - delegated to this library. -\stopitem - -\startitem - By setting the \type {start_time} variable in the \type {texconfig} table; as - with other variables we use the internal name there. For compatibility - reasons we also honour a \type {SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} entry. It should be noted - that there are no such variables in other engines and this method is only - relevant in case the while setup happens in \LUA. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -When Universal Time is needed, you can pass the flag \type {utc} to the engine. This -property also works when the date and time are set by \LUATEX\ itself. It has a -complementary entry \type {use_utc_time} in the \type {texconfig} table. - -\startnotabene - To some extend a cleaner solution would be to have a flag that disables all - variable data in one go (like filenames and so) but we just follow the method - implemented in \PDFTEX\ where primitives are used to influence other - properties. -\stopnotabene - -\startnotabene - In \CONTEXT\ we provide the command line argument \type {--nodates} that does - bit more disabling of dates. -\stopnotabene - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-lua
+
+\startchapter[reference=lua,title={Using \LUATEX}]
+
+\startsection[title={Initialization},reference=init]
+
+\startsubsection[title={\LUATEX\ as a \LUA\ interpreter}]
+
+\topicindex {initialization}
+\topicindex {\LUA+interpreter}
+
+There are some situations that make \LUATEX\ behave like a standalone \LUA\
+interpreter:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ if a \type {--luaonly} option is given on the commandline, or
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ if the executable is named \type {texlua} or \type {luatexlua}, or
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ if the only non|-|option argument (file) on the commandline has the extension
+ \type {lua} or \type {luc}.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+In this mode, it will set \LUA's \type {arg[0]} to the found script name, pushing
+preceding options in negative values and the rest of the command line in the
+positive values, just like the \LUA\ interpreter.
+
+\LUATEX\ will exit immediately after executing the specified \LUA\ script and is,
+in effect, a somewhat bulky stand alone \LUA\ interpreter with a bunch of extra
+preloaded libraries.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\LUATEX\ as a \LUA\ byte compiler}]
+
+\topicindex {\LUA+byte code}
+
+There are two situations that make \LUATEX\ behave like the \LUA\ byte compiler:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem if a \type {--luaconly} option is given on the command line, or \stopitem
+\startitem if the executable is named \type {texluac} \stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+In this mode, \LUATEX\ is exactly like \type {luac} from the stand alone \LUA\
+distribution, except that it does not have the \type {-l} switch, and that it
+accepts (but ignores) the \type {--luaconly} switch. The current version of \LUA\
+can dump bytecode using \type {string.dump} so we might decide to drop this
+version of \LUATEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Other commandline processing}]
+
+\topicindex {command line}
+
+When the \LUATEX\ executable starts, it looks for the \type {--lua} command line
+option. If there is no \type {--lua} option, the command line is interpreted in a
+similar fashion as the other \TEX\ engines. Some options are accepted but have no
+consequence. The following command|-|line options are understood:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB commandline argument \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{--credits} \NC display credits and exit \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--debug-format} \NC enable format debugging \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--draftmode} \NC switch on draft mode i.e.\ generate no output in \PDF\ mode \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--[no-]file-line-error} \NC disable/enable \type {file:line:error} style messages \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--[no-]file-line-error-style} \NC aliases of \type {--[no-]file-line-error} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--fmt=FORMAT} \NC load the format file \type {FORMAT} \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--halt-on-error} \NC stop processing at the first error\NC \NR
+\NC \type{--help} \NC display help and exit \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--ini} \NC be \type {iniluatex}, for dumping formats \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--interaction=STRING} \NC set interaction mode: \type {batchmode}, \type {nonstopmode},
+ \type {scrollmode} or \type {errorstopmode} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--jobname=STRING} \NC set the job name to \type {STRING} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--kpathsea-debug=NUMBER} \NC set path searching debugging flags according to the bits of
+ \type {NUMBER} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--lua=FILE} \NC load and execute a \LUA\ initialization script \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--[no-]mktex=FMT} \NC disable/enable \type {mktexFMT} generation with \type {FMT} is
+ \type {tex} or \type {tfm} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--nosocket} \NC disable the \LUA\ socket library \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--output-comment=STRING} \NC use \type {STRING} for \DVI\ file comment instead of date (no
+ effect for \PDF) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--output-directory=DIR} \NC use \type {DIR} as the directory to write files to \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--output-format=FORMAT} \NC use \type {FORMAT} for job output; \type {FORMAT} is \type {dvi}
+ or \type {pdf} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--progname=STRING} \NC set the program name to \type {STRING} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--recorder} \NC enable filename recorder \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--safer} \NC disable easily exploitable \LUA\ commands \NC\NR
+\NC \type{--[no-]shell-escape} \NC disable/enable system calls \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--shell-restricted} \NC restrict system calls to a list of commands given in \type
+ {texmf.cnf} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--synctex=NUMBER} \NC enable \type {synctex} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--utc} \NC use utc times when applicable \NC \NR
+\NC \type{--version} \NC display version and exit \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+We don't support \prm {write} 18 because \type {os.execute} can do the same. It
+simplifies the code and makes more write targets possible.
+
+The value to use for \prm {jobname} is decided as follows:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ If \type {--jobname} is given on the command line, its argument will be the
+ value for \prm {jobname}, without any changes. The argument will not be
+ used for actual input so it need not exist. The \type {--jobname} switch only
+ controls the \prm {jobname} setting.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Otherwise, \prm {jobname} will be the name of the first file that is read
+ from the file system, with any path components and the last extension (the
+ part following the last \type {.}) stripped off.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ There is an exception to the previous point: if the command line goes into
+ interactive mode (by starting with a command) and there are no files input
+ via \prm {everyjob} either, then the \prm {jobname} is set to \type
+ {texput} as a last resort.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The file names for output files that are generated automatically are created by
+attaching the proper extension (\type {log}, \type {pdf}, etc.) to the found
+\prm {jobname}. These files are created in the directory pointed to by \type
+{--output-directory}, or in the current directory, if that switch is not present.
+
+Without the \type {--lua} option, command line processing works like it does in
+any other \WEBC|-|based typesetting engine, except that \LUATEX\ has a few extra
+switches and lacks some others. Also, if the \type {--lua} option is present,
+\LUATEX\ will enter an alternative mode of command line processing in comparison
+to the standard \WEBC\ programs. In this mode, a small series of actions is taken
+in the following order:
+
+\startitemize[n]
+
+\startitem
+ First, it will parse the command line as usual, but it will only interpret a
+ small subset of the options immediately: \type {--safer}, \type {--nosocket},
+ \type {--[no-]shell-escape}, \type {--enable-write18}, \type
+ {--disable-write18}, \type {--shell-restricted}, \type {--help}, \type
+ {--version}, and \type {--credits}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Next \LUATEX\ searches for the requested \LUA\ initialization script. If it
+ cannot be found using the actual name given on the command line, a second
+ attempt is made by prepending the value of the environment variable \type
+ {LUATEXDIR}, if that variable is defined in the environment.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Then it checks the various safety switches. You can use those to disable some
+ \LUA\ commands that can easily be abused by a malicious document. At the
+ moment, \type {--safer} \type {nil}s the following functions:
+
+ \blank
+
+ \starttabulate[|c|l|]
+ \DB library \BC functions \NC \NR
+ \TB
+ \NC \type {os} \NC \type {execute} \type {exec} \type {spawn} \type {setenv}
+ \type {rename} \type {remove} \type {tmpdir} \NC \NR
+ \NC \type {io} \NC \type {popen} \type {output} \type {tmpfile} \NC \NR
+ \NC \type {lfs} \NC \type {rmdir} \type {mkdir} \type {chdir} \type {lock}
+ \type {touch} \NC \NR
+ \LL
+ \stoptabulate
+
+ \blank
+
+ Furthermore, it disables loading of compiled \LUA\ libraries and it makes
+ \type {io.open()} fail on files that are opened for anything besides reading.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ When \LUATEX\ starts it sets the \type {locale} to a neutral value. If for
+ some reason you use \type {os.locale}, you need to make sure you \type {nil}
+ it afterwards because otherwise it can interfere with code that for instance
+ generates dates. You can ignore the \type {locale} with:
+
+ \starttyping
+ os.setlocale(nil,nil)
+ \stoptyping
+
+ The \type {--nosocket} option makes the socket library unavailable, so that \LUA\
+ cannot use networking.
+
+ The switches \type {--[no-]shell-escape}, \type {--[enable|disable]-write18}, and
+ \type {--shell-restricted} have the same effects as in \PDFTEX, and additionally
+ make \type {io.popen()}, \type {os.execute}, \type {os.exec} and \type {os.spawn}
+ adhere to the requested option.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Next the initialization script is loaded and executed. From within the
+ script, the entire command line is available in the \LUA\ table \type {arg},
+ beginning with \type {arg[0]}, containing the name of the executable. As
+ consequence warnings about unrecognized options are suppressed.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+Command line processing happens very early on. So early, in fact, that none of
+\TEX's initializations have taken place yet. For that reason, the tables that
+deal with typesetting, like \type {tex}, \type {token}, \type {node} and
+\type {pdf}, are off|-|limits during the execution of the startup file (they
+are \type {nil}'d). Special care is taken that \type {texio.write} and \type
+{texio.write_nl} function properly, so that you can at least report your actions
+to the log file when (and if) it eventually becomes opened (note that \TEX\ does
+not even know its \prm {jobname} yet at this point).
+
+Everything you do in the \LUA\ initialization script will remain visible during
+the rest of the run, with the exception of the \TEX\ specific libraries like
+\type {tex}, \type {token}, \type {node} and \type {pdf} tables. These will be
+initialized to their documented state after the execution of the script. You
+should not store anything in variables or within tables with these four global
+names, as they will be overwritten completely.
+
+We recommend you use the startup file only for your own \TEX|-|independent
+initializations (if you need any), to parse the command line, set values in the
+\type {texconfig} table, and register the callbacks you need.
+
+\LUATEX\ allows some of the command line options to be overridden by reading
+values from the \type {texconfig} table at the end of script execution (see the
+description of the \type {texconfig} table later on in this document for more
+details on which ones exactly).
+
+Unless the \type {texconfig} table tells \LUATEX\ not to initialize \KPATHSEA\
+at all (set \type {texconfig.kpse_init} to \type {false} for that), \LUATEX\
+acts on some more command line options after the initialization script is
+finished: in order to initialize the built|-|in \KPATHSEA\ library properly,
+\LUATEX\ needs to know the correct program name to use, and for that it needs to
+check \type {--progname}, or \type {--ini} and \type {--fmt}, if \type
+{--progname} is missing.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\LUA\ behaviour}]
+
+\startsubsection[title={The \LUA\ version}]
+
+\topicindex {\LUA+libraries}
+\topicindex {\LUA+extensions}
+
+We currently use \LUA\ 5.3 and will follow developments of the language but
+normally with some delay. Therefore the user needs to keep an eye on (subtle)
+differences in successive versions of the language. Also, \LUAJITTEX\ lags behind
+in the sense that \LUAJIT\ is not in sync with regular \LUA\ development. Here is
+an example of one aspect.
+
+\LUA s \type {tostring} function (and \type {string.format} may return values in
+scientific notation, thereby confusing the \TEX\ end of things when it is used as
+the right|-|hand side of an assignment to a \prm {dimen} or \prm {count}. The
+output of these serializers also depend on the \LUA\ version, so in \LUA\ 5.3 you
+can get different output than from 5.2.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Integration in the \TDS\ ecosystem}]
+
+The main \TEX\ distributions follow the \TEX\ directory structure (\TDS).
+\LUATEX\ is able to use the kpathsea library to find \type {require()}d modules.
+For this purpose, \type {package.searchers[2]} is replaced by a different loader
+function, that decides at runtime whether to use kpathsea or the built|-|in core
+\LUA\ function. It uses \KPATHSEA\ when that is already initialized at that point
+in time, otherwise it reverts to using the normal \type {package.path} loader.
+
+Initialization of \KPATHSEA\ can happen either implicitly (when \LUATEX\ starts
+up and the startup script has not set \type {texconfig.kpse_init} to false), or
+explicitly by calling the \LUA\ function \type {kpse.set_program_name()}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Loading libraries}]
+
+\LUATEX\ is able to use dynamically loadable \LUA\ libraries, unless
+\type {--safer} was given as an option on the command line. For this purpose,
+\type {package.searchers[3]} is replaced by a different loader function, that
+decides at runtime whether to use \KPATHSEA\ or the built|-|in core \LUA\
+function. It uses \KPATHSEA\ when that is already initialized at that point in
+time, otherwise it reverts to using the normal \type {package.cpath} loader.
+
+This functionality required an extension to kpathsea. There is a new kpathsea
+file format: \type {kpse_clua_format} that searches for files with extension
+\type {.dll} and \type {.so}. The \type {texmf.cnf} setting for this variable is
+\type {CLUAINPUTS}, and by default it has this value:
+
+\starttyping
+CLUAINPUTS=.:$SELFAUTOLOC/lib/{$progname,$engine,}/lua//
+\stoptyping
+
+This path is imperfect (it requires a \TDS\ subtree below the binaries
+directory), but the architecture has to be in the path somewhere, and the
+currently simplest way to do that is to search below the binaries directory only.
+Of course it no big deal to write an alternative loader and use that in a macro
+package. One level up (a \type {lib} directory parallel to \type {bin}) would
+have been nicer, but that is not doable because \TEXLIVE\ uses a \type
+{bin/<arch>} structure.
+
+Loading dynamic \LUA\ libraries will fail if there are two \LUA\ libraries loaded
+at the same time (which will typically happen on \type {win32}, because there is
+one \LUA\ 5.3 inside \LUATEX, and another will likely be linked to the \DLL\ file
+of the module itself).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Executing programs}]
+
+In keeping with the other \TEX|-|like programs in \TEXLIVE, the two \LUA\ functions
+\type {os.execute} and \type {io.popen}, as well as the two new functions \type
+{os.exec} and \type {os.spawn} that are explained below, take the value of \type
+{shell_escape} and|/|or \type {shell_escape_commands} in account. Whenever
+\LUATEX\ is run with the assumed intention to typeset a document (and by that we
+mean that it is called as \type {luatex}, as opposed to \type {texlua}, and that
+the command line option \type {--luaonly} was not given), it will only run the
+four functions above if the matching \type {texmf.cnf} variable(s) or their \type
+{texconfig} (see \in {section} [texconfig]) counterparts allow execution of the
+requested system command. In \quote {script interpreter} runs of \LUATEX, these
+settings have no effect, and all four functions have their original meaning.
+
+Some libraries have a few more functions, either coded in \CCODE\ or in \LUA. For
+instance, when we started with \LUATEX\ we added some helpers to the \type
+{luafilesystem} namespace \type {lfs}. The two boolean functions \type
+{lfs.isdir} and \type {lfs.isfile} were speedy and better variants of what could
+be done with \type {lfs.attributes}. The additional function \type
+{lfs.shortname} takes a file name and returns its short name on \type {win32}
+platforms. Finally, for non|-|\type {win32} platforms only, we provided \type
+{lfs.readlink} that takes an existing symbolic link as argument and returns its
+name. However, the \type library evolved so we have dropped these in favour of
+pure \LUA\ variants. The \type {shortname} helper is obsolete and now just
+returns the name.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Multibyte \type {string} functions}]
+
+The \type {string} library has a few extra functions, for example \libidx
+{string} {explode}. This function takes upto two arguments: \type
+{string.explode(s[,m])} and returns an array containing the string argument \type
+{s} split into sub-strings based on the value of the string argument \type {m}.
+The second argument is a string that is either empty (this splits the string into
+characters), a single character (this splits on each occurrence of that
+character, possibly introducing empty strings), or a single character followed by
+the plus sign \type {+} (this special version does not create empty sub-strings).
+The default value for \type {m} is \quote {\type { +}} (multiple spaces). Note:
+\type {m} is not hidden by surrounding braces as it would be if this function was
+written in \TEX\ macros.
+
+The \type {string} library also has six extra iterators that return strings
+piecemeal: \libidx {string} {utfvalues}, \libidx {string} {utfcharacters},
+\libidx {string} {characters}, \libidx {string} {characterpairs}, \libidx
+{string} {bytes} and \libidx {string} {bytepairs}.
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ \type {string.utfvalues(s)}: an integer value in the \UNICODE\ range
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.utfcharacters(s)}: a string with a single \UTF-8 token in it
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.cWharacters(s)}: a string containing one byte
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.characterpairs(s)}: two strings each containing one byte or an
+ empty second string if the string length was odd
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.bytes(s)}: a single byte value
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.bytepairs(s)}: two byte values or nil instead of a number as
+ its second return value if the string length was odd
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The \type {string.characterpairs()} and \type {string.bytepairs()} iterators
+are useful especially in the conversion of \UTF16 encoded data into \UTF8.
+
+There is also a two|-|argument form of \type {string.dump()}. The second argument
+is a boolean which, if true, strips the symbols from the dumped data. This
+matches an extension made in \type {luajit}. This is typically a function that
+gets adapted as \LUA\ itself progresses.
+
+The \type {string} library functions \type {len}, \type {lower}, \type {sub}
+etc.\ are not \UNICODE|-|aware. For strings in the \UTF8 encoding, i.e., strings
+containing characters above code point 127, the corresponding functions from the
+\type {slnunicode} library can be used, e.g., \type {unicode.utf8.len}, \type
+{unicode.utf8.lower} etc.\ The exceptions are \type {unicode.utf8.find}, that
+always returns byte positions in a string, and \type {unicode.utf8.match} and
+\type {unicode.utf8.gmatch}. While the latter two functions in general {\it
+are} \UNICODE|-|aware, they fall|-|back to non|-|\UNICODE|-|aware behavior when
+using the empty capture \type {()} but other captures work as expected. For the
+interpretation of character classes in \type {unicode.utf8} functions refer to
+the library sources at \hyphenatedurl {http://luaforge.net/projects/sln}.
+
+Version 5.3 of \LUA\ provides some native \UTF8 support but we have added a few
+similar helpers too: \libidx {string} {utfvalue}, \libidx {string} {utfcharacter}
+and \libidx {string} {utflength}.
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ \type {string.utfvalue(s)}: returns the codepoints of the characters in the
+ given string
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.utfcharacter(c,...)}: returns a string with the characters of
+ the given code points
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {string.utflength(s)}: returns the length oif the given string
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+These three functions are relative fast and don't do much checking. They can be
+used as building blocks for other helpers.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Extra \type {os} library functions}]
+
+The \type {os} library has a few extra functions and variables: \libidx {os}
+{selfdir}, \libidx {os} {exec}, \libidx {os} {spawn}, \libidx {os} {setenv},
+\libidx {os} {env}, \libidx {os} {gettimeofday}, \libidx {os} {times}, \libidx
+{os} {tmpdir}, \libidx {os} {type}, \libidx {os} {name} and \libidx {os} {uname},
+that we will discuss here.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.selfdir} is a variable that holds the directory path of the
+ actual executable. For example: \type {\directlua {tex.sprint(os.selfdir)}}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.exec(commandline)} is a variation on \type {os.execute}. Here
+ \type {commandline} can be either a single string or a single table.
+
+ \startitemize
+
+ \startitem
+ If the argument is a table \LUATEX\ first checks if there is a value at
+ integer index zero. If there is, this is the command to be executed.
+ Otherwise, it will use the value at integer index one. If neither are
+ present, nothing at all happens.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ The set of consecutive values starting at integer~1 in the table are the
+ arguments that are passed on to the command (the value at index~1 becomes
+ \type {arg[0]}). The command is searched for in the execution path, so
+ there is normally no need to pass on a fully qualified path name.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ If the argument is a string, then it is automatically converted into a
+ table by splitting on whitespace. In this case, it is impossible for the
+ command and first argument to differ from each other.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ In the string argument format, whitespace can be protected by putting
+ (part of) an argument inside single or double quotes. One layer of quotes
+ is interpreted by \LUATEX, and all occurrences of \type {\"}, \type {\'}
+ or \type {\\} within the quoted text are unescaped. In the table format,
+ there is no string handling taking place.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \stopitemize
+
+ This function normally does not return control back to the \LUA\ script: the
+ command will replace the current process. However, it will return the two
+ values \type {nil} and \type {error} if there was a problem while
+ attempting to execute the command.
+
+ On \MSWINDOWS, the current process is actually kept in memory until after the
+ execution of the command has finished. This prevents crashes in situations
+ where \TEXLUA\ scripts are run inside integrated \TEX\ environments.
+
+ The original reason for this command is that it cleans out the current
+ process before starting the new one, making it especially useful for use in
+ \TEXLUA.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.spawn(commandline)} is a returning version of \type {os.exec},
+ with otherwise identical calling conventions.
+
+ If the command ran ok, then the return value is the exit status of the
+ command. Otherwise, it will return the two values \type {nil} and \type
+ {error}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.setenv(key,value)} sets a variable in the environment. Passing
+ \type {nil} instead of a value string will remove the variable.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.env} is a hash table containing a dump of the variables and
+ values in the process environment at the start of the run. It is writeable,
+ but the actual environment is \notabene {not} updated automatically.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.gettimeofday()} returns the current \quote {\UNIX\ time}, but as a
+ float. This function is not available on the \SUNOS\ platforms, so do not use
+ this function for portable documents.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.times()}returns the current process times according to \ the
+ \UNIX\ C library function \quote {times}. This function is not available on
+ the \MSWINDOWS\ and \SUNOS\ platforms, so do not use this function for
+ portable documents.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.tmpdir()} creates a directory in the \quote {current directory}
+ with the name \type {luatex.XXXXXX} where the \type {X}-es are replaced by a
+ unique string. The function also returns this string, so you can \type
+ {lfs.chdir()} into it, or \type {nil} if it failed to create the directory.
+ The user is responsible for cleaning up at the end of the run, it does not
+ happen automatically.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.type} is a string that gives a global indication of the class of
+ operating system. The possible values are currently \type {windows}, \type
+ {unix}, and \type {msdos} (you are unlikely to find this value \quote {in the
+ wild}).
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.name} is a string that gives a more precise indication of the
+ operating system. These possible values are not yet fixed, and for \type
+ {os.type} values \type {windows} and \type {msdos}, the \type {os.name}
+ values are simply \type {windows} and \type {msdos}
+
+ The list for the type \type {unix} is more precise: \type {linux}, \type
+ {freebsd}, \type {kfreebsd}, \type {cygwin}, \type {openbsd}, \type
+ {solaris}, \type {sunos} (pre-solaris), \type {hpux}, \type {irix}, \type
+ {macosx}, \type {gnu} (hurd), \type {bsd} (unknown, but \BSD|-|like), \type
+ {sysv} (unknown, but \SYSV|-|like), \type {generic} (unknown).
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {os.uname} returns a table with specific operating system
+ information acquired at runtime. The keys in the returned table are all
+ string values, and their names are: \type {sysname}, \type {machine}, \type
+ {release}, \type {version}, and \type {nodename}.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Binary input from files with \type {fio}}]
+
+There is a whole set of helpers for reading numbers and strings from a file:
+\libidx {fio} {readcardinal1}, \libidx {fio} {readcardinal2}, \libidx {fio}
+{readcardinal3}, \libidx {fio} {readcardinal4}, \libidx {fio}
+{readcardinaltable}, \libidx {fio} {readinteger1}, \libidx {fio} {readinteger2},
+\libidx {fio} {readinteger3}, \libidx {fio} {readinteger4}, \libidx {fio}
+{readintegertable}, \libidx {fio} {readfixed2}, \libidx {fio} {readfixed4},
+\libidx {fio} {read2dot14}, \libidx {fio} {setposition}, \libidx {fio}
+{getposition}, \libidx {fio} {skipposition}, \libidx {fio} {readbytes}, \libidx
+{fio} {readbytetable}. They work on normal \LUA\ file handles.
+
+%libidx{fio}{readline}
+%libidx{fio}{recordfilename}
+%libidx{fio}{checkpermission}
+
+This library provides a set of functions for reading numbers from a file and
+in addition to the regular \type {io} library functions.
+
+\starttabulate
+\NC \type{readcardinal1(f)} \NC a 1 byte unsigned integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readcardinal2(f)} \NC a 2 byte unsigned integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readcardinal3(f)} \NC a 3 byte unsigned integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readcardinal4(f)} \NC a 4 byte unsigned integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readcardinaltable(f,n,b)} \NC \type {n} cardinals of \type {b} bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readinteger1(f)} \NC a 1 byte signed integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readinteger2(f)} \NC a 2 byte signed integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readinteger3(f)} \NC a 3 byte signed integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readinteger4(f)} \NC a 4 byte signed integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readintegertable(f,n,b)} \NC \type {n} integers of \type {b} bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readfixed2(f)} \NC a 2 byte float (used in font files) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readfixed4(f)} \NC a 4 byte float (used in font files) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{read2dot14(f)} \NC a 2 byte float (used in font files) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{setposition(f,p)} \NC goto position \type {p} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getposition(f)} \NC get the current position \NC \NR
+\NC \type{skipposition(f,n)} \NC skip \type {n} positions \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readbytes(f,n)} \NC \type {n} bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{readbytetable(f,n)} \NC \type {n} bytes\NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Binary input from strings with \type {sio}}]
+
+A similar set of function as in the \type {fio} library is available in the \type
+{sio} library: \libidx {sio} {readcardinal1}, \libidx {sio} {readcardinal2},
+\libidx {sio} {readcardinal3}, \libidx {sio} {readcardinal4}, \libidx {sio}
+{readcardinaltable}, \libidx {sio} {readinteger1}, \libidx {sio} {readinteger2},
+\libidx {sio} {readinteger3}, \libidx {sio} {readinteger4}, \libidx {sio}
+{readintegertable}, \libidx {sio} {readfixed2}, \libidx {sio} {readfixed4},
+\libidx {sio} {read2dot14}, \libidx {sio} {setposition}, \libidx {sio}
+{getposition}, \libidx {sio} {skipposition}, \libidx {sio} {readbytes} and
+\libidx {sio} {readbytetable}. Here the first argument is a string instead of a
+file handle. More details can be found in the previous section.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Hashes conform \type {sha2}}]
+
+This library is a side effect of the \type {pdfe} library that needs such
+helpers. The \libidx{sha2}{digest256}, \libidx{sha2}{digest384} and
+\libidx{sha2}{digest512} functions accept a string and return a string with the
+hash.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Locales}]
+
+\index {locales}
+
+In stock \LUA, many things depend on the current locale. In \LUATEX, we can't do
+that, because it makes documents unportable. While \LUATEX\ is running if
+forces the following locale settings:
+
+\starttyping
+LC_CTYPE=C
+LC_COLLATE=C
+LC_NUMERIC=C
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\LUA\ modules}]
+
+\topicindex {\LUA+libraries}
+\topicindex {\LUA+modules}
+
+Some modules that are normally external to \LUA\ are statically linked in with
+\LUATEX, because they offer useful functionality:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ \type {lpeg}, by Roberto Ierusalimschy, \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/lpeg.html}. This library is not
+ \UNICODE|-|aware, but interprets strings on a byte|-|per|-|byte basis. This
+ mainly means that \type {lpeg.S} cannot be used with \UTF8 characters encoded
+ in more than two bytes, and thus \type {lpeg.S} will look for one of those
+ two bytes when matching, not the combination of the two. The same is true for
+ \type {lpeg.R}, although the latter will display an error message if used
+ with multibyte characters. Therefore \type {lpeg.R('aä')} results in the
+ message \type {bad argument #1 to 'R' (range must have two characters)},
+ since to \type {lpeg}, \type {ä} is two 'characters' (bytes), so \type {aä}
+ totals three. In practice this is no real issue and with some care you can
+ deal with \UNICODE\ just fine.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {slnunicode}, from the \type {selene} libraries, \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://luaforge.net/projects/sln}. This library has been slightly extended
+ so that the \type {unicode.utf8.*} functions also accept the first 256 values
+ of plane~18. This is the range \LUATEX\ uses for raw binary output, as
+ explained above. We have no plans to provide more like this because you can
+ basically do all that you want in \LUA.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {luazip}, from the kepler project, \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://www.keplerproject.org/luazip/}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {luafilesystem}, also from the kepler project, \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://www.keplerproject.org/luafilesystem/}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {lzlib}, by Tiago Dionizio, \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://luaforge.net/projects/lzlib/}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {md5}, by Roberto Ierusalimschy \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/md5/md5-5/md5.html}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \type {luasocket}, by Diego Nehab \hyphenatedurl
+ {http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/}. The \type {.lua} support
+ modules from \type {luasocket} are also preloaded inside the executable,
+ there are no external file dependencies.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Testing}]
+
+\topicindex {testing}
+\topicindex {\PDF+date}
+
+For development reasons you can influence the used startup date and time. This can
+be done in two ways.
+
+\startitemize[n]
+
+\startitem
+ By setting the environmment variable \type {SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH}. This will
+ influence the \TEX\ parameters \type {time} and \type {date}, the random seed,
+ the \PDF\ timestamp and the \PDF\ id that is derived from the time as well. This
+ variable is consulted when the \KPSE\ library is enabled. Resolving is
+ delegated to this library.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ By setting the \type {start_time} variable in the \type {texconfig} table; as
+ with other variables we use the internal name there. For compatibility
+ reasons we also honour a \type {SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH} entry. It should be noted
+ that there are no such variables in other engines and this method is only
+ relevant in case the while setup happens in \LUA.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+When Universal Time is needed, you can pass the flag \type {utc} to the engine. This
+property also works when the date and time are set by \LUATEX\ itself. It has a
+complementary entry \type {use_utc_time} in the \type {texconfig} table.
+
+There is some control possible, for instance prevent filename to be written to
+the \PDF\ file. This is discussed elsewhere. In \CONTEXT\ we provide the command
+line argument \type {--nodates} that does a bit more disabling of dates.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-math.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-math.tex index f29a3aed0a6..fd038150f59 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-math.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-math.tex @@ -1,1432 +1,1647 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-math - -\startchapter[reference=math,title={Math}] - -The handling of mathematics in \LUATEX\ differs quite a bit from how \TEX82 (and -therefore \PDFTEX) handles math. First, \LUATEX\ adds primitives and extends some -others so that \UNICODE\ input can be used easily. Second, all of \TEX82's -internal special values (for example for operator spacing) have been made -accessible and changeable via control sequences. Third, there are extensions that -make it easier to use \OPENTYPE\ math fonts. And finally, there are some -extensions that have been proposed or considered in the past that are now added -to the engine. - -\section{The current math style} - -It is possible to discover the math style that will be used for a formula in an -expandable fashion (while the math list is still being read). To make this -possible, \LUATEX\ adds the new primitive: \type {\mathstyle}. This is a \quote -{convert command} like e.g. \type {\romannumeral}: its value can only be read, -not set. - -\subsection{\type {\mathstyle}} - -The returned value is between 0 and 7 (in math mode), or $-1$ (all other modes). -For easy testing, the eight math style commands have been altered so that the can -be used as numeric values, so you can write code like this: - -\starttyping -\ifnum\mathstyle=\textstyle - \message{normal text style} -\else \ifnum\mathstyle=\crampedtextstyle - \message{cramped text style} -\fi \fi -\stoptyping - -Sometimes you won't get what you expect so a bit of explanation might help to -understand what happens. When math is parsed and expanded it gets turned into a -linked list. In a second pass the formula will be build. This has to do with the -fact that in order to determine the automatically chosen sizes (in for instance -fractions) following content can influence preceding sizes. A side effect of this -is for instance that one cannot change the definition of a font family (and -thereby reusing numbers) because the number that got used is stored and used in -the second pass (so changing \type {\fam 12} mid|-|formula spoils over to -preceding use of that family). - -The style switching primitives like \type {\textstyle} are turned into nodes so -the styles set there are frozen. The \type {\mathchoice} primitive results in -four lists being constructed of which one is used in the second pass. The fact -that some automatic styles are not yet known also means that the \type -{\mathstyle} primitive expands to the current style which can of course be -different from the one really used. It's a snapshot of the first pass state. As a -consequence in the following example you get a style number (first pass) typeset -that can actually differ from the used style (second pass). In the case of a math -choice used ungrouped, the chosen style is used after the choice too, unless you -group. - -\startbuffer[1] - [a:\mathstyle]\quad - \bgroup - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (x:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:ss:\mathstyle)} - \egroup - \quad[b:\mathstyle]\quad - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (y:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:ss:\mathstyle)} - \quad[c:\mathstyle]\quad - \bgroup - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (z:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:ss:\mathstyle)} - \egroup - \quad[d:\mathstyle] -\stopbuffer - -\startbuffer[2] - [a:\mathstyle]\quad - \begingroup - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (x:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:ss:\mathstyle)} - \endgroup - \quad[b:\mathstyle]\quad - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (y:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:ss:\mathstyle)} - \quad[c:\mathstyle]\quad - \begingroup - \mathchoice - {\bf \scriptstyle (z:d :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:t :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:s :\mathstyle)} - {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:ss:\mathstyle)} - \endgroup - \quad[d:\mathstyle] -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer[1] - -% \typebuffer[2] - -This gives: - -\blank $\displaystyle \getbuffer[1]$ \blank -\blank $\textstyle \getbuffer[1]$ \blank - -Using \type {\begingroup} \unknown\ \type {\endgroup} instead gives: - -\blank $\displaystyle \getbuffer[2]$ \blank -\blank $\textstyle \getbuffer[2]$ \blank - -This might look wrong but it's just a side effect of \type {\mathstyle} expanding -to the current (first pass) style and the number being injected in the list that -gets converted in the second pass. It all makes sense and it illustrates the -importance of grouping. In fact, the math choice style being effective afterwards -has advantages. It would be hard to get it otherwise. - -\subsection{\type {\Ustack}} - -There are a few math commands in \TEX\ where the style that will be used is not -known straight from the start. These commands (\type {\over}, \type {\atop}, -\type {\overwithdelims}, \type {\atopwithdelims}) would therefore normally return -wrong values for \type {\mathstyle}. To fix this, \LUATEX\ introduces a special -prefix command: \type {\Ustack}: - -\starttyping -$\Ustack {a \over b}$ -\stoptyping - -The \type {\Ustack} command will scan the next brace and start a new math group -with the correct (numerator) math style. - -\section{Unicode math characters} - -Character handling is now extended up to the full \UNICODE\ range (the \type {\U} -prefix), which is compatible with \XETEX. - -The math primitives from \TEX\ are kept as they are, except for the ones that -convert from input to math commands: \type {mathcode}, and \type {delcode}. These -two now allow for a 21-bit character argument on the left hand side of the equals -sign. - -Some of the new \LUATEX\ primitives read more than one separate value. This is -shown in the tables below by a plus sign in the second column. - -The input for such primitives would look like this: - -\starttyping -\def\overbrace{\Umathaccent 0 1 "23DE } -\stoptyping - -The altered \TEX82 primitives are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|r|c|l|r|] -\BC primitive \BC min \BC max \BC \kern 2em \BC min \BC max \NC \NR -\NC \type {\mathcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0 \NC 8000 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\delcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0 \NC FFFFFF \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The unaltered ones are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|r|] -\BC primitive \BC min \BC max \NC \NR -\NC \type {\mathchardef} \NC 0 \NC 8000 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\mathchar} \NC 0 \NC 7FFF \NC \NR -\NC \type {\mathaccent} \NC 0 \NC 7FFF \NC \NR -\NC \type {\delimiter} \NC 0 \NC 7FFFFFF \NC \NR -\NC \type {\radical} \NC 0 \NC 7FFFFFF \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -For practical reasons \type {\mathchardef} will silently accept values larger -that \type {0x8000} and interpret it as \type {\Umathcharnumdef}. This is needed -to satisfy older macro packages. - -The following new primitives are compatible with \XETEX: - -% somewhat fuzzy: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|r|c|l|r|] -\BC primitive \BC min \BC max \BC \kern 2em \BC min \BC max \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathchardef} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{1}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathcharnumdef}\rlap{\high{5}} \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF\rlap{\high{3}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{1}} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Udelcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0+0 \NC FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{2}} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathchar} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathaccent} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{2,4}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Udelimiter} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{2}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Uradical} \NC 0+0 \NC FF+10FFFF\rlap{\high{2}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathcharnum} \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF\rlap{\high{3}} \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathcodenum} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF\rlap{\high{3}} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Udelcodenum} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF\rlap{\high{3}} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Specifications typically look like: - -\starttyping -\Umathchardef\xx="1"0"456 -\Umathcode 123="1"0"789 -\stoptyping - -Note 1: The new primitives that deal with delimiter|-|style objects do not set up a -\quote {large family}. Selecting a suitable size for display purposes is expected -to be dealt with by the font via the \type {\Umathoperatorsize} parameter (more -information can be found in a following section). - -Note 2: For these three primitives, all information is packed into a single -signed integer. For the first two (\type {\Umathcharnum} and \type -{\Umathcodenum}), the lowest 21 bits are the character code, the 3 bits above -that represent the math class, and the family data is kept in the topmost bits -(This means that the values for math families 128--255 are actually negative). -For \type {\Udelcodenum} there is no math class. The math family information is -stored in the bits directly on top of the character code. Using these three -commands is not as natural as using the two- and three|-|value commands, so -unless you know exactly what you are doing and absolutely require the speedup -resulting from the faster input scanning, it is better to use the verbose -commands instead. - -Note 3: The \type {\Umathaccent} command accepts optional keywords to control -various details regarding math accents. See \in {section} [mathacc] below for -details. - -New primitives that exist in \LUATEX\ only (all of these will be explained -in following sections): - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC primitive \BC value range (in hex) \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Uroot} \NC 0+0--FF+10FFFF$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Uoverdelimiter} \NC 0+0--FF+10FFFF$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Uunderdelimiter} \NC 0+0--FF+10FFFF$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Udelimiterover} \NC 0+0--FF+10FFFF$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Udelimiterunder} \NC 0+0--FF+10FFFF$^2$ \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\section{Cramped math styles} - -\LUATEX\ has four new primitives to set the cramped math styles directly: - -\starttyping -\crampeddisplaystyle -\crampedtextstyle -\crampedscriptstyle -\crampedscriptscriptstyle -\stoptyping - -These additional commands are not all that valuable on their own, but they come -in handy as arguments to the math parameter settings that will be added shortly. - -In Eijkhouts \quotation {\TEX\ by Topic} the rules for handling styles in scripts -are described as follows: - -\startitemize -\startitem - In any style superscripts and subscripts are taken from the next smaller style. - Exception: in display style they are in script style. -\stopitem -\startitem - Subscripts are always in the cramped variant of the style; superscripts are only - cramped if the original style was cramped. -\stopitem -\startitem - In an \type {..\over..} formula in any style the numerator and denominator are - taken from the next smaller style. -\stopitem -\startitem - The denominator is always in cramped style; the numerator is only in cramped - style if the original style was cramped. -\stopitem -\startitem - Formulas under a \type {\sqrt} or \type {\overline} are in cramped style. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -In \LUATEX\ one can set the styles in more detail which means that you sometimes -have to set both normal and cramped styles to get the effect you want. If we -force styles in the script using \type {\scriptstyle} and \type {\crampedscriptstyle} -we get this: - -\startbuffer[demo] -\starttabulate -\NC default \NC $b_{x=xx}^{x=xx}$ \NC \NR -\NC script \NC $b_{\scriptstyle x=xx}^{\scriptstyle x=xx}$ \NC \NR -\NC crampedscript \NC $b_{\crampedscriptstyle x=xx}^{\crampedscriptstyle x=xx}$ \NC \NR -\stoptabulate -\stopbuffer - -\getbuffer[demo] - -Now we set the following parameters - -\startbuffer[setup] -\Umathordrelspacing\scriptstyle=30mu -\Umathordordspacing\scriptstyle=30mu -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer[setup] - -This gives: - -\start\getbuffer[setup,demo]\stop - -But, as this is not what is expected (visually) we should say: - -\startbuffer[setup] -\Umathordrelspacing\scriptstyle=30mu -\Umathordordspacing\scriptstyle=30mu -\Umathordrelspacing\crampedscriptstyle=30mu -\Umathordordspacing\crampedscriptstyle=30mu -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer[setup] - -Now we get: - -\start\getbuffer[setup,demo]\stop - -\section{Math parameter settings} - -In \LUATEX, the font dimension parameters that \TEX\ used in math typesetting are -now accessible via primitive commands. In fact, refactoring of the math engine -has resulted in many more parameters than were accessible before. - -\starttabulate -\BC primitive name \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathquad} \NC the width of 18 mu's \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathaxis} \NC height of the vertical center axis of - the math formula above the baseline \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoperatorsize} \NC minimum size of large operators in display mode \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarkern} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarvgap} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarkern} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarvgap} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalkern} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalvgap} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreebefore}\NC the forward kern that takes place before placement of - the radical degree \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreeafter} \NC the backward kern that takes place after placement of - the radical degree \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreeraise} \NC this is the percentage of the total height and depth of - the radical sign that the degree is raised by; it is - expressed in \type {percents}, so 60\% is expressed as the - integer $60$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstackvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the two - elements in a \type {\atop} stack \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstacknumup} \NC numerator shift upward in \type {\atop} stack \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstackdenomdown} \NC denominator shift downward in \type {\atop} stack \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionrule} \NC the width of the rule in a \type {\over} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionnumvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the numerator and the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionnumup} \NC numerator shift upward in \type {\over} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondenomvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the denominator and the rule \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondenomdown} \NC denominator shift downward in \type {\over} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondelsize} \NC minimum delimiter size for \type {\...withdelims} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovevgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits above operators \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovebgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits above operators \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovekern} \NC space reserved at the top of the limit \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowvgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits below operators \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits below operators \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowkern} \NC space reserved at the bottom of the limit \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverdelimitervgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits above delimiters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverdelimiterbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits above delimiters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderdelimitervgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits below delimiters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderdelimiterbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits below delimiters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubshiftdrop} \NC subscript drop for boxes and subformulas \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubshiftdown} \NC subscript drop for characters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupshiftdrop} \NC superscript drop (raise, actually) for boxes and subformulas \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupshiftup} \NC superscript raise for characters \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubsupshiftdown} \NC subscript drop in the presence of a superscript \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubtopmax} \NC the top of standalone subscripts cannot be higher than this - above the baseline \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupbottommin} \NC the bottom of standalone superscripts cannot be less than - this above the baseline \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupsubbottommax} \NC the bottom of the superscript of a combined super- and subscript - be at least as high as this above the baseline \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubsupvgap} \NC vertical clearance between super- and subscript \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathspaceafterscript} \NC additional space added after a super- or subscript \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathconnectoroverlapmin}\NC minimum overlap between parts in an extensible recipe \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Each of the parameters in this section can be set by a command like this: - -\starttyping -\Umathquad\displaystyle=1em -\stoptyping - -they obey grouping, and you can use \type {\the\Umathquad\displaystyle} if -needed. - -\section{Skips around display math} - -The injection of \type {\abovedisplayskip} and \type {\belowdisplayskip} is not -symmetrical. An above one is always inserted, also when zero, but the below is -only inserted when larger than zero. Especially the later makes it sometimes hard -to fully control spacing. Therefore \LUATEX\ comes with a new directive: \type -{\mathdisplayskipmode}. The following values apply: - -\starttabulate -\NC 0 \NC normal \TEX\ behaviour \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC always (same as 0) \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC only when not zero \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC never, not even when not zero \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\section{Font-based Math Parameters} - -While it is nice to have these math parameters available for tweaking, it would -be tedious to have to set each of them by hand. For this reason, \LUATEX\ -initializes a bunch of these parameters whenever you assign a font identifier to -a math family based on either the traditional math font dimensions in the font -(for assignments to math family~2 and~3 using \TFM|-|based fonts like \type -{cmsy} and \type {cmex}), or based on the named values in a potential \type -{MathConstants} table when the font is loaded via Lua. If there is a \type -{MathConstants} table, this takes precedence over font dimensions, and in that -case no attention is paid to which family is being assigned to: the \type -{MathConstants} tables in the last assigned family sets all parameters. - -In the table below, the one|-|letter style abbreviations and symbolic tfm font -dimension names match those using in the \TeX book. Assignments to \type -{\textfont} set the values for the cramped and uncramped display and text styles, -\type {\scriptfont} sets the script styles, and \type {\scriptscriptfont} sets -the scriptscript styles, so we have eight parameters for three font sizes. In the -\TFM\ case, assignments only happen in family~2 and family~3 (and of course only -for the parameters for which there are font dimensions). - -Besides the parameters below, \LUATEX\ also looks at the \quote {space} font -dimension parameter. For math fonts, this should be set to zero. - -\start - -\switchtobodyfont[8pt] - -\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|] -\BC variable \BC style \BC default value opentype \BC default value tfm \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathaxis} \NC -- \NC AxisHeight \NC axis_height \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoperatorsize} \NC D, D' \NC DisplayOperatorMinHeight \NC $^6$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondelsize} \NC D, D' \NC FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize$^9$ \NC delim1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC FractionDelimiterSize$^9$ \NC delim2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondenomdown} \NC D, D' \NC FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleShiftDown \NC denom1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC FractionDenominatorShiftDown \NC denom2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractiondenomvgap} \NC D, D' \NC FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleGapMin \NC 3*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC FractionDenominatorGapMin \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionnumup} \NC D, D' \NC FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleShiftUp \NC num1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC FractionNumeratorShiftUp \NC num2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionnumvgap} \NC D, D' \NC FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleGapMin \NC 3*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC FractionNumeratorGapMin \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathfractionrule} \NC -- \NC FractionRuleThickness \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathskewedfractionhgap} \NC -- \NC SkewedFractionHorizontalGap \NC math_quad/2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathskewedfractionvgap} \NC -- \NC SkewedFractionVerticalGap \NC math_x_height \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovebgap} \NC -- \NC UpperLimitBaselineRiseMin \NC big_op_spacing3 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovekern} \NC -- \NC 0$^1$ \NC big_op_spacing5 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitabovevgap} \NC -- \NC UpperLimitGapMin \NC big_op_spacing1 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowbgap} \NC -- \NC LowerLimitBaselineDropMin \NC big_op_spacing4 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowkern} \NC -- \NC 0$^1$ \NC big_op_spacing5 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathlimitbelowvgap} \NC -- \NC LowerLimitGapMin \NC big_op_spacing2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverdelimitervgap} \NC -- \NC StretchStackGapBelowMin \NC big_op_spacing1 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverdelimiterbgap} \NC -- \NC StretchStackTopShiftUp \NC big_op_spacing3 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderdelimitervgap} \NC-- \NC StretchStackGapAboveMin \NC big_op_spacing2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderdelimiterbgap} \NC-- \NC StretchStackBottomShiftDown \NC big_op_spacing4 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarkern} \NC -- \NC OverbarExtraAscender \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarrule} \NC -- \NC OverbarRuleThickness \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathoverbarvgap} \NC -- \NC OverbarVerticalGap \NC 3*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathquad} \NC -- \NC <font_size(f)>$^1$ \NC math_quad \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalkern} \NC -- \NC RadicalExtraAscender \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalrule} \NC -- \NC RadicalRuleThickness \NC <not set>$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicalvgap} \NC D, D' \NC RadicalDisplayStyleVerticalGap \NC (default_rule_thickness+\crlf - (abs(math_x_height)/4))$^3$ \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC RadicalVerticalGap \NC (default_rule_thickness+\crlf - (abs(default_rule_thickness)/4))$^3$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreebefore} \NC -- \NC RadicalKernBeforeDegree \NC <not set>$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreeafter} \NC -- \NC RadicalKernAfterDegree \NC <not set>$^2$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathradicaldegreeraise} \NC -- \NC RadicalDegreeBottomRaisePercent \NC <not set>$^{2,7}$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathspaceafterscript} \NC -- \NC SpaceAfterScript \NC script_space$^4$ \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstackdenomdown} \NC D, D' \NC StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown \NC denom1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC StackBottomShiftDown \NC denom2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstacknumup} \NC D, D' \NC StackTopDisplayStyleShiftUp \NC num1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC StackTopShiftUp \NC num3 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathstackvgap} \NC D, D' \NC StackDisplayStyleGapMin \NC 7*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, T', S, S', SS, SS' \NC StackGapMin \NC 3*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubshiftdown} \NC -- \NC SubscriptShiftDown \NC sub1 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubshiftdrop} \NC -- \NC SubscriptBaselineDropMin \NC sub_drop \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubsupshiftdown} \NC -- \NC SubscriptShiftDownWithSuperscript$^8$ \NC \NC \NR -\NC \NC \NC \quad\ or SubscriptShiftDown \NC sub2 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubtopmax} \NC -- \NC SubscriptTopMax \NC (abs(math_x_height * 4) / 5) \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsubsupvgap} \NC -- \NC SubSuperscriptGapMin \NC 4*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupbottommin} \NC -- \NC SuperscriptBottomMin \NC (abs(math_x_height) / 4) \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupshiftdrop} \NC -- \NC SuperscriptBaselineDropMax \NC sup_drop \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupshiftup} \NC D \NC SuperscriptShiftUp \NC sup1 \NC \NR -\NC \NC T, S, SS, \NC SuperscriptShiftUp \NC sup2 \NC \NR -\NC \NC D', T', S', SS' \NC SuperscriptShiftUpCramped \NC sup3 \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathsupsubbottommax} \NC -- \NC SuperscriptBottomMaxWithSubscript \NC (abs(math_x_height * 4) / 5) \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarkern} \NC -- \NC UnderbarExtraDescender \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarrule} \NC -- \NC UnderbarRuleThickness \NC default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathunderbarvgap} \NC -- \NC UnderbarVerticalGap \NC 3*default_rule_thickness \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Umathconnectoroverlapmin} \NC -- \NC MinConnectorOverlap \NC 0$^5$ \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\stop - -Note 1: \OPENTYPE\ fonts set \type {\Umathlimitabovekern} and \type -{\Umathlimitbelowkern} to zero and set \type {\Umathquad} to the font size of the -used font, because these are not supported in the \type {MATH} table, - -Note 2: Traditional \TFM\ fonts do not set \type {\Umathradicalrule} because -\TEX82\ uses the height of the radical instead. When this parameter is indeed not -set when \LUATEX\ has to typeset a radical, a backward compatibility mode will -kick in that assumes that an oldstyle \TEX\ font is used. Also, they do not set -\type {\Umathradicaldegreebefore}, \type {\Umathradicaldegreeafter}, and \type -{\Umathradicaldegreeraise}. These are then automatically initialized to -$5/18$quad, $-10/18$quad, and 60. - -Note 3: If \TFM\ fonts are used, then the \type {\Umathradicalvgap} is not set -until the first time \LUATEX\ has to typeset a formula because this needs -parameters from both family~2 and family~3. This provides a partial backward -compatibility with \TEX82, but that compatibility is only partial: once the \type -{\Umathradicalvgap} is set, it will not be recalculated any more. - -Note 4: When \TFM\ fonts are used a similar situation arises with respect to -\type {\Umathspaceafterscript}: it is not set until the first time \LUATEX\ has -to typeset a formula. This provides some backward compatibility with \TEX82. But -once the \type {\Umathspaceafterscript} is set, \type {\scriptspace} will never -be looked at again. - -Note 5: Traditional \TFM\ fonts set \type {\Umathconnectoroverlapmin} to zero -because \TEX82\ always stacks extensibles without any overlap. - -Note 6: The \type {\Umathoperatorsize} is only used in \type {\displaystyle}, and -is only set in \OPENTYPE\ fonts. In \TFM\ font mode, it is artificially set to -one scaled point more than the initial attempt's size, so that always the \quote -{first next} will be tried, just like in \TEX82. - -Note 7: The \type {\Umathradicaldegreeraise} is a special case because it is the -only parameter that is expressed in a percentage instead of as a number of scaled -points. - -Note 8: \type {SubscriptShiftDownWithSuperscript} does not actually exist in the -\quote {standard} \OPENTYPE\ math font Cambria, but it is useful enough to be -added. - -Note 9: \type {FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize} and \type -{FractionDelimiterSize} do not actually exist in the \quote {standard} \OPENTYPE\ -math font Cambria, but were useful enough to be added. - -\section{Nolimit correction} - -There are two extra math parameters \type {\Umathnolimitsupfactor} and \type -{\Umathnolimitsubfactor} that were added to provide some control over how limits -are spaced (for example the position of super and subscripts after integral -operators). They relate to an extra parameter \type {\mathnolimitsmode}. The half -corrections are what happens when scripts are placed on above and below. The -problem with italic corrections is that officially that correction italic is used -for above|/|below placement while advanced kerns are used for placement at the -right end. The question is: how often is this implemented, and if so, does the -kerns assume correction too. Anyway, with this parameter one can control it. - -\starttabulate[|l|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|] - \NC - \NC \mathnolimitsmode0 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \mathnolimitsmode1 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \mathnolimitsmode2 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \mathnolimitsmode3 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \mathnolimitsmode4 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \mathnolimitsmode8000 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$ - \NC \NR - \TB - \BC mode - \NC \tttf 0 - \NC \tttf 1 - \NC \tttf 2 - \NC \tttf 3 - \NC \tttf 4 - \NC \tttf 8000 - \NC \NR - \BC superscript - \NC 0 - \NC font - \NC 0 - \NC 0 - \NC +ic/2 - \NC 0 - \NC \NR - \BC subscript - \NC -ic - \NC font - \NC 0 - \NC -ic/2 - \NC -ic/2 - \NC 8000ic/1000 - \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -When the mode is set to one, the math parameters are used. This way a macro -package writer can decide what looks best. Given the current state of fonts in -\CONTEXT\ we currently use mode 1 with factor 0 for the superscript and 750 for -the subscripts. Positive values are used for both parameters but the subscript -shifts to the left. A \type {\mathnolimitsmode} larger that 15 is considered to -be a factor for the subscript correction. This feature can be handy when -experimenting. - -\section{Math italic mess} - -The \type {\mathitalicsmode} parameter can be set to~1 to force italic correction -before noads that represent some more complex structure (read: everything -that is not an ord, bin, rel, open, close, punct or inner). We show a Cambria -example. - -\starttexdefinition Whatever #1 - \NC \type{\mathitalicsmode = #1} - \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$\left|T^1\right|$} - \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$\left|T\right|$} - \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T+1$} - \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T{1\over2}$} - \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T\sqrt{1}$} - \NC \NR -\stoptexdefinition - -\start - \switchtobodyfont[cambria] - \starttabulate[|c|c|c|c|c|c|] - \Whatever{0}% - \Whatever{1}% - \stoptabulate -\stop - -This kind of parameters relate to the fact that italic correction in \OPENTYPE\ -math is bound to fuzzy rules. So, control is the solution. - -\section{Script boxes} - -If you want typeset text in math macro packages often provide something \type -{\text} which obeys the script sizes. As the definition can be anything there is -a good change that the kerning doesn't come out well when used in a script. Given -that the first glyph ends up in an \type {\hbox} we have some control over this. -And, as a bonus we also added control over the normal sublist kerning. The \type -{\mathscriptboxmode} parameter defaults to~1. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC \type {0} \NC forget about kerning \NC \NR -\NC \type {1} \NC kern math sub lists with a valid glyph \NC \NR -\NC \type {2} \NC also kern math sub boxes that have a valid glyph \NC \NR -\NC \type {2} \NC only kern math sub boxes with a boundary node present\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Here we show some examples. Of course this doesn't solve all our problems, if -only because some fonts have characters with bounding boxes that compensate for -italics, while other fonts can lack kerns. - -\startbuffer[1] - $T_{\tf fluff}$ -\stopbuffer - -\startbuffer[2] - $T_{\text{fluff}}$ -\stopbuffer - -\startbuffer[3] - $T_{\text{\boundary1 fluff}}$ -\stopbuffer - -\unexpanded\def\Show#1#2#3% - {\doifelsenothing{#3} - {\small\typeinlinebuffer[#1]} - {\doifelse{#3}{-} - {\small\type{mode #2}} - {\switchtobodyfont[#3]\showfontkerns\showglyphs\mathscriptboxmode#2\relax\inlinebuffer[#1]}}} - -\starttabulate[|lT|c|c|c|c|c|] - \NC \NC \Show{1}{0}{} \NC\Show{1}{1}{} \NC \Show{2}{1}{} \NC \Show{2}{2}{} \NC \Show{3}{3}{} \NC \NR - \NC \NC \Show{1}{0}{-} \NC\Show{1}{1}{-} \NC \Show{2}{1}{-} \NC \Show{2}{2}{-} \NC \Show{3}{3}{-} \NC \NR - \NC modern \NC \Show{1}{0}{modern} \NC\Show{1}{1}{modern} \NC \Show{2}{1}{modern} \NC \Show{2}{2}{modern} \NC \Show{3}{3}{modern} \NC \NR - \NC lucidaot \NC \Show{1}{0}{lucidaot} \NC\Show{1}{1}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{2}{1}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{2}{2}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{3}{3}{lucidaot} \NC \NR - \NC pagella \NC \Show{1}{0}{pagella} \NC\Show{1}{1}{pagella} \NC \Show{2}{1}{pagella} \NC \Show{2}{2}{pagella} \NC \Show{3}{3}{pagella} \NC \NR - \NC cambria \NC \Show{1}{0}{cambria} \NC\Show{1}{1}{cambria} \NC \Show{2}{1}{cambria} \NC \Show{2}{2}{cambria} \NC \Show{3}{3}{cambria} \NC \NR - \NC dejavu \NC \Show{1}{0}{dejavu} \NC\Show{1}{1}{dejavu} \NC \Show{2}{1}{dejavu} \NC \Show{2}{2}{dejavu} \NC \Show{3}{3}{dejavu} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\section{Unscaled fences} - -The \type {\mathdelimitersmode} primitive is experimental and deals with the -following (potential) problems. Three bits can be set. The first bit prevents -an unwanted shift when the fence symbol is not scaled (a cambria side effect). The -second bit forces italic correction between a preceding character ordinal and -the fenced subformula, while the third bit turns that subformula into a ordinary -so that the same spacing applies as with unfenced variants. Here we show Cambria -(with \type {\mathitalicsmode} enabled). - -\starttexdefinition Whatever #1 - \NC \type{\mathdelimitersmode = #1} - \NC \mathitalicsmode1\mathdelimitersmode#1\ruledhbox{\showglyphs\showfontkerns\showfontitalics$f(x)$} - \NC \mathitalicsmode1\mathdelimitersmode#1\ruledhbox{\showglyphs\showfontkerns\showfontitalics$f\left(x\right)$} - \NC \NR -\stoptexdefinition - -\start - \switchtobodyfont[cambria] - \starttabulate[|l|l|l|] - \Whatever{0}\Whatever{1}\Whatever{2}\Whatever{3}% - \Whatever{4}\Whatever{5}\Whatever{6}\Whatever{7}% - \stoptabulate -\stop - -So, when set to 7 fenced subformulas with unscaled delimiters come out the same -as unfenced ones. This can be handy for cases where one is forced to use \type -{\left} and \type {\right} always because of unpredictable content. As said, it's -an experimental features (which somehow fits in the exceptional way fences are -dealt with in the engine). - -\section{Math spacing setting} - -Besides the parameters mentioned in the previous sections, there are also 64 new -primitives to control the math spacing table (as explained in Chapter~18 of the -\TEX book). The primitive names are a simple matter of combining two math atom -types, but for completeness' sake, here is the whole list: - -\starttwocolumns -\starttyping -\Umathordordspacing -\Umathordopspacing -\Umathordbinspacing -\Umathordrelspacing -\Umathordopenspacing -\Umathordclosespacing -\Umathordpunctspacing -\Umathordinnerspacing -\Umathopordspacing -\Umathopopspacing -\Umathopbinspacing -\Umathoprelspacing -\Umathopopenspacing -\Umathopclosespacing -\Umathoppunctspacing -\Umathopinnerspacing -\Umathbinordspacing -\Umathbinopspacing -\Umathbinbinspacing -\Umathbinrelspacing -\Umathbinopenspacing -\Umathbinclosespacing -\Umathbinpunctspacing -\Umathbininnerspacing -\Umathrelordspacing -\Umathrelopspacing -\Umathrelbinspacing -\Umathrelrelspacing -\Umathrelopenspacing -\Umathrelclosespacing -\Umathrelpunctspacing -\Umathrelinnerspacing -\Umathopenordspacing -\Umathopenopspacing -\Umathopenbinspacing -\Umathopenrelspacing -\Umathopenopenspacing -\Umathopenclosespacing -\Umathopenpunctspacing -\Umathopeninnerspacing -\Umathcloseordspacing -\Umathcloseopspacing -\Umathclosebinspacing -\Umathcloserelspacing -\Umathcloseopenspacing -\Umathcloseclosespacing -\Umathclosepunctspacing -\Umathcloseinnerspacing -\Umathpunctordspacing -\Umathpunctopspacing -\Umathpunctbinspacing -\Umathpunctrelspacing -\Umathpunctopenspacing -\Umathpunctclosespacing -\Umathpunctpunctspacing -\Umathpunctinnerspacing -\Umathinnerordspacing -\Umathinneropspacing -\Umathinnerbinspacing -\Umathinnerrelspacing -\Umathinneropenspacing -\Umathinnerclosespacing -\Umathinnerpunctspacing -\Umathinnerinnerspacing -\stoptyping -\stoptwocolumns - -These parameters are of type \type {\muskip}, so setting a parameter can be done -like this: - -\starttyping -\Umathopordspacing\displaystyle=4mu plus 2mu -\stoptyping - -They are all initialized by \type {initex} to the values mentioned in the table -in Chapter~18 of the \TEX book. - -Note 1: for ease of use as well as for backward compatibility, \type -{\thinmuskip}, \type {\medmuskip} and \type {\thickmuskip} are treated -especially. In their case a pointer to the corresponding internal parameter is -saved, not the actual \type {\muskip} value. This means that any later changes to -one of these three parameters will be taken into account. - -Note 2: Careful readers will realise that there are also primitives for the items -marked \type {*} in the \TEX book. These will not actually be used as those -combinations of atoms cannot actually happen, but it seemed better not to break -orthogonality. They are initialized to zero. - -\section[mathacc]{Math accent handling} - -\LUATEX\ supports both top accents and bottom accents in math mode, and math -accents stretch automatically (if this is supported by the font the accent comes -from, of course). Bottom and combined accents as well as fixed-width math accents -are controlled by optional keywords following \type {\Umathaccent}. - -The keyword \type {bottom} after \type {\Umathaccent} signals that a bottom accent -is needed, and the keyword \type {both} signals that both a top and a bottom -accent are needed (in this case two accents need to be specified, of course). - -Then the set of three integers defining the accent is read. This set of integers -can be prefixed by the \type {fixed} keyword to indicate that a non-stretching -variant is requested (in case of both accents, this step is repeated). - -A simple example: - -\starttyping -\Umathaccent both fixed 0 0 "20D7 fixed 0 0 "20D7 {example} -\stoptyping - -If a math top accent has to be placed and the accentee is a character and has a -non-zero \type {top_accent} value, then this value will be used to place the -accent instead of the \type {\skewchar} kern used by \TEX82. - -The \type {top_accent} value represents a vertical line somewhere in the -accentee. The accent will be shifted horizontally such that its own \type -{top_accent} line coincides with the one from the accentee. If the \type -{top_accent} value of the accent is zero, then half the width of the accent -followed by its italic correction is used instead. - -The vertical placement of a top accent depends on the \type {x_height} of the -font of the accentee (as explained in the \TEX book), but if value that turns out -to be zero and the font had a \type {MathConstants} table, then \type -{AccentBaseHeight} is used instead. - -The vertical placement of a bottom accent is straight below the accentee, no -correction takes place. - -Possible locations are \type {top}, \type {bottom}, \type {both} and \type -{center}. When no location is given \type {top} is assumed. An additional -parameter \type {fraction} can be specified followed by a number; a value of for -instance 1200 means that the criterium is 1.2 times the width of the nucleus. The -fraction only applies to the stepwise selected shapes and is mostly meant for the -\type {overlay} location. It also works for the other locations but then it -concerns the width. - -\section{Math root extension} - -The new primitive \type {\Uroot} allows the construction of a radical noad -including a degree field. Its syntax is an extension of \type {\Uradical}: - -\starttyping -\Uradical <fam integer> <char integer> <radicand> -\Uroot <fam integer> <char integer> <degree> <radicand> -\stoptyping - -The placement of the degree is controlled by the math parameters \type -{\Umathradicaldegreebefore}, \type {\Umathradicaldegreeafter}, and \type -{\Umathradicaldegreeraise}. The degree will be typeset in \type -{\scriptscriptstyle}. - -\section{Math kerning in super- and subscripts} - -The character fields in a \LUA|-|loaded \OPENTYPE\ math font can have a \quote -{mathkern} table. The format of this table is the same as the \quote {mathkern} -table that is returned by the \type {fontloader} library, except that all height -and kern values have to be specified in actual scaled points. - -When a super- or subscript has to be placed next to a math item, \LUATEX\ checks -whether the super- or subscript and the nucleus are both simple character items. -If they are, and if the fonts of both character items are \OPENTYPE\ fonts (as -opposed to legacy \TEX\ fonts), then \LUATEX\ will use the \OPENTYPE\ math -algorithm for deciding on the horizontal placement of the super- or subscript. - -This works as follows: - -\startitemize - \startitem - The vertical position of the script is calculated. - \stopitem - \startitem - The default horizontal position is flat next to the base character. - \stopitem - \startitem - For superscripts, the italic correction of the base character is added. - \stopitem - \startitem - For a superscript, two vertical values are calculated: the bottom of the - script (after shifting up), and the top of the base. For a subscript, the two - values are the top of the (shifted down) script, and the bottom of the base. - \stopitem - \startitem - For each of these two locations: - \startitemize - \startitem - find the math kern value at this height for the base (for a subscript - placement, this is the bottom_right corner, for a superscript - placement the top_right corner) - \stopitem - \startitem - find the math kern value at this height for the script (for a - subscript placement, this is the top_left corner, for a superscript - placement the bottom_left corner) - \stopitem - \startitem - add the found values together to get a preliminary result. - \stopitem - \stopitemize - \stopitem - \startitem - The horizontal kern to be applied is the smallest of the two results from - previous step. - \stopitem -\stopitemize - -The math kern value at a specific height is the kern value that is specified by the -next higher height and kern pair, or the highest one in the character (if there is no -value high enough in the character), or simply zero (if the character has no math kern -pairs at all). - -\section{Scripts on horizontally extensible items like arrows} - -The primitives \type {\Uunderdelimiter} and \type {\Uoverdelimiter} allow the -placement of a subscript or superscript on an automatically extensible item and -\type {\Udelimiterunder} and \type {\Udelimiterover} allow the placement of an -automatically extensible item as a subscript or superscript on a nucleus. The -input: - -% these produce radical noads .. in fact the code base has the numbers wrong for -% quite a while, so no one seems to use this - -\startbuffer -$\Uoverdelimiter 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut overdelimiter}}$ -$\Uunderdelimiter 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut underdelimiter}}$ -$\Udelimiterover 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut delimiterover}}$ -$\Udelimiterunder 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut delimiterunder}}$ -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer will render this: - -\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank - -The vertical placements are controlled by \type {\Umathunderdelimiterbgap}, \type -{\Umathunderdelimitervgap}, \type {\Umathoverdelimiterbgap}, and \type -{\Umathoverdelimitervgap} in a similar way as limit placements on large operators. -The superscript in \type {\Uoverdelimiter} is typeset in a suitable scripted style, -the subscript in \type {\Uunderdelimiter} is cramped as well. - -These primitives accepts an option \type {width} specification. When used the -also optional keywords \type {left}, \type {middle} and \type {right} will -determine what happens when a requested size can't be met (which can happen when -we step to successive larger variants). - -An extra primitive \type {\Uhextensible} is available that can be used like this: - -\startbuffer -$\Uhextensible width 10cm 0 "2194$ -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer This will render this: - -\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank - -Here you can also pass options, like: - -\startbuffer -$\Uhextensible width 1pt middle 0 "2194$ -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer This gives: - -\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank - -\LUATEX\ internally uses a structure that supports \OPENTYPE\ \quote -{MathVariants} as well as \TFM\ \quote {extensible recipes}. In most cases where -font metrics are involved we have a different code path for traditional fonts end -\OPENTYPE\ fonts. - -\section {Extracting values} - -You can extract the components of a math character. Say that we have defined: - -\starttyping -\Umathcode 1 2 3 4 -\stoptyping - -then - -\starttyping -[\Umathcharclass1] [\Umathcharfam1] [\Umathcharslot1] -\stoptyping - -will return: - -\starttyping -[2] [3] [4] -\stoptyping - -These commands are provides as convenience. Before they came available you could -do the following: - -\starttyping -\def\Umathcharclass{\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[1])}} -\def\Umathcharfam {\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[2])}} -\def\Umathcharslot {\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[3])}} -\stoptyping - -\section{fractions} - -The \type {\abovewithdelims} command accepts a keyword \type {exact}. When issued -the extra space relative to the rule thickness is not added. One can of course -use the \type {\Umathfraction..gap} commands to influence the spacing. Also the -rule is still positioned around the math axis. - -\starttyping -$$ { {a} \abovewithdelims() exact 4pt {b} }$$ -\stoptyping - -The math parameter table contains some parameters that specify a horizontal and -vertical gap for skewed fractions. Of course some guessing is needed in order to -implement something that uses them. And so we now provide a primitive similar to the -other fraction related ones but with a few options so that one can influence the -rendering. Of course a user can also mess around a bit with the parameters -\type {\Umathskewedfractionhgap} and \type {\Umathskewedfractionvgap}. - -The syntax used here is: - -\starttyping -{ {1} \Uskewed / <options> {2} } -{ {1} \Uskewedwithdelims / () <options> {2} } -\stoptyping - -where the options can be \type {noaxis} and \type {exact}. By default we add half -the axis to the shifts and by default we zero the width of the middle character. -For Latin Modern The result looks as follows: - -\def\ShowA#1#2#3{$x + { {#1} \Uskewed / #3 {#2} } + x$} -\def\ShowB#1#2#3{$x + { {#1} \Uskewedwithdelims / () #3 {#2} } + x$} - -\start - \switchtobodyfont[modern] - \starttabulate[||||||] - \NC \NC - \ShowA{a}{b}{} \NC - \ShowA{1}{2}{} \NC - \ShowB{a}{b}{} \NC - \ShowB{1}{2}{} \NC - \NR - \NC \type{exact} \NC - \ShowA{a}{b}{exact} \NC - \ShowA{1}{2}{exact} \NC - \ShowB{a}{b}{exact} \NC - \ShowB{1}{2}{exact} \NC - \NR - \NC \type{noaxis} \NC - \ShowA{a}{b}{noaxis} \NC - \ShowA{1}{2}{noaxis} \NC - \ShowB{a}{b}{noaxis} \NC - \ShowB{1}{2}{noaxis} \NC - \NR - \NC \type{exact noaxis} \NC - \ShowA{a}{b}{exact noaxis} \NC - \ShowA{1}{2}{exact noaxis} \NC - \ShowB{a}{b}{exact noaxis} \NC - \ShowB{1}{2}{exact noaxis} \NC - \NR - \stoptabulate -\stop - -\section {Last lines} - -There is a new primitive to control the overshoot in the calculation of the -previous line in mid|-|paragraph display math. The default value is 2 times -the em width of the current font: - -\starttyping -\predisplaygapfactor=2000 -\stoptyping - -If you want to have the length of the last line independent of math i.e.\ you don't -want to revert to a hack where you insert a fake display math formula in order to -get the length of the last line, the following will often work too: - -\starttyping -\def\lastlinelength{\dimexpr - \directlua {tex.sprint ( - (nodes.dimensions(node.tail(tex.lists.page_head).list)) - )}sp -\relax} -\stoptyping - -\section {Other Math changes} - -\subsection {Verbose versions of single-character math commands} - -\LUATEX\ defines six new primitives that have the same function as -\type {^}, \type {_}, \type {$}, and \type {$$}: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC primitive \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Usuperscript} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {^} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Usubscript} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {_} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Ustartmath} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {$}, % $ - when used in non-math mode. \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Ustopmath} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {$}, % $ - when used in inline math mode. \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Ustartdisplaymath} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {$$}, % $$ - when used in non-math mode. \NC \NR -\NC \type {\Ustopdisplaymath} \NC Duplicates the functionality of \type {$$}, % $$ - when used in display math mode. \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {\Ustopmath} and \type {\Ustopdisplaymath} primitives check if the current -math mode is the correct one (inline vs.\ displayed), but you can freely intermix -the four mathon|/|mathoff commands with explicit dollar sign(s). - -\subsection{Script commands \type {\Unosuperscript} and \type {\Unosubscript}} - -These two commands result in super- and subscripts but with the current style (at the -time of rendering). So, - -\startbuffer[script] -$ - x\Usuperscript {1}\Usubscript {2} = - x\Unosuperscript{1}\Unosubscript{2} = - x\Usuperscript {1}\Unosubscript{2} = - x\Unosuperscript{1}\Usubscript {2} -$ -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -results in \inlinebuffer[script]. - - -\subsection{Allowed math commands in non-math modes} - -The commands \type {\mathchar}, and \type {\Umathchar} and control sequences that -are the result of \type {\mathchardef} or \type {\Umathchardef} are also -acceptable in the horizontal and vertical modes. In those cases, the \type -{\textfont} from the requested math family is used. - -\section{Math surrounding skips} - -Inline math is surrounded by (optional) \type {\mathsurround} spacing but that is fixed -dimension. There is now an additional parameter \type {\mathsurroundskip}. When set to a -non|-|zero value (or zero with some stretch or shrink) this parameter will replace -\type {\mathsurround}. By using an additional parameter instead of changing the nature -of \type {\mathsurround}, we can remain compatible. In the meantime a bit more -control has been added via \type {\mathsurroundmode}. This directive can take 6 values -with zero being the default behaviour. - -\start - -\def\OneLiner#1#2% - {\NC \type{#1} - \NC \dontleavehmode\inframed[align=normal,offset=0pt,frame=off]{\mathsurroundmode#1\relax\hsize 100pt x$x$x} - \NC \dontleavehmode\inframed[align=normal,offset=0pt,frame=off]{\mathsurroundmode#1\relax\hsize 100pt x $x$ x} - \NC #2 - \NC \NR} - -\startbuffer -\mathsurround 10pt -\mathsurroundskip20pt -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer \getbuffer - -\starttabulate[|c|c|c|pl|] -\HL -\BC mode \BC \type {x$x$x} \BC \type {x $x$ x} \BC effect \NC \NR -\HL -\OneLiner{0}{obey \type {\mathsurround} when \type {\mathsurroundskip} is 0pt} -\OneLiner{1}{only add skip to the left} -\OneLiner{2}{only add skip to the right} -\OneLiner{3}{add skip to the left and right} -\OneLiner{4}{ignore the skip setting, obey \type {\mathsurround}} -\OneLiner{5}{disable all spacing around math} -\OneLiner{6}{only apply \type {\mathsurroundskip} when also spacing} -\OneLiner{7}{only apply \type {\mathsurroundskip} when no spacing} -\HL -\stoptabulate - -\stop - -Method six omits the surround glue when there is (x)spacing glue present while -method seven does the opposite, the glue is only applied when there is (x)space -glue present too. Anything more fancy, like checking the begining or end of a -paragraph (or edges of a box) would not be robust anyway. If you want that you -can write a callback that runs over a list and analyzes a paragraph. Actually, in -that case you could also inject glue (or set the properties of a math node) -explicitly. So, these modes are in practice mostly useful for special purposes -and experiments (they originate in a tracker item). Keep in mind that this glue -is part of the math node and not always treated as normal glue: it travels with -the begin and end math nodes. Also, method 6 and 7 will zero the skip related -fields in a node when applicable in the first occasion that checks them -(linebreaking or packaging). - -% \section{Math todo} -% -% The following items are still todo. -% -% \startitemize -% \startitem -% Pre-scripts. -% \stopitem -% \startitem -% Multi-story stacks. -% \stopitem -% \startitem -% Flattened accents for high characters (maybe). -% \stopitem -% \startitem -% Better control over the spacing around displays and handling of equation numbers. -% \stopitem -% \startitem -% Support for multi|-|line displays using \MATHML\ style alignment points. -% \stopitem -% \stopitemize - -\subsection {Delimiters: \type{\Uleft}, \type {\Umiddle} and \type {\Uright}} - -Normally you will force delimiters to certain sizes by putting an empty box or -rule next to it. The resulting delimiter will either be a character from the -stepwise size range or an extensible. The latter can be quite differently -positioned that the characters as it depends on the fit as well as the fact if -the used characters in the font have depth or height. Commands like (plain \TEX -s) \type {\big} need use this feature. In \LUATEX\ we provide a bit more control -by three variants that supporting optional parameters \type {height}, \type -{depth} and \type {axis}. The following example uses this: - -\startbuffer -\Uleft height 30pt depth 10pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000028 -\quad x\quad -\Umiddle height 40pt depth 15pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "002016 -\quad x\quad -\Uright height 30pt depth 10pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000029 -\quad \quad \quad -\Uleft height 30pt depth 10pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000028 -\quad x\quad -\Umiddle height 40pt depth 15pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "002016 -\quad x\quad -\Uright height 30pt depth 10pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000029 -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -\startlinecorrection -\ruledhbox{\mathematics{\getbuffer}} -\stoplinecorrection - -The keyword \type {exact} can be used as directive that the real dimensions -should be applied when the criteria can't be met which can happen when we're -still stepping through the successively larger variants. When no dimensions are -given the \type {noaxis} command can be used to prevent shifting over the axis. - -You can influence the final class with the keyword \type {class} which will -influence the spacing. The numbers are the same as for character classes. - -\subsection{Fixed scripts} - -We have three parameters that are used for this fixed anchoring: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC $d$ \NC \type {\Umathsubshiftdown} \NC \NR -\NC $u$ \NC \type {\Umathsupshiftup} \NC \NR -\NC $s$ \NC \type {\Umathsubsupshiftdown} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -When we set \type {\mathscriptsmode} to a value other than zero these are used -for calculating fixed positions. This is something that is needed for instance -for chemistry. You can manipulate the mentioned variables to achive different -effects. - -\def\SampleMath#1% - {$\mathscriptsmode#1\mathupright CH_2 + CH^+_2 + CH^2_2$} - -\starttabulate[|c|c|c|l|] -\BC mode \BC down \BC up \BC \NC \NR -\NC 0 \NC dynamic \NC dynamic \NC \SampleMath{0} \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC $d$ \NC $u$ \NC \SampleMath{1} \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC $s$ \NC $u$ \NC \SampleMath{2} \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC $s$ \NC $u + s - d$ \NC \SampleMath{3} \NC \NR -\NC 4 \NC $d + (s-d)/2$ \NC $u + (s-d)/2$ \NC \SampleMath{4} \NC \NR -\NC 5 \NC $d$ \NC $u + s - d$ \NC \SampleMath{5} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The value of this parameter obeys grouping but applies to the whole current -formula. - -% if needed we can put the value in stylenodes but maybe more should go there - -\subsection{Penalties: \type {\mathpenaltiesmode}} - -Only in inline math penalties will be added in a math list. You can force -penalties (also in display math) by setting: - -\starttyping -\mathpenaltiesmode = 1 -\stoptyping - -This primnitive is not really needed in \LUATEX\ because you can use the callback -\type {mlist_to_hlist} to force penalties by just calling the regular routine -with forced penalties. However, as part of opening up and control this primitive -makes sense. As a bonus we also provide two extra penalties: - -\starttyping -\prebinoppenalty = -100 % example value -\prerelpenalty = 900 % example value -\stoptyping - -They default to inifinite which signals that they don't need to be inserted. When -set they are injected before a binop or rel noad. This is an experimental feature. - -\subsection {Tracing} - -Because there are quite some math related parameters and values, it is possible -to limit tracing. Only when \type {tracingassigns} and|/|or \type -{tracingrestores} are set to~2 or more they will be traced. - -\subsection {Math options} - -The logic in the math engine is rather complex and there are often no universal -solutions (read: what works out well for one font, fails for another). Therefore -some variations in the implementation will be driven by options for which a new -primitive \type {\mathoption} has been introduced (so that we don't end up with -many new commands). The approach of options also permits us to see what effect a -specific solution has. - -\subsubsection {\type {\mathoption old}} - -This option was introduced for testing purposes when the math engine got split -code paths and it forces the engine to treat new fonts as old ones with respect -to italic correction etc. There are no guarantees given with respect to the final -result and unexpected side effects are not seens as bugs as they relate to font -properties. - -\startbuffer -\mathoption old 1 -\stopbuffer - -The \type {oldmath} boolean flag in the \LUA\ font table is the official way to -force old treatment as it's bound to fonts. - -\subsubsection {\type {\mathoption noitaliccompensation}} - -This option compensates placement for characters with a built|-|in italic -correction. - -\startbuffer -{\showboxes\int}\quad -{\showboxes\int_{|}^{|}}\quad -{\showboxes\int\limits_{|}^{|}} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -Gives (with computer modern that has such italics): - -\startlinecorrection[blank] - \switchtobodyfont[modern] - \startcombination[nx=2,ny=2,distance=5em] - {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 0\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{0:inline}} - {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 0\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{0:display}} - {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 1\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{1:inline}} - {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 1\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{1:display}} - \stopcombination -\stoplinecorrection - -\subsubsection {\type {\mathoption nocharitalic}} - -When two characters follow each other italic correction can interfere. The -following example shows what this option does: - -\startbuffer -\catcode"1D443=11 -\catcode"1D444=11 -\catcode"1D445=11 -P( PP PQR -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -Gives (with computer modern that has such italics): - -\startlinecorrection[blank] - \switchtobodyfont[modern] - \startcombination[nx=2,ny=2,distance=5em] - {\mathoption nocharitalic 0\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{0:inline}} - {\mathoption nocharitalic 0\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{0:display}} - {\mathoption nocharitalic 1\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{1:inline}} - {\mathoption nocharitalic 1\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}} - {\nohyphens\type{1:display}} - \stopcombination -\stoplinecorrection - -\subsubsection {\type {\mathoption useoldfractionscaling}} - -This option has been introduced as solution for tracker item 604 for fuzzy cases -around either or not present fraction related settings for new fonts. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-math
+
+\startchapter[reference=math,title={Math}]
+
+\startsection[title={Traditional alongside \OPENTYPE}]
+
+\topicindex {math}
+
+The handling of mathematics in \LUATEX\ differs quite a bit from how \TEX82 (and
+therefore \PDFTEX) handles math. First, \LUATEX\ adds primitives and extends some
+others so that \UNICODE\ input can be used easily. Second, all of \TEX82's
+internal special values (for example for operator spacing) have been made
+accessible and changeable via control sequences. Third, there are extensions that
+make it easier to use \OPENTYPE\ math fonts. And finally, there are some
+extensions that have been proposed or considered in the past that are now added
+to the engine.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Unicode math characters}]
+
+\topicindex {math+\UNICODE}
+\topicindex {\UNICODE+math}
+
+Character handling is now extended up to the full \UNICODE\ range (the \type {\U}
+prefix), which is compatible with \XETEX.
+
+The math primitives from \TEX\ are kept as they are, except for the ones that
+convert from input to math commands: \type {mathcode}, and \type {delcode}. These
+two now allow for a 21-bit character argument on the left hand side of the equals
+sign.
+
+Some of the new \LUATEX\ primitives read more than one separate value. This is
+shown in the tables below by a plus sign.
+
+The input for such primitives would look like this:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\overbrace{\Umathaccent 0 1 "23DE }
+\stoptyping
+
+The altered \TEX82 primitives are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|r|c|l|r|]
+\DB primitive \BC min \BC max \BC \kern 2em \BC min \BC max \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \prm {mathcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0 \NC 8000 \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {delcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0 \NC FFFFFF \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The unaltered ones are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|r|]
+\DB primitive \BC min \BC max \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \prm {mathchardef} \NC 0 \NC 8000 \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {mathchar} \NC 0 \NC 7FFF \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {mathaccent} \NC 0 \NC 7FFF \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {delimiter} \NC 0 \NC 7FFFFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {radical} \NC 0 \NC 7FFFFFF \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+For practical reasons \prm {mathchardef} will silently accept values larger
+that \type {0x8000} and interpret it as \lpr {Umathcharnumdef}. This is needed
+to satisfy older macro packages.
+
+The following new primitives are compatible with \XETEX:
+
+% somewhat fuzzy:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|r|c|l|r|]
+\DB primitive \BC min \BC max \BC \kern 2em \BC min \BC max \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {Umathchardef} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathcharnumdef}\rlap{\high{5}} \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Udelcode} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC 0+0 \NC FF+10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathchar} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathaccent} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Udelimiter} \NC 0+0+0 \NC 7+FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Uradical} \NC 0+0 \NC FF+10FFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathcharnum} \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF \NC \NC \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathcodenum} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Udelcodenum} \NC 0 \NC 10FFFF \NC = \NC -80000000 \NC 7FFFFFFF \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Specifications typically look like:
+
+\starttyping
+\Umathchardef\xx="1"0"456
+\Umathcode 123="1"0"789
+\stoptyping
+
+The new primitives that deal with delimiter|-|style objects do not set up a
+\quote {large family}. Selecting a suitable size for display purposes is expected
+to be dealt with by the font via the \lpr {Umathoperatorsize} parameter.
+
+For some of these primitives, all information is packed into a single signed
+integer. For the first two (\lpr {Umathcharnum} and \lpr {Umathcodenum}), the
+lowest 21 bits are the character code, the 3 bits above that represent the math
+class, and the family data is kept in the topmost bits. This means that the values
+for math families 128--255 are actually negative. For \lpr {Udelcodenum} there
+is no math class. The math family information is stored in the bits directly on
+top of the character code. Using these three commands is not as natural as using
+the two- and three|-|value commands, so unless you know exactly what you are
+doing and absolutely require the speedup resulting from the faster input
+scanning, it is better to use the verbose commands instead.
+
+The \lpr {Umathaccent} command accepts optional keywords to control various
+details regarding math accents. See \in {section} [mathacc] below for details.
+
+There are more new primitives and all of these will be explained in following
+sections:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB primitive \BC value range (in hex) \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {Uroot} \NC 0 + 0--FF + 10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Uoverdelimiter} \NC 0 + 0--FF + 10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Uunderdelimiter} \NC 0 + 0--FF + 10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Udelimiterover} \NC 0 + 0--FF + 10FFFF \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Udelimiterunder} \NC 0 + 0--FF + 10FFFF \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math styles}]
+
+\subsection{\lpr {mathstyle}}
+
+\topicindex {math+styles}
+
+It is possible to discover the math style that will be used for a formula in an
+expandable fashion (while the math list is still being read). To make this
+possible, \LUATEX\ adds the new primitive: \lpr {mathstyle}. This is a \quote
+{convert command} like e.g. \prm {romannumeral}: its value can only be read,
+not set.
+
+The returned value is between 0 and 7 (in math mode), or $-1$ (all other modes).
+For easy testing, the eight math style commands have been altered so that they can
+be used as numeric values, so you can write code like this:
+
+\starttyping
+\ifnum\mathstyle=\textstyle
+ \message{normal text style}
+\else \ifnum\mathstyle=\crampedtextstyle
+ \message{cramped text style}
+\fi \fi
+\stoptyping
+
+Sometimes you won't get what you expect so a bit of explanation might help to
+understand what happens. When math is parsed and expanded it gets turned into a
+linked list. In a second pass the formula will be build. This has to do with the
+fact that in order to determine the automatically chosen sizes (in for instance
+fractions) following content can influence preceding sizes. A side effect of this
+is for instance that one cannot change the definition of a font family (and
+thereby reusing numbers) because the number that got used is stored and used in
+the second pass (so changing \type {\fam 12} mid|-|formula spoils over to
+preceding use of that family).
+
+The style switching primitives like \prm {textstyle} are turned into nodes so the
+styles set there are frozen. The \prm {mathchoice} primitive results in four
+lists being constructed of which one is used in the second pass. The fact that
+some automatic styles are not yet known also means that the \lpr {mathstyle}
+primitive expands to the current style which can of course be different from the
+one really used. It's a snapshot of the first pass state. As a consequence in the
+following example you get a style number (first pass) typeset that can actually
+differ from the used style (second pass). In the case of a math choice used
+ungrouped, the chosen style is used after the choice too, unless you group.
+
+\startbuffer[1]
+ [a:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \bgroup
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (x:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \egroup
+ \quad[b:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (y:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \quad[c:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \bgroup
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (z:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \egroup
+ \quad[d:\mathstyle]
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[2]
+ [a:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \begingroup
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (x:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (x:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \endgroup
+ \quad[b:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (y:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (y:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \quad[c:\mathstyle]\quad
+ \begingroup
+ \mathchoice
+ {\bf \scriptstyle (z:d :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:t :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:s :\mathstyle)}
+ {\bf \scriptscriptstyle (z:ss:\mathstyle)}
+ \endgroup
+ \quad[d:\mathstyle]
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[1]
+
+% \typebuffer[2]
+
+This gives:
+
+\blank $\displaystyle \getbuffer[1]$ \blank
+\blank $\textstyle \getbuffer[1]$ \blank
+
+Using \prm {begingroup} \unknown\ \prm {endgroup} instead gives:
+
+\blank $\displaystyle \getbuffer[2]$ \blank
+\blank $\textstyle \getbuffer[2]$ \blank
+
+This might look wrong but it's just a side effect of \lpr {mathstyle} expanding
+to the current (first pass) style and the number being injected in the list that
+gets converted in the second pass. It all makes sense and it illustrates the
+importance of grouping. In fact, the math choice style being effective afterwards
+has advantages. It would be hard to get it otherwise.
+
+\subsection{\lpr {Ustack}}
+
+\topicindex {math+stacks}
+
+There are a few math commands in \TEX\ where the style that will be used is not
+known straight from the start. These commands (\prm {over}, \prm {atop},
+\prm {overwithdelims}, \prm {atopwithdelims}) would therefore normally return
+wrong values for \lpr {mathstyle}. To fix this, \LUATEX\ introduces a special
+prefix command: \lpr {Ustack}:
+
+\starttyping
+$\Ustack {a \over b}$
+\stoptyping
+
+The \lpr {Ustack} command will scan the next brace and start a new math group
+with the correct (numerator) math style.
+
+\subsection{Cramped math styles}
+
+\topicindex {math+styles}
+\topicindex {math+spacing}
+\topicindex {math+cramped}
+
+\LUATEX\ has four new primitives to set the cramped math styles directly:
+
+\starttyping
+\crampeddisplaystyle
+\crampedtextstyle
+\crampedscriptstyle
+\crampedscriptscriptstyle
+\stoptyping
+
+These additional commands are not all that valuable on their own, but they come
+in handy as arguments to the math parameter settings that will be added shortly.
+
+In Eijkhouts \quotation {\TEX\ by Topic} the rules for handling styles in scripts
+are described as follows:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ In any style superscripts and subscripts are taken from the next smaller style.
+ Exception: in display style they are in script style.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Subscripts are always in the cramped variant of the style; superscripts are only
+ cramped if the original style was cramped.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ In an \type {..\over..} formula in any style the numerator and denominator are
+ taken from the next smaller style.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ The denominator is always in cramped style; the numerator is only in cramped
+ style if the original style was cramped.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Formulas under a \type {\sqrt} or \prm {overline} are in cramped style.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+In \LUATEX\ one can set the styles in more detail which means that you sometimes
+have to set both normal and cramped styles to get the effect you want. (Even) if
+we force styles in the script using \prm {scriptstyle} and \lpr
+{crampedscriptstyle} we get this:
+
+\startbuffer[demo]
+\starttabulate
+\DB style \BC example \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC default \NC $b_{x=xx}^{x=xx}$ \NC \NR
+\NC script \NC $b_{\scriptstyle x=xx}^{\scriptstyle x=xx}$ \NC \NR
+\NC crampedscript \NC $b_{\crampedscriptstyle x=xx}^{\crampedscriptstyle x=xx}$ \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+\stopbuffer
+
+\getbuffer[demo]
+
+Now we set the following parameters
+
+\startbuffer[setup]
+\Umathordrelspacing\scriptstyle=30mu
+\Umathordordspacing\scriptstyle=30mu
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[setup]
+
+This gives a different result:
+
+\start\getbuffer[setup,demo]\stop
+
+But, as this is not what is expected (visually) we should say:
+
+\startbuffer[setup]
+\Umathordrelspacing\scriptstyle=30mu
+\Umathordordspacing\scriptstyle=30mu
+\Umathordrelspacing\crampedscriptstyle=30mu
+\Umathordordspacing\crampedscriptstyle=30mu
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[setup]
+
+Now we get:
+
+\start\getbuffer[setup,demo]\stop
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math parameter settings}]
+
+\subsection {Many new \lpr {Umath*} primitives}
+
+\topicindex {math+parameters}
+
+In \LUATEX, the font dimension parameters that \TEX\ used in math typesetting are
+now accessible via primitive commands. In fact, refactoring of the math engine
+has resulted in many more parameters than were not accessible before.
+
+\starttabulate
+\DB primitive name \BC description \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {Umathquad} \NC the width of 18 mu's \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathaxis} \NC height of the vertical center axis of
+ the math formula above the baseline \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoperatorsize} \NC minimum size of large operators in display mode \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoverbarkern} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoverbarrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoverbarvgap} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathunderbarkern} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathunderbarrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathunderbarvgap} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicalkern} \NC vertical clearance above the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicalrule} \NC the width of the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicalvgap} \NC vertical clearance below the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicaldegreebefore}\NC the forward kern that takes place before placement of
+ the radical degree \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicaldegreeafter} \NC the backward kern that takes place after placement of
+ the radical degree \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathradicaldegreeraise} \NC this is the percentage of the total height and depth of
+ the radical sign that the degree is raised by; it is
+ expressed in \type {percents}, so 60\% is expressed as the
+ integer $60$ \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathstackvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the two
+ elements in a \prm {atop} stack \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathstacknumup} \NC numerator shift upward in \prm {atop} stack \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathstackdenomdown} \NC denominator shift downward in \prm {atop} stack \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractionrule} \NC the width of the rule in a \prm {over} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractionnumvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the numerator and the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractionnumup} \NC numerator shift upward in \prm {over} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractiondenomvgap} \NC vertical clearance between the denominator and the rule \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractiondenomdown} \NC denominator shift downward in \prm {over} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathfractiondelsize} \NC minimum delimiter size for \type {\...withdelims} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitabovevgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits above operators \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitabovebgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits above operators \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitabovekern} \NC space reserved at the top of the limit \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitbelowvgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits below operators \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitbelowbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits below operators \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathlimitbelowkern} \NC space reserved at the bottom of the limit \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoverdelimitervgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits above delimiters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathoverdelimiterbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits above delimiters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathunderdelimitervgap} \NC vertical clearance for limits below delimiters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathunderdelimiterbgap} \NC vertical baseline clearance for limits below delimiters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsubshiftdrop} \NC subscript drop for boxes and subformulas \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsubshiftdown} \NC subscript drop for characters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsupshiftdrop} \NC superscript drop (raise, actually) for boxes and subformulas \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsupshiftup} \NC superscript raise for characters \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsubsupshiftdown} \NC subscript drop in the presence of a superscript \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsubtopmax} \NC the top of standalone subscripts cannot be higher than this
+ above the baseline \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsupbottommin} \NC the bottom of standalone superscripts cannot be less than
+ this above the baseline \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsupsubbottommax} \NC the bottom of the superscript of a combined super- and subscript
+ be at least as high as this above the baseline \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathsubsupvgap} \NC vertical clearance between super- and subscript \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathspaceafterscript} \NC additional space added after a super- or subscript \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Umathconnectoroverlapmin}\NC minimum overlap between parts in an extensible recipe \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Each of the parameters in this section can be set by a command like this:
+
+\starttyping
+\Umathquad\displaystyle=1em
+\stoptyping
+
+they obey grouping, and you can use \type {\the\Umathquad\displaystyle} if
+needed.
+
+\subsection{Font|-|based math parameters}
+
+\topicindex {math+parameters}
+
+While it is nice to have these math parameters available for tweaking, it would
+be tedious to have to set each of them by hand. For this reason, \LUATEX\
+initializes a bunch of these parameters whenever you assign a font identifier to
+a math family based on either the traditional math font dimensions in the font
+(for assignments to math family~2 and~3 using \TFM|-|based fonts like \type
+{cmsy} and \type {cmex}), or based on the named values in a potential \type
+{MathConstants} table when the font is loaded via Lua. If there is a \type
+{MathConstants} table, this takes precedence over font dimensions, and in that
+case no attention is paid to which family is being assigned to: the \type
+{MathConstants} tables in the last assigned family sets all parameters.
+
+In the table below, the one|-|letter style abbreviations and symbolic tfm font
+dimension names match those used in the \TeX book. Assignments to \prm
+{textfont} set the values for the cramped and uncramped display and text styles,
+\prm {scriptfont} sets the script styles, and \prm {scriptscriptfont} sets the
+scriptscript styles, so we have eight parameters for three font sizes. In the
+\TFM\ case, assignments only happen in family~2 and family~3 (and of course only
+for the parameters for which there are font dimensions).
+
+Besides the parameters below, \LUATEX\ also looks at the \quote {space} font
+dimension parameter. For math fonts, this should be set to zero.
+
+\def\MathLine#1#2#3#4#5%
+ {\TB
+ \NC \llap{\high{\tx #2\enspace}}\ttbf \string #1 \NC \tt #5 \NC \NR
+ \NC \tx #3 \NC \tt #4 \NC \NR}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB variable / style \BC tfm / opentype \NC \NR
+\MathLine{\Umathaxis} {} {} {AxisHeight} {axis_height}
+\MathLine{\Umathoperatorsize} {6} {D, D'} {DisplayOperatorMinHeight} {\emdash}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondelsize} {9} {D, D'} {FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize} {delim1}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondelsize} {9} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{FractionDelimiterSize} {delim2}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondenomdown} {} {D, D'} {FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleShiftDown}{denom1}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondenomdown} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{FractionDenominatorShiftDown} {denom2}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondenomvgap} {} {D, D'} {FractionDenominatorDisplayStyleGapMin} {3*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractiondenomvgap} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{FractionDenominatorGapMin} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractionnumup} {} {D, D'} {FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleShiftUp} {num1}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractionnumup} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{FractionNumeratorShiftUp} {num2}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractionnumvgap} {} {D, D'} {FractionNumeratorDisplayStyleGapMin} {3*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractionnumvgap} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{FractionNumeratorGapMin} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathfractionrule} {} {} {FractionRuleThickness} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathskewedfractionhgap} {} {} {SkewedFractionHorizontalGap} {math_quad/2}
+\MathLine{\Umathskewedfractionvgap} {} {} {SkewedFractionVerticalGap} {math_x_height}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitabovebgap} {} {} {UpperLimitBaselineRiseMin} {big_op_spacing3}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitabovekern} {1} {} {0} {big_op_spacing5}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitabovevgap} {} {} {UpperLimitGapMin} {big_op_spacing1}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitbelowbgap} {} {} {LowerLimitBaselineDropMin} {big_op_spacing4}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitbelowkern} {1} {} {0} {big_op_spacing5}
+\MathLine{\Umathlimitbelowvgap} {} {} {LowerLimitGapMin} {big_op_spacing2}
+\MathLine{\Umathoverdelimitervgap} {} {} {StretchStackGapBelowMin} {big_op_spacing1}
+\MathLine{\Umathoverdelimiterbgap} {} {} {StretchStackTopShiftUp} {big_op_spacing3}
+\MathLine{\Umathunderdelimitervgap} {} {} {StretchStackGapAboveMin} {big_op_spacing2}
+\MathLine{\Umathunderdelimiterbgap} {} {} {StretchStackBottomShiftDown} {big_op_spacing4}
+\MathLine{\Umathoverbarkern} {} {} {OverbarExtraAscender} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathoverbarrule} {} {} {OverbarRuleThickness} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathoverbarvgap} {} {} {OverbarVerticalGap} {3*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathquad} {1} {} {<font_size(f)>} {math_quad}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicalkern} {} {} {RadicalExtraAscender} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicalrule} {2} {} {RadicalRuleThickness} {<not set>}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicalvgap} {3} {D, D'} {RadicalDisplayStyleVerticalGap} {default_rule_thickness+abs(math_x_height)/4}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicalvgap} {3} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{RadicalVerticalGap} {default_rule_thickness+abs(default_rule_thickness)/4}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicaldegreebefore}{2} {} {RadicalKernBeforeDegree} {<not set>}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicaldegreeafter} {2} {} {RadicalKernAfterDegree} {<not set>}
+\MathLine{\Umathradicaldegreeraise} {2,7}{} {RadicalDegreeBottomRaisePercent} {<not set>}
+\MathLine{\Umathspaceafterscript} {4} {} {SpaceAfterScript} {script_space}
+\MathLine{\Umathstackdenomdown} {} {D, D'} {StackBottomDisplayStyleShiftDown} {denom1}
+\MathLine{\Umathstackdenomdown} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{StackBottomShiftDown} {denom2}
+\MathLine{\Umathstacknumup} {} {D, D'} {StackTopDisplayStyleShiftUp} {num1}
+\MathLine{\Umathstacknumup} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{StackTopShiftUp} {num3}
+\MathLine{\Umathstackvgap} {} {D, D'} {StackDisplayStyleGapMin} {7*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathstackvgap} {} {T, T', S, S', SS, SS'}{StackGapMin} {3*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathsubshiftdown} {} {} {SubscriptShiftDown} {sub1}
+\MathLine{\Umathsubshiftdrop} {} {} {SubscriptBaselineDropMin} {sub_drop}
+\MathLine{\Umathsubsupshiftdown} {8} {} {SubscriptShiftDownWithSuperscript} {\emdash}
+\MathLine{\Umathsubtopmax} {} {} {SubscriptTopMax} {abs(math_x_height*4)/5}
+\MathLine{\Umathsubsupvgap} {} {} {SubSuperscriptGapMin} {4*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupbottommin} {} {} {SuperscriptBottomMin} {abs(math_x_height/4)}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupshiftdrop} {} {} {SuperscriptBaselineDropMax} {sup_drop}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupshiftup} {} {D} {SuperscriptShiftUp} {sup1}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupshiftup} {} {T, S, SS,} {SuperscriptShiftUp} {sup2}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupshiftup} {} {D', T', S', SS'} {SuperscriptShiftUpCramped} {sup3}
+\MathLine{\Umathsupsubbottommax} {} {} {SuperscriptBottomMaxWithSubscript} {abs(math_x_height*4)/5}
+\MathLine{\Umathunderbarkern} {} {} {UnderbarExtraDescender} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathunderbarrule} {} {} {UnderbarRuleThickness} {default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathunderbarvgap} {} {} {UnderbarVerticalGap} {3*default_rule_thickness}
+\MathLine{\Umathconnectoroverlapmin}{5} {} {MinConnectorOverlap} {0}
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note 1: \OPENTYPE\ fonts set \lpr {Umathlimitabovekern} and \lpr
+{Umathlimitbelowkern} to zero and set \lpr {Umathquad} to the font size of the
+used font, because these are not supported in the \type {MATH} table,
+
+Note 2: Traditional \TFM\ fonts do not set \lpr {Umathradicalrule} because
+\TEX82\ uses the height of the radical instead. When this parameter is indeed not
+set when \LUATEX\ has to typeset a radical, a backward compatibility mode will
+kick in that assumes that an oldstyle \TEX\ font is used. Also, they do not set
+\lpr {Umathradicaldegreebefore}, \lpr {Umathradicaldegreeafter}, and \lpr
+{Umathradicaldegreeraise}. These are then automatically initialized to
+$5/18$quad, $-10/18$quad, and 60.
+
+Note 3: If \TFM\ fonts are used, then the \lpr {Umathradicalvgap} is not set
+until the first time \LUATEX\ has to typeset a formula because this needs
+parameters from both family~2 and family~3. This provides a partial backward
+compatibility with \TEX82, but that compatibility is only partial: once the \lpr
+{Umathradicalvgap} is set, it will not be recalculated any more.
+
+Note 4: When \TFM\ fonts are used a similar situation arises with respect to \lpr
+{Umathspaceafterscript}: it is not set until the first time \LUATEX\ has to
+typeset a formula. This provides some backward compatibility with \TEX82. But
+once the \lpr {Umathspaceafterscript} is set, \prm {scriptspace} will never be
+looked at again.
+
+Note 5: Traditional \TFM\ fonts set \lpr {Umathconnectoroverlapmin} to zero
+because \TEX82\ always stacks extensibles without any overlap.
+
+Note 6: The \lpr {Umathoperatorsize} is only used in \prm {displaystyle}, and is
+only set in \OPENTYPE\ fonts. In \TFM\ font mode, it is artificially set to one
+scaled point more than the initial attempt's size, so that always the \quote
+{first next} will be tried, just like in \TEX82.
+
+Note 7: The \lpr {Umathradicaldegreeraise} is a special case because it is the
+only parameter that is expressed in a percentage instead of a number of scaled
+points.
+
+Note 8: \type {SubscriptShiftDownWithSuperscript} does not actually exist in the
+\quote {standard} \OPENTYPE\ math font Cambria, but it is useful enough to be
+added.
+
+Note 9: \type {FractionDelimiterDisplayStyleSize} and \type
+{FractionDelimiterSize} do not actually exist in the \quote {standard} \OPENTYPE\
+math font Cambria, but were useful enough to be added.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math spacing}]
+
+\subsection{Inline surrounding space}
+
+\topicindex {math+spacing}
+
+Inline math is surrounded by (optional) \prm {mathsurround} spacing but that is a fixed
+dimension. There is now an additional parameter \lpr {mathsurroundskip}. When set to a
+non|-|zero value (or zero with some stretch or shrink) this parameter will replace
+\prm {mathsurround}. By using an additional parameter instead of changing the nature
+of \prm {mathsurround}, we can remain compatible. In the meantime a bit more
+control has been added via \lpr {mathsurroundmode}. This directive can take 6 values
+with zero being the default behaviour.
+
+\start
+
+\def\OneLiner#1#2%
+ {\NC \type{#1}
+ \NC \dontleavehmode\inframed[align=normal,offset=0pt,frame=off]{\mathsurroundmode#1\relax\hsize 100pt x$x$x}
+ \NC \dontleavehmode\inframed[align=normal,offset=0pt,frame=off]{\mathsurroundmode#1\relax\hsize 100pt x $x$ x}
+ \NC #2
+ \NC \NR}
+
+\startbuffer
+\mathsurround 10pt
+\mathsurroundskip20pt
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer \getbuffer
+
+\starttabulate[|c|c|c|pl|]
+\DB mode \BC x\$x\$x \BC x \$x\$ x \BC effect \NC \NR
+\TB
+\OneLiner{0}{obey \prm {mathsurround} when \lpr {mathsurroundskip} is 0pt}
+\OneLiner{1}{only add skip to the left}
+\OneLiner{2}{only add skip to the right}
+\OneLiner{3}{add skip to the left and right}
+\OneLiner{4}{ignore the skip setting, obey \prm {mathsurround}}
+\OneLiner{5}{disable all spacing around math}
+\OneLiner{6}{only apply \lpr {mathsurroundskip} when also spacing}
+\OneLiner{7}{only apply \lpr {mathsurroundskip} when no spacing}
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stop
+
+Method six omits the surround glue when there is (x)spacing glue present while
+method seven does the opposite, the glue is only applied when there is (x)space
+glue present too. Anything more fancy, like checking the begining or end of a
+paragraph (or edges of a box) would not be robust anyway. If you want that you
+can write a callback that runs over a list and analyzes a paragraph. Actually, in
+that case you could also inject glue (or set the properties of a math node)
+explicitly. So, these modes are in practice mostly useful for special purposes
+and experiments (they originate in a tracker item). Keep in mind that this glue
+is part of the math node and not always treated as normal glue: it travels with
+the begin and end math nodes. Also, method 6 and 7 will zero the skip related
+fields in a node when applicable in the first occasion that checks them
+(linebreaking or packaging).
+
+\subsection{Pairwise spacing}
+
+\topicindex {math+spacing}
+
+Besides the parameters mentioned in the previous sections, there are also 64 new
+primitives to control the math spacing table (as explained in Chapter~18 of the
+\TEX book). The primitive names are a simple matter of combining two math atom
+types, but for completeness' sake, here is the whole list:
+
+\starttwocolumns
+\startlines
+\lpr {Umathordordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathordpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathordinnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathoprelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathoppunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopinnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathbinpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathbininnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathrelinnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathopenpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathopeninnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloseordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloseopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathclosebinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloserelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloseopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloseclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathclosepunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathcloseinnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctopspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctopenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathpunctinnerspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerordspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinneropspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerbinspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerrelspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinneropenspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerclosespacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerpunctspacing}
+\lpr {Umathinnerinnerspacing}
+\stoplines
+\stoptwocolumns
+
+These parameters are of type \prm {muskip}, so setting a parameter can be done
+like this:
+
+\starttyping
+\Umathopordspacing\displaystyle=4mu plus 2mu
+\stoptyping
+
+They are all initialized by \type {initex} to the values mentioned in the table
+in Chapter~18 of the \TEX book.
+
+Note 1: for ease of use as well as for backward compatibility, \prm {thinmuskip},
+\prm {medmuskip} and \prm {thickmuskip} are treated specially. In their case a
+pointer to the corresponding internal parameter is saved, not the actual \prm
+{muskip} value. This means that any later changes to one of these three
+parameters will be taken into account.
+
+Note 2: Careful readers will realise that there are also primitives for the items
+marked \type {*} in the \TEX book. These will not actually be used as those
+combinations of atoms cannot actually happen, but it seemed better not to break
+orthogonality. They are initialized to zero.
+
+\subsection{Skips around display math}
+
+\topicindex {math+spacing}
+
+The injection of \prm {abovedisplayskip} and \prm {belowdisplayskip} is not
+symmetrical. An above one is always inserted, also when zero, but the below is
+only inserted when larger than zero. Especially the latter makes it sometimes hard
+to fully control spacing. Therefore \LUATEX\ comes with a new directive: \lpr
+{mathdisplayskipmode}. The following values apply:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC normal \TEX\ behaviour \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC always (same as 0) \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC only when not zero \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC never, not even when not zero \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection {Nolimit correction}
+
+\topicindex {math+limits}
+
+There are two extra math parameters \lpr {Umathnolimitsupfactor} and \lpr
+{Umathnolimitsubfactor} that were added to provide some control over how limits
+are spaced (for example the position of super and subscripts after integral
+operators). They relate to an extra parameter \lpr {mathnolimitsmode}. The half
+corrections are what happens when scripts are placed above and below. The
+problem with italic corrections is that officially that correction italic is used
+for above|/|below placement while advanced kerns are used for placement at the
+right end. The question is: how often is this implemented, and if so, do the
+kerns assume correction too. Anyway, with this parameter one can control it.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|ck1|]
+ \NC
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode0 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode1 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode2 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode3 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode4 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \mathnolimitsmode8000 $\displaystyle\int\nolimits^0_1$
+ \NC \NR
+ \TB
+ \BC mode
+ \NC \tttf 0
+ \NC \tttf 1
+ \NC \tttf 2
+ \NC \tttf 3
+ \NC \tttf 4
+ \NC \tttf 8000
+ \NC \NR
+ \BC superscript
+ \NC 0
+ \NC font
+ \NC 0
+ \NC 0
+ \NC +ic/2
+ \NC 0
+ \NC \NR
+ \BC subscript
+ \NC -ic
+ \NC font
+ \NC 0
+ \NC -ic/2
+ \NC -ic/2
+ \NC 8000ic/1000
+ \NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+When the mode is set to one, the math parameters are used. This way a macro
+package writer can decide what looks best. Given the current state of fonts in
+\CONTEXT\ we currently use mode 1 with factor 0 for the superscript and 750 for
+the subscripts. Positive values are used for both parameters but the subscript
+shifts to the left. A \lpr {mathnolimitsmode} larger that 15 is considered to
+be a factor for the subscript correction. This feature can be handy when
+experimenting.
+
+\subsection {Math italic mess}
+
+\topicindex {math+italics}
+
+The \lpr {mathitalicsmode} parameter can be set to~1 to force italic correction
+before noads that represent some more complex structure (read: everything
+that is not an ord, bin, rel, open, close, punct or inner). We show a Cambria
+example.
+
+\starttexdefinition Whatever #1
+ \NC \type{\mathitalicsmode = #1}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$\left|T^1\right|$}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$\left|T\right|$}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T+1$}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T{1\over2}$}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode#1\ruledhbox{$T\sqrt{1}$}
+ \NC \NR
+\stoptexdefinition
+
+\start
+ \switchtobodyfont[cambria]
+ \starttabulate[|c|c|c|c|c|c|]
+ \Whatever{0}%
+ \Whatever{1}%
+ \stoptabulate
+\stop
+
+This kind of parameters relate to the fact that italic correction in \OPENTYPE\
+math is bound to fuzzy rules. So, control is the solution.
+
+\subsection {Script and kerning}
+
+\topicindex {math+kerning}
+\topicindex {math+scripts}
+
+If you want to typeset text in math macro packages often provide something \type
+{\text} which obeys the script sizes. As the definition can be anything there is
+a good chance that the kerning doesn't come out well when used in a script. Given
+that the first glyph ends up in a \prm {hbox} we have some control over this.
+And, as a bonus we also added control over the normal sublist kerning. The \lpr
+{mathscriptboxmode} parameter defaults to~1.
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {0} \NC forget about kerning \NC \NR
+\NC \type {1} \NC kern math sub lists with a valid glyph \NC \NR
+\NC \type {2} \NC also kern math sub boxes that have a valid glyph \NC \NR
+\NC \type {2} \NC only kern math sub boxes with a boundary node present\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Here we show some examples. Of course this doesn't solve all our problems, if
+only because some fonts have characters with bounding boxes that compensate for
+italics, while other fonts can lack kerns.
+
+\startbuffer[1]
+ $T_{\tf fluff}$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[2]
+ $T_{\text{fluff}}$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startbuffer[3]
+ $T_{\text{\boundary1 fluff}}$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\unexpanded\def\Show#1#2#3%
+ {\doifelsenothing{#3}
+ {\small\tx\typeinlinebuffer[#1]}
+ {\doifelse{#3}{-}
+ {\small\bf\tt mode #2}
+ {\switchtobodyfont[#3]\showfontkerns\showglyphs\mathscriptboxmode#2\relax\inlinebuffer[#1]}}}
+
+\starttabulate[|lBT|c|c|c|c|c|]
+ \NC \NC \Show{1}{0}{} \NC\Show{1}{1}{} \NC \Show{2}{1}{} \NC \Show{2}{2}{} \NC \Show{3}{3}{} \NC \NR
+ \NC \NC \Show{1}{0}{-} \NC\Show{1}{1}{-} \NC \Show{2}{1}{-} \NC \Show{2}{2}{-} \NC \Show{3}{3}{-} \NC \NR
+ \NC modern \NC \Show{1}{0}{modern} \NC\Show{1}{1}{modern} \NC \Show{2}{1}{modern} \NC \Show{2}{2}{modern} \NC \Show{3}{3}{modern} \NC \NR
+ \NC lucidaot \NC \Show{1}{0}{lucidaot} \NC\Show{1}{1}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{2}{1}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{2}{2}{lucidaot} \NC \Show{3}{3}{lucidaot} \NC \NR
+ \NC pagella \NC \Show{1}{0}{pagella} \NC\Show{1}{1}{pagella} \NC \Show{2}{1}{pagella} \NC \Show{2}{2}{pagella} \NC \Show{3}{3}{pagella} \NC \NR
+ \NC cambria \NC \Show{1}{0}{cambria} \NC\Show{1}{1}{cambria} \NC \Show{2}{1}{cambria} \NC \Show{2}{2}{cambria} \NC \Show{3}{3}{cambria} \NC \NR
+ \NC dejavu \NC \Show{1}{0}{dejavu} \NC\Show{1}{1}{dejavu} \NC \Show{2}{1}{dejavu} \NC \Show{2}{2}{dejavu} \NC \Show{3}{3}{dejavu} \NC \NR
+\stoptabulate
+
+Kerning between a character subscript is controlled by \lpr {mathscriptcharmode}
+which also defaults to~1.
+
+Here is another example. Internally we tag kerns as italic kerns or font kerns
+where font kerns result from the staircase kern tables. In 2018 fonts like Latin
+Modern and Pagella rely on cheats with the boundingbox, Cambria uses staircase
+kerns and Lucida a mixture. Depending on how fonts evolve we might add some more
+control over what one can turn on and off.
+
+\def\MathSample#1#2#3%
+ {\NC
+ #1 \NC
+ #2 \NC
+ \showglyphdata \switchtobodyfont[#2,17.3pt]$#3T_{f}$ \NC
+ \showglyphdata \switchtobodyfont[#2,17.3pt]$#3\gamma_{e}$ \NC
+ \showglyphdata \switchtobodyfont[#2,17.3pt]$#3\gamma_{ee}$ \NC
+ \showglyphdata \switchtobodyfont[#2,17.3pt]$#3T_{\tf fluff}$ \NC
+ \NR}
+
+\starttabulate[|Tl|Tl|l|l|l|l|]
+ \FL
+ \MathSample{normal}{modern} {\mr}
+ \MathSample{} {pagella} {\mr}
+ \MathSample{} {cambria} {\mr}
+ \MathSample{} {lucidaot}{\mr}
+ \ML
+ \MathSample{bold} {modern} {\mb}
+ \MathSample{} {pagella} {\mb}
+ \MathSample{} {cambria} {\mb}
+ \MathSample{} {lucidaot}{\mb}
+ \LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{Fixed scripts}
+
+We have three parameters that are used for this fixed anchoring:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB parameter \BC register \NC \NR
+\NC $d$ \NC \lpr {Umathsubshiftdown} \NC \NR
+\NC $u$ \NC \lpr {Umathsupshiftup} \NC \NR
+\NC $s$ \NC \lpr {Umathsubsupshiftdown} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+When we set \lpr {mathscriptsmode} to a value other than zero these are used
+for calculating fixed positions. This is something that is needed for instance
+for chemistry. You can manipulate the mentioned variables to achieve different
+effects.
+
+\def\SampleMath#1%
+ {$\mathscriptsmode#1\mathupright CH_2 + CH^+_2 + CH^2_2$}
+
+\starttabulate[|c|c|c|p|]
+\DB mode \BC down \BC up \BC example \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC dynamic \NC dynamic \NC \SampleMath{0} \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC $d$ \NC $u$ \NC \SampleMath{1} \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC $s$ \NC $u$ \NC \SampleMath{2} \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC $s$ \NC $u + s - d$ \NC \SampleMath{3} \NC \NR
+\NC 4 \NC $d + (s-d)/2$ \NC $u + (s-d)/2$ \NC \SampleMath{4} \NC \NR
+\NC 5 \NC $d$ \NC $u + s - d$ \NC \SampleMath{5} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The value of this parameter obeys grouping but applies to the whole current
+formula.
+
+% if needed we can put the value in stylenodes but maybe more should go there
+
+\subsection{Penalties: \lpr {mathpenaltiesmode}}
+
+\topicindex {math+penalties}
+
+Only in inline math penalties will be added in a math list. You can force
+penalties (also in display math) by setting:
+
+\starttyping
+\mathpenaltiesmode = 1
+\stoptyping
+
+This primnitive is not really needed in \LUATEX\ because you can use the callback
+\cbk {mlist_to_hlist} to force penalties by just calling the regular routine
+with forced penalties. However, as part of opening up and control this primitive
+makes sense. As a bonus we also provide two extra penalties:
+
+\starttyping
+\prebinoppenalty = -100 % example value
+\prerelpenalty = 900 % example value
+\stoptyping
+
+They default to inifinite which signals that they don't need to be inserted. When
+set they are injected before a binop or rel noad. This is an experimental feature.
+
+\subsection{Equation spacing: \lpr {matheqnogapstep}}
+
+By default \TEX\ will add one quad between the equation and the number. This is
+hard coded. A new primitive can control this:
+
+\startsyntax
+\matheqnogapstep = 1000
+\stopsyntax
+
+Because a math quad from the math text font is used instead of a dimension, we
+use a step to control the size. A value of zero will suppress the gap. The step
+is divided by 1000 which is the usual way to mimmick floating point factors in
+\TEX.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math constructs}]
+
+\subsection {Unscaled fences}
+
+\topicindex {math+fences}
+
+The \lpr {mathdelimitersmode} primitive is experimental and deals with the
+following (potential) problems. Three bits can be set. The first bit prevents an
+unwanted shift when the fence symbol is not scaled (a cambria side effect). The
+second bit forces italic correction between a preceding character ordinal and the
+fenced subformula, while the third bit turns that subformula into an ordinary so
+that the same spacing applies as with unfenced variants. Here we show Cambria
+(with \lpr {mathitalicsmode} enabled).
+
+\starttexdefinition Whatever #1
+ \NC \type{\mathdelimitersmode = #1}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode1\mathdelimitersmode#1\ruledhbox{\showglyphs\showfontkerns\showfontitalics$f(x)$}
+ \NC \mathitalicsmode1\mathdelimitersmode#1\ruledhbox{\showglyphs\showfontkerns\showfontitalics$f\left(x\right)$}
+ \NC \NR
+\stoptexdefinition
+
+\start
+ \switchtobodyfont[cambria]
+ \starttabulate[|l|l|l|]
+ \Whatever{0}\Whatever{1}\Whatever{2}\Whatever{3}%
+ \Whatever{4}\Whatever{5}\Whatever{6}\Whatever{7}%
+ \stoptabulate
+\stop
+
+So, when set to 7 fenced subformulas with unscaled delimiters come out the same
+as unfenced ones. This can be handy for cases where one is forced to use \prm
+{left} and \prm {right} always because of unpredictable content. As said, it's an
+experimental feature (which somehow fits in the exceptional way fences are dealt
+with in the engine). The full list of flags is given in the next table:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{"01} \NC don't apply the usual shift \NC \NR
+\NC \type{"02} \NC apply italic correction when possible \NC \NR
+\NC \type{"04} \NC force an ordinary subformula \NC \NR
+\NC \type{"08} \NC no shift when a base character \NC \NR
+\NC \type{"10} \NC only shift when an extensible \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The effect can depend on the font (and for Cambria one can use for instance \type {"16}).
+
+\subsection[mathacc]{Accent handling}
+
+\topicindex {math+accents}
+
+\LUATEX\ supports both top accents and bottom accents in math mode, and math
+accents stretch automatically (if this is supported by the font the accent comes
+from, of course). Bottom and combined accents as well as fixed-width math accents
+are controlled by optional keywords following \lpr {Umathaccent}.
+
+The keyword \type {bottom} after \lpr {Umathaccent} signals that a bottom accent
+is needed, and the keyword \type {both} signals that both a top and a bottom
+accent are needed (in this case two accents need to be specified, of course).
+
+Then the set of three integers defining the accent is read. This set of integers
+can be prefixed by the \type {fixed} keyword to indicate that a non-stretching
+variant is requested (in case of both accents, this step is repeated).
+
+A simple example:
+
+\starttyping
+\Umathaccent both fixed 0 0 "20D7 fixed 0 0 "20D7 {example}
+\stoptyping
+
+If a math top accent has to be placed and the accentee is a character and has a
+non-zero \type {top_accent} value, then this value will be used to place the
+accent instead of the \prm {skewchar} kern used by \TEX82.
+
+The \type {top_accent} value represents a vertical line somewhere in the
+accentee. The accent will be shifted horizontally such that its own \type
+{top_accent} line coincides with the one from the accentee. If the \type
+{top_accent} value of the accent is zero, then half the width of the accent
+followed by its italic correction is used instead.
+
+The vertical placement of a top accent depends on the \type {x_height} of the
+font of the accentee (as explained in the \TEX book), but if a value turns out
+to be zero and the font had a \type {MathConstants} table, then \type
+{AccentBaseHeight} is used instead.
+
+The vertical placement of a bottom accent is straight below the accentee, no
+correction takes place.
+
+Possible locations are \type {top}, \type {bottom}, \type {both} and \type
+{center}. When no location is given \type {top} is assumed. An additional
+parameter \nod {fraction} can be specified followed by a number; a value of for
+instance 1200 means that the criterium is 1.2 times the width of the nucleus. The
+fraction only applies to the stepwise selected shapes and is mostly meant for the
+\type {overlay} location. It also works for the other locations but then it
+concerns the width.
+
+\subsection{Radical extensions}
+
+\topicindex {math+radicals}
+
+The new primitive \lpr {Uroot} allows the construction of a radical noad
+including a degree field. Its syntax is an extension of \lpr {Uradical}:
+
+\starttyping
+\Uradical <fam integer> <char integer> <radicand>
+\Uroot <fam integer> <char integer> <degree> <radicand>
+\stoptyping
+
+The placement of the degree is controlled by the math parameters \lpr
+{Umathradicaldegreebefore}, \lpr {Umathradicaldegreeafter}, and \lpr
+{Umathradicaldegreeraise}. The degree will be typeset in \prm
+{scriptscriptstyle}.
+
+\subsection{Super- and subscripts}
+
+The character fields in a \LUA|-|loaded \OPENTYPE\ math font can have a \quote
+{mathkern} table. The format of this table is the same as the \quote {mathkern}
+table that is returned by the \type {fontloader} library, except that all height
+and kern values have to be specified in actual scaled points.
+
+When a super- or subscript has to be placed next to a math item, \LUATEX\ checks
+whether the super- or subscript and the nucleus are both simple character items.
+If they are, and if the fonts of both character items are \OPENTYPE\ fonts (as
+opposed to legacy \TEX\ fonts), then \LUATEX\ will use the \OPENTYPE\ math
+algorithm for deciding on the horizontal placement of the super- or subscript.
+
+This works as follows:
+
+\startitemize
+ \startitem
+ The vertical position of the script is calculated.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The default horizontal position is flat next to the base character.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ For superscripts, the italic correction of the base character is added.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ For a superscript, two vertical values are calculated: the bottom of the
+ script (after shifting up), and the top of the base. For a subscript, the two
+ values are the top of the (shifted down) script, and the bottom of the base.
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ For each of these two locations:
+ \startitemize
+ \startitem
+ find the math kern value at this height for the base (for a subscript
+ placement, this is the bottom_right corner, for a superscript
+ placement the top_right corner)
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ find the math kern value at this height for the script (for a
+ subscript placement, this is the top_left corner, for a superscript
+ placement the bottom_left corner)
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ add the found values together to get a preliminary result.
+ \stopitem
+ \stopitemize
+ \stopitem
+ \startitem
+ The horizontal kern to be applied is the smallest of the two results from
+ previous step.
+ \stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The math kern value at a specific height is the kern value that is specified by the
+next higher height and kern pair, or the highest one in the character (if there is no
+value high enough in the character), or simply zero (if the character has no math kern
+pairs at all).
+
+\subsection{Scripts on extensibles}
+
+\topicindex {math+scripts}
+\topicindex {math+delimiters}
+\topicindex {math+extensibles}
+
+The primitives \lpr {Uunderdelimiter} and \lpr {Uoverdelimiter} allow the
+placement of a subscript or superscript on an automatically extensible item and
+\lpr {Udelimiterunder} and \lpr {Udelimiterover} allow the placement of an
+automatically extensible item as a subscript or superscript on a nucleus. The
+input:
+
+% these produce radical noads .. in fact the code base has the numbers wrong for
+% quite a while, so no one seems to use this
+
+\startbuffer
+$\Uoverdelimiter 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut overdelimiter}}$
+$\Uunderdelimiter 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut underdelimiter}}$
+$\Udelimiterover 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut delimiterover}}$
+$\Udelimiterunder 0 "2194 {\hbox{\strut delimiterunder}}$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer will render this:
+
+\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank
+
+The vertical placements are controlled by \lpr {Umathunderdelimiterbgap}, \lpr
+{Umathunderdelimitervgap}, \lpr {Umathoverdelimiterbgap}, and \lpr
+{Umathoverdelimitervgap} in a similar way as limit placements on large operators.
+The superscript in \lpr {Uoverdelimiter} is typeset in a suitable scripted style,
+the subscript in \lpr {Uunderdelimiter} is cramped as well.
+
+These primitives accepts an option \type {width} specification. When used the
+also optional keywords \type {left}, \type {middle} and \type {right} will
+determine what happens when a requested size can't be met (which can happen when
+we step to successive larger variants).
+
+An extra primitive \lpr {Uhextensible} is available that can be used like this:
+
+\startbuffer
+$\Uhextensible width 10cm 0 "2194$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer This will render this:
+
+\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank
+
+Here you can also pass options, like:
+
+\startbuffer
+$\Uhextensible width 1pt middle 0 "2194$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer This gives:
+
+\blank \startnarrower \getbuffer \stopnarrower \blank
+
+\LUATEX\ internally uses a structure that supports \OPENTYPE\ \quote
+{MathVariants} as well as \TFM\ \quote {extensible recipes}. In most cases where
+font metrics are involved we have a different code path for traditional fonts end
+\OPENTYPE\ fonts.
+
+\subsection{Fractions}
+
+\topicindex {math+fractions}
+
+The \prm {abovewithdelims} command accepts a keyword \type {exact}. When issued
+the extra space relative to the rule thickness is not added. One can of course
+use the \type {\Umathfraction..gap} commands to influence the spacing. Also the
+rule is still positioned around the math axis.
+
+\starttyping
+$$ { {a} \abovewithdelims() exact 4pt {b} }$$
+\stoptyping
+
+The math parameter table contains some parameters that specify a horizontal and
+vertical gap for skewed fractions. Of course some guessing is needed in order to
+implement something that uses them. And so we now provide a primitive similar to the
+other fraction related ones but with a few options so that one can influence the
+rendering. Of course a user can also mess around a bit with the parameters
+\lpr {Umathskewedfractionhgap} and \lpr {Umathskewedfractionvgap}.
+
+The syntax used here is:
+
+\starttyping
+{ {1} \Uskewed / <options> {2} }
+{ {1} \Uskewedwithdelims / () <options> {2} }
+\stoptyping
+
+where the options can be \type {noaxis} and \type {exact}. By default we add half
+the axis to the shifts and by default we zero the width of the middle character.
+For Latin Modern the result looks as follows:
+
+\def\ShowA#1#2#3{$x + { {#1} \Uskewed / #3 {#2} } + x$}
+\def\ShowB#1#2#3{$x + { {#1} \Uskewedwithdelims / () #3 {#2} } + x$}
+
+\start
+ \switchtobodyfont[modern]
+ \starttabulate[||||||]
+ \NC \NC
+ \ShowA{a}{b}{} \NC
+ \ShowA{1}{2}{} \NC
+ \ShowB{a}{b}{} \NC
+ \ShowB{1}{2}{} \NC
+ \NR
+ \NC \type{exact} \NC
+ \ShowA{a}{b}{exact} \NC
+ \ShowA{1}{2}{exact} \NC
+ \ShowB{a}{b}{exact} \NC
+ \ShowB{1}{2}{exact} \NC
+ \NR
+ \NC \type{noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowA{a}{b}{noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowA{1}{2}{noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowB{a}{b}{noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowB{1}{2}{noaxis} \NC
+ \NR
+ \NC \type{exact noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowA{a}{b}{exact noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowA{1}{2}{exact noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowB{a}{b}{exact noaxis} \NC
+ \ShowB{1}{2}{exact noaxis} \NC
+ \NR
+ \stoptabulate
+\stop
+
+\subsection {Delimiters: \type{\Uleft}, \prm {Umiddle} and \prm {Uright}}
+
+\topicindex {math+delimiters}
+
+Normally you will force delimiters to certain sizes by putting an empty box or
+rule next to it. The resulting delimiter will either be a character from the
+stepwise size range or an extensible. The latter can be quite differently
+positioned than the characters as it depends on the fit as well as the fact if
+the used characters in the font have depth or height. Commands like (plain \TEX
+s) \type {\big} need use this feature. In \LUATEX\ we provide a bit more control
+by three variants that support optional parameters \type {height}, \type {depth}
+and \type {axis}. The following example uses this:
+
+\startbuffer
+\Uleft height 30pt depth 10pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000028
+\quad x\quad
+\Umiddle height 40pt depth 15pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "002016
+\quad x\quad
+\Uright height 30pt depth 10pt \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000029
+\quad \quad \quad
+\Uleft height 30pt depth 10pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000028
+\quad x\quad
+\Umiddle height 40pt depth 15pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "002016
+\quad x\quad
+\Uright height 30pt depth 10pt axis \Udelimiter "0 "0 "000029
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+\startlinecorrection
+\ruledhbox{\mathematics{\getbuffer}}
+\stoplinecorrection
+
+The keyword \type {exact} can be used as directive that the real dimensions
+should be applied when the criteria can't be met which can happen when we're
+still stepping through the successively larger variants. When no dimensions are
+given the \type {noaxis} command can be used to prevent shifting over the axis.
+
+You can influence the final class with the keyword \type {class} which will
+influence the spacing. The numbers are the same as for character classes.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Extracting values}]
+
+\subsection{Codes}
+
+\topicindex {math+codes}
+
+You can extract the components of a math character. Say that we have defined:
+
+\starttyping
+\Umathcode 1 2 3 4
+\stoptyping
+
+then
+
+\starttyping
+[\Umathcharclass1] [\Umathcharfam1] [\Umathcharslot1]
+\stoptyping
+
+will return:
+
+\starttyping
+[2] [3] [4]
+\stoptyping
+
+These commands are provides as convenience. Before they come available you could
+do the following:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\Umathcharclass{\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[1])}}
+\def\Umathcharfam {\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[2])}}
+\def\Umathcharslot {\directlua{tex.print(tex.getmathcode(token.scan_int())[3])}}
+\stoptyping
+
+\subsection {Last lines}
+
+\topicindex {math+last line}
+
+There is a new primitive to control the overshoot in the calculation of the
+previous line in mid|-|paragraph display math. The default value is 2 times
+the em width of the current font:
+
+\starttyping
+\predisplaygapfactor=2000
+\stoptyping
+
+If you want to have the length of the last line independent of math i.e.\ you don't
+want to revert to a hack where you insert a fake display math formula in order to
+get the length of the last line, the following will often work too:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\lastlinelength{\dimexpr
+ \directlua {tex.sprint (
+ (nodes.dimensions(node.tail(tex.lists.page_head).list))
+ )}sp
+\relax}
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math mode}]
+
+\subsection {Verbose versions of single|-|character math commands}
+
+\topicindex {math+styles}
+
+\LUATEX\ defines six new primitives that have the same function as
+\type {^}, \type {_}, \type {$}, and \type {$$}:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB primitive \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {Usuperscript} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {^} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Usubscript} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {_} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Ustartmath} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {$}, % $
+ when used in non-math mode. \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Ustopmath} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {$}, % $
+ when used in inline math mode. \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Ustartdisplaymath} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {$$}, % $$
+ when used in non-math mode. \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {Ustopdisplaymath} \NC duplicates the functionality of \type {$$}, % $$
+ when used in display math mode. \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \lpr {Ustopmath} and \lpr {Ustopdisplaymath} primitives check if the current
+math mode is the correct one (inline vs.\ displayed), but you can freely intermix
+the four mathon|/|mathoff commands with explicit dollar sign(s).
+
+\subsection{Script commands \lpr {Unosuperscript} and \lpr {Unosubscript}}
+
+\topicindex {math+styles}
+\topicindex {math+scripts}
+
+These two commands result in super- and subscripts but with the current style (at the
+time of rendering). So,
+
+\startbuffer[script]
+$
+ x\Usuperscript {1}\Usubscript {2} =
+ x\Unosuperscript{1}\Unosubscript{2} =
+ x\Usuperscript {1}\Unosubscript{2} =
+ x\Unosuperscript{1}\Usubscript {2}
+$
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+results in \inlinebuffer[script].
+
+\subsection{Allowed math commands in non|-|math modes}
+
+\topicindex {math+text}
+\topicindex {text+math}
+
+The commands \prm {mathchar}, and \lpr {Umathchar} and control sequences that are
+the result of \prm {mathchardef} or \lpr {Umathchardef} are also acceptable in
+the horizontal and vertical modes. In those cases, the \prm {textfont} from the
+requested math family is used.
+
+% \startsection[title={Math todo}]
+%
+% The following items are still todo.
+%
+% \startitemize
+% \startitem
+% Pre-scripts.
+% \stopitem
+% \startitem
+% Multi-story stacks.
+% \stopitem
+% \startitem
+% Flattened accents for high characters (maybe).
+% \stopitem
+% \startitem
+% Better control over the spacing around displays and handling of equation numbers.
+% \stopitem
+% \startitem
+% Support for multi|-|line displays using \MATHML\ style alignment points.
+% \stopitem
+% \stopitemize
+%
+% \stopsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Goodies}]
+
+\subsection {Flattening: \lpr {mathflattenmode}}
+
+\topicindex {math+flattening}
+
+The \TEX\ math engine collapses \type {ord} noads without sub- and superscripts
+and a character as nucleus. and which has the side effect that in \OPENTYPE\ mode
+italic corrections are applied (given that they are enabled).
+
+\startbuffer[sample]
+\switchtobodyfont[modern]
+$V \mathbin{\mathbin{v}} V$\par
+$V \mathord{\mathord{v}} V$\par
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[sample]
+
+This renders as:
+
+\blank \start \mathflattenmode\plusone \getbuffer[sample] \stop \blank
+
+When we set \lpr {mathflattenmode} to 31 we get:
+
+\blank \start \mathflattenmode\numexpr1+2+4+8+16\relax \getbuffer[sample] \stop \blank
+
+When you see no difference, then the font probably has the proper character
+dimensions and no italic correction is needed. For Latin Modern (at least till
+2018) there was a visual difference. In that respect this parameter is not always
+needed unless of course you want efficient math lists anyway.
+
+You can influence flattening by adding the appropriate number to the value of the
+mode parameter. The default value is~1.
+
+\starttabulate[|Tc|c|]
+\DB mode \BC class \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 1 \NC ord \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC bin \NC \NR
+\NC 4 \NC rel \NC \NR
+\NC 8 \NC punct \NC \NR
+\NC 16 \NC inner \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection {Less Tracing}
+
+\topicindex {math+tracing}
+
+Because there are quite some math related parameters and values, it is possible
+to limit tracing. Only when \type {tracingassigns} and|/|or \type
+{tracingrestores} are set to~2 or more they will be traced.
+
+\subsection {Math options with \lpr {mathoption}}
+
+The logic in the math engine is rather complex and there are often no universal
+solutions (read: what works out well for one font, fails for another). Therefore
+some variations in the implementation are driven by parameters (modes). In
+addition there is a new primitive \lpr {mathoption} which will be used for
+testing. Don't rely on any option to be there in a production version as they are
+meant for development.
+
+This option was introduced for testing purposes when the math engine got split
+code paths and it forces the engine to treat new fonts as old ones with respect
+to italic correction etc. There are no guarantees given with respect to the final
+result and unexpected side effects are not seen as bugs as they relate to font
+properties. Ther eis currently only one option:
+
+\startbuffer
+\mathoption old 1
+\stopbuffer
+
+The \type {oldmath} boolean flag in the \LUA\ font table is the official way to
+force old treatment as it's bound to fonts. Like with all options we may
+temporarily introduce with this command this feature is not meant for production.
+
+% % obsolete:
+%
+% \subsubsection {\type {\mathoption noitaliccompensation}}
+%
+% This option compensates placement for characters with a built|-|in italic
+% correction.
+%
+% \startbuffer
+% {\showboxes\int}\quad
+% {\showboxes\int_{|}^{|}}\quad
+% {\showboxes\int\limits_{|}^{|}}
+% \stopbuffer
+%
+% \typebuffer
+%
+% Gives (with computer modern that has such italics):
+%
+% \startlinecorrection[blank]
+% \switchtobodyfont[modern]
+% \startcombination[nx=2,ny=2,distance=5em]
+% {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 0\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{0:inline}}
+% {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 0\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{0:display}}
+% {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 1\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{1:inline}}
+% {\mathoption noitaliccompensation 1\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{1:display}}
+% \stopcombination
+% \stoplinecorrection
+
+% % obsolete:
+%
+% \subsubsection {\type {\mathoption nocharitalic}}
+%
+% When two characters follow each other italic correction can interfere. The
+% following example shows what this option does:
+%
+% \startbuffer
+% \catcode"1D443=11
+% \catcode"1D444=11
+% \catcode"1D445=11
+% P( PP PQR
+% \stopbuffer
+%
+% \typebuffer
+%
+% Gives (with computer modern that has such italics):
+%
+% \startlinecorrection[blank]
+% \switchtobodyfont[modern]
+% \startcombination[nx=2,ny=2,distance=5em]
+% {\mathoption nocharitalic 0\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{0:inline}}
+% {\mathoption nocharitalic 0\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{0:display}}
+% {\mathoption nocharitalic 1\relax \mathematics{\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{1:inline}}
+% {\mathoption nocharitalic 1\relax \mathematics{\displaymath\getbuffer}}
+% {\nohyphens\type{1:display}}
+% \stopcombination
+% \stoplinecorrection
+
+% % obsolete:
+%
+% \subsubsection {\type {\mathoption useoldfractionscaling}}
+%
+% This option has been introduced as solution for tracker item 604 for fuzzy cases
+% around either or not present fraction related settings for new fonts.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-modifications.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-modifications.tex index ee9a51de6e7..294f3fc3f8e 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-modifications.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-modifications.tex @@ -1,1283 +1,1380 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-modifications - -\startchapter[reference=modifications,title={Modifications}] - -\startsection[title=The merged engines] - -\startsubsection[title=The need for change] - -The first version of \LUATEX\ only had a few extra primitives and it was largely -the same as \PDFTEX. Then we merged substantial parts of \ALEPH\ into the code -and got more primitives. When we got more stable the decision was made to clean -up the rather hybrid nature of the program. This means that some primitives have -been promoted to core primitives, often with a different name, and that others -were removed. This made it possible to start cleaning up the code base. In \in -{chapter} [enhancements] we discussed some new primitives, here we will cover -most of the adapted ones. - -Besides the expected changes caused by new functionality, there are a number of -not|-|so|-|expected changes. These are sometimes a side|-|effect of a new -(conflicting) feature, or, more often than not, a change neccessary to clean up -the internal interfaces. These will also be mentioned. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Changes from \TEX\ 3.1415926] - -Of course it all starts with traditional \TEX. Even if we started with \PDFTEX, -most still comes from the original. But we divert a bit. - -\startitemize - -\startitem - The current code base is written in \CCODE, not \PASCAL. We use \CWEB\ when - possible. As a consequence instead of one large file plus change files, we - now have multiple files organized in categories like \type {tex}, \type - {pdf}, \type {lang}, \type {font}, \type {lua}, etc. There are some artefacts - of the conversion to \CCODE, but in due time we will clean up the source code - and make sure that the documentation is done right. Many files are in the - \CWEB\ format, but others, like those interfacing to \LUA, are \CCODE\ files. - Of course we want to stay as close as possible to the original so that the - documentation of the fundamentals behind \TEX\ by Don Knuth still applies. -\stopitem - -\startitem - See \in {chapter} [languages] for many small changes related to paragraph - building, language handling and hyphenation. The most important change is - that adding a brace group in the middle of a word (like in \type {of{}fice}) - does not prevent ligature creation. -\stopitem - -\startitem - There is no pool file, all strings are embedded during compilation. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The specifier \type {plus 1 fillll} does not generate an error. The extra - \quote{l} is simply typeset. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The upper limit to \type {\endlinechar} and \type {\newlinechar} is 127. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Magnification (\type {\mag}) is only supported in \DVI\ output mode. You can - set this parameter and it even works with \type {true} units till you switch - to \PDF\ output mode. When you use \PDF\ output you can best not touch the - \type {\mag} variable. This fuzzy behaviour is not much different from using - \PDF\ backend related functionality while eventually \DVI\ output is - required. - - After the output mode has been frozen (normally that happens when the first - page is shipped out) or when \PDF\ output is enabled, the \type {true} - specification is ignored. When you preload a plain format adapted to - \LUATEX\ it can be that the \type {\mag} parameter already has been set. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Changes from \ETEX\ 2.2] - -Being the de factor standard extension of course we provide the \ETEX\ -functionality, but with a few small adaptations. - -\startitemize - -\startitem - The \ETEX\ functionality is always present and enabled so the prepended - asterisk or \type {-etex} switch for \INITEX\ is not needed. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \TEXXET\ extension is not present, so the primitives \type - {\TeXXeTstate}, \type {\beginR}, \type {\beginL}, \type {\endR} and \type - {\endL} are missing. Instead we use the \OMEGA\ approach to directionality. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Some of the tracing information that is output by \ETEX's \type - {\tracingassigns} and \type {\tracingrestores} is not there. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Register management in \LUATEX\ uses the \ALEPH\ model, so the maximum value - is 65535 and the implementation uses a flat array instead of the mixed - flat|\&|sparse model from \ETEX. -\stopitem - -\startitem - When kpathsea is used to find files, \LUATEX\ uses the \type {ofm} file - format to search for font metrics. In turn, this means that \LUATEX\ looks at - the \type {OFMFONTS} configuration variable (like \OMEGA\ and \ALEPH) instead - of \type {TFMFONTS} (like \TEX\ and \PDFTEX). Likewise for virtual fonts - (\LUATEX\ uses the variable \type {OVFFONTS} instead of \type {VFFONTS}). -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Changes from \PDFTEX\ 1.40] - -Because we want to produce \PDF\ the most natural starting point was the popular -\PDFTEX\ program. We inherit the stable features, dropped most of the -experimental code and promoted some functionality to core \LUATEX\ functionality -which in turn triggered renaming primitives. - -For compatibility reasons we still refer to \type {\pdf...} commands but \LUATEX\ -has a different backend interface. Instead of these primitives there are three -interfacing primitives: \type {\pdfextension}, \type {\pdfvariable} and -\type {\pdffeedback} that take keywords and optional further arguments. This way -we can extend the features when needed but don't need to adapt the core engine. -The front- and backend are decoupled as much as possible. - -\startitemize - -\startitem - The (experimental) support for snap nodes has been removed, because it is - much more natural to build this functionality on top of node processing and - attributes. The associated primitives that are now gone are: \type - {\pdfsnaprefpoint}, \type {\pdfsnapy}, and \type {\pdfsnapycomp}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The (experimental) support for specialized spacing around nodes has also been - removed. The associated primitives that are now gone are: \type - {\pdfadjustinterwordglue}, \type {\pdfprependkern}, and \type - {\pdfappendkern}, as well as the five supporting primitives \type - {\knbscode}, \type {\stbscode}, \type {\shbscode}, \type {\knbccode}, and - \type {\knaccode}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - A number of \quote {\PDFTEX\ primitives} have been removed as they can be - implemented using \LUA: - - \start \raggedright - \type {\pdfelapsedtime}, \type {\pdfescapehex}, \type {\pdfescapename}, \type - {\pdfescapestring}, \type {\pdffiledump}, \type {\pdffilemoddate}, \type - {\pdffilesize}, \type {\pdfforcepagebox}, \type {\pdflastmatch}, \type - {\pdfmatch}, \type {\pdfmdfivesum}, \type {\pdfmovechars}, \type - {\pdfoptionalwaysusepdfpagebox}, \type {\pdfoptionpdfinclusionerrorlevel}, - \type {\pdfresettimer}, \type {\pdfshellescape}, \type {\pdfstrcmp} and \type - {\pdfunescapehex} - \par \stop -\stopitem - -\startitem - The version related primitives \type {\pdftexbanner}, \type {\pdftexversion} - and \type {\pdftexrevision} are no longer present as there is no longer a - relationship with \PDFTEX\ development. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The experimental snapper mechanism has been removed and therefore also the - primitives: - - \start \raggedright - \type {\pdfignoreddimen}, \type {\pdffirstlineheight}, \type - {\pdfeachlineheight}, \type {\pdfeachlinedepth} and \type - {\pdflastlinedepth} - \par \stop -\stopitem - -\startitem - The experimental primitives \type {\primitive}, \type {\ifprimitive}, \type - {\ifabsnum} and \type {\ifabsdim} are promoted to core primitives. The \type - {\pdf*} prefixed originals are not available. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \PNG\ transparency fix from 1.40.6 is not applied as high|-|level support - is pending. Because \LUATEX\ has a different subsystem for managing images, - more diversion from its ancestor happened in the meantime. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Two extra token lists are provides, \type {\pdfxformresources} and \type - {\pdfxformattr}, as an alternative to \type {\pdfxform} keywords. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The current version of \LUATEX\ no longer replaces and|/|or merges fonts in - embedded \PDF\ files with fonts of the enveloping \PDF\ document. This - regression may be temporary, depending on how the rewritten font backend will - look like. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The primitives \type {\pdfpagewidth} and \type {\pdfpageheight} have been removed - because \type {\pagewidth} and \type {\pageheight} have that purpose. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The primitives \type {\pdfnormaldeviate}, \type {\pdfuniformdeviate}, \type - {\pdfsetrandomseed} and \type {\pdfrandomseed} have been promoted to core - primitives without \type {pdf} prefix so the original commands are no longer - recognized. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The primitives \type {\ifincsname}, \type {\expanded} and \type {\quitvmode} - are now core primitives. -\stopitem - -\startitem - As the hz and protrusion mechanism are part of the core the related - primitives \type {\lpcode}, \type {\rpcode}, \type {\efcode}, \type - {\leftmarginkern}, \type {\rightmarginkern} are promoted to core primitives. The - two commands \type {\protrudechars} and \type {\adjustspacing} replace their - prefixed with \type {\pdf} originals. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The hz optimization code has been partially redone so that we no longer need - to create extra font instances. The front- and backend have been decoupled - and more efficient (\PDF) code is generated. -\stopitem - -\startitem - When \type {\adjustspacing} has value~2, hz optimization will be applied to - glyphs and kerns. When the value is~3, only glyphs will be treated. A value - smaller than~2 disables this feature. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\tagcode} primitive is promoted to core primitive. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\letterspacefont} feature is now part of the core but will not be - changed (improved). We just provide it for legacy use. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\pdfnoligatures} primitive is now \type {\ignoreligaturesinfont}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\pdfcopyfont} primitive is now \type {\copyfont}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\pdffontexpand} primitive is now \type {\expandglyphsinfont}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Because position tracking is also available in \DVI\ mode the \type - {\savepos}, \type {\lastxpos} and \type {\lastypos} commands now replace - their \type {pdf} prefixed originals. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The introspective primitives \type {\pdflastximagecolordepth} and \type - {\pdfximagebbox} have been removed. One can use external applications to - determine these properties or use the built|-|in \type {img} library. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The initializers \type {\pdfoutput} has been replaced by \type {\outputmode} and - \type {\pdfdraftmode} is now \type {\draftmode}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The pixel multiplier dimension \type {\pdfpxdimen} lots its prefix and is now calles - \type {\pxdimen}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - An extra \type {\pdfimageaddfilename} option has been added that can be used to block - writing the filename to the \PDF\ file. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The primitive \type {\pdftracingfonts} is now \type {\tracingfonts} as it - doesn't relate to the backend. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The experimental primitive \type {\pdfinsertht} is kept as \type {\insertht}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The promotion of primitives to core primitives as well as the separation of - font- and backend means that the initialization namespace \type {pdftex} is - gone. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -One change involves the so called xforms and ximages. In \PDFTEX\ these are -implemented as so called whatsits. But contrary to other whatsits they have -dimensions that need to be taken into account when for instance calculating -optimal line breaks. In \LUATEX\ these are now promoted to normal nodes, which -simplifies code that needs those dimensions. - -Another reason for promotion is that these are useful concepts. Backends can -provide the ability to use content that has been rendered in several places, -and images are also common. For that reason we also changed the names: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\BC new name \BC old name \NC \NR -\NC \type {\saveboxresource} \NC \type {\pdfxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\saveimageresource} \NC \type {\pdfximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\useboxresource} \NC \type {\pdfrefxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\useimageresource} \NC \type {\pdfrefximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedboxresourceindex} \NC \type {\pdflastxform} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedimageresourceindex} \NC \type {\pdflastximage} \NC \NR -\NC \type {\lastsavedimageresourcepages} \NC \type {\pdflastximagepages} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -There are a few \type {\pdffeedback} features that relate to this but these are -typical backend specific ones. The index that gets returned is to be considered -as \quote {just a number} and although it still has the same meaning (object -related) as before, you should not depend on that. - -The protrusion detection mechanism is enhanced a bit to enable a bit more complex -situations. When protrusion characters are identified some nodes are skipped: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem zero glue \stopitem -\startitem penalties \stopitem -\startitem empty discretionaries \stopitem -\startitem normal zero kerns \stopitem -\startitem rules with zero dimensions \stopitem -\startitem math nodes with a surround of zero \stopitem -\startitem dir nodes \stopitem -\startitem empty horizontal lists \stopitem -\startitem local par nodes \stopitem -\startitem inserts, marks and adjusts \stopitem -\startitem boundaries \stopitem -\startitem whatsits \stopitem -\stopitemize - -Because this can not be enough, you can also use a protrusion boundary node to -make the next node being ignored. When the value is~1 or~3, the next node will be -ignored in the test when locating a left boundary condition. When the value is~2 -or~3, the previous node will be ignored when locating a right boundary condition -(the search goes from right to left). This permits protrusion combined with for -instance content moved into the margin: - -\starttyping -\protrusionboundary1\llap{!\quad}«Who needs protrusion?» -\stoptyping - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Changes from \ALEPH\ RC4] - -Because we wanted proper directional typesetting the \ALEPH\ mechanisms looked -most attractive. These are rather close to the ones provided by \OMEGA, so what -we say next applies to both these programs. - -\startitemize - -\startitem - The extended 16-bit math primitives (\type {\omathcode} etc.) have been - removed. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \OCP\ processing has been removed completely and as a consequence, the - following primitives have been removed: - - \start \raggedright - \type {\ocp}, \type {\externalocp}, \type {\ocplist}, \type {\pushocplist}, - \type {\popocplist}, \type {\clearocplists}, \type {\addbeforeocplist}, \type - {\addafterocplist}, \type {\removebeforeocplist}, \type {\removeafterocplist} - and \type {\ocptracelevel} - \par \stop -\stopitem - -\startitem - \LUATEX\ only understands 4~of the 16~direction specifiers of \ALEPH: \type - {TLT} (latin), \type {TRT} (arabic), \type {RTT} (cjk), \type {LTL} - (mongolian). All other direction specifiers generate an error. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The input translations from \ALEPH\ are not implemented, the related - primitives are not available: - - \start \raggedright - \type {\DefaultInputMode}, \type {\noDefaultInputMode}, \type {\noInputMode}, - \type {\InputMode}, \type {\DefaultOutputMode}, \type {\noDefaultOutputMode}, - \type {\noOutputMode}, \type {\OutputMode}, \type {\DefaultInputTranslation}, - \type {\noDefaultInputTranslation}, \type {\noInputTranslation}, \type - {\InputTranslation}, \type {\DefaultOutputTranslation}, \type - {\noDefaultOutputTranslation}, \type {\noOutputTranslation} and \type - {\OutputTranslation} - \par \stop -\stopitem - -\startitem - Several bugs have been fixed an confusing implementation details have been sorted - out. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The scanner for direction specifications now allows an optional space after - the direction is completely parsed. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {^^} notation has been extended: after \type {^^^^} four hexadecimal - characters are expected and after \type {^^^^^^} six hexadecimal characters - have to be given. The original \TEX\ interpretation is still valid for the - \type {^^} case but the four and six variants do no backtracking, i.e.\ when - they are not followed by the right number of hexadecimal digits they issue an - error message. Because \type{^^^} is a normal \TEX\ case, we don't support the - odd number of \type {^^^^^} either. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Glues {\it immediately after} direction change commands are not legal - breakpoints. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Several mechanisms that need to be right|-|to|-|left aware have been - improved. For instance placement of formula numbers. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The page dimension related primitives \type {\pagewidth} and \type - {\pageheight} have been promoted to core primitives. The \type {\hoffset} and - \type {\voffset} primitives have been fixed. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The primitives \type {\charwd}, \type {\charht}, \type {\chardp} and \type - {\charit} have been removed as we have the \ETEX\ variants \type - {\fontchar*}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The two dimension registers \type {\pagerightoffset} and \type - {\pagebottomoffset} are now core primitives. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The direction related primitives \type {\pagedir}, \type {\bodydir}, \type - {\pardir}, \type {\textdir}, \type {\mathdir} and \type {\boxdir} are now - core primitives. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The promotion of primitives to core primitives as well as the removed of all - others means that the initialization namespace \type {aleph} is gone. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -The above let's itself summarize as: we took the 32 bit aspects and much of the -directional mechanisms. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Changes from standard \WEBC] - -The compilation framework is \WEBC\ and we keep using that but without the -\PASCAL\ to \CCODE\ step. This framework also provides some common features that -deal with reading bytes from files and locating files in \TDS. This is what we do -different: - -\startitemize - -\startitem - There is no mltex support. -\stopitem - -\startitem - There is no enctex support. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The following encoding related command line switches are silently ignored, - even in non|-|\LUA\ mode: \type {-8bit}, \type {-translate-file}, \type - {-mltex}, \type {-enc} and \type {-etex}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {\openout} whatsits are not written to the log file. -\stopitem - -\startitem - Some of the so|-|called \WEBC\ extensions are hard to set up in non|-|\KPSE\ - mode because \type {texmf.cnf} is not read: \type {shell-escape} is off (but - that is not a problem because of \LUA's \type {os.execute}), and the paranoia - checks on \type {openin} and \type {openout} do not happen. However, it is - easy for a \LUA\ script to do this itself by overloading \type {io.open}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \quote{E} option does not do anything useful. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -\stopsubsection - -\stopsection - -\startsection[reference=backendprimitives,title=The backend primitives \type {\pdf*}] - -In a previous section we mentioned that some \PDFTEX\ primitives were removed and -others promoted to core \LUATEX\ primitives. That is only part of the story. In -order to separate the backend specific primitives in de code these commands are -now replaced by only a few. In traditional \TEX\ we only had the \DVI\ backend -but now we have two: \DVI\ and \PDF. Additional functionality is implemented as -\quote {extensions} in \TEX speak. By separating more strickly we are able to -keep the core (fontend) clean and stable. If for some reason an extra backend -option is needed, it can be implemented without touching the core. The three -\PDF\ backend related primitives are - -\starttyping -\pdfextension command [specification] -\pdfvariable name -\pdffeedback name -\stoptyping - -An extension triggers further parsing, depending on the command given. A variable is -a (kind of) register and can be read and written, while a feedback is reporting -something (as it comes from the backend it's normally a sequence of tokens). - -In order for \LUATEX\ to be more than just \TEX\ you need to enable primitives. That -has already be the case right from the start. If you want the traditional \PDFTEX\ -primitives (for as far their functionality is still around) you now can do this: - -\starttyping -\protected\def\pdfliteral {\pdfextension literal} -\protected\def\pdfcolorstack {\pdfextension colorstack} -\protected\def\pdfsetmatrix {\pdfextension setmatrix} -\protected\def\pdfsave {\pdfextension save\relax} -\protected\def\pdfrestore {\pdfextension restore\relax} -\protected\def\pdfobj {\pdfextension obj } -\protected\def\pdfrefobj {\pdfextension refobj } -\protected\def\pdfannot {\pdfextension annot } -\protected\def\pdfstartlink {\pdfextension startlink } -\protected\def\pdfendlink {\pdfextension endlink\relax} -\protected\def\pdfoutline {\pdfextension outline } -\protected\def\pdfdest {\pdfextension dest } -\protected\def\pdfthread {\pdfextension thread } -\protected\def\pdfstartthread {\pdfextension startthread } -\protected\def\pdfendthread {\pdfextension endthread\relax} -\protected\def\pdfinfo {\pdfextension info } -\protected\def\pdfcatalog {\pdfextension catalog } -\protected\def\pdfnames {\pdfextension names } -\protected\def\pdfincludechars {\pdfextension includechars } -\protected\def\pdffontattr {\pdfextension fontattr } -\protected\def\pdfmapfile {\pdfextension mapfile } -\protected\def\pdfmapline {\pdfextension mapline } -\protected\def\pdftrailer {\pdfextension trailer } -\protected\def\pdfglyphtounicode {\pdfextension glyphtounicode } -\stoptyping - -The introspective primitives can be defined as: - -\starttyping -\def\pdftexversion {\numexpr\pdffeedback version\relax} -\def\pdftexrevision {\pdffeedback revision} -\def\pdflastlink {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastlink\relax} -\def\pdfretval {\numexpr\pdffeedback retval\relax} -\def\pdflastobj {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastobj\relax} -\def\pdflastannot {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastannot\relax} -\def\pdfxformname {\numexpr\pdffeedback xformname\relax} -\def\pdfcreationdate {\pdffeedback creationdate} -\def\pdffontname {\numexpr\pdffeedback fontname\relax} -\def\pdffontobjnum {\numexpr\pdffeedback fontobjnum\relax} -\def\pdffontsize {\dimexpr\pdffeedback fontsize\relax} -\def\pdfpageref {\numexpr\pdffeedback pageref\relax} -\def\pdfcolorstackinit {\pdffeedback colorstackinit} -\stoptyping - -The configuration related registers have become: - -\starttyping -\edef\pdfcompresslevel {\pdfvariable compresslevel} -\edef\pdfobjcompresslevel {\pdfvariable objcompresslevel} -\edef\pdfdecimaldigits {\pdfvariable decimaldigits} -\edef\pdfgamma {\pdfvariable gamma} -\edef\pdfimageresolution {\pdfvariable imageresolution} -\edef\pdfimageapplygamma {\pdfvariable imageapplygamma} -\edef\pdfimagegamma {\pdfvariable imagegamma} -\edef\pdfimagehicolor {\pdfvariable imagehicolor} -\edef\pdfimageaddfilename {\pdfvariable imageaddfilename} -\edef\pdfpkresolution {\pdfvariable pkresolution} -\edef\pdfpkfixeddpi {\pdfvariable pkfixeddpi} -\edef\pdfinclusioncopyfonts {\pdfvariable inclusioncopyfonts} -\edef\pdfinclusionerrorlevel {\pdfvariable inclusionerrorlevel} -\edef\pdfignoreunknownimages {\pdfvariable ignoreunknownimages} -\edef\pdfgentounicode {\pdfvariable gentounicode} -\edef\pdfomitcidset {\pdfvariable omitcidset} -\edef\pdfpagebox {\pdfvariable pagebox} -\edef\pdfminorversion {\pdfvariable minorversion} -\edef\pdfuniqueresname {\pdfvariable uniqueresname} - -\edef\pdfhorigin {\pdfvariable horigin} -\edef\pdfvorigin {\pdfvariable vorigin} -\edef\pdflinkmargin {\pdfvariable linkmargin} -\edef\pdfdestmargin {\pdfvariable destmargin} -\edef\pdfthreadmargin {\pdfvariable threadmargin} -\edef\pdfxformmargin {\pdfvariable xformmargin} - -\edef\pdfpagesattr {\pdfvariable pagesattr} -\edef\pdfpageattr {\pdfvariable pageattr} -\edef\pdfpageresources {\pdfvariable pageresources} -\edef\pdfxformattr {\pdfvariable xformattr} -\edef\pdfxformresources {\pdfvariable xformresources} -\edef\pdfpkmode {\pdfvariable pkmode} - -\edef\pdfsuppressoptionalinfo {\pdfvariable suppressoptionalinfo } -\edef\pdftrailerid {\pdfvariable trailerid } -\stoptyping - -The variables are internal ones, so they are anonymous. When you ask for the -meaning of a few previously defined ones: - -\starttyping -\meaning\pdfhorigin -\meaning\pdfcompresslevel -\meaning\pdfpageattr -\stoptyping - -you will get: - -\starttyping -macro:->[internal backend dimension] -macro:->[internal backend integer] -macro:->[internal backend tokenlist] -\stoptyping - -The \type {\edef} can also be an \type {\def} but it's a bit more efficient -to expand the lookup related register beforehand. After that you can adapt -the defaults; these are: - -\starttyping -\pdfcompresslevel 9 -\pdfobjcompresslevel 1 % used: (0,9) -\pdfdecimaldigits 4 % used: (3,6) -\pdfgamma 1000 -\pdfimageresolution 71 -\pdfimageapplygamma 0 -\pdfimagegamma 2200 -\pdfimagehicolor 1 -\pdfimageaddfilename 1 -\pdfpkresolution 72 -\pdfpkfixeddpi 0 -\pdfinclusioncopyfonts 0 -\pdfinclusionerrorlevel 0 -\pdfignoreunknownimages 0 -\pdfgentounicode 0 -\pdfomitcidset 0 -\pdfpagebox 0 -\pdfminorversion 4 -\pdfuniqueresname 0 - -\pdfhorigin 1in -\pdfvorigin 1in -\pdflinkmargin 0pt -\pdfdestmargin 0pt -\pdfthreadmargin 0pt -\pdfxformmargin 0pt -\stoptyping - -If you also want some backward compatibility, you can add: - -\starttyping -\let\pdfpagewidth \pagewidth -\let\pdfpageheight \pageheight - -\let\pdfadjustspacing \adjustspacing -\let\pdfprotrudechars \protrudechars -\let\pdfnoligatures \ignoreligaturesinfont -\let\pdffontexpand \expandglyphsinfont -\let\pdfcopyfont \copyfont - -\let\pdfxform \saveboxresource -\let\pdflastxform \lastsavedboxresourceindex -\let\pdfrefxform \useboxresource - -\let\pdfximage \saveimageresource -\let\pdflastximage \lastsavedimageresourceindex -\let\pdflastximagepages\lastsavedimageresourcepages -\let\pdfrefximage \useimageresource - -\let\pdfsavepos \savepos -\let\pdflastxpos \lastxpos -\let\pdflastypos \lastypos - -\let\pdfoutput \outputmode -\let\pdfdraftmode \draftmode - -\let\pdfpxdimen \pxdimen - -\let\pdfinsertht \insertht - -\let\pdfnormaldeviate \normaldeviate -\let\pdfuniformdeviate \uniformdeviate -\let\pdfsetrandomseed \setrandomseed -\let\pdfrandomseed \randomseed - -\let\pdfprimitive \primitive -\let\ifpdfprimitive \ifprimitive - -\let\ifpdfabsnum \ifabsnum -\let\ifpdfabsdim \ifabsdim -\stoptyping - -And even: - -\starttyping -\newdimen\pdfeachlineheight -\newdimen\pdfeachlinedepth -\newdimen\pdflastlinedepth -\newdimen\pdffirstlineheight -\newdimen\pdfignoreddimen -\stoptyping - -The backend is derived from \PDFTEX\ so the same syntax applies. However, the -\type {outline} command accepts a \type {objnum} followed by a number. No -checking takes place so when this is used it had better be a valid (flushed) -object. - -In order to be (more or less) compatible with \PDFTEX\ we also support the -option to suppress some info: - -\starttyping -\pdfvariable suppressoptionalinfo \numexpr - 0 - + 1 % PTEX.FullBanner - + 2 % PTEX.FileName - + 4 % PTEX.PageNumber - + 8 % PTEX.InfoDict - + 16 % Creator - + 32 % CreationDate - + 64 % ModDate - + 128 % Producer - + 256 % Trapped - + 512 % ID -\relax -\stoptyping - -In addition you can overload the trailer id, but we don't do any checking on -validity, so you have to pass a valid array. The following is like the ones -normally generated by the engine: - -\starttyping -\pdfvariable trailerid {[ - <FA052949448907805BA83C1E78896398> - <FA052949448907805BA83C1E78896398> -]} -\stoptyping - -So, you even need to include the brackets! - -Although we started from a merge of \PDFTEX\ and \ALEPH, by now the code base as -well as functionality has diverted from those parents. Here we show the options -that can be passed to the extensions. - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension literal - [ direct | page | raw ] { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension dest - num integer | name { tokens }!crlf - [ fitbh | fitbv | fitb | fith| fitv | fit | - fitr <rule spec> | xyz [ zoom <integer> ] -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension annot - reserveobjnum | useobjnum <integer> - { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension save -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension restore -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension setmatrix - { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -[ \immediate ] \pdfextension obj - reserveobjnum -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -[ \immediate ] \pdfextension obj - [ useobjnum <integer> ] - [ uncompressed ] - [ stream [ attr { tokens } ] ] - [ file ] - { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension refobj - <integer> -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension colorstack - <integer> - set { tokens } | push { tokens } | pop | current -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension startlink - [ attr { tokens } ] - user { tokens } | goto | thread - [ file { tokens } ] - [ page <integer> { tokens } | name { tokens } | num integer ] - [ newwindow | nonewwindow ] -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension endlink -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension startthread - num <integer> | name { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension endthread -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension thread - num <integer> | name { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension outline - [ attr { tokens } ] - [ useobjnum <integer> ] - [ count <integer> ] - { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension glyphtounicode - { tokens } - { tokens } -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension catalog - { tokens } - [ openaction - user { tokens } | goto | thread - [ file { tokens } ] - [ page <integer> { tokens } | name { tokens } | num <integer> ] - [ newwindow | nonewwindow ] ] -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension fontattr - <integer> - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension mapfile - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension mapline - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension includechars - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension info - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension names - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\starttexsyntax -\pdfextension trailer - {tokens} -\stoptexsyntax - -\stopsection - -\startsection[title=Directions] - -The directional model in \LUATEX\ is inherited from \OMEGA|/|\ALEPH\ but we tried -to improve it a bit. At some point we played with recovery of modes but that was -disabled later on when we found that it interfered with nested directions. That -itself had as side effect that the node list was no longer balanced with respect -to directional nodes which in turn can give side effects when a series of dir -changes happens without grouping. - -The current (0.97 onward) approach is that we again make the list balanced but -try to avoid some side effects. What happens is quite intuitive if we forget -about spaces (turned into glue) but even there what happens makes sense if you -look at it in detail. However that logic makes in|-|group switching kind of -useless when no proper nested grouping is used: switching from right to left -several times nested, results in spacing ending up after each other due to nested -mirroring. Of course a sane macro package will manage this for the user but here -we are discussing the low level dir injection. - -This is what happens: - -\starttyping -\textdir TRT nur {\textdir TLT run \textdir TRT NUR} nur -\stoptyping - -This becomes stepwise: - -\startnarrower -\starttyping -injected: [+TRT]nur {[+TLT]run [+TRT]NUR} nur -balanced: [+TRT]nur {[+TLT]run [-TLT][+TRT]NUR[-TRT]} nur[-TRT] -result : run {RUNrun } run -\stoptyping -\stopnarrower - -And this: - -\starttyping -\textdir TRT nur {nur \textdir TLT run \textdir TRT NUR} nur -\stoptyping - -becomes: - -\startnarrower -\starttyping -injected: [+TRT]nur {nur [+TLT]run [+TRT]NUR} nur -balanced: [+TRT]nur {nur [+TLT]run [-TLT][+TRT]NUR[-TRT]} nur[-TRT] -result : run {run RUNrun } run -\stoptyping -\stopnarrower - -Now, in the following examples watch where we put the braces: - -\startbuffer -\textdir TRT nur {{\textdir TLT run} {\textdir TRT NUR}} nur -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -This becomes: - -\startnarrower -\getbuffer -\stopnarrower - -Compare this to: - -\startbuffer -\textdir TRT nur {{\textdir TLT run }{\textdir TRT NUR}} nur -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -Which renders as: - -\startnarrower -\getbuffer -\stopnarrower - -So how do we deal with the next? - -\startbuffer -\def\ltr{\textdir TLT\relax} -\def\rtl{\textdir TRT\relax} - -run {\rtl nur {\ltr run \rtl NUR \ltr run \rtl NUR} nur} -run {\ltr run {\rtl nur \ltr RUN \rtl nur \ltr RUN} run} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer - -It gets typeset as: - -\startnarrower -\startlines -\getbuffer -\stoplines -\stopnarrower - -We could define the two helpers to look back, pick up a skip, remove it and -inject it after the dir node. But that way we loose the subtype information that -for some applications can be handy to be kept as|-|is. This is why we now have a -variant of \type {\textdir} which injects the balanced node before the skip. -Instead of the previous definition we can use: - -\startbuffer[def] -\def\ltr{\linedir TLT\relax} -\def\rtl{\linedir TRT\relax} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer[def] - -and this time: - -\startbuffer[txt] -run {\rtl nur {\ltr run \rtl NUR \ltr run \rtl NUR} nur} -run {\ltr run {\rtl nur \ltr RUN \rtl nur \ltr RUN} run} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer[txt] - -comes out as a properly spaced: - -\startnarrower -\startlines -\getbuffer[def,txt] -\stoplines -\stopnarrower - -Anything more complex that this, like combination of skips and penalties, or -kerns, should be handled in the input or macro package because there is no way we -can predict the expected behaviour. In fact, the \type {\linedir} is just a -convenience extra which could also have been implemented using node list parsing. - -Glue after a dir node is ignored in the linebreak decision but you can bypass that -by setting \type {\breakafterdirmode} to~\type {1}. The following table shows the -difference. Watch your spaces. - -\def\ShowSome#1{% - \BC - \type{#1} - \NC - \breakafterdirmode = 0 - \hsize 0pt - #1 - \NC - \NC - \breakafterdirmode = 1 - \hsize 0pt - #1 - \NC - \NC \NR \HL -} -\starttabulate[|l|Tp(0pt)|w(5em)|Tp(0pt)|p|] - \HL - \BC \type{\breakafterdirmode} - \BC \type{0} - \NC - \BC \type{1} - \NC - \NC \NR - \HL - \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT xxx} post} - \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT xxx }post} - \ShowSome{pre{ \textdir TLT xxx} post} - \ShowSome{pre{ \textdir TLT xxx }post} - \ShowSome{pre { \textdir TLT xxx } post} - \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT\relax\space xxx} post} -\stoptabulate - - -Another adaptation to the \ALEPH\ directional model is control over shapes driven -by \type {\hangindent} and \type {\parshape}. This is controlled by a new parameter -\type {\shapemode}: - -\starttabulate[|c|c|c|] -\BC \BC \type {\hangindent} \BC \type {\parshape} \NC \NR -\BC \type{0} \NC normal \NC normal \NC \NR -\BC \type{1} \NC mirrored \NC normal \NC \NR -\BC \type{2} \NC normal \NC mirrored \NC \NR -\BC \type{3} \NC mirrored \NC mirrored \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The value is reset to zero (like \type {\hangindent} and \type {\parshape}) -after the paragraph is done with. You can use negative values to prevent -this. - -In \in {figure} [fig:shapemode] a few examples are given. - -\startplacefigure[reference=fig:shapemode,title={The effect of \type {shapemode}.}] - \startcombination[2*3] - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \pardir TLT \textdir TLT - \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3 - \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TLT: hangindent} - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \pardir TLT \textdir TLT - \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize - \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TLT: parshape} - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \pardir TRT \textdir TRT - \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3 - \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TRT: hangindent mode 0} - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \pardir TRT \textdir TRT - \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize - \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TRT: parshape mode 0} - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \shapemode=3 - \pardir TRT \textdir TRT - \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3 - \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TRT: hangindent mode 1 & 3} - {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant] - \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt] - \shapemode=3 - \pardir TRT \textdir TRT - \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize - \input tufte \par - \egroup} {TRT: parshape mode 2 & 3} - \stopcombination -\stopplacefigure - -\stopsection - -\startsection[title=Implementation notes] - -\startsubsection[title=Memory allocation] - -The single internal memory heap that traditional \TEX\ used for tokens and nodes -is split into two separate arrays. Each of these will grow dynamically when -needed. - -The \type {texmf.cnf} settings related to main memory are no longer used (these -are: \type {main_memory}, \type {mem_bot}, \type {extra_mem_top} and \type -{extra_mem_bot}). \quote {Out of main memory} errors can still occur, but the -limiting factor is now the amount of RAM in your system, not a predefined limit. - -Also, the memory (de)allocation routines for nodes are completely rewritten. The -relevant code now lives in the C file \type {texnode.c}, and basically uses a -dozen or so \quote {avail} lists instead of a doubly|-|linked model. An extra -function layer is added so that the code can ask for nodes by type instead of -directly requisitioning a certain amount of memory words. - -Because of the split into two arrays and the resulting differences in the data -structures, some of the macros have been duplicated. For instance, there are now -\type {vlink} and \type {vinfo} as well as \type {token_link} and \type -{token_info}. All access to the variable memory array is now hidden behind a -macro called \type {vmem}. We mention this because using the \TEX book as -reference is still quite valid but not for memory related details. Another -significate detail is that we have double linked node lists and that some nodes -carry more data. - -The implementation of the growth of two arrays (via reallocation) introduces a -potential pitfall: the memory arrays should never be used as the left hand side -of a statement that can modify the array in question. Details like this are -of no concern to users. - -The input line buffer and pool size are now also reallocated when needed, and the -\type {texmf.cnf} settings \type {buf_size} and \type {pool_size} are silently -ignored. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Sparse arrays] - -The \type {\mathcode}, \type {\delcode}, \type {\catcode}, \type {\sfcode}, \type -{\lccode} and \type {\uccode} (and the new \type {\hjcode}) tables are now sparse -arrays that are implemented in~\CCODE. They are no longer part of the \TEX\ -\quote {equivalence table} and because each had 1.1 million entries with a few -memory words each, this makes a major difference in memory usage. - -The \type {\catcode}, \type {\sfcode}, \type {\lccode}, \type {\uccode} and \type -{\hjcode} assignments do not yet show up when using the \ETEX\ tracing routines -\type {\tracingassigns} and \type {\tracingrestores}. - -A side|-|effect of the current implementation is that \type {\global} is now more -expensive in terms of processing than non|-|global assignments. - -The glyph ids within a font are also managed by means of a sparse array as glyph -ids can go up to index $2^{21}-1$. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Simple single-character csnames] - -Single|-|character commands are no longer treated specially in the internals, -they are stored in the hash just like the multiletter csnames. - -The code that displays control sequences explicitly checks if the length is one -when it has to decide whether or not to add a trailing space. - -Active characters are internally implemented as a special type of multi|-|letter -control sequences that uses a prefix that is otherwise impossible to obtain. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Compressed format] - -The format is passed through \type {zlib}, allowing it to shrink to roughly half -of the size it would have had in uncompressed form. This takes a bit more \CPU\ -cycles but much less disk \IO, so it should still be faster. - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Binary file reading] - -All of the internal code is changed in such a way that if one of the \type -{read_xxx_file} callbacks is not set, then the file is read by a \CCODE\ function -using basically the same convention as the callback: a single read into a buffer -big enough to hold the entire file contents. While this uses more memory than the -previous code (that mostly used \type {getc} calls), it can be quite a bit faster -(depending on your \IO\ subsystem). - -\stopsubsection - -\startsubsection[title=Tabs and spaces] - -We conform to the way other \TEX\ engines handle trailing tabs and spaces. For -decades trailing tabs and spaces (before a newline) were removed from the input -but this behaviour was changed in September 2017 to only handle spaces. We are -aware that this can introduce compatibility issues in existing workflows but -because we don't want too many differences with upstream \TEXLIVE\ we just follow -up on that patch (which is a functional one and not really a fix). It is up to -macro packages maintainers to deal with possible compatibility issues and in -\LUATEX\ they can do so via the callbacks that deal with reading from files. - -The previous behaviour was a known side effect and (as that kind of input -normally comes from generated sources) it was normally dealt with by adding a -comment token to the line in case the spaces and|/|or tabs were intentional and -to be kept. We are aware of the fact that this contradicts some of our other -choices but consistency with other engines and the fact that in \KPSE\ mode a -common file \IO\ layer is used can have a side effect of breaking compatibility. -We still stick to our view that at the log level we can (and might be) more -incompatible. - -\stopsubsection - -\stopsection - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-modifications
+
+\startchapter[reference=modifications,title={Modifications}]
+
+\startsection[title=The merged engines]
+
+\startsubsection[title=The need for change]
+
+\topicindex {engines}
+\topicindex {history}
+
+The first version of \LUATEX\ only had a few extra primitives and it was largely
+the same as \PDFTEX. Then we merged substantial parts of \ALEPH\ into the code
+and got more primitives. When we got more stable the decision was made to clean
+up the rather hybrid nature of the program. This means that some primitives have
+been promoted to core primitives, often with a different name, and that others
+were removed. This made it possible to start cleaning up the code base. In \in
+{chapter} [enhancements] we discussed some new primitives, here we will cover
+most of the adapted ones.
+
+Besides the expected changes caused by new functionality, there are a number of
+not|-|so|-|expected changes. These are sometimes a side|-|effect of a new
+(conflicting) feature, or, more often than not, a change necessary to clean up
+the internal interfaces. These will also be mentioned.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Changes from \TEX\ 3.1415926]
+
+\topicindex {\TEX}
+
+Of course it all starts with traditional \TEX. Even if we started with \PDFTEX,
+most still comes from the original. But we divert a bit.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ The current code base is written in \CCODE, not \PASCAL. We use \CWEB\ when
+ possible. As a consequence instead of one large file plus change files, we
+ now have multiple files organized in categories like \type {tex}, \type
+ {pdf}, \type {lang}, \type {font}, \type {lua}, etc. There are some artifacts
+ of the conversion to \CCODE, but in due time we will clean up the source code
+ and make sure that the documentation is done right. Many files are in the
+ \CWEB\ format, but others, like those interfacing to \LUA, are \CCODE\ files.
+ Of course we want to stay as close as possible to the original so that the
+ documentation of the fundamentals behind \TEX\ by Don Knuth still applies.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ See \in {chapter} [languages] for many small changes related to paragraph
+ building, language handling and hyphenation. The most important change is
+ that adding a brace group in the middle of a word (like in \type {of{}fice})
+ does not prevent ligature creation.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ There is no pool file, all strings are embedded during compilation.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The specifier \type {plus 1 fillll} does not generate an error. The extra
+ \quote{l} is simply typeset.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The upper limit to \prm {endlinechar} and \prm {newlinechar} is 127.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Magnification (\prm {mag}) is only supported in \DVI\ output mode. You can
+ set this parameter and it even works with \type {true} units till you switch
+ to \PDF\ output mode. When you use \PDF\ output you can best not touch the
+ \prm {mag} variable. This fuzzy behaviour is not much different from using
+ \PDF\ backend related functionality while eventually \DVI\ output is
+ required.
+
+ After the output mode has been frozen (normally that happens when the first
+ page is shipped out) or when \PDF\ output is enabled, the \type {true}
+ specification is ignored. When you preload a plain format adapted to
+ \LUATEX\ it can be that the \prm {mag} parameter already has been set.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Changes from \ETEX\ 2.2]
+
+\topicindex {\ETEX}
+
+Being the de factor standard extension of course we provide the \ETEX\
+functionality, but with a few small adaptations.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ The \ETEX\ functionality is always present and enabled so the prepended
+ asterisk or \type {-etex} switch for \INITEX\ is not needed.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \TEXXET\ extension is not present, so the primitives \type
+ {\TeXXeTstate}, \type {\beginR}, \type {\beginL}, \type {\endR} and \type
+ {\endL} are missing. Instead we used the \OMEGA/\ALEPH\ approach to
+ directionality as starting point.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Some of the tracing information that is output by \ETEX's \prm
+ {tracingassigns} and \prm {tracingrestores} is not there.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Register management in \LUATEX\ uses the \OMEGA/\ALEPH\ model, so the maximum
+ value is 65535 and the implementation uses a flat array instead of the mixed
+ flat & sparse model from \ETEX.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ When kpathsea is used to find files, \LUATEX\ uses the \type {ofm} file
+ format to search for font metrics. In turn, this means that \LUATEX\ looks at
+ the \type {OFMFONTS} configuration variable (like \OMEGA\ and \ALEPH) instead
+ of \type {TFMFONTS} (like \TEX\ and \PDFTEX). Likewise for virtual fonts
+ (\LUATEX\ uses the variable \type {OVFFONTS} instead of \type {VFFONTS}).
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Changes from \PDFTEX\ 1.40]
+
+\topicindex {\PDFTEX}
+
+Because we want to produce \PDF\ the most natural starting point was the popular
+\PDFTEX\ program. We inherit the stable features, dropped most of the
+experimental code and promoted some functionality to core \LUATEX\ functionality
+which in turn triggered renaming primitives.
+
+For compatibility reasons we still refer to \type {\pdf...} commands but \LUATEX\
+has a different backend interface. Instead of these primitives there are three
+interfacing primitives: \lpr {pdfextension}, \lpr {pdfvariable} and \lpr
+{pdffeedback} that take keywords and optional further arguments (below we will
+still use the \tex {pdf} prefix names as reference). This way we can extend the
+features when needed but don't need to adapt the core engine. The front- and
+backend are decoupled as much as possible.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ The (experimental) support for snap nodes has been removed, because it is
+ much more natural to build this functionality on top of node processing and
+ attributes. The associated primitives that are gone are: \orm
+ {pdfsnaprefpoint}, \orm {pdfsnapy}, and \orm {pdfsnapycomp}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The (experimental) support for specialized spacing around nodes has also been
+ removed. The associated primitives that are gone are: \orm
+ {pdfadjustinterwordglue}, \orm {pdfprependkern}, and \orm {pdfappendkern}, as
+ well as the five supporting primitives \orm {knbscode}, \orm {stbscode}, \orm
+ {shbscode}, \orm {knbccode}, and \orm {knaccode}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ A number of \quote {\PDFTEX\ primitives} have been removed as they can be
+ implemented using \LUA: \orm {pdfelapsedtime}, \orm {pdfescapehex}, \orm
+ {pdfescapename}, \orm {pdfescapestring}, \orm {pdffiledump}, \orm
+ {pdffilemoddate}, \orm {pdffilesize}, \orm {pdfforcepagebox}, \orm
+ {pdflastmatch}, \orm {pdfmatch}, \orm {pdfmdfivesum}, \orm {pdfmovechars},
+ \orm {pdfoptionalwaysusepdfpagebox}, \orm {pdfoptionpdfinclusionerrorlevel},
+ \orm {pdfresettimer}, \orm {pdfshellescape}, \orm {pdfstrcmp} and \orm
+ {pdfunescapehex}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The version related primitives \orm {pdftexbanner}, \orm {pdftexversion}
+ and \orm {pdftexrevision} are no longer present as there is no longer a
+ relationship with \PDFTEX\ development.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The experimental snapper mechanism has been removed and therefore also the
+ primitives \orm {pdfignoreddimen}, \orm {pdffirstlineheight}, \orm
+ {pdfeachlineheight}, \orm {pdfeachlinedepth} and \orm {pdflastlinedepth}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The experimental primitives \lpr {primitive}, \lpr {ifprimitive}, \lpr
+ {ifabsnum} and \lpr {ifabsdim} are promoted to core primitives. The \type
+ {\pdf*} prefixed originals are not available.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Because \LUATEX\ has a different subsystem for managing images, more
+ diversion from its ancestor happened in the meantime. We don't adapt to
+ changes in \PDFTEX.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Two extra token lists are provided, \orm {pdfxformresources} and \orm
+ {pdfxformattr}, as an alternative to \orm {pdfxform} keywords.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Image specifications also support \type {visiblefilename}, \type
+ {userpassword} and \type {ownerpassword}. The password options are only
+ relevant for encrypted \PDF\ files.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The current version of \LUATEX\ no longer replaces and|/|or merges fonts in
+ embedded \PDF\ files with fonts of the enveloping \PDF\ document. This
+ regression may be temporary, depending on how the rewritten font backend will
+ look like.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The primitives \orm {pdfpagewidth} and \orm {pdfpageheight} have been removed
+ because \lpr {pagewidth} and \lpr {pageheight} have that purpose.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The primitives \orm {pdfnormaldeviate}, \orm {pdfuniformdeviate}, \orm
+ {pdfsetrandomseed} and \orm {pdfrandomseed} have been promoted to core
+ primitives without \type {pdf} prefix so the original commands are no longer
+ recognized.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The primitives \lpr {ifincsname}, \lpr {expanded} and \lpr {quitvmode}
+ are now core primitives.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ As the hz and protrusion mechanism are part of the core the related
+ primitives \lpr {lpcode}, \lpr {rpcode}, \lpr {efcode}, \lpr
+ {leftmarginkern}, \lpr {rightmarginkern} are promoted to core primitives. The
+ two commands \lpr {protrudechars} and \lpr {adjustspacing} replace their
+ prefixed with \type {\pdf} originals.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The hz optimization code has been partially redone so that we no longer need
+ to create extra font instances. The front- and backend have been decoupled
+ and more efficient (\PDF) code is generated.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ When \lpr {adjustspacing} has value~2, hz optimization will be applied to
+ glyphs and kerns. When the value is~3, only glyphs will be treated. A value
+ smaller than~2 disables this feature.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \lpr {tagcode} primitive is promoted to core primitive.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \lpr {letterspacefont} feature is now part of the core but will not be
+ changed (improved). We just provide it for legacy use.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \orm {pdfnoligatures} primitive is now \lpr {ignoreligaturesinfont}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \orm {pdfcopyfont} primitive is now \lpr {copyfont}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \orm {pdffontexpand} primitive is now \lpr {expandglyphsinfont}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Because position tracking is also available in \DVI\ mode the \lpr {savepos},
+ \lpr {lastxpos} and \lpr {lastypos} commands now replace their \type {pdf}
+ prefixed originals.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The introspective primitives \type {\pdflastximagecolordepth} and \type
+ {\pdfximagebbox} have been removed. One can use external applications to
+ determine these properties or use the built|-|in \type {img} library.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The initializers \orm {pdfoutput} has been replaced by \lpr {outputmode} and
+ \orm {pdfdraftmode} is now \lpr {draftmode}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The pixel multiplier dimension \orm {pdfpxdimen} lost its prefix and is now
+ called \lpr {pxdimen}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ An extra \orm {pdfimageaddfilename} option has been added that can be used to
+ block writing the filename to the \PDF\ file.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The primitive \orm {pdftracingfonts} is now \lpr {tracingfonts} as it
+ doesn't relate to the backend.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The experimental primitive \orm {pdfinsertht} is kept as \lpr {insertht}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ There is some more control over what metadata goes into the \PDF\ file.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The promotion of primitives to core primitives as well as the separation of
+ font- and backend means that the initialization namespace \type {pdftex} is
+ gone.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+One change involves the so called xforms and ximages. In \PDFTEX\ these are
+implemented as so called whatsits. But contrary to other whatsits they have
+dimensions that need to be taken into account when for instance calculating
+optimal line breaks. In \LUATEX\ these are now promoted to a special type of rule
+nodes, which simplifies code that needs those dimensions.
+
+Another reason for promotion is that these are useful concepts. Backends can
+provide the ability to use content that has been rendered in several places, and
+images are also common. As already mentioned in \in {section}
+[sec:imagedandforms], we now have:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB \LUATEX \BC \PDFTEX \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \lpr {saveboxresource} \NC \orm {pdfxform} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {saveimageresource} \NC \orm {pdfximage} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {useboxresource} \NC \orm {pdfrefxform} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {useimageresource} \NC \orm {pdfrefximage} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedboxresourceindex} \NC \orm {pdflastxform} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedimageresourceindex} \NC \orm {pdflastximage} \NC \NR
+\NC \lpr {lastsavedimageresourcepages} \NC \orm {pdflastximagepages} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+There are a few \lpr {pdffeedback} features that relate to this but these are
+typical backend specific ones. The index that gets returned is to be considered
+as \quote {just a number} and although it still has the same meaning (object
+related) as before, you should not depend on that.
+
+The protrusion detection mechanism is enhanced a bit to enable a bit more complex
+situations. When protrusion characters are identified some nodes are skipped:
+
+\startitemize[packed,columns,two]
+\startitem zero glue \stopitem
+\startitem penalties \stopitem
+\startitem empty discretionaries \stopitem
+\startitem normal zero kerns \stopitem
+\startitem rules with zero dimensions \stopitem
+\startitem math nodes with a surround of zero \stopitem
+\startitem dir nodes \stopitem
+\startitem empty horizontal lists \stopitem
+\startitem local par nodes \stopitem
+\startitem inserts, marks and adjusts \stopitem
+\startitem boundaries \stopitem
+\startitem whatsits \stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+Because this can not be enough, you can also use a protrusion boundary node to
+make the next node being ignored. When the value is~1 or~3, the next node will be
+ignored in the test when locating a left boundary condition. When the value is~2
+or~3, the previous node will be ignored when locating a right boundary condition
+(the search goes from right to left). This permits protrusion combined with for
+instance content moved into the margin:
+
+\starttyping
+\protrusionboundary1\llap{!\quad}«Who needs protrusion?»
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Changes from \ALEPH\ RC4]
+
+\topicindex {\ALEPH}
+
+Because we wanted proper directional typesetting the \ALEPH\ mechanisms looked
+most attractive. These are rather close to the ones provided by \OMEGA, so what
+we say next applies to both these programs.
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ The extended 16-bit math primitives (\orm {omathcode} etc.) have been
+ removed.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \OCP\ processing has been removed completely and as a consequence, the
+ following primitives have been removed: \orm {ocp}, \orm {externalocp}, \orm
+ {ocplist}, \orm {pushocplist}, \orm {popocplist}, \orm {clearocplists}, \orm
+ {addbeforeocplist}, \orm {addafterocplist}, \orm {removebeforeocplist}, \orm
+ {removeafterocplist} and \orm {ocptracelevel}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ \LUATEX\ only understands 4~of the 16~direction specifiers of \ALEPH: \type
+ {TLT} (latin), \type {TRT} (arabic), \type {RTT} (cjk), \type {LTL} (mongolian).
+ All other direction specifiers generate an error. In addition to a keyword
+ driven model we also provide an integer driven one.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The input translations from \ALEPH\ are not implemented, the related
+ primitives are not available: \orm {DefaultInputMode}, \orm
+ {noDefaultInputMode}, \orm {noInputMode}, \orm {InputMode}, \orm
+ {DefaultOutputMode}, \orm {noDefaultOutputMode}, \orm {noOutputMode}, \orm
+ {OutputMode}, \orm {DefaultInputTranslation}, \orm
+ {noDefaultInputTranslation}, \orm {noInputTranslation}, \orm
+ {InputTranslation}, \orm {DefaultOutputTranslation}, \orm
+ {noDefaultOutputTranslation}, \orm {noOutputTranslation} and \orm
+ {OutputTranslation}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Several bugs have been fixed and confusing implementation details have been
+ sorted out.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The scanner for direction specifications now allows an optional space after
+ the direction is completely parsed.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \type {^^} notation has been extended: after \type {^^^^} four
+ hexadecimal characters are expected and after \type {^^^^^^} six hexadecimal
+ characters have to be given. The original \TEX\ interpretation is still valid
+ for the \type {^^} case but the four and six variants do no backtracking,
+ i.e.\ when they are not followed by the right number of hexadecimal digits
+ they issue an error message. Because \type{^^^} is a normal \TEX\ case, we
+ don't support the odd number of \type {^^^^^} either.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Glues {\it immediately after} direction change commands are not legal
+ breakpoints.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Several mechanisms that need to be right|-|to|-|left aware have been
+ improved. For instance placement of formula numbers.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The page dimension related primitives \lpr {pagewidth} and \lpr {pageheight}
+ have been promoted to core primitives. The \prm {hoffset} and \prm {voffset}
+ primitives have been fixed.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The primitives \type {\charwd}, \type {\charht}, \type {\chardp} and \type
+ {\charit} have been removed as we have the \ETEX\ variants \type
+ {\fontchar*}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The two dimension registers \lpr {pagerightoffset} and \lpr
+ {pagebottomoffset} are now core primitives.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The direction related primitives \lpr {pagedir}, \lpr {bodydir}, \lpr
+ {pardir}, \lpr {textdir}, \lpr {mathdir} and \lpr {boxdir} are now core
+ primitives.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The promotion of primitives to core primitives as well as removing of all
+ others means that the initialization namespace \type {aleph} that early
+ versions of \LUATEX\ provided is gone.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+The above let's itself summarize as: we took the 32 bit aspects and much of the
+directional mechanisms and merged it into the \PDFTEX\ code base as starting
+point for further development. Then we simplified directionality, fixed it and
+opened it up.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Changes from standard \WEBC]
+
+\topicindex {\WEBC}
+
+The compilation framework is \WEBC\ and we keep using that but without the
+\PASCAL\ to \CCODE\ step. This framework also provides some common features that
+deal with reading bytes from files and locating files in \TDS. This is what we do
+different:
+
+\startitemize
+
+\startitem
+ There is no mltex support.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ There is no enctex support.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The following encoding related command line switches are silently ignored,
+ even in non|-|\LUA\ mode: \type {-8bit}, \type {-translate-file}, \type
+ {-mltex}, \type {-enc} and \type {-etex}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \prm {openout} whatsits are not written to the log file.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ Some of the so|-|called \WEBC\ extensions are hard to set up in non|-|\KPSE\
+ mode because \type {texmf.cnf} is not read: \type {shell-escape} is off (but
+ that is not a problem because of \LUA's \type {os.execute}), and the paranoia
+ checks on \type {openin} and \type {openout} do not happen. However, it is
+ easy for a \LUA\ script to do this itself by overloading \type {io.open} and
+ alike.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \quote{E} option does not do anything useful.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[reference=backendprimitives,title=The backend primitives]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Less primitives}]
+
+\topicindex {backend}
+\topicindex {\PDF+backend}
+
+In a previous section we mentioned that some \PDFTEX\ primitives were removed and
+others promoted to core \LUATEX\ primitives. That is only part of the story. In
+order to separate the backend specific primitives in de code these commands are
+now replaced by only a few. In traditional \TEX\ we only had the \DVI\ backend
+but now we have two: \DVI\ and \PDF. Additional functionality is implemented as
+\quote {extensions} in \TEX\ speak. By separating more strickly we are able to
+keep the core (frontend) clean and stable and isolate these extensions. If for
+some reason an extra backend option is needed, it can be implemented without
+touching the core. The three \PDF\ backend related primitives are:
+
+\starttyping
+\pdfextension command [specification]
+\pdfvariable name
+\pdffeedback name
+\stoptyping
+
+An extension triggers further parsing, depending on the command given. A variable is
+a (kind of) register and can be read and written, while a feedback is reporting
+something (as it comes from the backend it's normally a sequence of tokens).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\lpr{pdfextension}, \lpr {pdfvariable} and \lpr {pdffeedback}},reference=sec:pdfextensions]
+
+In order for \LUATEX\ to be more than just \TEX\ you need to enable primitives. That
+has already been the case right from the start. If you want the traditional \PDFTEX\
+primitives (for as far their functionality is still around) you now can do this:
+
+\starttyping
+\protected\def\pdfliteral {\pdfextension literal}
+\protected\def\pdfcolorstack {\pdfextension colorstack}
+\protected\def\pdfsetmatrix {\pdfextension setmatrix}
+\protected\def\pdfsave {\pdfextension save\relax}
+\protected\def\pdfrestore {\pdfextension restore\relax}
+\protected\def\pdfobj {\pdfextension obj }
+\protected\def\pdfrefobj {\pdfextension refobj }
+\protected\def\pdfannot {\pdfextension annot }
+\protected\def\pdfstartlink {\pdfextension startlink }
+\protected\def\pdfendlink {\pdfextension endlink\relax}
+\protected\def\pdfoutline {\pdfextension outline }
+\protected\def\pdfdest {\pdfextension dest }
+\protected\def\pdfthread {\pdfextension thread }
+\protected\def\pdfstartthread {\pdfextension startthread }
+\protected\def\pdfendthread {\pdfextension endthread\relax}
+\protected\def\pdfinfo {\pdfextension info }
+\protected\def\pdfcatalog {\pdfextension catalog }
+\protected\def\pdfnames {\pdfextension names }
+\protected\def\pdfincludechars {\pdfextension includechars }
+\protected\def\pdffontattr {\pdfextension fontattr }
+\protected\def\pdfmapfile {\pdfextension mapfile }
+\protected\def\pdfmapline {\pdfextension mapline }
+\protected\def\pdftrailer {\pdfextension trailer }
+\protected\def\pdfglyphtounicode {\pdfextension glyphtounicode }
+\stoptyping
+
+The introspective primitives can be defined as:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\pdftexversion {\numexpr\pdffeedback version\relax}
+\def\pdftexrevision {\pdffeedback revision}
+\def\pdflastlink {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastlink\relax}
+\def\pdfretval {\numexpr\pdffeedback retval\relax}
+\def\pdflastobj {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastobj\relax}
+\def\pdflastannot {\numexpr\pdffeedback lastannot\relax}
+\def\pdfxformname {\numexpr\pdffeedback xformname\relax}
+\def\pdfcreationdate {\pdffeedback creationdate}
+\def\pdffontname {\numexpr\pdffeedback fontname\relax}
+\def\pdffontobjnum {\numexpr\pdffeedback fontobjnum\relax}
+\def\pdffontsize {\dimexpr\pdffeedback fontsize\relax}
+\def\pdfpageref {\numexpr\pdffeedback pageref\relax}
+\def\pdfcolorstackinit {\pdffeedback colorstackinit}
+\stoptyping
+
+The configuration related registers have become:
+
+\starttyping
+\edef\pdfcompresslevel {\pdfvariable compresslevel}
+\edef\pdfobjcompresslevel {\pdfvariable objcompresslevel}
+\edef\pdfrecompress {\pdfvariable recompress}
+\edef\pdfdecimaldigits {\pdfvariable decimaldigits}
+\edef\pdfgamma {\pdfvariable gamma}
+\edef\pdfimageresolution {\pdfvariable imageresolution}
+\edef\pdfimageapplygamma {\pdfvariable imageapplygamma}
+\edef\pdfimagegamma {\pdfvariable imagegamma}
+\edef\pdfimagehicolor {\pdfvariable imagehicolor}
+\edef\pdfimageaddfilename {\pdfvariable imageaddfilename}
+\edef\pdfpkresolution {\pdfvariable pkresolution}
+\edef\pdfpkfixeddpi {\pdfvariable pkfixeddpi}
+\edef\pdfinclusioncopyfonts {\pdfvariable inclusioncopyfonts}
+\edef\pdfinclusionerrorlevel {\pdfvariable inclusionerrorlevel}
+\edef\pdfignoreunknownimages {\pdfvariable ignoreunknownimages}
+\edef\pdfgentounicode {\pdfvariable gentounicode}
+\edef\pdfomitcidset {\pdfvariable omitcidset}
+\edef\pdfomitcharset {\pdfvariable omitcharset}
+\edef\pdfpagebox {\pdfvariable pagebox}
+\edef\pdfminorversion {\pdfvariable minorversion}
+\edef\pdfuniqueresname {\pdfvariable uniqueresname}
+
+\edef\pdfhorigin {\pdfvariable horigin}
+\edef\pdfvorigin {\pdfvariable vorigin}
+\edef\pdflinkmargin {\pdfvariable linkmargin}
+\edef\pdfdestmargin {\pdfvariable destmargin}
+\edef\pdfthreadmargin {\pdfvariable threadmargin}
+\edef\pdfxformmargin {\pdfvariable xformmargin}
+
+\edef\pdfpagesattr {\pdfvariable pagesattr}
+\edef\pdfpageattr {\pdfvariable pageattr}
+\edef\pdfpageresources {\pdfvariable pageresources}
+\edef\pdfxformattr {\pdfvariable xformattr}
+\edef\pdfxformresources {\pdfvariable xformresources}
+\edef\pdfpkmode {\pdfvariable pkmode}
+
+\edef\pdfsuppressoptionalinfo {\pdfvariable suppressoptionalinfo }
+\edef\pdftrailerid {\pdfvariable trailerid }
+\stoptyping
+
+The variables are internal ones, so they are anonymous. When you ask for the
+meaning of a few previously defined ones:
+
+\starttyping
+\meaning\pdfhorigin
+\meaning\pdfcompresslevel
+\meaning\pdfpageattr
+\stoptyping
+
+you will get:
+
+\starttyping
+macro:->[internal backend dimension]
+macro:->[internal backend integer]
+macro:->[internal backend tokenlist]
+\stoptyping
+
+The \prm {edef} can also be a \prm {def} but it's a bit more efficient to expand
+the lookup related register beforehand.
+
+The backend is derived from \PDFTEX\ so the same syntax applies. However, the
+\type {outline} command accepts a \type {objnum} followed by a number. No
+checking takes place so when this is used it had better be a valid (flushed)
+object.
+
+In order to be (more or less) compatible with \PDFTEX\ we also support the option
+to suppress some info but we do so via a bitset:
+
+\starttyping
+\pdfvariable suppressoptionalinfo \numexpr
+ 0
+ + 1 % PTEX.FullBanner
+ + 2 % PTEX.FileName
+ + 4 % PTEX.PageNumber
+ + 8 % PTEX.InfoDict
+ + 16 % Creator
+ + 32 % CreationDate
+ + 64 % ModDate
+ + 128 % Producer
+ + 256 % Trapped
+ + 512 % ID
+\relax
+\stoptyping
+
+In addition you can overload the trailer id, but we don't do any checking on
+validity, so you have to pass a valid array. The following is like the ones
+normally generated by the engine. You even need to include the brackets here!
+
+\starttyping
+\pdfvariable trailerid {[
+ <FA052949448907805BA83C1E78896398>
+ <FA052949448907805BA83C1E78896398>
+]}
+\stoptyping
+
+Although we started from a merge of \PDFTEX\ and \ALEPH, by now the code base as
+well as functionality has diverted from those parents. Here we show the options
+that can be passed to the extensions.
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension literal
+ [ direct | page | raw ] { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension dest
+ num integer | name { tokens }!crlf
+ [ fitbh | fitbv | fitb | fith| fitv | fit |
+ fitr <rule spec> | xyz [ zoom <integer> ]
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension annot
+ reserveobjnum | useobjnum <integer>
+ { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension save
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension restore
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension setmatrix
+ { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+[ \immediate ] \pdfextension obj
+ reserveobjnum
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+[ \immediate ] \pdfextension obj
+ [ useobjnum <integer> ]
+ [ uncompressed ]
+ [ stream [ attr { tokens } ] ]
+ [ file ]
+ { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension refobj
+ <integer>
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension colorstack
+ <integer>
+ set { tokens } | push { tokens } | pop | current
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension startlink
+ [ attr { tokens } ]
+ user { tokens } | goto | thread
+ [ file { tokens } ]
+ [ page <integer> { tokens } | name { tokens } | num integer ]
+ [ newwindow | nonewwindow ]
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension endlink
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension startthread
+ num <integer> | name { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension endthread
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension thread
+ num <integer> | name { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension outline
+ [ attr { tokens } ]
+ [ useobjnum <integer> ]
+ [ count <integer> ]
+ { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension glyphtounicode
+ { tokens }
+ { tokens }
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension catalog
+ { tokens }
+ [ openaction
+ user { tokens } | goto | thread
+ [ file { tokens } ]
+ [ page <integer> { tokens } | name { tokens } | num <integer> ]
+ [ newwindow | nonewwindow ] ]
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension fontattr
+ <integer>
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension mapfile
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension mapline
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension includechars
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension info
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension names
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\starttexsyntax
+\pdfextension trailer
+ {tokens}
+\stoptexsyntax
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Defaults}]
+
+The engine sets the following defaults.
+
+\starttyping
+\pdfcompresslevel 9
+\pdfobjcompresslevel 1 % used: (0,9)
+\pdfrecompress 0 % mostly for debugging
+\pdfdecimaldigits 4 % used: (3,6)
+\pdfgamma 1000
+\pdfimageresolution 71
+\pdfimageapplygamma 0
+\pdfimagegamma 2200
+\pdfimagehicolor 1
+\pdfimageaddfilename 1
+\pdfpkresolution 72
+\pdfpkfixeddpi 0
+\pdfinclusioncopyfonts 0
+\pdfinclusionerrorlevel 0
+\pdfignoreunknownimages 0
+\pdfgentounicode 0
+\pdfomitcidset 0
+\pdfomitcharset 0
+\pdfpagebox 0
+\pdfminorversion 4
+\pdfuniqueresname 0
+
+\pdfhorigin 1in
+\pdfvorigin 1in
+\pdflinkmargin 0pt
+\pdfdestmargin 0pt
+\pdfthreadmargin 0pt
+\pdfxformmargin 0pt
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Backward compatibility}]
+
+If you also want some backward compatibility, you can add:
+
+\starttyping
+\let\pdfpagewidth \pagewidth
+\let\pdfpageheight \pageheight
+
+\let\pdfadjustspacing \adjustspacing
+\let\pdfprotrudechars \protrudechars
+\let\pdfnoligatures \ignoreligaturesinfont
+\let\pdffontexpand \expandglyphsinfont
+\let\pdfcopyfont \copyfont
+
+\let\pdfxform \saveboxresource
+\let\pdflastxform \lastsavedboxresourceindex
+\let\pdfrefxform \useboxresource
+
+\let\pdfximage \saveimageresource
+\let\pdflastximage \lastsavedimageresourceindex
+\let\pdflastximagepages\lastsavedimageresourcepages
+\let\pdfrefximage \useimageresource
+
+\let\pdfsavepos \savepos
+\let\pdflastxpos \lastxpos
+\let\pdflastypos \lastypos
+
+\let\pdfoutput \outputmode
+\let\pdfdraftmode \draftmode
+
+\let\pdfpxdimen \pxdimen
+
+\let\pdfinsertht \insertht
+
+\let\pdfnormaldeviate \normaldeviate
+\let\pdfuniformdeviate \uniformdeviate
+\let\pdfsetrandomseed \setrandomseed
+\let\pdfrandomseed \randomseed
+
+\let\pdfprimitive \primitive
+\let\ifpdfprimitive \ifprimitive
+
+\let\ifpdfabsnum \ifabsnum
+\let\ifpdfabsdim \ifabsdim
+\stoptyping
+
+And even:
+
+\starttyping
+\newdimen\pdfeachlineheight
+\newdimen\pdfeachlinedepth
+\newdimen\pdflastlinedepth
+\newdimen\pdffirstlineheight
+\newdimen\pdfignoreddimen
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title=Directions]
+
+\topicindex {\OMEGA}
+\topicindex {\ALEPH}
+\topicindex {directions}
+
+\startsubsection[title={Four directions}]
+
+The directional model in \LUATEX\ is inherited from \OMEGA|/|\ALEPH\ but we tried
+to improve it a bit. At some point we played with recovery of modes but that was
+disabled later on when we found that it interfered with nested directions. That
+itself had as side effect that the node list was no longer balanced with respect
+to directional nodes which in turn can give side effects when a series of dir
+changes happens without grouping.
+
+When extending the \PDF\ backend to support directions some inconsistencies were
+found and as a result we decided to support only the four models that make sense
+\type {TLT} (latin), \type {TRT} (arabic), \type {RTT} (cjk) and \type {LTL}
+(mongolian).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={How it works}]
+
+The approach is that we again make the list balanced but try to avoid some side
+effects. What happens is quite intuitive if we forget about spaces (turned into
+glue) but even there what happens makes sense if you look at it in detail.
+However that logic makes in|-|group switching kind of useless when no proper
+nested grouping is used: switching from right to left several times nested,
+results in spacing ending up after each other due to nested mirroring. Of course
+a sane macro package will manage this for the user but here we are discussing the
+low level dir injection.
+
+This is what happens:
+
+\starttyping
+\textdir TRT nur {\textdir TLT run \textdir TRT NUR} nur
+\stoptyping
+
+This becomes stepwise:
+
+\startnarrower
+\starttyping
+injected: [+TRT]nur {[+TLT]run [+TRT]NUR} nur
+balanced: [+TRT]nur {[+TLT]run [-TLT][+TRT]NUR[-TRT]} nur[-TRT]
+result : run {RUNrun } run
+\stoptyping
+\stopnarrower
+
+And this:
+
+\starttyping
+\textdir TRT nur {nur \textdir TLT run \textdir TRT NUR} nur
+\stoptyping
+
+becomes:
+
+\startnarrower
+\starttyping
+injected: [+TRT]nur {nur [+TLT]run [+TRT]NUR} nur
+balanced: [+TRT]nur {nur [+TLT]run [-TLT][+TRT]NUR[-TRT]} nur[-TRT]
+result : run {run RUNrun } run
+\stoptyping
+\stopnarrower
+
+Now, in the following examples watch where we put the braces:
+
+\startbuffer
+\textdir TRT nur {{\textdir TLT run} {\textdir TRT NUR}} nur
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+This becomes:
+
+\startnarrower
+\getbuffer
+\stopnarrower
+
+Compare this to:
+
+\startbuffer
+\textdir TRT nur {{\textdir TLT run }{\textdir TRT NUR}} nur
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+Which renders as:
+
+\startnarrower
+\getbuffer
+\stopnarrower
+
+So how do we deal with the next?
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\ltr{\textdir TLT\relax}
+\def\rtl{\textdir TRT\relax}
+
+run {\rtl nur {\ltr run \rtl NUR \ltr run \rtl NUR} nur}
+run {\ltr run {\rtl nur \ltr RUN \rtl nur \ltr RUN} run}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer
+
+It gets typeset as:
+
+\startnarrower
+\startlines
+\getbuffer
+\stoplines
+\stopnarrower
+
+We could define the two helpers to look back, pick up a skip, remove it and
+inject it after the dir node. But that way we loose the subtype information that
+for some applications can be handy to be kept as|-|is. This is why we now have a
+variant of \lpr {textdir} which injects the balanced node before the skip.
+Instead of the previous definition we can use:
+
+\startbuffer[def]
+\def\ltr{\linedir TLT\relax}
+\def\rtl{\linedir TRT\relax}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[def]
+
+and this time:
+
+\startbuffer[txt]
+run {\rtl nur {\ltr run \rtl NUR \ltr run \rtl NUR} nur}
+run {\ltr run {\rtl nur \ltr RUN \rtl nur \ltr RUN} run}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer[txt]
+
+comes out as a properly spaced:
+
+\startnarrower
+\startlines
+\getbuffer[def,txt]
+\stoplines
+\stopnarrower
+
+Anything more complex that this, like combination of skips and penalties, or
+kerns, should be handled in the input or macro package because there is no way we
+can predict the expected behaviour. In fact, the \lpr {linedir} is just a
+convenience extra which could also have been implemented using node list parsing.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Controlling glue with \lpr {breakafterdirmode}}]
+
+Glue after a dir node is ignored in the linebreak decision but you can bypass that
+by setting \lpr {breakafterdirmode} to~\type {1}. The following table shows the
+difference. Watch your spaces.
+
+\def\ShowSome#1{%
+ \BC \type{#1}
+ \NC \breakafterdirmode\zerocount\hsize\zeropoint#1
+ \NC
+ \NC \breakafterdirmode\plusone\hsize\zeropoint#1
+ \NC
+ \NC \NR
+}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|Tp(1pt)|w(5em)|Tp(1pt)|w(5em)|]
+ \DB
+ \BC \type{0}
+ \NC
+ \BC \type{1}
+ \NC
+ \NC \NR
+ \TB
+ \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT xxx} post}
+ \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT xxx }post}
+ \ShowSome{pre{ \textdir TLT xxx} post}
+ \ShowSome{pre{ \textdir TLT xxx }post}
+ \ShowSome{pre { \textdir TLT xxx } post}
+ \ShowSome{pre {\textdir TLT\relax\space xxx} post}
+ \LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Controling parshapes with \lpr {shapemode}}]
+
+Another adaptation to the \ALEPH\ directional model is control over shapes driven
+by \prm {hangindent} and \prm {parshape}. This is controlled by a new parameter
+\lpr {shapemode}:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC \prm {hangindent} \BC \prm {parshape} \NC \NR
+\TB
+\BC \type{0} \NC normal \NC normal \NC \NR
+\BC \type{1} \NC mirrored \NC normal \NC \NR
+\BC \type{2} \NC normal \NC mirrored \NC \NR
+\BC \type{3} \NC mirrored \NC mirrored \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The value is reset to zero (like \prm {hangindent} and \prm {parshape})
+after the paragraph is done with. You can use negative values to prevent
+this. In \in {figure} [fig:shapemode] a few examples are given.
+
+\startplacefigure[reference=fig:shapemode,title={The effect of \type {shapemode}.}]
+ \startcombination[2*3]
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \pardir TLT \textdir TLT
+ \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3
+ \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TLT: hangindent}
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \pardir TLT \textdir TLT
+ \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize
+ \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TLT: parshape}
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \pardir TRT \textdir TRT
+ \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3
+ \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TRT: hangindent mode 0}
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \pardir TRT \textdir TRT
+ \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize
+ \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TRT: parshape mode 0}
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \shapemode=3
+ \pardir TRT \textdir TRT
+ \hangindent 40pt \hangafter -3
+ \leftskip10pt \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TRT: hangindent mode 1 & 3}
+ {\ruledvbox \bgroup \setuptolerance[verytolerant]
+ \hsize .45\textwidth \switchtobodyfont[6pt]
+ \shapemode=3
+ \pardir TRT \textdir TRT
+ \parshape 4 0pt .8\hsize 10pt .8\hsize 20pt .8\hsize 0pt \hsize
+ \input tufte \par
+ \egroup} {TRT: parshape mode 2 & 3}
+ \stopcombination
+\stopplacefigure
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Symbols or numbers}]
+
+Internally the implementation is different from \ALEPH. First of all we use no
+whatsits but dedicated nodes, but also we have only 4 directions that are mapped
+onto 4 numbers. A text direction node can mark the start or end of a sequence of
+nodes, and therefore has two states. At the \TEX\ end we don't see these states
+because \TEX\ itself will add proper end state nodes if needed.
+
+The symbolic names \type {TLT}, \type {TRT}, etc.\ originate in \OMEGA. In
+\LUATEX\ we also have a number based model which sometimes makes more sense.
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC equivalent \NC \NR
+\TB
+\BC \type {0} \NC TLT \NC \NR
+\BC \type {1} \NC TRT \NC \NR
+\BC \type {2} \NC LTL \NC \NR
+\BC \type {3} \NC RTT \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+We support the \OMEGA\ primitives \orm {textdir}, \orm {pardir}, \orm {pagedir},
+\orm {pardir} and \orm {mathdir}. These accept three character keywords. The
+primitives that set the direction by number are: \lpr {textdirection}, \lpr
+{pardirection}, \lpr {pagedirection} and \lpr {bodydirection} and \lpr
+{mathdirection}. When specifying a direction for a box you can use \type {bdir}
+instead of \type {dir}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title=Implementation notes]
+
+\startsubsection[title=Memory allocation]
+
+\topicindex {memory}
+
+The single internal memory heap that traditional \TEX\ used for tokens and nodes
+is split into two separate arrays. Each of these will grow dynamically when
+needed.
+
+The \type {texmf.cnf} settings related to main memory are no longer used (these
+are: \type {main_memory}, \type {mem_bot}, \type {extra_mem_top} and \type
+{extra_mem_bot}). \quote {Out of main memory} errors can still occur, but the
+limiting factor is now the amount of RAM in your system, not a predefined limit.
+
+Also, the memory (de)allocation routines for nodes are completely rewritten. The
+relevant code now lives in the C file \type {texnode.c}, and basically uses a
+dozen or so \quote {avail} lists instead of a doubly|-|linked model. An extra
+function layer is added so that the code can ask for nodes by type instead of
+directly requisitioning a certain amount of memory words.
+
+Because of the split into two arrays and the resulting differences in the data
+structures, some of the macros have been duplicated. For instance, there are now
+\type {vlink} and \type {vinfo} as well as \type {token_link} and \type
+{token_info}. All access to the variable memory array is now hidden behind a
+macro called \type {vmem}. We mention this because using the \TEX book as
+reference is still quite valid but not for memory related details. Another
+significant detail is that we have double linked node lists and that most nodes
+carry more data.
+
+The input line buffer and pool size are now also reallocated when needed, and the
+\type {texmf.cnf} settings \type {buf_size} and \type {pool_size} are silently
+ignored.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Sparse arrays]
+
+The \prm {mathcode}, \prm {delcode}, \prm {catcode}, \prm {sfcode}, \prm {lccode}
+and \prm {uccode} (and the new \lpr {hjcode}) tables are now sparse arrays that
+are implemented in~\CCODE. They are no longer part of the \TEX\ \quote
+{equivalence table} and because each had 1.1 million entries with a few memory
+words each, this makes a major difference in memory usage. Performance is not
+really hurt by this.
+
+The \prm {catcode}, \prm {sfcode}, \prm {lccode}, \prm {uccode} and \lpr {hjcode}
+assignments don't show up when using the \ETEX\ tracing routines \prm
+{tracingassigns} and \prm {tracingrestores} but we don't see that as a real
+limitation.
+
+A side|-|effect of the current implementation is that \prm {global} is now more
+expensive in terms of processing than non|-|global assignments but not many users
+will notice that.
+
+The glyph ids within a font are also managed by means of a sparse array as glyph
+ids can go up to index $2^{21}-1$ but these are never accessed directly so again
+users will not notice this.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Simple single|-|character csnames]
+
+\topicindex {csnames}
+
+Single|-|character commands are no longer treated specially in the internals,
+they are stored in the hash just like the multiletter csnames.
+
+The code that displays control sequences explicitly checks if the length is one
+when it has to decide whether or not to add a trailing space.
+
+Active characters are internally implemented as a special type of multi|-|letter
+control sequences that uses a prefix that is otherwise impossible to obtain.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=The compressed format file]
+
+\topicindex {format}
+
+The format is passed through \type {zlib}, allowing it to shrink to roughly half
+of the size it would have had in uncompressed form. This takes a bit more \CPU\
+cycles but much less disk \IO, so it should still be faster. We use a level~3
+compression which we found to be the optimal trade|-|off between filesize and
+decompression speed.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Binary file reading]
+
+\topicindex {files+binary}
+
+All of the internal code is changed in such a way that if one of the \type
+{read_xxx_file} callbacks is not set, then the file is read by a \CCODE\ function
+using basically the same convention as the callback: a single read into a buffer
+big enough to hold the entire file contents. While this uses more memory than the
+previous code (that mostly used \type {getc} calls), it can be quite a bit faster
+(depending on your \IO\ subsystem).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title=Tabs and spaces]
+
+\topicindex {space}
+\topicindex {newline}
+
+We conform to the way other \TEX\ engines handle trailing tabs and spaces. For
+decades trailing tabs and spaces (before a newline) were removed from the input
+but this behaviour was changed in September 2017 to only handle spaces. We are
+aware that this can introduce compatibility issues in existing workflows but
+because we don't want too many differences with upstream \TEXLIVE\ we just follow
+up on that patch (which is a functional one and not really a fix). It is up to
+macro packages maintainers to deal with possible compatibility issues and in
+\LUATEX\ they can do so via the callbacks that deal with reading from files.
+
+The previous behaviour was a known side effect and (as that kind of input
+normally comes from generated sources) it was normally dealt with by adding a
+comment token to the line in case the spaces and|/|or tabs were intentional and
+to be kept. We are aware of the fact that this contradicts some of our other
+choices but consistency with other engines and the fact that in \KPSE\ mode a
+common file \IO\ layer is used can have a side effect of breaking compatibility.
+We still stick to our view that at the log level we can (and might be) more
+incompatible. We already expose some more details.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-nodes.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-nodes.tex index 16488dbbb85..573bfd8d80d 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-nodes.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-nodes.tex @@ -1,2060 +1,2664 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-nodes - -\startchapter[reference=nodes,title={Nodes}] - -\section{\LUA\ node representation} - -\TEX's nodes are represented in \LUA\ as userdata object with a variable set of -fields. In the following syntax tables, such the type of such a userdata object -is represented as \syntax {<node>}. - -The current return value of \type {node.types()} is: -\startluacode - for id, name in table.sortedhash(node.types()) do - context.type(name) - context(" (%s), ",id) - end - context.removeunwantedspaces() - context.removepunctuation() -\stopluacode -. % period - -The \type {\lastnodetype} primitive is \ETEX\ compliant. The valid range is still -$[-1,15]$ and glyph nodes (formerly known as char nodes) have number~0 while -ligature nodes are mapped to~7. That way macro packages can use the same symbolic -names as in traditional \ETEX. Keep in mind that these \ETEX\ node numbers are -different from the real internal ones and that there are more \ETEX\ node types -than~15. - -You can ask for a list of fields with the \type {node.fields} (which takes an id) -and for valid subtypes with \type {node.subtypes} (which takes a string because -eventually we might support more used enumerations). - -\subsection{Attributes} - -The newly introduced attribute registers are non|-|trivial, because the value -that is attached to a node is essentially a sparse array of key|-|value pairs. It -is generally easiest to deal with attribute lists and attributes by using the -dedicated functions in the \type {node} library, but for completeness, here is -the low|-|level interface. - -\subsubsection{attribute_list nodes} - -An \type {attribute_list} item is used as a head pointer for a list of attribute -items. It has only one user-visible field: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC pointer to the first attribute \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{attribute nodes} - -A normal node's attribute field will point to an item of type \type -{attribute_list}, and the \type {next} field in that item will point to the first -defined \quote {attribute} item, whose \type {next} will point to the second -\quote {attribute} item, etc. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC pointer to the next attribute \NC \NR -\NC \type{number} \NC number \NC the attribute type id \NC \NR -\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC the attribute value \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -As mentioned it's better to use the official helpers rather than edit these -fields directly. For instance the \type {prev} field is used for other purposes -and there is no double linked list. - -\subsection{Main text nodes} - -These are the nodes that comprise actual typesetting commands. A few fields are -present in all nodes regardless of their type, these are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC the next node in a list, or nil \NC \NR -\NC \type{id} \NC number \NC the node's type (\type {id}) number \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC the node \type {subtype} identifier \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {subtype} is sometimes just a stub entry. Not all nodes actually use -the \type {subtype}, but this way you can be sure that all nodes accept it as a -valid field name, and that is often handy in node list traversal. In the -following tables \type {next} and \type {id} are not explicitly mentioned. - -Besides these three fields, almost all nodes also have an \type {attr} field, and -there is a also a field called \type {prev}. That last field is always present, -but only initialized on explicit request: when the function \type {node.slide()} -is called, it will set up the \type {prev} fields to be a backwards pointer in -the argument node list. By now most of \TEX's node processing makes sure that the -\type {prev} nodes are valid but there can be exceptions, especially when the -internal magic uses a leading \type {temp} nodes to temporarily store a state. - -\subsubsection{hlist nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{list} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width of the box \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height of the box \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth of the box \NC \NR -\NC \type{shift} \NC number \NC a displacement perpendicular to the character progression direction \NC \NR -\NC \type{glue_order} \NC number \NC a number in the range $[0,4]$, indicating the glue order \NC \NR -\NC \type{glue_set} \NC number \NC the calculated glue ratio \NC \NR -\NC \type{glue_sign} \NC number \NC 0 = \type {normal}, 1 = \type {stretching}, 2 = \type {shrinking} \NC \NR -\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC the first node of the body of this list \NC \NR -\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this box, see~\in[dirnodes] \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure -its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may result. - -Note: the field name \type {head} and \type {list} are both valid. Sometimes it -makes more sense to refer to a list by \type {head}, sometimes \type {list} makes -more sense. - -\subsubsection{vlist nodes} - -This node is similar to \type {hlist}, except that \quote {shift} is a displacement -perpendicular to the line progression direction, and \quote {subtype} only has -the values 0, 4, and~5. - -\subsubsection{rule nodes} - -Contrary to traditional \TEX, \LUATEX\ has more subtypes because we also use -rules to store reuseable objects and images. User nodes are invisible and can be -intercepted by a callback. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{rule} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width of the rule where the special value $-1073741824$ is used for \quote {running} glue dimensions \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height of the rule (can be negative) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth of the rule (can be negative) \NC \NR -\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this rule, see~\in[dirnodes] \NC \NR -\NC \type{index} \NC number \NC an optional index that can be referred to \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{ins nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC the insertion class \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{cost} \NC number \NC the penalty associated with this insert \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC height of the insert \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC depth of the insert \NC \NR -\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC the first node of the body of this insert \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -There is a set of extra fields that concern the associated glue: \type {width}, -\type {stretch}, \type {stretch_order}, \type {shrink} and \type {shrink_order}. -These are all numbers. - -A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure -its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. You can use -\type {list} instead (often in functions you want to use local variable swith similar -names and both names are equally sensible). - -\subsubsection{mark nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC unused \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{class} \NC number \NC the mark class \NC \NR -\NC \type{mark} \NC table \NC a table representing a token list \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{adjust nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{adjust} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC adjusted material \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure -its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. - -\subsubsection{disc nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{disc} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{pre} \NC node \NC pointer to the pre|-|break text \NC \NR -\NC \type{post} \NC node \NC pointer to the post|-|break text \NC \NR -\NC \type{replace} \NC node \NC pointer to the no|-|break text \NC \NR -\NC \type{penalty} \NC number \NC the penalty associated with the break, normally \type {\hyphenpenalty} or \type {\exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The subtype numbers~4 and~5 belong to the \quote {of-f-ice} explanation given -elsewhere. - -These disc nodes are kind of special as at some point they also keep information -about breakpoints and nested ligatures. The \type {pre}, \type {post} and \type -{replace} fields at the \LUA\ end are in fact indirectly accessed and have a -\type {prev} pointer that is not \type {nil}. This means that when you mess -around with the head of these (three) lists, you also need to reassign them -because that will restore the proper \type {prev} pointer, so: - -\starttyping -pre = d.pre --- change the list starting with pre -d.pre = pre -\stoptyping - -Otherwise you can end up with an invalid internal perception of reality and -\LUATEX\ might even decide to crash on you. It also means that running forward -over for instance \type {pre} is ok but backward you need to stop at \type {pre}. -And you definitely must not mess with the node that \type {prev} points to, if -only because it is not really an node but part of the disc data structure (so -freeing it again might crash \LUATEX). - -\subsubsection{math nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{math} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{surround} \NC number \NC width of the \type {\mathsurround} kern \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -There is a set of extra fields that concern the associated glue: \type {width}, -\type {stretch}, \type {stretch_order}, \type {shrink} and \type {shrink_order}. -These are all numbers. - -\subsubsection{glue nodes} - -Skips are about the only type of data objects in traditional \TEX\ that are not a -simple value. The structure that represents the glue components of a skip is -called a \type {glue_spec}, and it has the following accessible fields: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the horizontal or vertical displacement \NC \NR -\NC \type{stretch} \NC number \NC extra (positive) displacement or stretch amount \NC \NR -\NC \type{stretch_order} \NC number \NC factor applied to stretch amount \NC \NR -\NC \type{shrink} \NC number \NC extra (negative) displacement or shrink amount\NC \NR -\NC \type{shrink_order} \NC number \NC factor applied to shrink amount \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The effective width of some glue subtypes depends on the stretch or shrink needed -to make the encapsulating box fit its dimensions. For instance, in a paragraph -lines normally have glue representing spaces and these stretch of shrink to make -the content fit in the available space. The \type {effective_glue} function that -takes a glue node and a parent (hlist or vlist) returns the effective width of -that glue item. - -A gluespec node is a special kind of node that is used for storing a set of glue -values in registers. Originally they were also used to store properties of glue -nodes (using a system of reference counts) but we now keep these properties in -the glue nodes themselves, which gives a cleaner interface to \LUA. - -The indirect spec approach was in fact an optimization in the original \TEX\ -code. First of all it can save quite some memory because all these spaces that -become glue now share the same specification (only the reference count is -incremented), and zero testing is also a bit faster because only the pointer has -to be checked (this is no longer true for engines that implement for instance -protrusion where we really need to ensure that zero is zero when we test for -bounds). Another side effect is that glue specifications are read|-|only, so in -the end copies need to be made when they are used from \LUA\ (each assignment to -a field can result in a new copy). So in the end the advantages of sharing are -not that high (and nowadays memory is less an issue, also given that a glue node -is only a few memory words larger than a spec). - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{glue} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{leader} \NC node \NC pointer to a box or rule for leaders \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -In addition there are the \type {width}, \type {stretch} \type {stretch_order}, -\type {shrink}, and \type {shrink_order} fields. Note that we use the key \type -{width} in both horizontal and vertical glue. This suits the \TEX\ internals well -so we decided to stick to that naming. - -A regular word space also results in a \type {spaceskip} subtype (this used to be -a \type {userskip} with subtype zero). - -\subsubsection{kern nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{kern} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{kern} \NC number \NC fixed horizontal or vertical advance \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{penalty nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{penalty} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{penalty} \NC number \NC the penalty value \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The subtypes are just informative and \TEX\ itself doesn't use them. When you -run into an \type {linebreakpenalty} you need to keep in mind that it's a -accumulation of \type {club}, \type{widow} and other relevant penalties. - -\subsubsection[glyphnodes]{glyph nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC bitfield \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the chatacter index in the font \NC \NR -\NC \type{font} \NC number \NC the font identifier \NC \NR -\NC \type{lang} \NC number \NC the language identifier \NC \NR -\NC \type{left} \NC number \NC the frozen \type {\lefthyphenmnin} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{right} \NC number \NC the frozen \type {\righthyphenmnin} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{uchyph} \NC boolean \NC the frozen \type {\uchyph} value \NC \NR -\NC \type{components} \NC node \NC pointer to ligature components \NC \NR -\NC \type{xoffset} \NC number \NC a virtual displacement in horizontal direction \NC \NR -\NC \type{yoffset} \NC number \NC a virtual displacement in vertical direction \NC \NR -%NC \type{xadvance} \NC number \NC an additional advance after the glyph (experimental) \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the (original) width of the character \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the (original) height of the character\NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the (original) depth of the character\NC \NR -\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC number \NC the to be applied expansion_factor \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} values are read|-|only. The -\type {expansion_factor} is assigned in the parbuilder and used in the backend. - -A warning: never assign a node list to the components field unless you are sure -its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. Valid -bits for the \type {subtype} field are: - -\starttabulate[|c|l|] -\BC bit \BC meaning \NC \NR -\NC 0 \NC character \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC ligature \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC ghost \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC left \NC \NR -\NC 4 \NC right \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -See \in {section} [charsandglyphs] for a detailed description of the \type -{subtype} field. - -The \type {expansion_factor} has been introduced as part of the separation -between font- and backend. It is the result of extensive experiments with a more -efficient implementation of expansion. Early versions of \LUATEX\ already -replaced multiple instances of fonts in the backend by scaling but contrary to -\PDFTEX\ in \LUATEX\ we now also got rid of font copies in the frontend and -replaced them by expansion factors that travel with glyph nodes. Apart from a -cleaner approach this is also a step towards a better separation between front- -and backend. - -The \type {is_char} function checks if a node is a glyph node with a subtype still -less than 256. This function can be used to determine if applying font logic to a -glyph node makes sense. The value \type {nil} gets returned when the node is not -a glyph, a character number is returned if the node is still tagged as character -and \type {false} gets returned otherwise. When nil is returned, the id is also -returned. The \type {is_glyph} variant doesn't check for a subtype being less -than 256, so it returns either the character value or nil plus the id. These -helpers are not always faster than separate calls but they sometimes permit -making more readable tests. The \type {uses_font} helpers takes a node -and font id and returns true when a glyph or disc node references that font. - -\subsubsection{boundary nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{boundary} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC values 0--255 are reserved \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -This node relates to the \type {\noboundary}, \type {\boundary}, \type -{\protrusionboundary} and \type {\wordboundary} primitives. - -\subsubsection{local_par nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{pen_inter} \NC number \NC local interline penalty (from \type {\localinterlinepenalty}) \NC \NR -\NC \type{pen_broken} \NC number \NC local broken penalty (from \type {\localbrokenpenalty}) \NC \NR -\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this par. see~\in [dirnodes] \NC \NR -\NC \type{box_left} \NC node \NC the \type {\localleftbox} \NC \NR -\NC \type{box_left_width} \NC number \NC width of the \type {\localleftbox} \NC \NR -\NC \type{box_right} \NC node \NC the \type {\localrightbox} \NC \NR -\NC \type{box_right_width} \NC number \NC width of the \type {\localrightbox} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {box_left} or \type {box_right} -field unless you are sure its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an -error may be result. - -\subsubsection[dirnodes]{dir nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction (but see below) \NC \NR -\NC \type{level} \NC number \NC nesting level of this direction whatsit \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -A note on \type {dir} strings. Direction specifiers are three|-|letter -combinations of \type {T}, \type {B}, \type {R}, and \type {L}. - -These are built up out of three separate items: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - the first is the direction of the \quote{top} of paragraphs. -\stopitem -\startitem - the second is the direction of the \quote{start} of lines. -\stopitem -\startitem - the third is the direction of the \quote{top} of glyphs. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -However, only four combinations are accepted: \type {TLT}, \type {TRT}, \type -{RTT}, and \type {LTL}. - -Inside actual \type {dir} whatsit nodes, the representation of \type {dir} is not -a three-letter but a four|-|letter combination. The first character in this case -is always either \type {+} or \type {-}, indicating whether the value is pushed -or popped from the direction stack. - -\subsubsection{margin_kern nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{margin_kern} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the advance of the kern \NC \NR -\NC \type{glyph} \NC node \NC the glyph to be used \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{Math nodes} - -These are the so||called \quote {noad}s and the nodes that are specifically -associated with math processing. Most of these nodes contain subnodes so that the -list of possible fields is actually quite small. First, the subnodes: - -\subsubsection{Math kernel subnodes} - -Many object fields in math mode are either simple characters in a specific family -or math lists or node lists. There are four associated subnodes that represent -these cases (in the following node descriptions these are indicated by the word -\type {<kernel>}). - -The \type {next} and \type {prev} fields for these subnodes are unused. - -\subsubsubsection{math_char and math_text_char subnodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the character index \NC \NR -\NC \type{fam} \NC number \NC the family number \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {math_char} is the simplest subnode field, it contains the character -and family for a single glyph object. The \type {math_text_char} is a special -case that you will not normally encounter, it arises temporarily during math list -conversion (its sole function is to suppress a following italic correction). - -\subsubsubsection{sub_box and sub_mlist subnodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC list of nodes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -These two subnode types are used for subsidiary list items. For \type {sub_box}, -the \type {head} points to a \quote {normal} vbox or hbox. For \type {sub_mlist}, -the \type {head} points to a math list that is yet to be converted. - -A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure -its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. - -\subsubsection{Math delimiter subnode} - -There is a fifth subnode type that is used exclusively for delimiter fields. As -before, the \type {next} and \type {prev} fields are unused. - -\subsubsubsection{delim subnodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{small_char} \NC number \NC character index of base character \NC \NR -\NC \type{small_fam} \NC number \NC family number of base character \NC \NR -\NC \type{large_char} \NC number \NC character index of next larger character \NC \NR -\NC \type{large_fam} \NC number \NC family number of next larger character \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The fields \type {large_char} and \type {large_fam} can be zero, in that case the -font that is sed for the \type {small_fam} is expected to provide the large -version as an extension to the \type {small_char}. - -\subsubsection{Math core nodes} - -First, there are the objects (the \TEX book calls then \quote {atoms}) that are -associated with the simple math objects: ord, op, bin, rel, open, close, punct, -inner, over, under, vcent. These all have the same fields, and they are combined -into a single node type with separate subtypes for differentiation. - -Some noads have an option field. The values in this bitset are common: - -\starttabulate[|l|r|] -\NC set \NC \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC internal \NC \type{0x00} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC internal \NC \type{0x01} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC axis \NC \type{0x02} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC no axis \NC \type{0x04} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC exact \NC \type{0x10} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC left \NC \type{0x11} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC middle \NC \type{0x12} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC right \NC \type{0x14} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC no sub script \NC \type{0x21} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC no super script \NC \type{0x22} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\NC no script \NC \type{0x23} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{simple nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{noad} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR -\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{accent nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{accent} \NC \NR -\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR -\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{accent} \NC kernel node \NC top accent \NC \NR -\NC \type{bot_accent} \NC kernel node \NC bottom accent \NC \NR -\NC \type{fraction} \NC number \NC larger step criterium (divided by 1000) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{style nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{style} \NC string \NC contains the style \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -There are eight possibilities for the string value: one of \type {display}, -\type {text}, \type {script}, or \type {scriptscript}. Each of these can have -be prefixed by \type {cramped}. - -\subsubsubsection{choice nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{display} \NC node \NC list of display size alternatives \NC \NR -\NC \type{text} \NC node \NC list of text size alternatives \NC \NR -\NC \type{script} \NC node \NC list of scriptsize alternatives \NC \NR -\NC \type{scriptscript} \NC node \NC list of scriptscriptsize alternatives \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {display}, \type {text}, \type -{script}, or \type {scriptscript} field unless you are sure its internal link -structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. - -\subsubsubsection{radical nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{radical} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR -\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR -\NC \type{left} \NC delimiter node \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{degree} \NC kernel node \NC only set by \type {\Uroot} \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC required width \NC \NR -\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {nucleus}, \type {sub}, \type -{sup}, \type {left}, or \type {degree} field unless you are sure its internal -link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. - -\subsubsubsection{fraction nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC (optional) width of the fraction \NC \NR -\NC \type{num} \NC kernel node \NC numerator \NC \NR -\NC \type{denom} \NC kernel node \NC denominator \NC \NR -\NC \type{left} \NC delimiter node \NC left side symbol \NC \NR -\NC \type{right} \NC delimiter node \NC right side symbol \NC \NR -\NC \type{middle} \NC delimiter node \NC middle symbol \NC \NR -\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {num}, or \type {denom} field -unless you are sure its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error -may be result. - -\subsubsubsection{fence nodes} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{fence} \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{delim} \NC delimiter node \NC delimiter specification \NC \NR -\NC \type{italic} \NC number \NC italic correction \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC required height \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC required depth \NC \NR -\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR -\NC \type{class} \NC number \NC spacing related class \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Warning: some of these fields are used by the renderer and might get adapted in -the process. - -\subsection{whatsit nodes} - -Whatsit nodes come in many subtypes that you can ask for by running -\type {node.whatsits()}: -\startluacode - for id, name in table.sortedpairs(node.whatsits()) do - context.type(name) - context(" (%s), ",id) - end - context.removeunwantedspaces() - context.removepunctuation() -\stopluacode -. % period - -\subsubsection{front|-|end whatsits} - -\subsubsubsection{open whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC file name \NC \NR -\NC \type{ext} \NC string \NC file extension \NC \NR -\NC \type{area} \NC string \NC file area (this may become obsolete) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{write whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC table \NC a table representing the token list to be written \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{close whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{user_defined whatsits} - -User|-|defined whatsit nodes can only be created and handled from \LUA\ code. In -effect, they are an extension to the extension mechanism. The \LUATEX\ engine -will simply step over such whatsits without ever looking at the contents. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{user_id} \NC number \NC id number \NC \NR -\NC \type{type} \NC number \NC type of the value \NC \NR -\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC a \LUA\ number \NC \NR -\NC \NC node \NC a node list \NC \NR -\NC \NC string \NC a \LUA\ string \NC \NR -\NC \NC table \NC a \LUA\ table \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {type} can have one of six distinct values. The number is the \ASCII\ -value if the first character if the type name (so you can use string.byte("l") -instead of \type {108}). - -\starttabulate[|r|c|p|] -\BC value \BC meaning \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC 97 \NC a \NC list of attributes (a node list) \NC \NR -\NC 100 \NC d \NC a \LUA\ number \NC \NR -\NC 108 \NC l \NC a \LUA\ value (table, number, boolean, etc) \NC \NR -\NC 110 \NC n \NC a node list \NC \NR -\NC 115 \NC s \NC a \LUA\ string \NC \NR -\NC 116 \NC t \NC a \LUA\ token list in \LUA\ table form (a list of triplets) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{save_pos whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{late_lua whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC data to execute \NC \NR -\NC \type{string} \NC string \NC data to execute \NC \NR -\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC the name to use for \LUA\ error reporting \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The difference between \type {data} and \type {string} is that on assignment, the -\type {data} field is converted to a token list, cf. use as \type {\latelua}. The -\type {string} version is treated as a literal string. - -\subsubsection{\DVI\ backend whatsits} - -\subsubsection{special whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the \type {\special} information \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsection{\PDF\ backend whatsits} - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_literal whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{mode} \NC number \NC the \quote {mode} setting of this literal \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the \type {\pdfliteral} information \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Possible mode values are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC value \BC \PDFTEX\ keyword \NC \NR -\NC 0 \NC \type{setorigin} \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC \type{page} \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC \type{direct} \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC \type{raw} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The higher the number, the less checking and the more you can run into troubles. -Especially the \type {raw} variant can produce bad \PDF\ so you can best check -what you generate. - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_refobj whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_annot whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the annotation data \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_start_link whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR -\NC \type{link_attr} \NC table \NC the link attribute token list \NC \NR -\NC \type{action} \NC node \NC the action to perform \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_end_link whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_dest whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is the \type {dest_id} a string value? \NC \NR -\NC \type{dest_id} \NC number \NC the destination id \NC \NR -\NC \NC string \NC the destination name \NC \NR -\NC \type{dest_type} \NC number \NC type of destination \NC \NR -\NC \type{xyz_zoom} \NC number \NC the zoom factor (times 1000) \NC \NR -\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ object number \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_action whatsits} - -These are a special kind of item that only appears inside \PDF\ start link -objects. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{action_type} \NC number \NC the kind of action involved \NC \NR -\NC \type{action_id} \NC number or string \NC token list reference or string \NC \NR -\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC the index of the destination \NC \NR -\NC \type{file} \NC string \NC the target filename \NC \NR -\NC \type{new_window} \NC number \NC the window state of the target \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the name of the destination \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Valid action types are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC 0 \NC \type{page} \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC \type{goto} \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC \type{thread} \NC \NR -\NC 3 \NC \type{user} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Valid window types are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|] -\NC 0 \NC \type{notset} \NC \NR -\NC 1 \NC \type{new} \NC \NR -\NC 2 \NC \type{nonew} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_thread whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is \type {tread_id} a string value? \NC \NR -\NC \type{tread_id} \NC number \NC the thread id \NC \NR -\NC \NC string \NC the thread name \NC \NR -\NC \type{thread_attr} \NC number \NC extra thread information \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_start_thread whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR -\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is \type {tread_id} a string value? \NC \NR -\NC \type{tread_id} \NC number \NC the thread id \NC \NR -\NC \NC string \NC the thread name \NC \NR -\NC \type{thread_attr} \NC number \NC extra thread information \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_end_thread whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_colorstack whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{stack} \NC number \NC colorstack id number \NC \NR -\NC \type{command} \NC number \NC command to execute \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC data \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_setmatrix whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC data \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_save whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsubsubsection{pdf_restore whatsits} - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\section{The \type {node} library} - -The \type {node} library contains functions that facilitate dealing with (lists -of) nodes and their values. They allow you to create, alter, copy, delete, and -insert \LUATEX\ node objects, the core objects within the typesetter. - -\LUATEX\ nodes are represented in \LUA\ as userdata with the metadata type -\type {luatex.node}. The various parts within a node can be accessed using -named fields. - -Each node has at least the three fields \type {next}, \type {id}, and \type -{subtype}: - -\startitemize[intro] - -\startitem - The \type {next} field returns the userdata object for the next node in a - linked list of nodes, or \type {nil}, if there is no next node. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {id} indicates \TEX's \quote{node type}. The field \type {id} has a - numeric value for efficiency reasons, but some of the library functions also - accept a string value instead of \type {id}. -\stopitem - -\startitem - The \type {subtype} is another number. It often gives further information - about a node of a particular \type {id}, but it is most important when - dealing with \quote {whatsits}, because they are differentiated solely based - on their \type {subtype}. -\stopitem - -\stopitemize - -The other available fields depend on the \type {id} (and for \quote {whatsits}, -the \type {subtype}) of the node. Further details on the various fields and their -meanings are given in~\in{chapter}[nodes]. - -Support for \type {unset} (alignment) nodes is partial: they can be queried and -modified from \LUA\ code, but not created. - -Nodes can be compared to each other, but: you are actually comparing indices into -the node memory. This means that equality tests can only be trusted under very -limited conditions. It will not work correctly in any situation where one of the -two nodes has been freed and|/|or reallocated: in that case, there will be false -positives. - -At the moment, memory management of nodes should still be done explicitly by the -user. Nodes are not \quote {seen} by the \LUA\ garbage collector, so you have to -call the node freeing functions yourself when you are no longer in need of a node -(list). Nodes form linked lists without reference counting, so you have to be -careful that when control returns back to \LUATEX\ itself, you have not deleted -nodes that are still referenced from a \type {next} pointer elsewhere, and that -you did not create nodes that are referenced more than once. - -There are statistics available with regards to the allocated node memory, which -can be handy for tracing. - -\subsection{Node handling functions} - -\subsubsection{\type {node.is_node}} - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> t = - node.is_node(<any> item) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns true if the argument is a userdata object of -type \type {<node>}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.types}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> t = - node.types() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns an array that maps node id numbers to node type strings, -providing an overview of the possible top|-|level \type {id} types. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.whatsits}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> t = - node.whatsits() -\stopfunctioncall - -\TEX's \quote{whatsits} all have the same \type {id}. The various subtypes are -defined by their \type {subtype} fields. The function is much like \type -{node.types}, except that it provides an array of \type {subtype} mappings. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.id}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> id = - node.id(<string> type) -\stopfunctioncall - -This converts a single type name to its internal numeric representation. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.subtype}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> subtype = - node.subtype(<string> type) -\stopfunctioncall - -This converts a single whatsit name to its internal numeric representation (\type -{subtype}). - -\subsubsection{\type {node.type}} - -\startfunctioncall -<string> type = - node.type(<any> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -In the argument is a number, then this function converts an internal numeric -representation to an external string representation. Otherwise, it will return -the string \type {node} if the object represents a node, and \type {nil} -otherwise. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.fields}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> t = - node.fields(<number> id) -<table> t = - node.fields(<number> id, <number> subtype) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns an array of valid field names for a particular type of -node. If you want to get the valid fields for a \quote {whatsit}, you have to -supply the second argument also. In other cases, any given second argument will -be silently ignored. - -This function accepts string \type {id} and \type {subtype} values as well. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.has_field}} - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> t = - node.has_field(<node> n, <string> field) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a boolean that is only true if \type {n} is -actually a node, and it has the field. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.new}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = - node.new(<number> id) -<node> n = - node.new(<number> id, <number> subtype) -\stopfunctioncall - -Creates a new node. All of the new node's fields are initialized to either zero -or \type {nil} except for \type {id} and \type {subtype} (if supplied). If you -want to create a new whatsit, then the second argument is required, otherwise it -need not be present. As with all node functions, this function creates a node on -the \TEX\ level. - -This function accepts string \type {id} and \type {subtype} values as well. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.free} and \type {node.flush_node}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> next = - node.free(<node> n) -flush_node(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Removes the node \type {n} from \TEX's memory. Be careful: no checks are done on -whether this node is still pointed to from a register or some \type {next} field: -it is up to you to make sure that the internal data structures remain correct. - -The \type {free} function returns the next field of the freed node, while the -\type {flush_node} alternative returns nothing. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.flush_list}} - -\startfunctioncall -node.flush_list(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Removes the node list \type {n} and the complete node list following \type {n} -from \TEX's memory. Be careful: no checks are done on whether any of these nodes -is still pointed to from a register or some \type {next} field: it is up to you -to make sure that the internal data structures remain correct. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.copy}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.copy(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Creates a deep copy of node \type {n}, including all nested lists as in the case -of a hlist or vlist node. Only the \type {next} field is not copied. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.copy_list}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.copy_list(<node> n) -<node> m = - node.copy_list(<node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Creates a deep copy of the node list that starts at \type {n}. If \type {m} is -also given, the copy stops just before node \type {m}. - -Note that you cannot copy attribute lists this way, specialized functions for -dealing with attribute lists will be provided later but are not there yet. -However, there is normally no need to copy attribute lists as when you do -assignments to the \type {attr} field or make changes to specific attributes, the -needed copying and freeing takes place automatically. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.next}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.next(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the node following this node, or \type {nil} if there is no such node. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.prev}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.prev(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the node preceding this node, or \type {nil} if there is no such node. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.current_attr}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.current_attr() -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the currently active list of attributes, if there is one. - -The intended usage of \type {current_attr} is as follows: - -\starttyping -local x1 = node.new("glyph") -x1.attr = node.current_attr() -local x2 = node.new("glyph") -x2.attr = node.current_attr() -\stoptyping - -or: - -\starttyping -local x1 = node.new("glyph") -local x2 = node.new("glyph") -local ca = node.current_attr() -x1.attr = ca -x2.attr = ca -\stoptyping - -The attribute lists are ref counted and the assignment takes care of incrementing -the refcount. You cannot expect the value \type {ca} to be valid any more when -you assign attributes (using \type {tex.setattribute}) or when control has been -passed back to \TEX. - -Note: this function is somewhat experimental, and it returns the {\it actual} -attribute list, not a copy thereof. Therefore, changing any of the attributes in -the list will change these values for all nodes that have the current attribute -list assigned to them. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.hpack}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> h, <number> b = - node.hpack(<node> n) -<node> h, <number> b = - node.hpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info) -<node> h, <number> b = - node.hpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info, <string> dir) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function creates a new hlist by packaging the list that begins at node \type -{n} into a horizontal box. With only a single argument, this box is created using -the natural width of its components. In the three argument form, \type {info} -must be either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}, and \type {w} is the -additional (\type {\hbox spread}) or exact (\type {\hbox to}) width to be used. The -second return value is the badness of the generated box. - -Caveat: at this moment, there can be unexpected side|-|effects to this function, -like updating some of the \type {\marks} and \type {\inserts}. Also note that the -content of \type {h} is the original node list \type {n}: if you call \type -{node.free(h)} you will also free the node list itself, unless you explicitly set -the \type {list} field to \type {nil} beforehand. And in a similar way, calling -\type {node.free(n)} will invalidate \type {h} as well! - -\subsubsection{\type {node.vpack}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> h, <number> b = - node.vpack(<node> n) -<node> h, <number> b = - node.vpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info) -<node> h, <number> b = - node.vpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info, <string> dir) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function creates a new vlist by packaging the list that begins at node \type -{n} into a vertical box. With only a single argument, this box is created using -the natural height of its components. In the three argument form, \type {info} -must be either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}, and \type {w} is the -additional (\type {\vbox spread}) or exact (\type {\vbox to}) height to be used. - -The second return value is the badness of the generated box. - -See the description of \type {node.hpack()} for a few memory allocation caveats. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.dimensions}, \type {node.rangedimensions}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<node> n) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<node> n, <string> dir) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<node> n, <node> t) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<node> n, <node> t, <string> dir) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function calculates the natural in|-|line dimensions of the node list starting -at node \type {n} and terminating just before node \type {t} (or the end of the -list, if there is no second argument). The return values are scaled points. An -alternative format that starts with glue parameters as the first three arguments -is also possible: - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order, - <node> n) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order, - <node> n, <string> dir) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order, - <node> n, <node> t) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order, - <node> n, <node> t, <string> dir) -\stopfunctioncall - -This calling method takes glue settings into account and is especially useful for -finding the actual width of a sublist of nodes that are already boxed, for -example in code like this, which prints the width of the space in between the -\type {a} and \type {b} as it would be if \type {\box0} was used as-is: - -\starttyping -\setbox0 = \hbox to 20pt {a b} - -\directlua{print (node.dimensions( - tex.box[0].glue_set, - tex.box[0].glue_sign, - tex.box[0].glue_order, - tex.box[0].head.next, - node.tail(tex.box[0].head) -)) } -\stoptyping - -You need to keep in mind that this is one of the few places in \TEX\ where floats -are used, which means that you can get small differences in rounding when you -compare the width reported by \type {hpack} with \type {dimensions}. - -The second alternative saves a few lookups and can be more convenient in some -cases: - -\startfunctioncall -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.rangedimensions(<node> parent, <node> first) -<number> w, <number> h, <number> d = - node.rangedimensions(<node> parent, <node> first, <node> last) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {node.mlist_to_hlist}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> h = - node.mlist_to_hlist(<node> n, <string> display_type, <boolean> penalties) -\stopfunctioncall - -This runs the internal mlist to hlist conversion, converting the math list in -\type {n} into the horizontal list \type {h}. The interface is exactly the same -as for the callback \type {mlist_to_hlist}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.slide}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.slide(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the last node of the node list that starts at \type {n}. As a -side|-|effect, it also creates a reverse chain of \type {prev} pointers between -nodes. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.tail}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> m = - node.tail(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the last node of the node list that starts at \type {n}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.length}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - node.length(<node> n) -<number> i = - node.length(<node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the number of nodes contained in the node list that starts at \type {n}. -If \type {m} is also supplied it stops at \type {m} instead of at the end of the -list. The node \type {m} is not counted. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.count}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> i = - node.count(<number> id, <node> n) -<number> i = - node.count(<number> id, <node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the number of nodes contained in the node list that starts at \type {n} -that have a matching \type {id} field. If \type {m} is also supplied, counting -stops at \type {m} instead of at the end of the list. The node \type {m} is not -counted. - -This function also accept string \type {id}'s. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.traverse}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> t = - node.traverse(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -This is a \LUA\ iterator that loops over the node list that starts at \type {n}. -Typically code looks like this: - -\starttyping -for n in node.traverse(head) do - ... -end -\stoptyping - -is functionally equivalent to: - -\starttyping -do - local n - local function f (head,var) - local t - if var == nil then - t = head - else - t = var.next - end - return t - end - while true do - n = f (head, n) - if n == nil then break end - ... - end -end -\stoptyping - -It should be clear from the definition of the function \type {f} that even though -it is possible to add or remove nodes from the node list while traversing, you -have to take great care to make sure all the \type {next} (and \type {prev}) -pointers remain valid. - -If the above is unclear to you, see the section \quote {For Statement} in the -\LUA\ Reference Manual. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.traverse_id}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> t = - node.traverse_id(<number> id, <node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -This is an iterator that loops over all the nodes in the list that starts at -\type {n} that have a matching \type {id} field. - -See the previous section for details. The change is in the local function \type -{f}, which now does an extra while loop checking against the upvalue \type {id}: - -\starttyping - local function f(head,var) - local t - if var == nil then - t = head - else - t = var.next - end - while not t.id == id do - t = t.next - end - return t - end -\stoptyping - -\subsubsection{\type {node.traverse_char}} - -This iterators loops over the glyph nodes in a list. Only nodes with a subtype -less than 256 are seen. - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = - node.traverse_char(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {node.has_glyph}} - -This function returns the first glyph or disc node in the given list: - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = - node.has_glyph(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {node.end_of_math}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> t = - node.end_of_math(<node> start) -\stopfunctioncall - -Looks for and returns the next \type {math_node} following the \type {start}. If -the given node is a math endnode this helper return that node, else it follows -the list and return the next math endnote. If no such node is found nil is -returned. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.remove}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> head, current = - node.remove(<node> head, <node> current) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function removes the node \type {current} from the list following \type -{head}. It is your responsibility to make sure it is really part of that list. -The return values are the new \type {head} and \type {current} nodes. The -returned \type {current} is the node following the \type {current} in the calling -argument, and is only passed back as a convenience (or \type {nil}, if there is -no such node). The returned \type {head} is more important, because if the -function is called with \type {current} equal to \type {head}, it will be -changed. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.insert_before}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> head, new = - node.insert_before(<node> head, <node> current, <node> new) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function inserts the node \type {new} before \type {current} into the list -following \type {head}. It is your responsibility to make sure that \type -{current} is really part of that list. The return values are the (potentially -mutated) \type {head} and the node \type {new}, set up to be part of the list -(with correct \type {next} field). If \type {head} is initially \type {nil}, it -will become \type {new}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.insert_after}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> head, new = - node.insert_after(<node> head, <node> current, <node> new) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function inserts the node \type {new} after \type {current} into the list -following \type {head}. It is your responsibility to make sure that \type -{current} is really part of that list. The return values are the \type {head} and -the node \type {new}, set up to be part of the list (with correct \type {next} -field). If \type {head} is initially \type {nil}, it will become \type {new}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.first_glyph}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = - node.first_glyph(<node> n) -<node> n = - node.first_glyph(<node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns the first node in the list starting at \type {n} that is a glyph node -with a subtype indicating it is a glyph, or \type {nil}. If \type {m} is given, -processing stops at (but including) that node, otherwise processing stops at the -end of the list. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.ligaturing}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success = - node.ligaturing(<node> n) -<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success = - node.ligaturing(<node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Apply \TEX-style ligaturing to the specified nodelist. The tail node \type {m} is -optional. The two returned nodes \type {h} and \type {t} are the new head and -tail (both \type {n} and \type {m} can change into a new ligature). - -\subsubsection{\type {node.kerning}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success = - node.kerning(<node> n) -<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success = - node.kerning(<node> n, <node> m) -\stopfunctioncall - -Apply \TEX|-|style kerning to the specified node list. The tail node \type {m} is -optional. The two returned nodes \type {h} and \type {t} are the head and tail -(either one of these can be an inserted kern node, because special kernings with -word boundaries are possible). - -\subsubsection{\type {node.unprotect_glyphs} and \type {node.unprotect_glyph}} - -\startfunctioncall -node.unprotect_glyph(<node> n) -node.unprotect_glyphs(<node> n,[<node> n]) -\stopfunctioncall - -Subtracts 256 from all glyph node subtypes. This and the next function are -helpers to convert from \type {characters} to \type {glyphs} during node -processing. The second argument is option and indicates the end of a range. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.protect_glyphs} and \type {node.protect_glyph}} - -\startfunctioncall -node.protect_glyph(<node> n) -node.protect_glyphs(<node> n,[<node> n]) -\stopfunctioncall - -Adds 256 to all glyph node subtypes in the node list starting at \type {n}, -except that if the value is 1, it adds only 255. The special handling of 1 means -that \type {characters} will become \type {glyphs} after subtraction of 256. A -single character can be marked by the singular call. The second argument is -option and indicates the end of a range. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.last_node}} - -\startfunctioncall -<node> n = - node.last_node() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function pops the last node from \TEX's \quote{current list}. It returns -that node, or \type {nil} if the current list is empty. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.write}} - -\startfunctioncall -node.write(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -This is an experimental function that will append a node list to \TEX's \quote -{current list} The node list is not deep|-|copied! There is no error checking -either! - -\subsubsection{\type {node.protrusion_skippable}} - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> skippable = - node.protrusion_skippable(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns \type {true} if, for the purpose of line boundary discovery when -character protrusion is active, this node can be skipped. - -\subsection{Glue handling} - -\subsubsection{\type {node.setglue}} - -You can set the properties of a glue in one go. If you pass no values, the glue -will become a zero glue. - -\startfunctioncall -node.setglue(<node> n) -node.setglue(<node> n,width,stretch,shrink,stretch_order,shrink_order) -\stopfunctioncall - -When you pass values, only arguments that are numbers are assigned so - -\starttyping -node.setglue(n,655360,false,65536) -\stoptyping - -will only adapt the width and shrink. - -When a list node is passed, you set the glue, order and sign instead. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.getglue}} - -The next call will return 5 values (or northing when no glue is passed). - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> width, <integer> stretch, <integer> shrink, <integer> stretch_order, - <integer> shrink_order = node.getglue(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -When the second argument is false, only the width is returned (this is consistent -with \type {tex.get}). - -When a list node is passed, you get back the glue that is set, the order of that -glue and the sign. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.is_zero_glue}} - -This function returns \type {true} when the width, stretch and shrink properties -are zero. - -\startfunctioncall -<boolean> isglue = - node.is_zero_glue(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{Attribute handling} - -Attributes appear as linked list of userdata objects in the \type {attr} field of -individual nodes. They can be handled individually, but it is much safer and more -efficient to use the dedicated functions associated with them. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.has_attribute}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> v = - node.has_attribute(<node> n, <number> id) -<number> v = - node.has_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val) -\stopfunctioncall - -Tests if a node has the attribute with number \type {id} set. If \type {val} is -also supplied, also tests if the value matches \type {val}. It returns the value, -or, if no match is found, \type {nil}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.get_attribute}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> v = - node.get_attribute(<node> n, <number> id) -\stopfunctioncall - -Tests if a node has an attribute with number \type {id} set. It returns the -value, or, if no match is found, \type {nil}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.find_attribute}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> v, <node> n = - node.find_attribute(<node> n, <number> id) -\stopfunctioncall - -Finds the first node that has attribute with number \type {id} set. It returns -the value and the node if there is a match and otherwise nothing. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.set_attribute}} - -\startfunctioncall -node.set_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val) -\stopfunctioncall - -Sets the attribute with number \type {id} to the value \type {val}. Duplicate -assignments are ignored. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.unset_attribute}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> v = - node.unset_attribute(<node> n, <number> id) -<number> v = - node.unset_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val) -\stopfunctioncall - -Unsets the attribute with number \type {id}. If \type {val} is also supplied, it -will only perform this operation if the value matches \type {val}. Missing -attributes or attribute|-|value pairs are ignored. - -If the attribute was actually deleted, returns its old value. Otherwise, returns -\type {nil}. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.slide}} - -This helper makes sure that the node lists is double linked and returns the found -tail node. - -\startfunctioncall -<node> tail = - node.slide(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -After some callbacks automatic sliding takes place. This feature can be turned -off with \type {node.fix_node_lists(false)} but you better make sure then that -you don't mess up lists. In most cases \TEX\ itself only uses \type {next} -pointers but your other callbacks might expect proper \type {prev} pointers too. -Future versions of \LUATEX\ can add more checking but this will not influence -usage. - -\subsubsection{\type {node.check_discretionary} and \type {node.check_discretionaries}} - -When you fool around with disc nodes you need to be aware of the fact that they -have a special internal data structure. As long as you reassign the fields when -you have extended the lists it's ok because then the tail pointers get updated, -but when you add to list without reassigning you might end up in troubles when -the linebreak routien kicks in. You can call this function to check the list for -issues with disc nodes. - -\startfunctioncall -node.check_discretionary(<node> n) -node.check_discretionaries(<node> head) -\stopfunctioncall - -The plural variant runs over all disc nodes in a list, the singular variant -checks one node only (it also checks if the node is a disc node). - -\subsubsection{\type {node.flatten_discretionaries}} - -This function will remove the discretionaries in the list and inject the replace -field when set. - -\startfunctioncall -<node> head, count = node.flatten_discretionaries(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {node.family_font}} - -When you pass it a proper family identifier the next helper will return the font -currently associated with it. You can normally also access the font with the normal -font field or getter because it will resolve the family automatically for noads. - -\startfunctioncall -<integer> id = - node.family_font(<integer> fam) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {node.set_synctex_fields} and \type {node.get_synctex_fields}} - -You can set and query the synctex fields, a file number aka tag and a line -number, for a glue, kern, hlist, vlist, rule and math nodes as well as glyph -nodes (although this last one are not used in native synctex). - -\startfunctioncall -node.set_synctex_fields(<integer> f, <integer> l) -<integer> f, <integer> l = - node.get_synctex_fields(<node> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Of course you need to know what you're doing as no checking on sane values takes -place. Also, the synctex interpreter used in editors is rather peculiar and has -some assumptions (heuristics). - -\section{Two access models} - -Deep down in \TEX\ a node has a number which is an numeric entry in a memory -table. In fact, this model, where \TEX\ manages memory is real fast and one of -the reasons why plugging in callbacks that operate on nodes is quite fast too. -Each node gets a number that is in fact an index in the memory table and that -number often gets reported when you print node related information. - -There are two access models, a robust one using a so called user data object that -provides a virtual interface to the internal nodes, and a more direct access which -uses the node numbers directly. The first model provide key based access while -the second always accesses fields via functions: - -\starttyping -nodeobject.char -getfield(nodenumber,"char") -\stoptyping - -If you use the direct model, even if you know that you deal with numbers, you -should not depend on that property but treat it an abstraction just like -traditional nodes. In fact, the fact that we use a simple basic datatype has the -penalty that less checking can be done, but less checking is also the reason why -it's somewhat faster. An important aspect is that one cannot mix both methods, -but you can cast both models. So, multiplying a node number makes no sense. - -So our advice is: use the indexed (table) approach when possible and investigate -the direct one when speed might be an real issue. For that reason we also provide -the \type {get*} and \type {set*} functions in the top level node namespace. -There is a limited set of getters. When implementing this direct approach the -regular index by key variant was also optimized, so direct access only makes -sense when we're accessing nodes millions of times (which happens in some font -processing for instance). - -We're talking mostly of getters because setters are less important. Documents -have not that many content related nodes and setting many thousands of properties -is hardly a burden contrary to millions of consultations. - -Normally you will access nodes like this: - -\starttyping -local next = current.next -if next then - -- do something -end -\stoptyping - -Here \type {next} is not a real field, but a virtual one. Accessing it results in -a metatable method being called. In practice it boils down to looking up the node -type and based on the node type checking for the field name. In a worst case you -have a node type that sits at the end of the lookup list and a field that is last -in the lookup chain. However, in successive versions of \LUATEX\ these lookups -have been optimized and the most frequently accessed nodes and fields have a -higher priority. - -Because in practice the \type {next} accessor results in a function call, there -is some overhead involved. The next code does the same and performs a tiny bit -faster (but not that much because it is still a function call but one that knows -what to look up). - -\starttyping -local next = node.next(current) -if next then - -- do something -end -\stoptyping - -Some accessors are used frequently and for these we provide more efficient helpers: - -\starttabulate[|t|p|] -\NC \type{getnext} \NC parsing nodelist always involves this one \NC \NR -\NC \type{getprev} \NC used less but is logical companion to \type {getnext} \NC \NR -\NC \type{getboth} \NC returns the next and prev pointer of a node \NC \NR -\NC \type{getid} \NC consulted a lot \NC \NR -\NC \type{getsubtype} \NC consulted less but also a topper \NC \NR -\NC \type{getfont} \NC used a lot in \OPENTYPE\ handling (glyph nodes are consulted a lot) \NC \NR -\NC \type{getchar} \NC idem and also in other places \NC \NR -\NC \type{getwhd} \NC returns the \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} of a list, rule or - (unexpanded) glyph as well as glue (its spec is looked at) and unset nodes\NC \NR -\NC \type{getdisc} \NC returns the \type {pre}, \type {post} and \type {replace} fields and - optionally when true is passed also the tail fields. \NC \NR -\NC \type{getlist} \NC we often parse nested lists so this is a convenient one too \NC \NR -\NC \type{getleader} \NC comparable to list, seldom used in \TEX\ (but needs frequent consulting - like lists; leaders could have been made a dedicated node type) \NC \NR -\NC \type{getfield} \NC generic getter, sufficient for the rest (other field names are - often shared so a specific getter makes no sense then) \NC \NR -\NC \type{getbox} \NC gets the given box (a list node) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -In the direct namespace there are more such helpers and most of them are -accompanied by setters. The getters and setters are clever enough to see what -node is meant. We don't deal with whatsit nodes: their fields are always accessed -by name. It doesn't make sense to add getters for all fields, we just identifier -the most likely candidates. In complex documents, many node and fields types -never get seen, or seen only a few times, but for instance glyphs are candidates -for such optimization. The \type {node.direct} interface has some more helpers. -\footnote {We can define the helpers in the node namespace with \type {getfield} -which is about as efficient, so at some point we might provide that as module.} - -The \type {setdisc} helper takes three (optional) arguments plus an optional -fourth indicating the subtype. Its \type {getdisc} takes an optional boolean; -when its value is \type {true} the tail nodes will also be returned. The \type -{setfont} helper takes an optional second argument, it being the character. The -directmode setter \type {setlink} takes a list of nodes and will link them, -thereby ignoring \type {nil} entries. The first valid node is returned (beware: -for good reason it assumes single nodes). For rarely used fields no helpers are -provided and there are a few that probably are used seldom too but were added for -consistency. You can of course always define additional accessor using \type -{getfield} and \type {setfield} with little overhead. - -% \startcolumns[balance=yes] - -\def\yes{$+$} \def\nop{$-$} - -\starttabulate[|l|c|c|] -\HL -\BC function \BC node \BC direct \NC \NR -\HL -%NC \type {do_ligature_n} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR % was never documented and experimental -\NC \type {check_discretionaries}\NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {copy_list} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {copy} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {count} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {current_attr} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {dimensions} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {effective_glue} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {end_of_math} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {family_font} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {fields} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {find_attribute} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {first_glyph} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {flush_list} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {flush_node} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {free} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {get_attribute} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getattributelist} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getboth} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getbox} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getchar} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getcomponents} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getdepth} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getdir} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getdisc} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getfam} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getfield} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getfont} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getglue} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getheight} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getid} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getkern} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getlang} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getleader} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getlist} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getnext} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getnucleus} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getoffsets} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getpenalty} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getprev} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getproperty} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getshift} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getwidth} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getwhd} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getsub} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getsubtype} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {getsup} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {has_attribute} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {has_field} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {has_glyph} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {hpack} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {id} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {insert_after} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {insert_before} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {is_char} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {is_direct} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {is_glue_zero} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {is_glyph} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {is_node} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {kerning} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {last_node} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {length} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {ligaturing} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {mlist_to_hlist} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {new} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {next} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {prev} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {protect_glyphs} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {protect_glyph} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {protrusion_skippable} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {rangedimensions} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {remove} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {set_attribute} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setattributelist} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setboth} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setbox} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setchar} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setcomponents} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setdepth} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setdir} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setdisc} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setfield} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setfont} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setglue} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setheight} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setid} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setkern} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setlang} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setleader} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setlist} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setnext} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setnucleus} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setoffsets} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setpenalty} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setprev} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setproperty} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setshift} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setwidth} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setwhd} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setsub} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setsubtype} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {setsup} \NC \nop \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {slide} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {subtypes} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {subtype} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {tail} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {todirect} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {tonode} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {tostring} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {traverse_char} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {traverse_id} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {traverse} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {types} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {type} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {unprotect_glyphs} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {unset_attribute} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {usedlist} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {uses_font} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {vpack} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {whatsitsubtypes} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {whatsits} \NC \yes \NC \nop \NC \NR -\NC \type {write} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {set_synctex_fields} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\NC \type {get_synctex_fields} \NC \yes \NC \yes \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -% \stopcolumns - -The \type {node.next} and \type {node.prev} functions will stay but for -consistency there are variants called \type {getnext} and \type {getprev}. We had -to use \type {get} because \type {node.id} and \type {node.subtype} are already -taken for providing meta information about nodes. Note: The getters do only basic -checking for valid keys. You should just stick to the keys mentioned in the -sections that describe node properties. - -Some nodes have indirect references. For instance a math character refers to a -family instead of a font. In that case we provide a virtual font field as -accessor. So, \type {getfont} and \type {.font} can be used on them. The same is -true for the \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} of glue nodes. These -actually access the spec node properties, and here we can set as well as get the -values. - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-nodes
+
+\startchapter[reference=nodes,title={Nodes}]
+
+\startsection[title={\LUA\ node representation}][library=node]
+
+\topicindex {nodes}
+
+\libindex {fields}
+\libindex {subtypes}
+\libindex {values}
+
+\TEX's nodes are represented in \LUA\ as userdata objects with a variable set of
+fields. In the following syntax tables, such as the type of such a userdata object
+is represented as \syntax {<node>}.
+
+The current return value of \type {node.types()} is:
+\startluacode
+ for id, name in table.sortedhash(node.types()) do
+ context.type(name)
+ context(" (%s), ",id)
+ end
+ context.removeunwantedspaces()
+ context.removepunctuation()
+\stopluacode
+. % period
+
+The \prm {lastnodetype} primitive is \ETEX\ compliant. The valid range is still
+$[-1,15]$ and glyph nodes (formerly known as char nodes) have number~0 while
+ligature nodes are mapped to~7. That way macro packages can use the same symbolic
+names as in traditional \ETEX. Keep in mind that these \ETEX\ node numbers are
+different from the real internal ones and that there are more \ETEX\ node types
+than~15.
+
+You can ask for a list of fields with \type {node.fields} and for valid subtypes
+with \type {node.subtypes}. The \type {node.values} function reports some used
+values. Valid arguments are \nod {dir}, \type {direction}, \nod {glue}, \whs
+{pdf_literal}, \whs {pdf_action}, \whs {pdf_window} and \whs {color_stack}. Keep
+in mind that the setters normally expect a number, but this helper gives you a
+list of what numbers matter. For practical reason the \type {pagestate} values
+are also reported with this helper.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Main text nodes}]
+
+\topicindex {nodes+text}
+
+These are the nodes that comprise actual typesetting commands. A few fields are
+present in all nodes regardless of their type, these are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC the next node in a list, or nil \NC \NR
+\NC \type{id} \NC number \NC the node's type (\type {id}) number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC the node \type {subtype} identifier \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {subtype} is sometimes just a dummy entry because not all nodes
+actually use the \type {subtype}, but this way you can be sure that all nodes
+accept it as a valid field name, and that is often handy in node list traversal.
+In the following tables \type {next} and \type {id} are not explicitly mentioned.
+
+Besides these three fields, almost all nodes also have an \type {attr} field, and
+there is a also a field called \type {prev}. That last field is always present,
+but only initialized on explicit request: when the function \type {node.slide()}
+is called, it will set up the \type {prev} fields to be a backwards pointer in
+the argument node list. By now most of \TEX's node processing makes sure that the
+\type {prev} nodes are valid but there can be exceptions, especially when the
+internal magic uses a leading \nod {temp} nodes to temporarily store a state.
+
+\subsection{\nod {hlist} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{list} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width of the box \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height of the box \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth of the box \NC \NR
+\NC \type{shift} \NC number \NC a displacement perpendicular to the character
+ progression direction \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glue_order} \NC number \NC a number in the range $[0,4]$, indicating the
+ glue order \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glue_set} \NC number \NC the calculated glue ratio \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glue_sign} \NC number \NC 0 = \type {normal}, 1 = \type {stretching}, 2 =
+ \type {shrinking} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC the first node of the body of this list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this box, see~\in [dirnodes] \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\topicindex {nodes+lists}
+\topicindex {lists}
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure
+its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may result.
+
+Note: the field name \type {head} and \type {list} are both valid. Sometimes it
+makes more sense to refer to a list by \type {head}, sometimes \type {list} makes
+more sense.
+
+\subsection{\nod {vlist} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+lists}
+\topicindex {lists}
+
+This node is similar to \nod {hlist}, except that \quote {shift} is a displacement
+perpendicular to the line progression direction, and \quote {subtype} only has
+the values 0, 4, and~5.
+
+\subsection{\nod {rule} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+rules}
+\topicindex {rules}
+
+Contrary to traditional \TEX, \LUATEX\ has more \prm {rule} subtypes because we
+also use rules to store reuseable objects and images. User nodes are invisible
+and can be intercepted by a callback.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes {rule} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width of the rule where the special value
+ $-1073741824$ is used for \quote {running} glue dimensions \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height of the rule (can be negative) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth of the rule (can be negative) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left} \NC number \NC shift at the left end (also subtracted from width) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right} \NC number \NC (subtracted from width) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this rule, see~\in[dirnodes] \NC \NR
+\NC \type{index} \NC number \NC an optional index that can be referred to \NC \NR
+\NC \type{transform} \NC number \NC an private variable (also used to specify outline width) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {left} and type {right} keys are somewhat special (and experimental).
+When rules are auto adapting to the surrounding box width you can enforce a shift
+to the right by setting \type {left}. The value is also subtracted from the width
+which can be a value set by the engine itself and is not entirely under user
+control. The \type {right} is also subtracted from the width. It all happens in
+the backend so these are not affecting the calculations in the frontend (actually
+the auto settings also happen in the backend). For a vertical rule \type {left}
+affects the height and \type {right} affects the depth. There is no matching
+interface at the \TEX\ end (although we can have more keywords for rules it would
+complicate matters and introduce a speed penalty.) However, you can just
+construct a rule node with \LUA\ and write it to the \TEX\ input. The \type
+{outline} subtype is just a convenient variant and the \type {transform} field
+specifies the width of the outline.
+
+\subsection{\nod {ins} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+insertions}
+\topicindex {insertions}
+
+This node relates to the \prm {insert} primitive.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC the insertion class \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cost} \NC number \NC the penalty associated with this insert \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC height of the insert \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC depth of the insert \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC the first node of the body of this insert \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+There is a set of extra fields that concern the associated glue: \type {width},
+\type {stretch}, \type {stretch_order}, \type {shrink} and \type {shrink_order}.
+These are all numbers.
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure
+its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may result. You can use
+\type {list} instead (often in functions you want to use local variable with similar
+names and both names are equally sensible).
+
+\subsection{\nod {mark} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+marks}
+\topicindex {marks}
+
+This one relates to the \prm {mark} primitive.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC unused \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{class} \NC number \NC the mark class \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mark} \NC table \NC a table representing a token list \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {adjust} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+adjust}
+\topicindex {adjust}
+
+This node comes from \prm {vadjust} primitive.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{adjust} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC adjusted material \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure
+its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be the result.
+
+\subsection{\nod {disc} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+discretionaries}
+\topicindex {discretionaries}
+
+The \prm {discretionary} and \prm {-}, the \type {-} character but also the
+hyphenation mechanism produces these nodes.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{disc} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pre} \NC node \NC pointer to the pre|-|break text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{post} \NC node \NC pointer to the post|-|break text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{replace} \NC node \NC pointer to the no|-|break text \NC \NR
+\NC \type{penalty} \NC number \NC the penalty associated with the break, normally
+ \prm {hyphenpenalty} or \prm {exhyphenpenalty} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The subtype numbers~4 and~5 belong to the \quote {of-f-ice} explanation given
+elsewhere. These disc nodes are kind of special as at some point they also keep
+information about breakpoints and nested ligatures.
+
+The \type {pre}, \type {post} and \type {replace} fields at the \LUA\ end are in
+fact indirectly accessed and have a \type {prev} pointer that is not \type {nil}.
+This means that when you mess around with the head of these (three) lists, you
+also need to reassign them because that will restore the proper \type {prev}
+pointer, so:
+
+\starttyping
+pre = d.pre
+-- change the list starting with pre
+d.pre = pre
+\stoptyping
+
+Otherwise you can end up with an invalid internal perception of reality and
+\LUATEX\ might even decide to crash on you. It also means that running forward
+over for instance \type {pre} is ok but backward you need to stop at \type {pre}.
+And you definitely must not mess with the node that \type {prev} points to, if
+only because it is not really a node but part of the disc data structure (so
+freeing it again might crash \LUATEX).
+
+\subsection{\nod {math} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+math}
+\topicindex {math+nodes}
+
+Math nodes represent the boundaries of a math formula, normally wrapped into
+\type {$} signs.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{math} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{surround} \NC number \NC width of the \prm {mathsurround} kern \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+There is a set of extra fields that concern the associated glue: \type {width},
+\type {stretch}, \type {stretch_order}, \type {shrink} and \type {shrink_order}.
+These are all numbers.
+
+\subsection{\nod {glue} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+glue}
+\topicindex {glue}
+
+Skips are about the only type of data objects in traditional \TEX\ that are not a
+simple value. They are inserted when \TEX\ sees a space in the text flow but also
+by \prm {hskip} and \prm {vskip}. The structure that represents the glue
+components of a skip is called a \nod {glue_spec}, and it has the following
+accessible fields:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the horizontal or vertical displacement \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stretch} \NC number \NC extra (positive) displacement or stretch amount \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stretch_order} \NC number \NC factor applied to stretch amount \NC \NR
+\NC \type{shrink} \NC number \NC extra (negative) displacement or shrink amount\NC \NR
+\NC \type{shrink_order} \NC number \NC factor applied to shrink amount \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The effective width of some glue subtypes depends on the stretch or shrink needed
+to make the encapsulating box fit its dimensions. For instance, in a paragraph
+lines normally have glue representing spaces and these stretch or shrink to make
+the content fit in the available space. The \type {effective_glue} function that
+takes a glue node and a parent (hlist or vlist) returns the effective width of
+that glue item. When you pass \type {true} as third argument the value will be
+rounded.
+
+A \nod {glue_spec} node is a special kind of node that is used for storing a set
+of glue values in registers. Originally they were also used to store properties
+of glue nodes (using a system of reference counts) but we now keep these
+properties in the glue nodes themselves, which gives a cleaner interface to \LUA.
+
+The indirect spec approach was in fact an optimization in the original \TEX\
+code. First of all it can save quite some memory because all these spaces that
+become glue now share the same specification (only the reference count is
+incremented), and zero testing is also a bit faster because only the pointer has
+to be checked (this is no longer true for engines that implement for instance
+protrusion where we really need to ensure that zero is zero when we test for
+bounds). Another side effect is that glue specifications are read|-|only, so in
+the end copies need to be made when they are used from \LUA\ (each assignment to
+a field can result in a new copy). So in the end the advantages of sharing are
+not that high (and nowadays memory is less an issue, also given that a glue node
+is only a few memory words larger than a spec).
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{glue} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{leader} \NC node \NC pointer to a box or rule for leaders \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+In addition there are the \type {width}, \type {stretch} \type {stretch_order},
+\type {shrink}, and \type {shrink_order} fields. Note that we use the key \type
+{width} in both horizontal and vertical glue. This suits the \TEX\ internals well
+so we decided to stick to that naming.
+
+A regular word space also results in a \type {spaceskip} subtype (this used to be
+a \type {userskip} with subtype zero).
+
+\subsection{\nod {kern} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+kerns}
+\topicindex {kerns}
+
+The \prm {kern} command creates such nodes but for instance the font and math
+machinery can also add them.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{kern} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kern} \NC number \NC fixed horizontal or vertical advance \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {penalty} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+penalty}
+\topicindex {penalty}
+
+The \prm {penalty} command is one that generates these nodes.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{penalty} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{penalty} \NC number \NC the penalty value \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The subtypes are just informative and \TEX\ itself doesn't use them. When you
+run into an \type {linebreakpenalty} you need to keep in mind that it's a
+accumulation of \type {club}, \type{widow} and other relevant penalties.
+
+\subsection[glyphnodes]{\nod {glyph} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+glyph}
+\topicindex {glyphs}
+
+These are probably the mostly used nodes and although you can push them in the
+current list with for instance \prm {char} \TEX\ will normally do it for you when
+it considers some input to be text.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC bit field \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the character index in the font \NC \NR
+\NC \type{font} \NC number \NC the font identifier \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lang} \NC number \NC the language identifier \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left} \NC number \NC the frozen \type {\lefthyphenmnin} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right} \NC number \NC the frozen \type {\righthyphenmnin} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{uchyph} \NC boolean \NC the frozen \prm {uchyph} value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{components} \NC node \NC pointer to ligature components \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xoffset} \NC number \NC a virtual displacement in horizontal direction \NC \NR
+\NC \type{yoffset} \NC number \NC a virtual displacement in vertical direction \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the (original) width of the character \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the (original) height of the character\NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the (original) depth of the character\NC \NR
+\NC \type{expansion_factor} \NC number \NC the to be applied expansion_factor \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC number \NC a general purpose field for users (we had room for it) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} values are read|-|only. The
+\type {expansion_factor} is assigned in the par builder and used in the backend.
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the components field unless you are sure
+its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error may be result. Valid
+bits for the \type {subtype} field are:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|l|]
+\DB bit \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC character \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC ligature \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC ghost \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC left \NC \NR
+\NC 4 \NC right \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+See \in {section} [charsandglyphs] for a detailed description of the \type
+{subtype} field.
+
+The \type {expansion_factor} has been introduced as part of the separation
+between font- and backend. It is the result of extensive experiments with a more
+efficient implementation of expansion. Early versions of \LUATEX\ already
+replaced multiple instances of fonts in the backend by scaling but contrary to
+\PDFTEX\ in \LUATEX\ we now also got rid of font copies in the frontend and
+replaced them by expansion factors that travel with glyph nodes. Apart from a
+cleaner approach this is also a step towards a better separation between front-
+and backend.
+
+The \type {is_char} function checks if a node is a glyph node with a subtype still
+less than 256. This function can be used to determine if applying font logic to a
+glyph node makes sense. The value \type {nil} gets returned when the node is not
+a glyph, a character number is returned if the node is still tagged as character
+and \type {false} gets returned otherwise. When nil is returned, the id is also
+returned. The \type {is_glyph} variant doesn't check for a subtype being less
+than 256, so it returns either the character value or nil plus the id. These
+helpers are not always faster than separate calls but they sometimes permit
+making more readable tests. The \type {uses_font} helpers takes a node
+and font id and returns true when a glyph or disc node references that font.
+
+\subsection{\nod {boundary} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+boundary}
+\topicindex {boundary}
+
+This node relates to the \prm {noboundary}, \prm {boundary}, \prm
+{protrusionboundary} and \prm {wordboundary} primitives.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{boundary} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC values 0--255 are reserved \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {local_par} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+paragraphs}
+\topicindex {paragraphs}
+
+This node is inserted at the start of a paragraph. You should not mess
+too much with this one.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pen_inter} \NC number \NC local interline penalty (from \lpr {localinterlinepenalty}) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pen_broken} \NC number \NC local broken penalty (from \lpr {localbrokenpenalty}) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction of this par. see~\in [dirnodes] \NC \NR
+\NC \type{box_left} \NC node \NC the \lpr {localleftbox} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{box_left_width} \NC number \NC width of the \lpr {localleftbox} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{box_right} \NC node \NC the \lpr {localrightbox} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{box_right_width} \NC number \NC width of the \lpr {localrightbox} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {box_left} or \type {box_right}
+field unless you are sure its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an
+error may result.
+
+\subsection[dirnodes]{\nod {dir} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+direction}
+\topicindex {directions}
+
+Direction nodes mark parts of the running text that need a change of direction and \
+the \prm {textdir} command generates them.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dir} \NC string \NC the direction (but see below) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{level} \NC number \NC nesting level of this direction whatsit \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Direction specifiers are three|-|letter combinations of \type {T}, \type {B},
+\type {R}, and \type {L}. These are built up out of three separate items:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ the first is the direction of the \quote{top} of paragraphs
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ the second is the direction of the \quote{start} of lines
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ the third is the direction of the \quote{top} of glyphs
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+However, only four combinations are accepted: \type {TLT}, \type {TRT}, \type
+{RTT}, and \type {LTL}. Inside actual \nod {dir} nodes, the representation of
+\nod {dir} is not a three|-|letter but a combination of numbers. When printed the
+direction is indicated by a \type {+} or \type {-}, indicating whether the value
+is pushed or popped from the direction stack.
+
+\subsection{\nod {marginkern} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+paragraphs}
+\topicindex {paragraphs}
+\topicindex {protrusion}
+
+Margin kerns result from protrusion.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{marginkern} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the advance of the kern \NC \NR
+\NC \type{glyph} \NC node \NC the glyph to be used \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Math noads}]
+
+\topicindex {nodes+math}
+\topicindex {math+nodes}
+
+These are the so||called \quote {noad}s and the nodes that are specifically
+associated with math processing. Most of these nodes contain subnodes so that the
+list of possible fields is actually quite small. First, the subnodes:
+
+\subsection{Math kernel subnodes}
+
+Many object fields in math mode are either simple characters in a specific family
+or math lists or node lists. There are four associated subnodes that represent
+these cases (in the following node descriptions these are indicated by the word
+\type {<kernel>}).
+
+The \type {next} and \type {prev} fields for these subnodes are unused.
+
+\subsection{\nod {math_char} and \nod {math_text_char} subnodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{char} \NC number \NC the character index \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fam} \NC number \NC the family number \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \nod {math_char} is the simplest subnode field, it contains the character
+and family for a single glyph object. The \nod {math_text_char} is a special
+case that you will not normally encounter, it arises temporarily during math list
+conversion (its sole function is to suppress a following italic correction).
+
+\subsection{\nod {sub_box} and \nod {sub_mlist} subnodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head/list} \NC node \NC list of nodes \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+These two subnode types are used for subsidiary list items. For \nod {sub_box},
+the \type {head} points to a \quote {normal} vbox or hbox. For \nod {sub_mlist},
+the \type {head} points to a math list that is yet to be converted.
+
+A warning: never assign a node list to the \type {head} field unless you are sure
+its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error is triggered.
+
+\subsection{\nod {delim} subnodes}
+
+There is a fifth subnode type that is used exclusively for delimiter fields. As
+before, the \type {next} and \type {prev} fields are unused.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{small_char} \NC number \NC character index of base character \NC \NR
+\NC \type{small_fam} \NC number \NC family number of base character \NC \NR
+\NC \type{large_char} \NC number \NC character index of next larger character \NC \NR
+\NC \type{large_fam} \NC number \NC family number of next larger character \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The fields \type {large_char} and \type {large_fam} can be zero, in that case the
+font that is set for the \type {small_fam} is expected to provide the large
+version as an extension to the \type {small_char}.
+
+\subsection{Math core nodes}
+
+First, there are the objects (the \TEX book calls them \quote {atoms}) that are
+associated with the simple math objects: ord, op, bin, rel, open, close, punct,
+inner, over, under, vcent. These all have the same fields, and they are combined
+into a single node type with separate subtypes for differentiation.
+
+Some noads have an option field. The values in this bitset are common:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|r|]
+\DB meaning \BC bits \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC set \NC \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC internal \NC \type{0x00} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC internal \NC \type{0x01} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC axis \NC \type{0x02} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC no axis \NC \type{0x04} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC exact \NC \type{0x10} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC left \NC \type{0x11} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC middle \NC \type{0x12} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC right \NC \type{0x14} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC no sub script \NC \type{0x21} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC no super script \NC \type{0x22} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\NC no script \NC \type{0x23} + \type{0x08} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{simple \nod {noad} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{noad} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {accent} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{accent} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{accent} \NC kernel node \NC top accent \NC \NR
+\NC \type{bot_accent} \NC kernel node \NC bottom accent \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fraction} \NC number \NC larger step criterium (divided by 1000) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {style} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{style} \NC string \NC contains the style \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+There are eight possibilities for the string value: one of \type {display},
+\type {text}, \type {script}, or \type {scriptscript}. Each of these can have
+be prefixed by \type {cramped}.
+
+\subsection{\nod {choice} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{display} \NC node \NC list of display size alternatives \NC \NR
+\NC \type{text} \NC node \NC list of text size alternatives \NC \NR
+\NC \type{script} \NC node \NC list of scriptsize alternatives \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scriptscript} \NC node \NC list of scriptscriptsize alternatives \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {display}, \type {text}, \type
+{script}, or \type {scriptscript} field unless you are sure its internal link
+structure is correct, otherwise an error can occur.
+
+\subsection{\nod {radical} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{radical} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nucleus} \NC kernel node \NC base \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sub} \NC kernel node \NC subscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{sup} \NC kernel node \NC superscript \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left} \NC delimiter node \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{degree} \NC kernel node \NC only set by \lpr {Uroot} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC required width \NC \NR
+\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {nucleus}, \type {sub}, \type
+{sup}, \type {left}, or \type {degree} field unless you are sure its internal
+link structure is correct, otherwise an error can be triggered.
+
+\subsection{\nod {fraction} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC (optional) width of the fraction \NC \NR
+\NC \type{num} \NC kernel node \NC numerator \NC \NR
+\NC \type{denom} \NC kernel node \NC denominator \NC \NR
+\NC \type{left} \NC delimiter node \NC left side symbol \NC \NR
+\NC \type{right} \NC delimiter node \NC right side symbol \NC \NR
+\NC \type{middle} \NC delimiter node \NC middle symbol \NC \NR
+\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Warning: never assign a node list to the \type {num}, or \type {denom} field
+unless you are sure its internal link structure is correct, otherwise an error
+can result.
+
+\subsection{\nod {fence} nodes}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{subtype} \NC number \NC \showsubtypes{fence} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{delim} \NC delimiter node \NC delimiter specification \NC \NR
+\NC \type{italic} \NC number \NC italic correction \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC required height \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC required depth \NC \NR
+\NC \type{options} \NC number \NC bitset of rendering options \NC \NR
+\NC \type{class} \NC number \NC spacing related class \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Warning: some of these fields are used by the renderer and might get adapted in
+the process.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Front|-|end whatsits}]
+
+Whatsit nodes come in many subtypes that you can ask for them by running
+\type {node.whatsits}:
+\startluacode
+ for id, name in table.sortedpairs(node.whatsits()) do
+ context.type(name)
+ context(" (%s), ",id)
+ end
+ context.removeunwantedspaces()
+ context.removepunctuation()
+\stopluacode
+. % period
+
+Some of them are generic and independent of the output mode and others are
+specific to the chosen backend: \DVI\ or \PDF. Here we discuss the generic
+font|-|end nodes nodes.
+
+\subsection{\whs {open}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC file name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ext} \NC string \NC file extension \NC \NR
+\NC \type{area} \NC string \NC file area (this may become obsolete) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {write}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC table \NC a table representing the token list to be written \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {close}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stream} \NC number \NC \TEX's stream id number \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {user_defined}}
+
+User|-|defined whatsit nodes can only be created and handled from \LUA\ code. In
+effect, they are an extension to the extension mechanism. The \LUATEX\ engine
+will simply step over such whatsits without ever looking at the contents.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{user_id} \NC number \NC id number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{type} \NC number \NC type of the value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC a \LUA\ number \NC \NR
+\NC \NC node \NC a node list \NC \NR
+\NC \NC string \NC a \LUA\ string \NC \NR
+\NC \NC table \NC a \LUA\ table \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {type} can have one of six distinct values. The number is the \ASCII\
+value if the first character of the type name (so you can use string.byte("l")
+instead of \type {108}).
+
+\starttabulate[|r|c|p|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 97 \NC a \NC list of attributes (a node list) \NC \NR
+\NC 100 \NC d \NC a \LUA\ number \NC \NR
+\NC 108 \NC l \NC a \LUA\ value (table, number, boolean, etc) \NC \NR
+\NC 110 \NC n \NC a node list \NC \NR
+\NC 115 \NC s \NC a \LUA\ string \NC \NR
+\NC 116 \NC t \NC a \LUA\ token list in \LUA\ table form (a list of triplets) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {save_pos}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {late_lua}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string or function \NC the to be written information stored as \LUA\ value \NC \NR
+\NC \type{token} \NC string \NC the to be written information stored as token list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{name} \NC string \NC the name to use for \LUA\ error reporting \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The difference between \type {data} and \type {string} is that on assignment, the
+\type {data} field is converted to a token list, cf.\ use as \lpr {latelua}. The
+\type {string} version is treated as a literal string.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\DVI\ backend whatsits}]
+
+\subsection{\whs {special}}
+
+There is only one \DVI\ backend whatsit, and it just flushes its content to the
+output file.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the \prm {special} information \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={\PDF\ backend whatsits}]
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_literal}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mode} \NC number \NC the \quote {mode} setting of this literal \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the to be written information stored as \LUA\ string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{token} \NC string \NC the to be written information stored as token list \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Possible mode values are:
+
+\starttabulate[|c|p|]
+\DB value \BC keyword \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC \type{origin} \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC \type{page} \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC \type{direct} \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC \type{raw} \NC \NR
+\NC 4 \NC \type{text} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The higher the number, the less checking and the more you can run into trouble.
+Especially the \type {raw} variant can produce bad \PDF\ so you can best check
+what you generate.
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_refobj}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_annot}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the annotation data \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_start_link}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the referenced \PDF\ object number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{link_attr} \NC table \NC the link attribute token list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{action} \NC node \NC the action to perform \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_end_link}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_dest}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is the \type {dest_id} a string value? \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dest_id} \NC number \NC the destination id \NC \NR
+\NC \NC string \NC the destination name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dest_type} \NC number \NC type of destination \NC \NR
+\NC \type{xyz_zoom} \NC number \NC the zoom factor (times 1000) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{objnum} \NC number \NC the \PDF\ object number \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_action}}
+
+These are a special kind of items that only appear inside \PDF\ start link
+objects.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{action_type} \NC number \NC the kind of action involved \NC \NR
+\NC \type{action_id} \NC number or string \NC token list reference or string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC the index of the destination \NC \NR
+\NC \type{file} \NC string \NC the target filename \NC \NR
+\NC \type{new_window} \NC number \NC the window state of the target \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC the name of the destination \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Valid action types are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC \type{page} \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC \type{goto} \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC \type{thread} \NC \NR
+\NC 3 \NC \type{user} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Valid window types are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|]
+\DB value \BC meaning \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC 0 \NC \type{notset} \NC \NR
+\NC 1 \NC \type{new} \NC \NR
+\NC 2 \NC \type{nonew} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_thread}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is \type {tread_id} a string value? \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tread_id} \NC number \NC the thread id \NC \NR
+\NC \NC string \NC the thread name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{thread_attr} \NC number \NC extra thread information \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_start_thread}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{width} \NC number \NC the width (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{height} \NC number \NC the height (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{depth} \NC number \NC the depth (not used in calculations) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{named_id} \NC number \NC is \type {tread_id} a string value? \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tread_id} \NC number \NC the thread id \NC \NR
+\NC \NC string \NC the thread name \NC \NR
+\NC \type{thread_attr} \NC number \NC extra thread information \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_end_thread}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_colorstack}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stack} \NC number \NC colorstack id number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{command} \NC number \NC command to execute \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC data \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_setmatrix}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{data} \NC string \NC data \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_save}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\whs {pdf_restore}}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{attr} \NC node \NC list of attributes \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {node} library}][library=node]
+
+\subsection {Introduction}
+
+The \type {node} library contains functions that facilitate dealing with (lists
+of) nodes and their values. They allow you to create, alter, copy, delete, and
+insert \LUATEX\ node objects, the core objects within the typesetter.
+
+\LUATEX\ nodes are represented in \LUA\ as userdata with the metadata type
+\type {luatex.node}. The various parts within a node can be accessed using
+named fields.
+
+Each node has at least the three fields \type {next}, \type {id}, and \type {subtype}:
+
+\startitemize[intro]
+
+\startitem
+ The \type {next} field returns the userdata object for the next node in a
+ linked list of nodes, or \type {nil}, if there is no next node.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \type {id} indicates \TEX's \quote{node type}. The field \type {id} has a
+ numeric value for efficiency reasons, but some of the library functions also
+ accept a string value instead of \type {id}.
+\stopitem
+
+\startitem
+ The \type {subtype} is another number. It often gives further information
+ about a node of a particular \type {id}, but it is most important when
+ dealing with \quote {whatsits}, because they are differentiated solely based
+ on their \type {subtype}.
+\stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+The other available fields depend on the \type {id} (and for \quote {whatsits},
+the \type {subtype}) of the node.
+
+Support for \nod {unset} (alignment) nodes is partial: they can be queried and
+modified from \LUA\ code, but not created.
+
+Nodes can be compared to each other, but: you are actually comparing indices into
+the node memory. This means that equality tests can only be trusted under very
+limited conditions. It will not work correctly in any situation where one of the
+two nodes has been freed and|/|or reallocated: in that case, there will be false
+positives.
+
+At the moment, memory management of nodes should still be done explicitly by the
+user. Nodes are not \quote {seen} by the \LUA\ garbage collector, so you have to
+call the node freeing functions yourself when you are no longer in need of a node
+(list). Nodes form linked lists without reference counting, so you have to be
+careful that when control returns back to \LUATEX\ itself, you have not deleted
+nodes that are still referenced from a \type {next} pointer elsewhere, and that
+you did not create nodes that are referenced more than once. Normally the setters
+and getters handle this for you.
+
+There are statistics available with regards to the allocated node memory, which
+can be handy for tracing.
+
+\subsection{\type {is_node}}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+functions}
+
+\libindex {is_node}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean|integer> t =
+ node.is_node(<any> item)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a number (the internal index of the node) if the argument
+is a userdata object of type \type {<node>} and false when no node is passed.
+
+\subsection{\type {types} and \type {whatsits}}
+
+\libindex {types}
+\libindex {whatsits}
+
+This function returns an array that maps node id numbers to node type strings,
+providing an overview of the possible top|-|level \type {id} types.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> t =
+ node.types()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\TEX's \quote {whatsits} all have the same \type {id}. The various subtypes are
+defined by their \type {subtype} fields. The function is much like \type {types},
+except that it provides an array of \type {subtype} mappings.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> t =
+ node.whatsits()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {id}}
+
+\libindex{id}
+
+This converts a single type name to its internal numeric representation.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> id =
+ node.id(<string> type)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {type} and \type {subtype}}
+
+\libindex {type}
+\libindex {subtype}
+
+In the argument is a number, then the next function converts an internal numeric
+representation to an external string representation. Otherwise, it will return
+the string \type {node} if the object represents a node, and \type {nil}
+otherwise.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> type =
+ node.type(<any> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This next one converts a single whatsit name to its internal numeric
+representation (\type {subtype}).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> subtype =
+ node.subtype(<string> type)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {fields}}
+
+\libindex {fields}
+
+This function returns an array of valid field names for a particular type of
+node. If you want to get the valid fields for a \quote {whatsit}, you have to
+supply the second argument also. In other cases, any given second argument will
+be silently ignored.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> t =
+ node.fields(<number> id)
+<table> t =
+ node.fields(<number> id, <number> subtype)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The function accepts string \type {id} and \type {subtype} values as well.
+
+\subsection{\type {has_field}}
+
+\libindex {has_field}
+
+This function returns a boolean that is only true if \type {n} is
+actually a node, and it has the field.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> t =
+ node.has_field(<node> n, <string> field)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {new}}
+
+\libindex{new}
+
+The \type {new} function creates a new node. All its fields are initialized to
+either zero or \type {nil} except for \type {id} and \type {subtype}. Instead of
+numbers you can also use strings (names). If you create a new \nod {whatsit} node
+the second argument is required. As with all node functions, this function
+creates a node at the \TEX\ level.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n =
+ node.new(<number> id)
+<node> n =
+ node.new(<number> id, <number> subtype)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {free}, \type {flush_node} and \type {flush_list}}
+
+\libindex{free}
+\libindex{flush_node}
+\libindex{flush_list}
+
+The next one the node \type {n} from \TEX's memory. Be careful: no checks are
+done on whether this node is still pointed to from a register or some \type
+{next} field: it is up to you to make sure that the internal data structures
+remain correct.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> next =
+ node.free(<node> n)
+flush_node(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type {free} function returns the next field of the freed node, while the
+\type {flush_node} alternative returns nothing.
+
+A list starting with node \type {n} can be flushed from \TEX's memory too. Be
+careful: no checks are done on whether any of these nodes is still pointed to
+from a register or some \type {next} field: it is up to you to make sure that the
+internal data structures remain correct.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.flush_list(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {copy} and \type {copy_list}}
+
+\libindex{copy}
+\libindex{copy_list}
+
+This creates a deep copy of node \type {n}, including all nested lists as in the case
+of a hlist or vlist node. Only the \type {next} field is not copied.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.copy(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+A deep copy of the node list that starts at \type {n} can be created too. If
+\type {m} is also given, the copy stops just before node \type {m}.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.copy_list(<node> n)
+<node> m =
+ node.copy_list(<node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Note that you cannot copy attribute lists this way. However, there is normally no
+need to copy attribute lists as when you do assignments to the \type {attr} field
+or make changes to specific attributes, the needed copying and freeing takes
+place automatically.
+
+\subsection{\type {prev} and \type{next}}
+
+\libindex{prev}
+\libindex{next}
+
+These returns the node preceding or following the given node, or \type {nil} if
+there is no such node.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.next(<node> n)
+<node> m =
+ node.prev(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {current_attr}}
+
+\libindex{current_attr}
+
+This returns the currently active list of attributes, if there is one.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.current_attr()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The intended usage of \type {current_attr} is as follows:
+
+\starttyping
+local x1 = node.new("glyph")
+x1.attr = node.current_attr()
+local x2 = node.new("glyph")
+x2.attr = node.current_attr()
+\stoptyping
+
+or:
+
+\starttyping
+local x1 = node.new("glyph")
+local x2 = node.new("glyph")
+local ca = node.current_attr()
+x1.attr = ca
+x2.attr = ca
+\stoptyping
+
+The attribute lists are ref counted and the assignment takes care of incrementing
+the refcount. You cannot expect the value \type {ca} to be valid any more when
+you assign attributes (using \type {tex.setattribute}) or when control has been
+passed back to \TEX.
+
+Note: this function is somewhat experimental, and it returns the {\it actual}
+attribute list, not a copy thereof. Therefore, changing any of the attributes in
+the list will change these values for all nodes that have the current attribute
+list assigned to them.
+
+\subsection{\type {hpack}}
+
+\libindex {hpack}
+
+This function creates a new hlist by packaging the list that begins at node \type
+{n} into a horizontal box. With only a single argument, this box is created using
+the natural width of its components. In the three argument form, \type {info}
+must be either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}, and \type {w} is the
+additional (\type {\hbox spread}) or exact (\type {\hbox to}) width to be used.
+The second return value is the badness of the generated box.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.hpack(<node> n)
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.hpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info)
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.hpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info, <string> dir)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Caveat: there can be unexpected side|-|effects to this function, like updating
+some of the \prm {marks} and \type {\inserts}. Also note that the content of
+\type {h} is the original node list \type {n}: if you call \type {node.free(h)}
+you will also free the node list itself, unless you explicitly set the \type
+{list} field to \type {nil} beforehand. And in a similar way, calling \type
+{node.free(n)} will invalidate \type {h} as well!
+
+\subsection{\type {vpack}}
+
+\libindex {vpack}
+
+This function creates a new vlist by packaging the list that begins at node \type
+{n} into a vertical box. With only a single argument, this box is created using
+the natural height of its components. In the three argument form, \type {info}
+must be either \type {additional} or \type {exactly}, and \type {w} is the
+additional (\type {\vbox spread}) or exact (\type {\vbox to}) height to be used.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.vpack(<node> n)
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.vpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info)
+<node> h, <number> b =
+ node.vpack(<node> n, <number> w, <string> info, <string> dir)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The second return value is the badness of the generated box. See the description
+of \type {hpack} for a few memory allocation caveats.
+
+\subsection{\type {prepend_prevdepth}}
+
+\libindex {prepend_prevdepth}
+
+This function is somewhat special in the sense that it is an experimental helper
+that adds the interlinespace to a line keeping the baselineskip and lineskip into
+account.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n, <number> delta =
+ node.prepend_prevdepth(<node> n,<number> prevdepth)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {dimensions} and \type {rangedimensions}}
+
+\libindex{dimensions}
+\libindex{rangedimensions}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<node> n)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<node> n, <string> dir)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<node> n, <node> t)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<node> n, <node> t, <string> dir)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function calculates the natural in|-|line dimensions of the node list starting
+at node \type {n} and terminating just before node \type {t} (or the end of the
+list, if there is no second argument). The return values are scaled points. An
+alternative format that starts with glue parameters as the first three arguments
+is also possible:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order,
+ <node> n)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order,
+ <node> n, <string> dir)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order,
+ <node> n, <node> t)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.dimensions(<number> glue_set, <number> glue_sign, <number> glue_order,
+ <node> n, <node> t, <string> dir)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This calling method takes glue settings into account and is especially useful for
+finding the actual width of a sublist of nodes that are already boxed, for
+example in code like this, which prints the width of the space in between the
+\type {a} and \type {b} as it would be if \type {\box0} was used as-is:
+
+\starttyping
+\setbox0 = \hbox to 20pt {a b}
+
+\directlua{print (node.dimensions(
+ tex.box[0].glue_set,
+ tex.box[0].glue_sign,
+ tex.box[0].glue_order,
+ tex.box[0].head.next,
+ node.tail(tex.box[0].head)
+)) }
+\stoptyping
+
+You need to keep in mind that this is one of the few places in \TEX\ where floats
+are used, which means that you can get small differences in rounding when you
+compare the width reported by \type {hpack} with \type {dimensions}.
+
+The second alternative saves a few lookups and can be more convenient in some
+cases:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.rangedimensions(<node> parent, <node> first)
+<number> w, <number> h, <number> d =
+ node.rangedimensions(<node> parent, <node> first, <node> last)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {mlist_to_hlist}}
+
+\libindex {mlist_to_hlist}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> h =
+ node.mlist_to_hlist(<node> n, <string> display_type, <boolean> penalties)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This runs the internal mlist to hlist conversion, converting the math list in
+\type {n} into the horizontal list \type {h}. The interface is exactly the same
+as for the callback \cbk {mlist_to_hlist}.
+
+\subsection{\type {slide}}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.slide(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns the last node of the node list that starts at \type {n}. As a
+side|-|effect, it also creates a reverse chain of \type {prev} pointers between
+nodes.
+
+\subsection{\type {tail}}
+
+\libindex {tail}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> m =
+ node.tail(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns the last node of the node list that starts at \type {n}.
+
+\subsection{\type {length} and type {count}}
+
+\libindex {length}
+\libindex {count}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ node.length(<node> n)
+<number> i =
+ node.length(<node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns the number of nodes contained in the node list that starts at \type {n}.
+If \type {m} is also supplied it stops at \type {m} instead of at the end of the
+list. The node \type {m} is not counted.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> i =
+ node.count(<number> id, <node> n)
+<number> i =
+ node.count(<number> id, <node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns the number of nodes contained in the node list that starts at \type {n}
+that have a matching \type {id} field. If \type {m} is also supplied, counting
+stops at \type {m} instead of at the end of the list. The node \type {m} is not
+counted. This function also accept string \type {id}'s.
+
+\subsection{\type {is_char} and \type {is_glyph}}
+
+\libindex {is_char}
+\libindex {is_glyph}
+
+The subtype of a glyph node signals if the glyph is already turned into a character reference
+or not.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> b =
+ node.is_char(<node> n)
+<boolean> b =
+ node.is_glyph(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {traverse}}
+
+\libindex {traverse}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> t, id, subtype =
+ node.traverse(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This is a \LUA\ iterator that loops over the node list that starts at \type {n}.
+Typically code looks like this:
+
+\starttyping
+for n in node.traverse(head) do
+ ...
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+is functionally equivalent to:
+
+\starttyping
+do
+ local n
+ local function f (head,var)
+ local t
+ if var == nil then
+ t = head
+ else
+ t = var.next
+ end
+ return t
+ end
+ while true do
+ n = f (head, n)
+ if n == nil then break end
+ ...
+ end
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+It should be clear from the definition of the function \type {f} that even though
+it is possible to add or remove nodes from the node list while traversing, you
+have to take great care to make sure all the \type {next} (and \type {prev})
+pointers remain valid.
+
+If the above is unclear to you, see the section \quote {For Statement} in the
+\LUA\ Reference Manual.
+
+\subsection{\type {traverse_id}}
+
+\libindex {traverse_id}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> t, subtype =
+ node.traverse_id(<number> id, <node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This is an iterator that loops over all the nodes in the list that starts at
+\type {n} that have a matching \type {id} field.
+
+See the previous section for details. The change is in the local function \type
+{f}, which now does an extra while loop checking against the upvalue \type {id}:
+
+\starttyping
+ local function f(head,var)
+ local t
+ if var == nil then
+ t = head
+ else
+ t = var.next
+ end
+ while not t.id == id do
+ t = t.next
+ end
+ return t
+ end
+\stoptyping
+
+\subsection{\type {traverse_char} and \type {traverse_glyph}}
+
+\libindex {traverse_char}
+\libindex {traverse_glyph}
+
+The \type{traverse_char} iterator loops over the \nod {glyph} nodes in a list.
+Only nodes with a subtype less than 256 are seen.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n, font, char =
+ node.traverse_char(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The \type{traverse_glyph} iterator loops over a list and returns the list and
+filters all glyphs:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n, font, char =
+ node.traverse_glyph(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {traverse_list}}
+
+\libindex {traverse_list}
+
+This iterator loops over the \nod {hlist} and \nod {vlist} nodes in a list.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n, id, subtype, list =
+ node.traverse_list(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The four return values can save some time compared to fetching these fields but
+in practice you seldom need them all. So consider it a (side effect of
+experimental) convenience.
+
+\subsection{\type {has_glyph}}
+
+\libindex {has_glyph}
+
+This function returns the first glyph or disc node in the given list:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n =
+ node.has_glyph(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {end_of_math}}
+
+\libindex {end_of_math}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> t =
+ node.end_of_math(<node> start)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Looks for and returns the next \type {math_node} following the \type {start}. If
+the given node is a math end node this helper returns that node, else it follows
+the list and returns the next math endnote. If no such node is found nil is
+returned.
+
+\subsection{\type {remove}}
+
+\libindex {remove}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> head, current =
+ node.remove(<node> head, <node> current)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function removes the node \type {current} from the list following \type
+{head}. It is your responsibility to make sure it is really part of that list.
+The return values are the new \type {head} and \type {current} nodes. The
+returned \type {current} is the node following the \type {current} in the calling
+argument, and is only passed back as a convenience (or \type {nil}, if there is
+no such node). The returned \type {head} is more important, because if the
+function is called with \type {current} equal to \type {head}, it will be
+changed.
+
+\subsection{\type {insert_before}}
+
+\libindex {insert_before}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> head, new =
+ node.insert_before(<node> head, <node> current, <node> new)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function inserts the node \type {new} before \type {current} into the list
+following \type {head}. It is your responsibility to make sure that \type
+{current} is really part of that list. The return values are the (potentially
+mutated) \type {head} and the node \type {new}, set up to be part of the list
+(with correct \type {next} field). If \type {head} is initially \type {nil}, it
+will become \type {new}.
+
+\subsection{\type {insert_after}}
+
+\libindex {insert_after}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> head, new =
+ node.insert_after(<node> head, <node> current, <node> new)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function inserts the node \type {new} after \type {current} into the list
+following \type {head}. It is your responsibility to make sure that \type
+{current} is really part of that list. The return values are the \type {head} and
+the node \type {new}, set up to be part of the list (with correct \type {next}
+field). If \type {head} is initially \type {nil}, it will become \type {new}.
+
+\subsection{\type {first_glyph}}
+
+\libindex {first_glyph}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n =
+ node.first_glyph(<node> n)
+<node> n =
+ node.first_glyph(<node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns the first node in the list starting at \type {n} that is a glyph node
+with a subtype indicating it is a glyph, or \type {nil}. If \type {m} is given,
+processing stops at (but including) that node, otherwise processing stops at the
+end of the list.
+
+\subsection{\type {ligaturing}}
+
+\libindex {ligaturing}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success =
+ node.ligaturing(<node> n)
+<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success =
+ node.ligaturing(<node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Apply \TEX-style ligaturing to the specified nodelist. The tail node \type {m} is
+optional. The two returned nodes \type {h} and \type {t} are the new head and
+tail (both \type {n} and \type {m} can change into a new ligature).
+
+\subsection{\type {kerning}}
+
+\libindex {kerning}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success =
+ node.kerning(<node> n)
+<node> h, <node> t, <boolean> success =
+ node.kerning(<node> n, <node> m)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Apply \TEX|-|style kerning to the specified node list. The tail node \type {m} is
+optional. The two returned nodes \type {h} and \type {t} are the head and tail
+(either one of these can be an inserted kern node, because special kernings with
+word boundaries are possible).
+
+\subsection{\type {unprotect_glyph[s]}}
+
+\libindex {unprotect_glyphs}
+\libindex {unprotect_glyph}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.unprotect_glyph(<node> n)
+node.unprotect_glyphs(<node> n,[<node> n])
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Subtracts 256 from all glyph node subtypes. This and the next function are
+helpers to convert from \type {characters} to \type {glyphs} during node
+processing. The second argument is optional and indicates the end of a range.
+
+\subsection{\type {protect_glyph[s]}}
+
+\libindex {protect_glyphs}
+\libindex {protect_glyph}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.protect_glyph(<node> n)
+node.protect_glyphs(<node> n,[<node> n])
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Adds 256 to all glyph node subtypes in the node list starting at \type {n},
+except that if the value is 1, it adds only 255. The special handling of 1 means
+that \type {characters} will become \type {glyphs} after subtraction of 256. A
+single character can be marked by the singular call. The second argument is
+optional and indicates the end of a range.
+
+\subsection{\type {last_node}}
+
+\libindex {last_node}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> n =
+ node.last_node()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function pops the last node from \TEX's \quote{current list}. It returns
+that node, or \type {nil} if the current list is empty.
+
+\subsection{\type {write}}
+
+\libindex {write}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.write(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function that will append a node list to \TEX's \quote {current list}. The
+node list is not deep|-|copied! There is no error checking either! You mignt need
+to enforce horizontal mode in order for this to work as expected.
+
+\subsection{\type {protrusion_skippable}}
+
+\libindex {protrusion_skippable}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> skippable =
+ node.protrusion_skippable(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns \type {true} if, for the purpose of line boundary discovery when
+character protrusion is active, this node can be skipped.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Glue handling}][library=node]
+
+\subsection{\type {setglue}}
+
+\libindex {setglue}
+
+You can set the properties of a glue in one go. If you pass no values, the glue
+will become a zero glue.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.setglue(<node> n)
+node.setglue(<node> n,width,stretch,shrink,stretch_order,shrink_order)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When you pass values, only arguments that are numbers are assigned so
+
+\starttyping
+node.setglue(n,655360,false,65536)
+\stoptyping
+
+will only adapt the width and shrink.
+
+When a list node is passed, you set the glue, order and sign instead.
+
+\subsection{\type {getglue}}
+
+\libindex {getglue}
+
+The next call will return 5 values or nothing when no glue is passed.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<integer> width, <integer> stretch, <integer> shrink, <integer> stretch_order,
+ <integer> shrink_order = node.getglue(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When the second argument is false, only the width is returned (this is consistent
+with \type {tex.get}).
+
+When a list node is passed, you get back the glue that is set, the order of that
+glue and the sign.
+
+\subsection{\type {is_zero_glue}}
+
+\libindex {is_zero_glue}
+
+This function returns \type {true} when the width, stretch and shrink properties
+are zero.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<boolean> isglue =
+ node.is_zero_glue(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Attribute handling}][library=node]
+
+\subsection{Attributes}
+
+\topicindex {attributes}
+
+The newly introduced attribute registers are non|-|trivial, because the value
+that is attached to a node is essentially a sparse array of key|-|value pairs. It
+is generally easiest to deal with attribute lists and attributes by using the
+dedicated functions in the \type {node} library, but for completeness, here is
+the low|-|level interface.
+
+Attributes appear as linked list of userdata objects in the \type {attr} field of
+individual nodes. They can be handled individually, but it is much safer and more
+efficient to use the dedicated functions associated with them.
+
+\subsection{\nod {attribute_list} nodes}
+
+\topicindex {nodes+attributes}
+
+An \nod {attribute_list} item is used as a head pointer for a list of attribute
+items. It has only one user-visible field:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC pointer to the first attribute \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\subsection{\nod {attr} nodes}
+
+A normal node's attribute field will point to an item of type \nod
+{attribute_list}, and the \type {next} field in that item will point to the first
+defined \quote {attribute} item, whose \type {next} will point to the second
+\quote {attribute} item, etc.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{next} \NC node \NC pointer to the next attribute \NC \NR
+\NC \type{number} \NC number \NC the attribute type id \NC \NR
+\NC \type{value} \NC number \NC the attribute value \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+As mentioned it's better to use the official helpers rather than edit these
+fields directly. For instance the \type {prev} field is used for other purposes
+and there is no double linked list.
+
+\subsection{\type {has_attribute}}
+
+\libindex {has_attribute}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> v =
+ node.has_attribute(<node> n, <number> id)
+<number> v =
+ node.has_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Tests if a node has the attribute with number \type {id} set. If \type {val} is
+also supplied, also tests if the value matches \type {val}. It returns the value,
+or, if no match is found, \type {nil}.
+
+\subsection{\type {get_attribute}}
+
+\libindex {get_attribute}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> v =
+ node.get_attribute(<node> n, <number> id)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Tests if a node has an attribute with number \type {id} set. It returns the
+value, or, if no match is found, \type {nil}. If no \type {id} is given then the
+zero attributes is assumed.
+
+\subsection{\type {find_attribute}}
+
+\libindex {find_attribute}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> v, <node> n =
+ node.find_attribute(<node> n, <number> id)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Finds the first node that has attribute with number \type {id} set. It returns
+the value and the node if there is a match and otherwise nothing.
+
+\subsection{\type {set_attribute}}
+
+\libindex {set_attribute}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.set_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Sets the attribute with number \type {id} to the value \type {val}. Duplicate
+assignments are ignored.
+
+\subsection{\type {unset_attribute}}
+
+\libindex {unset_attribute}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> v =
+ node.unset_attribute(<node> n, <number> id)
+<number> v =
+ node.unset_attribute(<node> n, <number> id, <number> val)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Unsets the attribute with number \type {id}. If \type {val} is also supplied, it
+will only perform this operation if the value matches \type {val}. Missing
+attributes or attribute|-|value pairs are ignored.
+
+If the attribute was actually deleted, returns its old value. Otherwise, returns
+\type {nil}.
+
+\subsection{\type {slide}}
+
+\libindex {slide}
+
+This helper makes sure that the node lists is double linked and returns the found
+tail node.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> tail =
+ node.slide(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+After some callbacks automatic sliding takes place. This feature can be turned
+off with \type {node.fix_node_lists(false)} but you better make sure then that
+you don't mess up lists. In most cases \TEX\ itself only uses \type {next}
+pointers but your other callbacks might expect proper \type {prev} pointers too.
+Future versions of \LUATEX\ can add more checking but this will not influence
+usage.
+
+\subsection{\type {check_discretionary}, \type {check_discretionaries}}
+
+\libindex{check_discretionary}
+\libindex{check_discretionaries}
+
+When you fool around with disc nodes you need to be aware of the fact that they
+have a special internal data structure. As long as you reassign the fields when
+you have extended the lists it's ok because then the tail pointers get updated,
+but when you add to list without reassigning you might end up in trouble when
+the linebreak routine kicks in. You can call this function to check the list for
+issues with disc nodes.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.check_discretionary(<node> n)
+node.check_discretionaries(<node> head)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The plural variant runs over all disc nodes in a list, the singular variant
+checks one node only (it also checks if the node is a disc node).
+
+\subsection{\type {flatten_discretionaries}}
+
+\libindex {flatten_discretionaries}
+
+This function will remove the discretionaries in the list and inject the replace
+field when set.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<node> head, count = node.flatten_discretionaries(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsection{\type {family_font}}
+
+\libindex {family_font}
+
+When you pass a proper family identifier the next helper will return the font
+currently associated with it. You can normally also access the font with the
+normal font field or getter because it will resolve the family automatically for
+noads.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<integer> id =
+ node.family_font(<integer> fam)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Two access models}][library=node]
+
+\topicindex{nodes+direct}
+\topicindex{direct nodes}
+
+\libindex {todirect}
+\libindex {tonode}
+\libindex {tostring}
+
+Deep down in \TEX\ a node has a number which is a numeric entry in a memory
+table. In fact, this model, where \TEX\ manages memory is real fast and one of
+the reasons why plugging in callbacks that operate on nodes is quite fast too.
+Each node gets a number that is in fact an index in the memory table and that
+number often is reported when you print node related information. You go from
+userdata nodes and there numeric references and back with:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<integer> d = node.todirect(<node> n))
+<node> n = node.tonode(<integer> d))
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The userdata model is rather robust as it is a virtual interface with some
+additional checking while the more direct access which uses the node numbers
+directly. However, even with userdata you can get into troubles when you free
+nodes that are no longer allocated or mess up lists. if you apply \type
+{tostring} to a node you see its internal (direct) number and id.
+
+The first model provides key based access while the second always accesses fields
+via functions:
+
+\starttyping
+nodeobject.char
+getfield(nodenumber,"char")
+\stoptyping
+
+If you use the direct model, even if you know that you deal with numbers, you
+should not depend on that property but treat it as an abstraction just like
+traditional nodes. In fact, the fact that we use a simple basic datatype has the
+penalty that less checking can be done, but less checking is also the reason why
+it's somewhat faster. An important aspect is that one cannot mix both methods,
+but you can cast both models. So, multiplying a node number makes no sense.
+
+So our advice is: use the indexed (table) approach when possible and investigate
+the direct one when speed might be a real issue. For that reason \LUATEX\ also
+provide the \type {get*} and \type {set*} functions in the top level node
+namespace. There is a limited set of getters. When implementing this direct
+approach the regular index by key variant was also optimized, so direct access
+only makes sense when nodes are accessed millions of times (which happens in some
+font processing for instance).
+
+We're talking mostly of getters because setters are less important. Documents
+have not that many content related nodes and setting many thousands of properties
+is hardly a burden contrary to millions of consultations.
+
+Normally you will access nodes like this:
+
+\starttyping
+local next = current.next
+if next then
+ -- do something
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+Here \type {next} is not a real field, but a virtual one. Accessing it results in
+a metatable method being called. In practice it boils down to looking up the node
+type and based on the node type checking for the field name. In a worst case you
+have a node type that sits at the end of the lookup list and a field that is last
+in the lookup chain. However, in successive versions of \LUATEX\ these lookups
+have been optimized and the most frequently accessed nodes and fields have a
+higher priority.
+
+Because in practice the \type {next} accessor results in a function call, there
+is some overhead involved. The next code does the same and performs a tiny bit
+faster (but not that much because it is still a function call but one that knows
+what to look up).
+
+\starttyping
+local next = node.next(current)
+if next then
+ -- do something
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+Some accessors are used frequently and for these we provide more efficient helpers:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB function \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{getnext} \NC parsing nodelist always involves this one \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getprev} \NC used less but a logical companion to \type {getnext} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getboth} \NC returns the next and prev pointer of a node \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getid} \NC consulted a lot \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getsubtype} \NC consulted less but also a topper \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getfont} \NC used a lot in \OPENTYPE\ handling (glyph nodes are consulted a lot) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getchar} \NC idem and also in other places \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getwhd} \NC returns the \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} of a list, rule or
+ (unexpanded) glyph as well as glue (its spec is looked at) and unset nodes\NC \NR
+\NC \type{getdisc} \NC returns the \type {pre}, \type {post} and \type {replace} fields and
+ optionally when true is passed also the tail fields \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getlist} \NC we often parse nested lists so this is a convenient one too \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getleader} \NC comparable to list, seldom used in \TEX\ (but needs frequent consulting
+ like lists; leaders could have been made a dedicated node type) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getfield} \NC generic getter, sufficient for the rest (other field names are
+ often shared so a specific getter makes no sense then) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getbox} \NC gets the given box (a list node) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{getoffsets} \NC gets the \type {xoffset} and \type {yoffset} of a glyph or
+ \type {left} and \type {right} values of a rule \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+In the direct namespace there are more such helpers and most of them are
+accompanied by setters. The getters and setters are clever enough to see what
+node is meant. We don't deal with whatsit nodes: their fields are always accessed
+by name. It doesn't make sense to add getters for all fields, we just identifier
+the most likely candidates. In complex documents, many node and fields types
+never get seen, or seen only a few times, but for instance glyphs are candidates
+for such optimization. The \type {node.direct} interface has some more helpers.
+\footnote {We can define the helpers in the node namespace with \type {getfield}
+which is about as efficient, so at some point we might provide that as module.}
+
+The \type {setdisc} helper takes three (optional) arguments plus an optional
+fourth indicating the subtype. Its \type {getdisc} takes an optional boolean;
+when its value is \type {true} the tail nodes will also be returned. The \type
+{setfont} helper takes an optional second argument, it being the character. The
+directmode setter \type {setlink} takes a list of nodes and will link them,
+thereby ignoring \type {nil} entries. The first valid node is returned (beware:
+for good reason it assumes single nodes). For rarely used fields no helpers are
+provided and there are a few that probably are used seldom too but were added for
+consistency. You can of course always define additional accessors using \type
+{getfield} and \type {setfield} with little overhead. When the second argument of
+\type {setattributelist} is \type {true} the current attribute list is assumed.
+
+\def\yes{$+$} \def\nop{$-$}
+
+\def\supported#1#2#3%
+ {\NC \type{#1}
+ \NC \ifx#2\yes\libidx{node} {#1}\fi #2
+ \NC \ifx#3\yes\libidx{node.direct}{#1}\fi #3 \NC
+ \NR}
+
+\starttabulate[|l|c|c|]
+\DB function \BC node \BC direct \NC \NR
+\TB
+\supported {check_discretionaries} \yes \yes
+\supported {check_discretionary} \yes \yes
+\supported {copy_list} \yes \yes
+\supported {copy} \yes \yes
+\supported {count} \yes \yes
+\supported {current_attr} \yes \yes
+\supported {dimensions} \yes \yes
+\supported {effective_glue} \yes \yes
+\supported {end_of_math} \yes \yes
+\supported {family_font} \yes \nop
+\supported {fields} \yes \nop
+\supported {find_attribute} \yes \yes
+\supported {first_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {flatten_discretionaries} \yes \yes
+\supported {flush_list} \yes \yes
+\supported {flush_node} \yes \yes
+\supported {free} \yes \yes
+\supported {get_attribute} \yes \yes
+\supported {get_synctex_fields} \nop \yes
+\supported {getattributelist} \nop \yes
+\supported {getboth} \yes \yes
+\supported {getbox} \nop \yes
+\supported {getchar} \yes \yes
+\supported {getcomponents} \nop \yes
+\supported {getdepth} \nop \yes
+\supported {getdirection} \nop \yes
+\supported {getdir} \nop \yes
+\supported {getdisc} \yes \yes
+\supported {getfam} \nop \yes
+\supported {getfield} \yes \yes
+\supported {getfont} \yes \yes
+\supported {getglue} \yes \yes
+\supported {getheight} \nop \yes
+\supported {getid} \yes \yes
+\supported {getkern} \nop \yes
+\supported {getlang} \nop \yes
+\supported {getleader} \yes \yes
+\supported {getlist} \yes \yes
+\supported {getnext} \yes \yes
+\supported {getnucleus} \nop \yes
+\supported {getoffsets} \nop \yes
+\supported {getpenalty} \nop \yes
+\supported {getprev} \yes \yes
+\supported {getproperty} \yes \yes
+\supported {getshift} \nop \yes
+\supported {getsubtype} \yes \yes
+\supported {getsub} \nop \yes
+\supported {getsup} \nop \yes
+\supported {getdata} \nop \yes
+\supported {getwhd} \yes \yes
+\supported {getwidth} \nop \yes
+\supported {has_attribute} \yes \yes
+\supported {has_field} \yes \yes
+\supported {has_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {hpack} \yes \yes
+\supported {id} \yes \nop
+\supported {insert_after} \yes \yes
+\supported {insert_before} \yes \yes
+\supported {is_char} \yes \yes
+\supported {is_direct} \nop \yes
+\supported {is_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {is_node} \yes \yes
+\supported {is_zero_glue} \yes \yes
+\supported {kerning} \yes \yes
+\supported {last_node} \yes \yes
+\supported {length} \yes \yes
+\supported {ligaturing} \yes \yes
+\supported {mlist_to_hlist} \yes \nop
+\supported {new} \yes \yes
+\supported {next} \yes \nop
+\supported {prepend_prevdepth} \nop \yes
+\supported {prev} \yes \nop
+\supported {protect_glyphs} \yes \yes
+\supported {protect_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {protrusion_skippable} \yes \yes
+\supported {rangedimensions} \yes \yes
+\supported {remove} \yes \yes
+\supported {set_attribute} \yes \yes
+\supported {set_synctex_fields} \nop \yes
+\supported {setattributelist} \nop \yes
+\supported {setboth} \nop \yes
+\supported {setbox} \nop \yes
+\supported {setchar} \nop \yes
+\supported {setcomponents} \nop \yes
+\supported {setdepth} \nop \yes
+\supported {setdirection} \nop \yes
+\supported {setdir} \nop \yes
+\supported {setdisc} \nop \yes
+\supported {setfam} \nop \yes
+\supported {setfield} \yes \yes
+\supported {setfont} \nop \yes
+\supported {setexpansion} \nop \yes
+\supported {setglue} \yes \yes
+\supported {setheight} \nop \yes
+\supported {setkern} \nop \yes
+\supported {setlang} \nop \yes
+\supported {setleader} \nop \yes
+\supported {setlink} \nop \yes
+\supported {setlist} \nop \yes
+\supported {setnext} \nop \yes
+\supported {setnucleus} \nop \yes
+\supported {setoffsets} \nop \yes
+\supported {setpenalty} \nop \yes
+\supported {setprev} \nop \yes
+\supported {setproperty} \yes \yes
+\supported {setshift} \nop \yes
+\supported {setsplit} \nop \yes
+\supported {setsubtype} \nop \yes
+\supported {setsub} \nop \yes
+\supported {setsup} \nop \yes
+\supported {setwhd} \nop \yes
+\supported {setwidth} \nop \yes
+\supported {slide} \yes \yes
+\supported {subtypes} \yes \nop
+\supported {subtype} \yes \nop
+\supported {tail} \yes \yes
+\supported {todirect} \yes \yes
+\supported {tonode} \yes \yes
+\supported {tostring} \yes \yes
+\supported {traverse_char} \yes \yes
+\supported {traverse_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {traverse_id} \yes \yes
+\supported {traverse} \yes \yes
+\supported {types} \yes \nop
+\supported {type} \yes \nop
+\supported {unprotect_glyphs} \yes \yes
+\supported {unprotect_glyph} \yes \yes
+\supported {unset_attribute} \yes \yes
+\supported {usedlist} \yes \yes
+\supported {uses_font} \yes \yes
+\supported {vpack} \yes \yes
+\supported {whatsits} \yes \nop
+\supported {write} \yes \yes
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {node.next} and \type {node.prev} functions will stay but for
+consistency there are variants called \type {getnext} and \type {getprev}. We had
+to use \type {get} because \type {node.id} and \type {node.subtype} are already
+taken for providing meta information about nodes. Note: The getters do only basic
+checking for valid keys. You should just stick to the keys mentioned in the
+sections that describe node properties.
+
+Some of the getters and setters handle multiple node types, given that the field
+is relevant. In that case, some field names are considered similar (like \type
+{kern} and \type {width}, or \type {data} and \type {value}. In retrospect we
+could have normalized field names better but we decided to stick to the original
+(internal) names as much as possible. After all, at the \LUA\ end one can easily
+create synonyms.
+
+Some nodes have indirect references. For instance a math character refers to a
+family instead of a font. In that case we provide a virtual font field as
+accessor. So, \type {getfont} and \type {.font} can be used on them. The same is
+true for the \type {width}, \type {height} and \type {depth} of glue nodes. These
+actually access the spec node properties, and here we can set as well as get the
+values.
+
+In some places \LUATEX\ can do a bit of extra checking for valid node lists and
+you can enable that with:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.fix_node_lists(<boolean> b)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+You can set and query the \SYNCTEX\ fields, a file number aka tag and a line
+number, for a glue, kern, hlist, vlist, rule and math nodes as well as glyph
+nodes (although this last one is not used in native \SYNCTEX).
+
+\startfunctioncall
+node.set_synctex_fields(<integer> f, <integer> l)
+<integer> f, <integer> l =
+ node.get_synctex_fields(<node> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Of course you need to know what you're doing as no checking on sane values takes
+place. Also, the synctex interpreter used in editors is rather peculiar and has
+some assumptions (heuristics).
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={Properties}][library=node]
+
+\topicindex {nodes+properties}
+\topicindex {properties}
+
+\libindex{flush_properties_table}
+\libindex{get_properties_table}
+\libindex{set_properties_mode}
+
+Attributes are a convenient way to relate extra information to a node. You can
+assign them at the \TEX\ end as well as at the \LUA\ end and and consult them at
+the \LUA\ end. One big advantage is that they obey grouping. They are linked
+lists and normally checking for them is pretty efficient, even if you use a lot
+of them. A macro package has to provide some way to manage these attributes at the
+\TEX\ end because otherwise clashes in their usage can occur.
+
+Each node also can have a properties table and you can assign values to this
+table using the \type {setproperty} function and get properties using the \type
+{getproperty} function. Managing properties is way more demanding than managing
+attributes.
+
+Take the following example:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local n = node.new("glyph")
+
+ node.setproperty(n,"foo")
+ print(node.getproperty(n))
+
+ node.setproperty(n,"bar")
+ print(node.getproperty(n))
+
+ node.free(n)
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+This will print \type {foo} and \type {bar} which in itself is not that useful
+when multiple mechanisms want to use this feature. A variant is:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local n = node.new("glyph")
+
+ node.setproperty(n,{ one = "foo", two = "bar" })
+ print(node.getproperty(n).one)
+ print(node.getproperty(n).two)
+
+ node.free(n)
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+This time we store two properties with the node. It really makes sense to have a
+table as property because that way we can store more. But in order for that to
+work well you need to do it this way:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local n = node.new("glyph")
+
+ local t = node.getproperty(n)
+
+ if not t then
+ t = { }
+ node.setproperty(n,t)
+ end
+ t.one = "foo"
+ t.two = "bar"
+
+ print(node.getproperty(n).one)
+ print(node.getproperty(n).two)
+
+ node.free(n)
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+Here our own properties will not overwrite other users properties unless of
+course they use the same keys. So, eventually you will end up with something:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ local n = node.new("glyph")
+
+ local t = node.getproperty(n)
+
+ if not t then
+ t = { }
+ node.setproperty(n,t)
+ end
+ t.myself = { one = "foo", two = "bar" }
+
+ print(node.getproperty(n).myself.one)
+ print(node.getproperty(n).myself.two)
+
+ node.free(n)
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+This assumes that only you use \type {myself} as subtable. The possibilities are
+endless but care is needed. For instance, the generic font handler that ships
+with \CONTEXT\ uses the \type {injections} subtable and you should not mess with
+that one!
+
+There are a few helper functions that you normally should not touch as user: \typ
+{flush_properties_table} will wipe the table (normally a bad idea), \typ
+{get_properties_table} and will give the table that stores properties (using
+direct entries) and you can best not mess too much with that one either because
+\LUATEX\ itself will make sure that entries related to nodes will get wiped when
+nodes get freed, so that the \LUA\ garbage collector can do its job. In fact, the
+main reason why we have this mechanism is that it saves the user (or macro
+package) some work. One can easily write a property mechanism in \LUA\ where
+after a shipout properties gets cleaned up but it's not entirely trivial to make
+sure that with each freed node also its properties get freed, due to the fact
+that there can be nodes left over for a next page. And having a callback bound to
+the node deallocator would add way to much overhead.
+
+Managing properties in the node (de)allocator functions is disabled by default
+and is enabled by:
+
+\starttyping
+node.set_properties_mode(true)
+\stoptyping
+
+When we copy a node list that has a table as property, there are several possibilities: we do the same as
+a new node, we copy the entry to the table in properties (a reference), we do
+a deep copy of a table in the properties, we create a new table and give it
+the original one as a metatable. After some experiments (that also included
+timing) with these scenarios we decided that a deep copy made no sense, nor
+did nilling. In the end both the shallow copy and the metatable variant were
+both ok, although the second one is slower. The most important aspect to keep
+in mind is that references to other nodes in properties no longer can be
+valid for that copy. We could use two tables (one unique and one shared) or
+metatables but that only complicates matters.
+
+When defining a new node, we could already allocate a table but it is rather easy
+to do that at the lua end e.g.\ using a metatable \type {__index} method. That
+way it is under macro package control. When deleting a node, we could keep the
+slot (e.g. setting it to false) but it could make memory consumption raise
+unneeded when we have temporary large node lists and after that only small lists.
+Both are not done.
+
+So in the end this is what happens now: when a node is copied, and it has a table
+as property, the new node will share that table. If the second argument of \typ
+{set_properties_mode} is \type {true} then a metatable approach is chosen: the
+copy gets its own table with the original table as metatable. If you use the
+generic font loader the mode is enabled that way.
+
+A few more xperiments were done. For instance: copy attributes to the properties
+so that we have fast access at the \LUA\ end. In the end the overhead is not
+compensated by speed and convenience, in fact, attributes are not that slow when
+it comes to accessing them. So this was rejected.
+
+Another experiment concerned a bitset in the node but again the gain compared to
+attributes was neglectable and given the small amount of available bits it also
+demands a pretty strong agreement over what bit represents what, and this is
+unlikely to succeed in the \TEX\ community. It doesn't pay off.
+
+Just in case one wonders why properties make sense: it is not so much speed that
+we gain, but more convenience: storing all kind of (temporary) data in attributes
+is no fun and this mechanism makes sure that properties are cleaned up when a
+node is freed. Also, the advantage of a more or less global properties table is
+that we stay at the \LUA\ end. An alternative is to store a reference in the node
+itself but that is complicated by the fact that the register has some limitations
+(no numeric keys) and we also don't want to mess with it too much.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-preamble.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-preamble.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..635ff4134ba --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-preamble.tex @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-preamble
+
+\startchapter[reference=preamble,title={Preamble}]
+
+\topicindex{nodes}
+\topicindex{boxes}
+\topicindex{\LUA}
+
+This is a reference manual, not a tutorial. This means that we discuss changes
+relative to traditonal \TEX\ and also present new functionality. As a consequence
+we will refer to concepts that we assume to be known or that might be explained
+later.
+
+The average user doesn't need to know much about what is in this manual. For
+instance fonts and languages are normally dealt with in the macro package that
+you use. Messing around with node lists is also often not really needed at the
+user level. If you do mess around, you'd better know what you're dealing with.
+Reading \quotation {The \TEX\ Book} by Donald Knuth is a good investment of time
+then also because it's good to know where it all started. A more summarizing
+overview is given by \quotation {\TEX\ by Topic} by Victor Eijkhout. You might
+want to peek in \quotation {The \ETEX\ manual} and documentation about \PDFTEX.
+
+But \unknown\ if you're here because of \LUA, then all you need to know is that
+you can call it from within a run. The macro package that you use probably will
+provide a few wrapper mechanisms but the basic \lpr {directlua} command that
+does the job is:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua{tex.print("Hi there")}
+\stoptyping
+
+You can put code between curly braces but if it's a lot you can also put it in a
+file and load that file with the usual \LUA\ commands.
+
+If you still decide to read on, then it's good to know what nodes are, so we do a
+quick introduction here. If you input this text:
+
+\starttyping
+Hi There
+\stoptyping
+
+eventually we will get a linked lists of nodes, which in \ASCII\ art looks like:
+
+\starttyping
+H <=> i <=> [glue] <=> T <=> h <=> e <=> r <=> e
+\stoptyping
+
+When we have a paragraph, we actually get something:
+
+\starttyping
+[localpar] <=> H <=> i <=> [glue] <=> T <=> h <=> e <=> r <=> e <=> [glue]
+\stoptyping
+
+Each character becomes a so called glyph node, a record with properties like the
+current font, the character code and the current language. Spaces become glue
+nodes. There are many node types that we will discuss later. Each node points
+back to a previous node or next node, given that these exist.
+
+It's also good to know beforehand that \TEX\ is basically centered around
+creating paragraphs and pages. The par builder takes a list and breaks it into
+lines. We turn horizontal material into vertical. Lines are so called boxes and
+can be separated by glue, penalties and more. The page builder accumulates lines
+and when feasible triggers an output routine that will take the list so far.
+Constructing the actual page is not part of \TEX\ but done using primitives that
+permit manipulation of boxes. The result is handled back to \TEX\ and flushed to
+a (often \PDF) file.
+
+The \LUATEX\ engine provides hooks for \LUA\ code at nearly every reasonable
+point in the process: collecting content, hyphenating, applying font features,
+breaking into lines, etc. This means that you can overload \TEX's natural
+behaviour, which still is the benchmark. When we refer to \quote {callbacks} we
+means these hooks.
+
+Where plain \TEX\ is basically a basic framework for writing a specific style,
+macro packages like \CONTEXT\ and \LATEX\ provide the user a whole lot of
+additional tools to make documents look good. They hide the dirty details of font
+management, language demands, turning structure into typeset results, wrapping
+pages, including images, and so on. You should be aware of the fact that when you
+hook in your own code to manipulate lists, this can interfere with the macro
+package that you use.
+
+When you read about nodes in the following chapters it's good to keep in mind their
+commands that relate to then. Here are a few:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB command \BC node \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \prm {hbox} \NC \nod {hlist} \NC horizontal box \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {vbox} \NC \nod {vlist} \NC vertical box with the baseline at the bottom \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {vtop} \NC \nod {vlist} \NC vertical box with the baseline at the top \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {hskip} \NC \nod {glue} \NC horizontal skip with optional stretch and shrink \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {vskip} \NC \nod {glue} \NC vertical skip with optional stretch and shrink \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {kern} \NC \nod {kern} \NC horizontal or vertical fixed skip \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {discretionary} \NC \nod {disc} \NC hyphenation point (pre, post, replace) \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {char} \NC \nod {glyph} \NC a character \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {hrule} \NC \nod {rule} \NC a horizontal rule \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {vrule} \NC \nod {rule} \NC a vertical rule \NC \NR
+\NC \prm {textdir(ection)} \NC \nod {dir} \NC a change in text direction \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+For now this should be enough to enable you to understand the next chapters.
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-registers.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-registers.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..29302300704 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-registers.tex @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-registers
+
+\startchapter[title=Topics]
+
+ \placeregister[topicindex]
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\startchapter[title=Primitives]
+
+ This register contains the primitives that are mentioned in the manual. There
+ are of course many more primitives. The \LUATEX\ primitives are typeset in
+ bold. The primitives from \PDFTEX\ are not supported that way but mentioned
+ anyway.
+
+ \placeregister[primitiveindex][indicator=no]
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\startchapter[title=Callbacks]
+
+ \placeregister[callbackindex]
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\startchapter[title=Nodes]
+
+ This register contains the nodes that are known to \LUATEX. The primary nodes
+ are in bold, whatsits that are determined by their subtype are normal. The
+ names prefixed by \type {pdf_} are backend specific.
+
+ \placeregister[nodeindex]
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\startchapter[title=Libraries]
+
+ This register contains the functions available in libraries. Not all functions
+ are documented, for instance because they can be experimental or obsolete.
+
+ \placeregister[libraryindex]
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-statistics.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-statistics.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2428a2929d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-statistics.tex @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +% language=uk
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-statistics
+
+\startchapter[title={Statistics}]
+
+ \topicindex{fonts+used}
+
+ The following fonts are used in this document:
+
+ \showfontusage
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-style.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-style.tex index a277a117836..f176afab7d2 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-style.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-style.tex @@ -1,376 +1,442 @@ -\startenvironment luatex-style - -% todo: use \useMPlibrary[lua] - -\usemodule[abr-02] - -\setuplayout - [height=middle, - width=middle, - backspace=2cm, - topspace=10mm, - bottomspace=10mm, - header=10mm, - footer=10mm, - footerdistance=10mm, - headerdistance=10mm] - -\setuppagenumbering - [alternative=doublesided] - -\setuptolerance - [stretch,tolerant] - -\setuptype - [lines=hyphenated] - -\setuptyping - [lines=hyphenated] - -\setupitemize - [each] - [packed] - -\setupwhitespace - [medium] - -\startluacode - local skipped = table.tohash { 'id', 'subtype', 'next', 'prev' } - - function document.functions.showfields(s) - local t = string.split(s,',') - local f = node.fields(t[1],t[2]) - if f then - local d = false - for i=1,#f do - local fi = f[i] - if skipped[fi] then - -- okay - elseif d then - context(', {\tttf %s}', fi) - else - context('{\tttf %s}', fi) - d = true - end - end - end - end - - function document.functions.showid(s) - local t = string.split(s,',') - context('{tttf %s}',node.id(t[1])) - if t[2] then - context(', {tttf %s}',node.subtype(t[2])) - end - end - - function document.functions.showsubtypes(s) - local s = node.subtypes(s) - local d = false - for k, v in table.sortedhash(s) do - if d then - context(', %s = {\\tttf %s}',k,v) - else - context('%s = {\\tttf %s}',k,v) - d = true - end - end - end -\stopluacode - -\unexpanded\def\showfields #1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showfields("#1")}} -\unexpanded\def\showid #1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showid("#1")}} -\unexpanded\def\showsubtypes#1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showsubtypes("#1")}} - -\definecolor[blue] [b=.5] -\definecolor[red] [r=.5] -\definecolor[green] [g=.5] -\definecolor[maincolor] [b=.5] -\definecolor[keptcolor] [b=.5] -\definecolor[othercolor][r=.5,g=.5] - -\usebodyfont[lucidaot] -\usebodyfont[pagella] -\usebodyfont[cambria] -%usebodyfont[dejavu] -\usebodyfont[modern] % we need this in examples so we predefine - -% \doifmodeelse {atpragma} { -% -% % \setupbodyfont -% % [lucidaot,10pt] -% -% \setupbodyfont -% [dejavu,10pt] -% -% \setuphead [chapter] [style=\bfd] -% \setuphead [section] [style=\bfb] -% \setuphead [subsection] [style=\bfa] -% \setuphead [subsubsection][style=\bf] -% -% } { -% -% \definetypeface[mainfacenormal] [ss][sans] [iwona] [default] -% \definetypeface[mainfacenormal] [rm][serif][palatino] [default] -% \definetypeface[mainfacenormal] [tt][mono] [modern] [default][rscale=1.1] -% \definetypeface[mainfacenormal] [mm][math] [iwona] [default] -% -% \definetypeface[mainfacemedium] [ss][sans] [iwona-medium][default] -% \definetypeface[mainfacemedium] [rm][serif][palatino] [default] -% \definetypeface[mainfacemedium] [tt][mono] [modern] [default][rscale=1.1] -% \definetypeface[mainfacemedium] [mm][math] [iwona-medium][default] -% -% \setupbodyfont -% [mainfacenormal,10pt] -% -% \setuphead [chapter] [style=\mainfacemedium\bfd] -% \setuphead [section] [style=\mainfacemedium\bfb] -% \setuphead [subsection] [style=\mainfacemedium\bfa] -% \setuphead [subsubsection][style=\mainfacemedium\bf] -% -% } - -\writestatus{luatex manual}{we assume that dejavu math is available} - -\setupbodyfont % assumes dejavu-math - [dejavu,10pt] - -\setuphead [chapter] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfd] -\setuphead [section] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfb] -\setuphead [subsection] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfa] -\setuphead [subsubsection][align={flushleft,broad},style=\bf] - -\setuphead [chapter] [color=maincolor] -\setuphead [section] [color=maincolor] -\setuphead [subsection] [color=maincolor] -\setuphead [subsubsection][color=maincolor] - -\definehead - [remark] - [subsubsubject] - -\setupheadertexts - [] - -\definemixedcolumns - [twocolumns] - [n=2, - balance=yes, - before=\blank, - after=\blank] - -\definemixedcolumns - [threecolumns] - [twocolumns] - [n=3] - -\definemixedcolumns - [fourcolumns] - [threecolumns] - [n=4] - -% if we do this we also need to do it in table cells -% -% \setuptyping -% [color=maincolor] -% -% \setuptype -% [color=maincolor] - -\definetyping - [functioncall] - -\startMPdefinitions - - color luaplanetcolor ; luaplanetcolor := \MPcolor{maincolor} ; - color luaholecolor ; luaholecolor := white ; - numeric luaextraangle ; luaextraangle := 0 ; - numeric luaorbitfactor ; luaorbitfactor := .25 ; - - vardef lualogo = image ( - - % Graphic design by A. Nakonechnyj. Copyright (c) 1998, All rights reserved. - - save d, r, p ; numeric d, r, p ; - - d := sqrt(2)/4 ; r := 1/4 ; p := r/8 ; - - fill fullcircle scaled 1 - withcolor luaplanetcolor ; - draw fullcircle rotated 40.5 scaled (1+r) - dashed evenly scaled p - withpen pencircle scaled (p/2) - withcolor (luaorbitfactor * luaholecolor) ; - fill fullcircle scaled r shifted (d+1/8,d+1/8) - rotated - luaextraangle - withcolor luaplanetcolor ; - fill fullcircle scaled r shifted (d-1/8,d-1/8) - withcolor luaholecolor ; - luaorbitfactor := .25 ; - ) enddef ; - -\stopMPdefinitions - -\startuseMPgraphic{luapage} - StartPage ; - - fill Page withcolor \MPcolor{othercolor} ; - - luaorbitfactor := 1 ; - picture p ; p := lualogo xsized (3PaperWidth/5) ; - draw p shifted center Page shifted (0,-.85ypart center ulcorner p) ; - - StopPage ; -\stopuseMPgraphic - -% \starttexdefinition luaextraangle -% % we can also just access the last page and so in mp directly -% \ctxlua { -% context(\lastpage == 0 and 0 or \realfolio*360/\lastpage) -% } -% \stoptexdefinition - -\startuseMPgraphic{luanumber} - % luaextraangle := \luaextraangle; - luaextraangle := if (LastPageNumber == 0) : 0 else : (RealPageNumber / LastPageNumber) * 360 fi; - luaorbitfactor := 0.25 ; - picture p ; p := lualogo ; - setbounds p to boundingbox fullcircle ; - draw p ysized 1cm ; -\stopuseMPgraphic - -\definelayer - [page] - [width=\paperwidth, - height=\paperheight] - -\setupbackgrounds - [leftpage] - [background=page] - -\setupbackgrounds - [rightpage] - [background=page] - -\startsetups pagenumber:right - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=rightbottom,offset=1cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\useMPgraphic{luanumber}} - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=rightbottom,offset=1cm,x=1.5cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,width=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\pagenumber} - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=rightbottom,offset=1cm,x=2.5cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\getmarking[chapter]} -\stopsetups - -\startsetups pagenumber:left - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=leftbottom,offset=1cm,x=2.5cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\getmarking[chapter]} - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=leftbottom,offset=1cm,x=1.5cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,width=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\pagenumber} - \setlayerframed - [page] - [preset=leftbottom,offset=1cm] - [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay] - {\useMPgraphic{luanumber}} -\stopsetups - -\unexpanded\def\nonterminal#1>{\mathematics{\langle\hbox{\rm #1}\rangle}} - -% taco's brainwave -) .. todo: create a typing variant so that we can avoid the !crlf - -\newcatcodetable\syntaxcodetable - -\unexpanded\def\makesyntaxcodetable - {\begingroup - \catcode`\<=13 \catcode`\|=12 - \catcode`\!= 0 \catcode`\\=12 - \savecatcodetable\syntaxcodetable - \endgroup} - -\makesyntaxcodetable - -\unexpanded\def\startsyntax {\begingroup\catcodetable\syntaxcodetable \dostartsyntax} -\unexpanded\def\syntax {\begingroup\catcodetable\syntaxcodetable \dosyntax} - \let\stopsyntax \relax - -\unexpanded\def\syntaxenvbody#1% - {\par - \tt - \startnarrower - \maincolor #1 - \stopnarrower - \par} - -\unexpanded\def\syntaxbody#1% - {\begingroup - \maincolor \tt #1% - \endgroup} - -\bgroup \catcodetable\syntaxcodetable - -!gdef!dostartsyntax#1\stopsyntax{!let<!nonterminal!syntaxenvbody{#1}!endgroup} -!gdef!dosyntax #1{!let<!nonterminal!syntaxbody{#1}!endgroup} - -!egroup - -\definetyping - [texsyntax] - [color=maincolor] - -% end of wave - -\setupinteraction - [state=start, - focus=standard, - style=, - color=, - contrastcolor=] - -\placebookmarks - [chapter,section,subsection] - -\setuplist - [chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection] - [interaction=all, - width=3em] - -\setuplist - [chapter] - [style=bold, - color=keptcolor] - -\setuplist - [subsection,subsubsection] - [margin=3em, - width=5em] - -\definestartstop - [notabene] - [style=slanted] - -\definestartstop - [preamble] - [style=normal, - before=\blank, - after=\blank] - -% Hans doesn't like the bookmarks opening by default so we comment this: -% -% \setupinteractionscreen -% [option=bookmark] - -\stopenvironment +\startenvironment luatex-style
+
+% todo: use \useMPlibrary[lua]
+
+\enabletrackers[fonts.usage]
+
+\usemodule[fonts-statistics]
+
+\setuplayout
+ [height=middle,
+ width=middle,
+ backspace=2cm,
+ topspace=10mm,
+ bottomspace=10mm,
+ header=10mm,
+ footer=10mm,
+ footerdistance=10mm,
+ headerdistance=10mm]
+
+\setuppagenumbering
+ [alternative=doublesided]
+
+\setuptolerance
+ [stretch,tolerant]
+
+\setuptype
+ [lines=hyphenated]
+
+\setuptyping
+ [lines=hyphenated]
+
+\setupitemize
+ [each]
+ [packed]
+
+\definesymbol[1][\Uchar"2023]
+\definesymbol[2][\endash]
+\definesymbol[3][\wait] % we want to catch it
+
+\setupitemize
+ [each]
+ [headcolor=maincolor,
+ symbolcolor=maincolor,
+ color=maincolor]
+
+\setupwhitespace
+ [medium]
+
+\setuptabulate
+ [blank={small,samepage},
+ headstyle=bold,
+ rulecolor=maincolor,
+ rulethickness=1pt,
+ foregroundcolor=white,
+ foregroundstyle=\ss\bfx\WORD,
+ backgroundcolor=maincolor]
+
+\setupcaptions
+ [headcolor=darkblue]
+
+\startluacode
+ local skipped = table.tohash { 'id', 'subtype', 'next', 'prev' }
+
+ function document.functions.showfields(s)
+ local t = string.split(s,',')
+ local f = node.fields(t[1],t[2])
+ if f then
+ local d = false
+ for i=1,#f do
+ local fi = f[i]
+ if skipped[fi] then
+ -- okay
+ elseif d then
+ context(', {\tttf %s}', fi)
+ else
+ context('{\tttf %s}', fi)
+ d = true
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ function document.functions.showid(s)
+ local t = string.split(s,',')
+ context('{tttf %s}',node.id(t[1]))
+ if t[2] then
+ context(', {tttf %s}',node.subtype(t[2]))
+ end
+ end
+
+ function document.functions.showsubtypes(s)
+ local s = node.subtypes(s)
+ local d = false
+ for k, v in table.sortedhash(s) do
+ if d then
+ context(', %s = {\\tttf %s}',k,v)
+ else
+ context('%s = {\\tttf %s}',k,v)
+ d = true
+ end
+ end
+ end
+\stopluacode
+
+\unexpanded\def\showfields #1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showfields("#1")}}
+\unexpanded\def\showid #1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showid("#1")}}
+\unexpanded\def\showsubtypes#1{\ctxlua{document.functions.showsubtypes("#1")}}
+
+\definecolor[blue] [b=.5]
+\definecolor[red] [r=.5]
+\definecolor[green] [g=.5]
+\definecolor[maincolor] [b=.5]
+\definecolor[keptcolor] [b=.5]
+\definecolor[othercolor][r=.5,g=.5]
+
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{}
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{defining lucodaot} \usebodyfont [lucidaot]
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{defining pagella} \usebodyfont [pagella]
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{defining cambria} \usebodyfont [cambria]
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{defining modern} \usebodyfont [modern]
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{defining dejavu} \setupbodyfont[dejavu,10pt]
+\writestatus{luatex manual}{}
+
+\setuphead [chapter] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfd]
+\setuphead [section] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfb]
+\setuphead [subsection] [align={flushleft,broad},style=\bfa]
+\setuphead [subsubsection][align={flushleft,broad},style=\bf]
+
+\setuphead [chapter] [color=maincolor]
+\setuphead [section] [color=maincolor]
+\setuphead [subsection] [color=maincolor]
+\setuphead [subsubsection][color=maincolor]
+
+\setupfloats
+ [ntop=4]
+
+\definehead
+ [remark]
+ [subsubsubject]
+
+\setupheadertexts
+ []
+
+% \setuplayout
+% [style=bold,
+% color=maincolor]
+
+\definemixedcolumns
+ [twocolumns]
+ [n=2,
+ balance=yes,
+ before=\blank,
+ after=\blank]
+
+\definemixedcolumns
+ [threecolumns]
+ [twocolumns]
+ [n=3]
+
+\definemixedcolumns
+ [fourcolumns]
+ [threecolumns]
+ [n=4]
+
+% if we do this we also need to do it in table cells
+%
+% \setuptyping
+% [color=maincolor]
+%
+% \setuptype
+% [color=maincolor]
+
+\definetyping
+ [functioncall]
+
+\startMPdefinitions
+
+ color luaplanetcolor ; luaplanetcolor := \MPcolor{maincolor} ;
+ color luaholecolor ; luaholecolor := white ;
+ numeric luaextraangle ; luaextraangle := 0 ;
+ numeric luaorbitfactor ; luaorbitfactor := .25 ;
+
+ vardef lualogo = image (
+
+ % Graphic design by A. Nakonechnyj. Copyright (c) 1998, All rights reserved.
+
+ save d, r, p ; numeric d, r, p ;
+
+ d := sqrt(2)/4 ; r := 1/4 ; p := r/8 ;
+
+ fill fullcircle scaled 1
+ withcolor luaplanetcolor ;
+ draw fullcircle rotated 40.5 scaled (1+r)
+ dashed evenly scaled p
+ withpen pencircle scaled (p/2)
+ withcolor (luaorbitfactor * luaholecolor) ;
+ fill fullcircle scaled r shifted (d+1/8,d+1/8)
+ rotated - luaextraangle
+ withcolor luaplanetcolor ;
+ fill fullcircle scaled r shifted (d-1/8,d-1/8)
+ withcolor luaholecolor ;
+ luaorbitfactor := .25 ;
+ ) enddef ;
+
+\stopMPdefinitions
+
+\startuseMPgraphic{luapage}
+ StartPage ;
+
+ fill Page withcolor \MPcolor{othercolor} ;
+
+ luaorbitfactor := 1 ;
+
+ picture p ; p := lualogo ysized (5*\measure{paperheight}/10) ;
+ draw p
+ shifted - center p
+ shifted (
+ \measure{spreadwidth} - .5*\measure{paperwidth} + \measure{spinewidth},
+ .375*\measure{paperheight}
+ )
+ ;
+
+ StopPage ;
+\stopuseMPgraphic
+
+% \starttexdefinition luaextraangle
+% % we can also just access the last page and so in mp directly
+% \ctxlua {
+% context(\lastpage == 0 and 0 or \realfolio*360/\lastpage)
+% }
+% \stoptexdefinition
+
+\startuseMPgraphic{luanumber}
+ % luaextraangle := \luaextraangle;
+ luaextraangle := if (LastPageNumber < 10) : 10 else : (RealPageNumber / LastPageNumber) * 360 fi;
+ luaorbitfactor := 0.25 ;
+ picture p ; p := lualogo ;
+ setbounds p to boundingbox fullcircle ;
+ draw p ysized 1cm ;
+\stopuseMPgraphic
+
+\definelayer
+ [page]
+ [width=\paperwidth,
+ height=\paperheight]
+
+\setupbackgrounds
+ [leftpage]
+ [background=page]
+
+\setupbackgrounds
+ [rightpage]
+ [background=page]
+
+\definemeasure[banneroffset][\bottomspace-\footerheight-\footerdistance+2cm]
+
+\startsetups pagenumber:right
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=rightbottom,x=1.0cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay]
+ {\strut\useMPgraphic{luanumber}}
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=rightbottom,x=2.5cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,width=1cm,offset=overlay,
+ foregroundstyle=bold,foregroundcolor=maincolor]
+ {\strut\pagenumber}
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=rightbottom,x=3.5cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay,
+ foregroundstyle=bold,foregroundcolor=maincolor]
+ {\strut\getmarking[chapter]}
+\stopsetups
+
+\startsetups pagenumber:left
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=leftbottom,x=3.5cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay,
+ foregroundstyle=bold,foregroundcolor=maincolor]
+ {\strut\getmarking[chapter]}
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=leftbottom,x=2.5cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,width=1cm,offset=overlay,
+ foregroundstyle=bold,foregroundcolor=maincolor]
+ {\strut\pagenumber}
+ \setlayerframed
+ [page]
+ [preset=leftbottom,x=1.0cm,y=\measure{banneroffset}]
+ [frame=off,height=1cm,offset=overlay]
+ {\strut\useMPgraphic{luanumber}}
+\stopsetups
+
+\unexpanded\def\nonterminal#1>{\mathematics{\langle\hbox{\rm #1}\rangle}}
+
+% taco's brainwave -) .. todo: create a typing variant so that we can avoid the !crlf
+
+\newcatcodetable\syntaxcodetable
+
+\unexpanded\def\makesyntaxcodetable
+ {\begingroup
+ \catcode`\<=13 \catcode`\|=12
+ \catcode`\!= 0 \catcode`\\=12
+ \savecatcodetable\syntaxcodetable
+ \endgroup}
+
+\makesyntaxcodetable
+
+\unexpanded\def\startsyntax {\begingroup\catcodetable\syntaxcodetable \dostartsyntax}
+\unexpanded\def\syntax {\begingroup\catcodetable\syntaxcodetable \dosyntax}
+ \let\stopsyntax \relax
+
+\unexpanded\def\syntaxenvbody#1%
+ {\par
+ \tt
+ \startnarrower
+ % \maincolor
+ #1
+ \stopnarrower
+ \par}
+
+\unexpanded\def\syntaxbody#1%
+ {\begingroup
+ % \maincolor
+ \tt #1%
+ \endgroup}
+
+\bgroup \catcodetable\syntaxcodetable
+
+!gdef!dostartsyntax#1\stopsyntax{!let<!nonterminal!syntaxenvbody{#1}!endgroup}
+!gdef!dosyntax #1{!let<!nonterminal!syntaxbody{#1}!endgroup}
+
+!egroup
+
+\definetyping
+ [texsyntax]
+% [color=maincolor]
+
+% end of wave
+
+\setupinteraction
+ [state=start,
+ focus=standard,
+ style=,
+ color=,
+ contrastcolor=]
+
+\placebookmarks
+ [chapter,section,subsection]
+
+\setuplist
+ [chapter,section,subsection,subsubsection]
+ [interaction=all,
+ width=3em]
+
+\setuplist
+ [chapter]
+ [style=bold,
+ before={\testpage[4]\blank},
+ color=keptcolor]
+
+\setuplist
+ [section]
+ [before={\testpage[3]}]
+
+\setuplist
+ [subsection,subsubsection]
+ [margin=3em,
+ width=5em]
+
+\definestartstop
+ [notabene]
+ [style=slanted]
+
+\definestartstop
+ [preamble]
+ [style=normal,
+ before=\blank,
+ after=\blank]
+
+% Hans doesn't like the bookmarks opening by default so we comment this:
+%
+% \setupinteractionscreen
+% [option=bookmark]
+
+\startbuffer[stylecalculations]
+
+ \normalexpanded{\definemeasure[spinewidth] [0pt]}
+ \normalexpanded{\definemeasure[paperwidth] [\the\paperwidth ]}
+ \normalexpanded{\definemeasure[paperheight][\the\paperheight]}
+ \normalexpanded{\definemeasure[spreadwidth][\measure{paperwidth}]}
+
+\stopbuffer
+
+\getbuffer[stylecalculations]
+
+\dontcomplain
+
+\environment luatex-logos
+
+\defineregister[topicindex]
+\defineregister[primitiveindex]
+\defineregister[callbackindex]
+\defineregister[nodeindex]
+\defineregister[libraryindex]
+
+\unexpanded\def\lpr#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\primitiveindex[#1]{\bf\tex {#1}}}\tex {#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\prm#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\primitiveindex[#1]{\tex {#1}}}\tex {#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\orm#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\primitiveindex[#1]{\tex {#1}}}\tex {#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\cbk#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\callbackindex [#1]{\type {#1}}}\type{#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\nod#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\nodeindex [#1]{\bf\type{#1}}}\type{#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\whs#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\nodeindex [#1]{\type {#1}}}\type{#1}}
+\unexpanded\def\noa#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\nodeindex [#1]{\type {#1}}}\type{#1}}
+
+\hyphenation{sub-nodes}
+
+\def\currentlibraryindex{\namedstructureuservariable{section}{library}}
+
+\setupregister
+ [libraryindex]
+ [indicator=no,before=]
+
+\setupregister
+ [libraryindex]
+ [1]
+ [textstyle=\ttbf]
+
+\setupregister
+ [libraryindex]
+ [2]
+ [textstyle=\tttf]
+
+\unexpanded\def\lib #1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\expanded{\libraryindex{\currentlibraryindex+#1}}\type{\currentlibraryindex.#1}}}
+\unexpanded\def\libindex#1{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\expanded{\libraryindex{\currentlibraryindex+#1}}}}
+\unexpanded\def\libidx#1#2{\doifmode{*bodypart}{\expanded{\libraryindex{#1+#2}}\type{#1.#2}}}
+
+% \setstructurepageregister[][keys:1=,entries:1=]
+
+\stopenvironment
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-tex.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-tex.tex index 2dd9521c4dd..6b1ba1689b0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-tex.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex-tex.tex @@ -1,2070 +1,2755 @@ -% language=uk - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startcomponent luatex-tex - -\startchapter[reference=tex,title={The \TEX\ related libraries}] - -\section{The \type {lua} library} - -\subsection{\LUA\ version} - -This library contains one read|-|only item: - -\starttyping -<string> s = lua.version -\stoptyping - -This returns the \LUA\ version identifier string. The value is currently -\directlua {tex.print(lua.version)}. - -\subsection{\LUA\ bytecode registers} - -\LUA\ registers can be used to communicate \LUA\ functions across \LUA\ chunks. -The accepted values for assignments are functions and \type {nil}. Likewise, the -retrieved value is either a function or \type {nil}. - -\starttyping -lua.bytecode[<number> n] = <function> f -lua.bytecode[<number> n]() -\stoptyping - -The contents of the \type {lua.bytecode} array is stored inside the format file -as actual \LUA\ bytecode, so it can also be used to preload \LUA\ code. - -Note: The function must not contain any upvalues. Currently, functions containing -upvalues can be stored (and their upvalues are set to \type {nil}), but this is -an artifact of the current \LUA\ implementation and thus subject to change. - -The associated function calls are - -\startfunctioncall -<function> f = lua.getbytecode(<number> n) -lua.setbytecode(<number> n, <function> f) -\stopfunctioncall - -Note: Since a \LUA\ file loaded using \type {loadfile(filename)} is essentially -an anonymous function, a complete file can be stored in a bytecode register like -this: - -\startfunctioncall -lua.bytecode[n] = loadfile(filename) -\stopfunctioncall - -Now all definitions (functions, variables) contained in the file can be -created by executing this bytecode register: - -\startfunctioncall -lua.bytecode[n]() -\stopfunctioncall - -Note that the path of the file is stored in the \LUA\ bytecode to be used in -stack backtraces and therefore dumped into the format file if the above code is -used in \INITEX. If it contains private information, i.e. the user name, this -information is then contained in the format file as well. This should be kept in -mind when preloading files into a bytecode register in \INITEX. - -\subsection{\LUA\ chunk name registers} - -There is an array of 65536 (0--65535) potential chunk names for use with the -\type {\directlua} and \type {\latelua} primitives. - -\startfunctioncall -lua.name[<number> n] = <string> s -<string> s = lua.name[<number> n] -\stopfunctioncall - -If you want to unset a \LUA\ name, you can assign \type {nil} to it. - -\section{The \type {status} library} - -This contains a number of run|-|time configuration items that you may find useful -in message reporting, as well as an iterator function that gets all of the names -and values as a table. - -\startfunctioncall -<table> info = status.list() -\stopfunctioncall - -The keys in the table are the known items, the value is the current value. Almost -all of the values in \type {status} are fetched through a metatable at run|-|time -whenever they are accessed, so you cannot use \type {pairs} on \type {status}, -but you {\it can\/} use \type {pairs} on \type {info}, of course. If you do not -need the full list, you can also ask for a single item by using its name as an -index into \type {status}. - -The current list is: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC key \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{banner} \NC terminal display banner \NC \NR -\NC \type{best_page_break} \NC the current best break (a node) \NR \NR -\NC \type{buf_size} \NC current allocated size of the line buffer \NC \NR -\NC \type{callbacks} \NC total number of executed callbacks so far \NC \NR -\NC \type{cs_count} \NC number of control sequences \NC \NR -\NC \type{dest_names_size} \NC \PDF\ destination table size \NC \NR -\NC \type{dvi_gone} \NC written \DVI\ bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type{dvi_ptr} \NC not yet written \DVI\ bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type{dyn_used} \NC token (multi|-|word) memory in use \NC \NR -\NC \type{filename} \NC name of the current input file \NC \NR -\NC \type{fix_mem_end} \NC maximum number of used tokens \NC \NR -\NC \type{fix_mem_min} \NC minimum number of allocated words for tokens \NC \NR -\NC \type{fix_mem_max} \NC maximum number of allocated words for tokens \NC \NR -\NC \type{font_ptr} \NC number of active fonts \NC \NR -\NC \type{hash_extra} \NC extra allowed hash \NC \NR -\NC \type{hash_size} \NC size of hash \NC \NR -\NC \type{indirect_callbacks} \NC number of those that were themselves a result of other callbacks (e.g. file readers) \NC \NR -\NC \type{ini_version} \NC \type {true} if this is an \INITEX\ run \NC \NR -\NC \type{init_pool_ptr} \NC \INITEX\ string pool index \NC \NR -\NC \type{init_str_ptr} \NC number of \INITEX\ strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{input_ptr} \NC th elevel of input we're at \NC \NR -\NC \type{inputid} \NC numeric id of the current input \NC \NR -\NC \type{largest_used_mark} \NC max referenced marks class \NC \NR -\NC \type{lasterrorcontext} \NC last error context string (with newlines) \NC \NR -\NC \type{lasterrorstring} \NC last \TEX\ error string \NC \NR -\NC \type{lastluaerrorstring} \NC last \LUA\ error string \NC \NR -\NC \type{lastwarningstring} \NC last warning tag, normally an indication of in what part\NC \NR -\NC \type{lastwarningtag} \NC last warning string\NC \NR -\NC \type{linenumber} \NC location in the current input file \NC \NR -\NC \type{log_name} \NC name of the log file \NC \NR -\NC \type{luabytecode_bytes} \NC number of bytes in \LUA\ bytecode registers \NC \NR -\NC \type{luabytecodes} \NC number of active \LUA\ bytecode registers \NC \NR -\NC \type{luastate_bytes} \NC number of bytes in use by \LUA\ interpreters \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_engine} \NC the \LUATEX\ engine identifier \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_hashchars} \NC length to which \LUA\ hashes strings ($2^n$) \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_hashtype} \NC the hash method used (in \LUAJITTEX) \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_revision} \NC the \LUATEX\ revision string \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_revision} \NC the \LUATEX\ revision string \NC \NR -\NC \type{luatex_version} \NC the \LUATEX\ version number \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_buf_stack} \NC max used buffer position \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_in_stack} \NC max used input stack entries \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_nest_stack} \NC max used nesting stack entries \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_param_stack} \NC max used parameter stack entries \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_save_stack} \NC max used save stack entries \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_strings} \NC maximum allowed strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{nest_size} \NC nesting stack size \NC \NR -\NC \type{node_mem_usage} \NC a string giving insight into currently used nodes \NC \NR -\NC \type{obj_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ object pointer \NC \NR -\NC \type{obj_tab_size} \NC \PDF\ object table size \NC \NR -\NC \type{output_active} \NC \type {true} if the \type {\output} routine is active \NC \NR -\NC \type{output_file_name} \NC name of the \PDF\ or \DVI\ file \NC \NR -\NC \type{param_size} \NC parameter stack size \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_dest_names_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ destination pointer \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_gone} \NC written \PDF\ bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_mem_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ memory used \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_mem_size} \NC \PDF\ memory size \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_os_cntr} \NC max \PDF\ object stream pointer \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_os_objidx} \NC \PDF\ object stream index \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdf_ptr} \NC not yet written \PDF\ bytes \NC \NR -\NC \type{pool_ptr} \NC string pool index \NC \NR -\NC \type{pool_size} \NC current size allocated for string characters \NC \NR -\NC \type{save_size} \NC save stack size \NC \NR -\NC \type{shell_escape} \NC \type {0} means disabled, \type {1} means anything is permitted, and \type {2} is restricted \NC \NR -\NC \type{safer_option} \NC \type {1} means safer is enforced \NC \NR -\NC \type{kpse_used} \NC \type {1} means that kpse is used \NC \NR -\NC \type{stack_size} \NC input stack size \NC \NR -\NC \type{str_ptr} \NC number of strings \NC \NR -\NC \type{total_pages} \NC number of written pages \NC \NR -\NC \type{var_mem_max} \NC number of allocated words for nodes \NC \NR -\NC \type{var_used} \NC variable (one|-|word) memory in use \NC \NR -\NC \type{lc_collate} \NC the value of \type {LC_COLLATE} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR -\NC \type{lc_ctype} \NC the value of \type {LC_CTYPE} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR -%NC \type{lc_monetary} \NC the value of \type {LC_MONETARY} at startup time \NC \NR -\NC \type{lc_numeric} \NC the value of \type {LC_NUMERIC} at startup time \NC \NR -%NC \type{lc_time} \NC the value of \type {LC_TIME} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The error and warning messages can be wiped with the \type {resetmessages} -function. A return value can be set with \type {setexitcode}. - -\section{The \type {tex} library} - -The \type {tex} table contains a large list of virtual internal \TEX\ -parameters that are partially writable. - -The designation \quote {virtual} means that these items are not properly defined -in \LUA, but are only front\-ends that are handled by a metatable that operates -on the actual \TEX\ values. As a result, most of the \LUA\ table operators (like -\type {pairs} and \type {#}) do not work on such items. - -At the moment, it is possible to access almost every parameter that has these -characteristics: - -\startitemize[packed] -\item You can use it after \type {\the} -\item It is a single token. -\item Some special others, see the list below -\stopitemize - -This excludes parameters that need extra arguments, like \type {\the\scriptfont}. - -The subset comprising simple integer and dimension registers are -writable as well as readable (stuff like \type {\tracingcommands} and -\type {\parindent}). - -\subsection{Internal parameter values} - -For all the parameters in this section, it is possible to access them directly -using their names as index in the \type {tex} table, or by using one of the -functions \type {tex.get} and \type {tex.set}. - -The exact parameters and return values differ depending on the actual parameter, -and so does whether \type {tex.set} has any effect. For the parameters that {\it -can\/} be set, it is possible to use \type {global} as the first argument to -\type {tex.set}; this makes the assignment global instead of local. - -\startfunctioncall -tex.set (["global",] <string> n, ...) -... = tex.get (<string> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Glue is kind of special because there are five values involved. The return value -is a \type {glue_spec} node btu when you pass \type {false} as last argument to -\type {tex.get} you get the width of the glue and when you pass \type {true} you -get all five values. Otherwise you get a node which is a copy of the internal -value so you are responsible for its freeing at the \LUA\ end. When you set a -glue quantity you can either pass a \type {glue_spec} or upto five numbers. If -you pass \type {true} to \type {get} you get 5 values returned for a glue and -when you pass \type {false} you only get the width returned. - -For the registers you can use \type {getskip} (node), \type {getglue} (numbers) -\type {setskip} (node) and \type {setglue} (numbers). If you pass \type {false} -as second argument to \type {getglue} you only get the width returned. - -There are also dedicated setters, getters and checkers: - -\startfunctioncall -local d = tex.getdimen("foo") -if tex.isdimen("bar") then - tex.setdimen("bar",d) -end -\stopfunctioncall - -There are such helpers for \type {dimen}, \type {count}, \type {skip}, \type -{box} and \type {attribute} registers. - -\subsubsection{Integer parameters} - -The integer parameters accept and return \LUA\ numbers. - -Read|-|write: - -\starttwocolumns -\starttyping -tex.adjdemerits -tex.binoppenalty -tex.brokenpenalty -tex.catcodetable -tex.clubpenalty -tex.day -tex.defaulthyphenchar -tex.defaultskewchar -tex.delimiterfactor -tex.displaywidowpenalty -tex.doublehyphendemerits -tex.endlinechar -tex.errorcontextlines -tex.escapechar -tex.exhyphenpenalty -tex.fam -tex.finalhyphendemerits -tex.floatingpenalty -tex.globaldefs -tex.hangafter -tex.hbadness -tex.holdinginserts -tex.hyphenpenalty -tex.interlinepenalty -tex.language -tex.lastlinefit -tex.lefthyphenmin -tex.linepenalty -tex.localbrokenpenalty -tex.localinterlinepenalty -tex.looseness -tex.mag -tex.maxdeadcycles -tex.month -tex.newlinechar -tex.outputpenalty -tex.pausing -tex.postdisplaypenalty -tex.predisplaydirection -tex.predisplaypenalty -tex.pretolerance -tex.relpenalty -tex.righthyphenmin -tex.savinghyphcodes -tex.savingvdiscards -tex.showboxbreadth -tex.showboxdepth -tex.time -tex.tolerance -tex.tracingassigns -tex.tracingcommands -tex.tracinggroups -tex.tracingifs -tex.tracinglostchars -tex.tracingmacros -tex.tracingnesting -tex.tracingonline -tex.tracingoutput -tex.tracingpages -tex.tracingparagraphs -tex.tracingrestores -tex.tracingscantokens -tex.tracingstats -tex.uchyph -tex.vbadness -tex.widowpenalty -tex.year -\stoptyping -\stoptwocolumns - -Read|-|only: - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.deadcycles -tex.insertpenalties -tex.parshape -tex.prevgraf -tex.spacefactor -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsubsection{Dimension parameters} - -The dimension parameters accept \LUA\ numbers (signifying scaled points) or -strings (with included dimension). The result is always a number in scaled -points. - -Read|-|write: - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.boxmaxdepth -tex.delimitershortfall -tex.displayindent -tex.displaywidth -tex.emergencystretch -tex.hangindent -tex.hfuzz -tex.hoffset -tex.hsize -tex.lineskiplimit -tex.mathsurround -tex.maxdepth -tex.nulldelimiterspace -tex.overfullrule -tex.pagebottomoffset -tex.pageheight -tex.pageleftoffset -tex.pagerightoffset -tex.pagetopoffset -tex.pagewidth -tex.parindent -tex.predisplaysize -tex.scriptspace -tex.splitmaxdepth -tex.vfuzz -tex.voffset -tex.vsize -tex.prevdepth -tex.prevgraf -tex.spacefactor -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -Read|-|only: - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.pagedepth -tex.pagefilllstretch -tex.pagefillstretch -tex.pagefilstretch -tex.pagegoal -tex.pageshrink -tex.pagestretch -tex.pagetotal -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -Beware: as with all \LUA\ tables you can add values to them. So, the following is valid: - -\starttyping -tex.foo = 123 -\stoptyping - -When you access a \TEX\ parameter a look up takes place. For read||only variables -that means that you will get something back, but when you set them you create a -new entry in the table thereby making the original invisible. - -There are a few special cases that we make an exception for: \type {prevdepth}, -\type {prevgraf} and \type {spacefactor}. These normally are accessed via the -\type {tex.nest} table: - -\starttyping -tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].prevdepth = p -tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].spacefactor = s -\stoptyping - -However, the following also works: - -\starttyping -tex.prevdepth = p -tex.spacefactor = s -\stoptyping - -Keep in mind that when you mess with node lists directly at the \LUA\ end you -might need to update the top of the nesting stack's \type {prevdepth} explicitly -as there is no way \LUATEX\ can guess your intentions. By using the accessor in -the \type {tex} tables, you get and set the values atthe top of the nest stack. - -\subsubsection{Direction parameters} - -The direction parameters are read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string. - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.bodydir -tex.mathdir -tex.pagedir -tex.pardir -tex.textdir -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsubsection{Glue parameters} - -The glue parameters accept and return a userdata object that represents a \type -{glue_spec} node. - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.abovedisplayshortskip -tex.abovedisplayskip -tex.baselineskip -tex.belowdisplayshortskip -tex.belowdisplayskip -tex.leftskip -tex.lineskip -tex.parfillskip -tex.parskip -tex.rightskip -tex.spaceskip -tex.splittopskip -tex.tabskip -tex.topskip -tex.xspaceskip -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsubsection{Muglue parameters} - -All muglue parameters are to be used read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string. - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.medmuskip -tex.thickmuskip -tex.thinmuskip -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsubsection{Tokenlist parameters} - -The tokenlist parameters accept and return \LUA\ strings. \LUA\ strings are -converted to and from token lists using \type {\the} \type {\toks} style expansion: -all category codes are either space (10) or other (12). It follows that assigning -to some of these, like \quote {tex.output}, is actually useless, but it feels bad -to make exceptions in view of a coming extension that will accept full|-|blown -token strings. - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.errhelp -tex.everycr -tex.everydisplay -tex.everyeof -tex.everyhbox -tex.everyjob -tex.everymath -tex.everypar -tex.everyvbox -tex.output -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsection{Convert commands} - -All \quote {convert} commands are read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string. The -supported commands at this moment are: - -\starttwocolumns -\starttyping -tex.eTeXVersion -tex.eTeXrevision -tex.formatname -tex.jobname -tex.luatexbanner -tex.luatexrevision -tex.fontname(number) -tex.uniformdeviate(number) -tex.number(number) -tex.romannumeral(number) -tex.fontidentifier(number) -\stoptyping -\stoptwocolumns - -If you are wondering why this list looks haphazard; these are all the cases of -the \quote {convert} internal command that do not require an argument, as well as -the ones that require only a simple numeric value. - -The special (lua-only) case of \type {tex.fontidentifier} returns the \type -{csname} string that matches a font id number (if there is one). - -if these are really needed in a macro package. - -\subsection{Last item commands} - -All \quote {last item} commands are read|-|only and return a number. - -The supported commands at this moment are: - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.lastpenalty -tex.lastkern -tex.lastskip -tex.lastnodetype -tex.inputlineno -tex.lastxpos -tex.lastypos -tex.randomseed -tex.luatexversion -tex.eTeXminorversion -tex.eTeXversion -tex.currentgrouplevel -tex.currentgrouptype -tex.currentiflevel -tex.currentiftype -tex.currentifbranch -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -\subsection{Attribute, count, dimension, skip and token registers} - -\TEX's attributes (\type {\attribute}), counters (\type {\count}), dimensions (\type -{\dimen}), skips (\type {\skip}) and token (\type {\toks}) registers can be accessed -and written to using two times five virtual sub|-|tables of the \type {tex} -table: - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.attribute -tex.count -tex.dimen -tex.skip -tex.toks -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -It is possible to use the names of relevant \type {\attributedef}, \type {\countdef}, -\type {\dimendef}, \type {\skipdef}, or \type {\toksdef} control sequences as indices -to these tables: - -\starttyping -tex.count.scratchcounter = 0 -enormous = tex.dimen['maxdimen'] -\stoptyping - -In this case, \LUATEX\ looks up the value for you on the fly. You have to use a -valid \type {\countdef} (or \type {\attributedef}, or \type {\dimendef}, or \type -{\skipdef}, or \type {\toksdef}), anything else will generate an error (the intent -is to eventually also allow \type {<chardef tokens>} and even macros that expand -into a number). - -The attribute and count registers accept and return \LUA\ numbers. - -The dimension registers accept \LUA\ numbers (in scaled points) or strings (with -an included absolute dimension; \type {em} and \type {ex} and \type {px} are -forbidden). The result is always a number in scaled points. - -The token registers accept and return \LUA\ strings. \LUA\ strings are converted -to and from token lists using \type {\the} \type {\toks} style expansion: all -category codes are either space (10) or other (12). - -The skip registers accept and return \type {glue_spec} userdata node objects (see -the description of the node interface elsewhere in this manual). - -As an alternative to array addressing, there are also accessor functions defined -for all cases, for example, here is the set of possibilities for \type {\skip} -registers: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setskip (["global",] <number> n, <node> s) -tex.setskip (["global",] <string> s, <node> s) -<node> s = tex.getskip (<number> n) -<node> s = tex.getskip (<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -We have similar setters for \type {count}, \type {dimen}, \type {muskip}, and -\type {toks}. Counters and dimen are represented by numbers, skips and muskips by -nodes, and toks by strings. For tokens registers we have an alternative where a -catcode table is specified: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.scantoks(0,3,"$e=mc^2$") -tex.scantoks("global",0,"$\int\limits^1_2$") -\stopfunctioncall - -In the function-based interface, it is possible to define values globally by -using the string \type {global} as the first function argument. - -There are four extra skip related helpers: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setglue (["global"], <number> n, - width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order) -tex.setglue (["global"], <string> s, - width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order) -width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order = - tex.getglue (<number> n) -width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order = - tex.getglue (<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -The other two are \type {tex.setmuglue} and \type {tex.getmuglue}. - -\subsection{Character code registers} - -\TEX's character code tables (\type {\lccode}, \type {\uccode}, \type {\sfcode}, \type -{\catcode}, \type {\mathcode}, \type {\delcode}) can be accessed and written to using -six virtual subtables of the \type {tex} table - -\startthreecolumns -\starttyping -tex.lccode -tex.uccode -tex.sfcode -tex.catcode -tex.mathcode -tex.delcode -\stoptyping -\stopthreecolumns - -The function call interfaces are roughly as above, but there are a few twists. -\type {sfcode}s are the simple ones: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setsfcode (["global",] <number> n, <number> s) -<number> s = tex.getsfcode (<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -The function call interface for \type {lccode} and \type {uccode} additionally -allows you to set the associated sibling at the same time: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setlccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> lc) -tex.setlccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> lc, <number> uc) -<number> lc = tex.getlccode (<number> n) -tex.setuccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> uc) -tex.setuccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> uc, <number> lc) -<number> uc = tex.getuccode (<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -The function call interface for \type {catcode} also allows you to specify a -category table to use on assignment or on query (default in both cases is the -current one): - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setcatcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> c) -tex.setcatcode (["global"], <number> cattable, <number> n, <number> c) -<number> lc = tex.getcatcode (<number> n) -<number> lc = tex.getcatcode (<number> cattable, <number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -The interfaces for \type {delcode} and \type {mathcode} use small array tables to -set and retrieve values: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setmathcode (["global"], <number> n, <table> mval ) -<table> mval = tex.getmathcode (<number> n) -tex.setdelcode (["global"], <number> n, <table> dval ) -<table> dval = tex.getdelcode (<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Where the table for \type {mathcode} is an array of 3 numbers, like this: - -\starttyping -{ - <number> class, - <number> family, - <number> character -} -\stoptyping - -And the table for \type {delcode} is an array with 4 numbers, like this: - -\starttyping -{ - <number> small_fam, - <number> small_char, - <number> large_fam, - <number> large_char -} -\stoptyping - -You can also avoid the table: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setmathcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> class, - <number> family, <number> character) -class, family, char = - tex.getmathcodes (<number> n) -tex.setdelcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> smallfam, - <number> smallchar, <number> largefam, <number> largechar) -smallfam, smallchar, largefam, largechar = - tex.getdelcodes (<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Normally, the third and fourth values in a delimiter code assignment will be zero -according to \type {\Udelcode} usage, but the returned table can have values there -(if the delimiter code was set using \type {\delcode}, for example). Unset \type -{delcode}'s can be recognized because \type {dval[1]} is $-1$. - -\subsection{Box registers} - -It is possible to set and query actual boxes, using the node interface as defined -in the \type {node} library: - -\starttyping -tex.box -\stoptyping - -for array access, or - -\starttyping -tex.setbox(["global",] <number> n, <node> s) -tex.setbox(["global",] <string> cs, <node> s) -<node> n = tex.getbox(<number> n) -<node> n = tex.getbox(<string> cs) -\stoptyping - -for function|-|based access. In the function-based interface, it is possible to -define values globally by using the string \type {global} as the first function -argument. - -Be warned that an assignment like - -\starttyping -tex.box[0] = tex.box[2] -\stoptyping - -does not copy the node list, it just duplicates a node pointer. If \type {\box2} -will be cleared by \TEX\ commands later on, the contents of \type {\box0} becomes -invalid as well. To prevent this from happening, always use \type -{node.copy_list()} unless you are assigning to a temporary variable: - -\starttyping -tex.box[0] = node.copy_list(tex.box[2]) -\stoptyping - -The following function will register a box for reuse (this is modelled after so -called xforms in \PDF). You can (re)use the box with \type {\useboxresource} or -by creating a rule node with subtype~2. - -\starttyping -local index = tex.saveboxresource(n,attributes,resources,immediate,type,margin) -\stoptyping - -The optional second and third arguments are strings, the fourth is a boolean. The -fifth argument is a type. When set to non|-|zero the \type {/Type} entry is -omitted. A value of 1 or 3 still writes a \type {/BBox}, while 2 or 3 will write -a \type {/Matrix}. The sixth argument is the (virtual) margin that extends beyond -the effective boundingbox as seen by \TEX. - -You can generate the reference (a rule type) with: - -\starttyping -local reused = tex.useboxresource(n,wd,ht,dp) -\stoptyping - -The dimensions are optional and the final ones are returned as extra values. The -following is just a bonus (no dimensions returned means that the resource is -unknown): - -\starttyping -local w, h, d, m = tex.getboxresourcedimensions(n) -\stoptyping - -This returns the width, height, depth and margin of the resource. - -You can split a box: - -\starttyping -local vlist = tex.splitbox(n,height,mode) -\stoptyping - -The remainder is kept in the original box and a packaged vlist is returned. This -operation is comparable to the \type {\vsplit} operation. The mode can be \type -{additional} or \type {exactly} and concerns the split off box. - -\subsection{Math parameters} - -It is possible to set and query the internal math parameters using: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setmath(["global",] <string> n, <string> t, <number> n) -<number> n = tex.getmath(<string> n, <string> t) -\stopfunctioncall - -As before an optional first parameter \type {global} indicates a global -assignment. - -The first string is the parameter name minus the leading \quote {Umath}, and the -second string is the style name minus the trailing \quote {style}. Just to be -complete, the values for the math parameter name are: - -\starttyping -quad axis operatorsize -overbarkern overbarrule overbarvgap -underbarkern underbarrule underbarvgap -radicalkern radicalrule radicalvgap -radicaldegreebefore radicaldegreeafter radicaldegreeraise -stackvgap stacknumup stackdenomdown -fractionrule fractionnumvgap fractionnumup -fractiondenomvgap fractiondenomdown fractiondelsize -limitabovevgap limitabovebgap limitabovekern -limitbelowvgap limitbelowbgap limitbelowkern -underdelimitervgap underdelimiterbgap -overdelimitervgap overdelimiterbgap -subshiftdrop supshiftdrop subshiftdown -subsupshiftdown subtopmax supshiftup -supbottommin supsubbottommax subsupvgap -spaceafterscript connectoroverlapmin -ordordspacing ordopspacing ordbinspacing ordrelspacing -ordopenspacing ordclosespacing ordpunctspacing ordinnerspacing -opordspacing opopspacing opbinspacing oprelspacing -opopenspacing opclosespacing oppunctspacing opinnerspacing -binordspacing binopspacing binbinspacing binrelspacing -binopenspacing binclosespacing binpunctspacing bininnerspacing -relordspacing relopspacing relbinspacing relrelspacing -relopenspacing relclosespacing relpunctspacing relinnerspacing -openordspacing openopspacing openbinspacing openrelspacing -openopenspacing openclosespacing openpunctspacing openinnerspacing -closeordspacing closeopspacing closebinspacing closerelspacing -closeopenspacing closeclosespacing closepunctspacing closeinnerspacing -punctordspacing punctopspacing punctbinspacing punctrelspacing -punctopenspacing punctclosespacing punctpunctspacing punctinnerspacing -innerordspacing inneropspacing innerbinspacing innerrelspacing -inneropenspacing innerclosespacing innerpunctspacing innerinnerspacing -\stoptyping - -The values for the style parameter name are: - -\starttyping -display crampeddisplay -text crampedtext -script crampedscript -scriptscript crampedscriptscript -\stoptyping - -The value is either a number (representing a dimension or number) or a glue spec -node representing a muskip for \type {ordordspacing} and similar spacing -parameters. - -\subsection{Special list heads} - -The virtual table \type {tex.lists} contains the set of internal registers that -keep track of building page lists. - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\BC field \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{page_ins_head} \NC circular list of pending insertions \NC \NR -\NC \type{contrib_head} \NC the recent contributions \NC \NR -\NC \type{page_head} \NC the current page content \NC \NR -%NC \type{temp_head} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hold_head} \NC used for held-over items for next page \NC \NR -\NC \type{adjust_head} \NC head of the current \type {\vadjust} list \NC \NR -\NC \type{pre_adjust_head} \NC head of the current \type {\vadjust pre} list \NC \NR -%NC \type{align_head} \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{page_discards_head} \NC head of the discarded items of a page break \NC \NR -\NC \type{split_discards_head} \NC head of the discarded items in a vsplit \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{Semantic nest levels} - -The virtual table \type {tex.nest} contains the currently active -semantic nesting state. It has two main parts: a zero-based array of userdata for -the semantic nest itself, and the numerical value \type {tex.nest.ptr}, which -gives the highest available index. Neither the array items in \type {tex.nest[]} -nor \type {tex.nest.ptr} can be assigned to (as this would confuse the -typesetting engine beyond repair), but you can assign to the individual values -inside the array items, e.g.\ \type {tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].prevdepth}. - -\type {tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr]} is the current nest state, \type {tex.nest[0]} the -outermost (main vertical list) level. - -The known fields are: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC modes \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{mode} \NC number \NC all \NC a number representing the main mode at this level: - \type {0} = no mode (this happens during \type {\write}), - \type {1} = vertical, - \type {127} = horizontal, - \type {253} = display math, - \type {-1} = internal vertical, - \type {-127} = restricted horizontal, - \type {-253} = inline math \NC \NR -\NC \type{modeline} \NC number \NC all \NC source input line where this mode was entered in, - negative inside the output routine \NC \NR -\NC \type{head} \NC node \NC all \NC the head of the current list \NC \NR -\NC \type{tail} \NC node \NC all \NC the tail of the current list \NC \NR -\NC \type{prevgraf} \NC number \NC vmode \NC number of lines in the previous paragraph \NC \NR -\NC \type{prevdepth} \NC number \NC vmode \NC depth of the previous paragraph \NC \NR -\NC \type{spacefactor} \NC number \NC hmode \NC the current space factor \NC \NR -\NC \type{dirs} \NC node \NC hmode \NC used for temporary storage by the line break algorithm\NC \NR -\NC \type{noad} \NC node \NC mmode \NC used for temporary storage of a pending fraction numerator, - for \type {\over} etc. \NC \NR -\NC \type{delimptr} \NC node \NC mmode \NC used for temporary storage of the previous math delimiter, - for \type {\middle} \NC \NR -\NC \type{mathdir} \NC boolean \NC mmode \NC true when during math processing the \type {\mathdir} is not - the same as the surrounding \type {\textdir} \NC \NR -\NC \type{mathstyle} \NC number \NC mmode \NC the current \type {\mathstyle} \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection[sec:luaprint]{Print functions} - -The \type {tex} table also contains the three print functions that are the -major interface from \LUA\ scripting to \TEX. - -The arguments to these three functions are all stored in an in|-|memory virtual -file that is fed to the \TEX\ scanner as the result of the expansion of -\type {\directlua}. - -The total amount of returnable text from a \type {\directlua} command is only -limited by available system \RAM. However, each separate printed string has to -fit completely in \TEX's input buffer. - -The result of using these functions from inside callbacks is undefined -at the moment. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.print}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.print(<string> s, ...) -tex.print(<number> n, <string> s, ...) -tex.print(<table> t) -tex.print(<number> n, <table> t) -\stopfunctioncall - -Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a separate input line. If there is a -table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to be a consecutive array -of strings to print (the first non-string value will stop the printing process). - -The optional parameter can be used to print the strings using the catcode regime -defined by \type {\catcodetable}~\type {n}. If \type {n} is $-1$, the currently -active catcode regime is used. If \type {n} is $-2$, the resulting catcodes are -the result of \type {\the} \type {\toks}: all category codes are 12 (other) except for -the space character, that has category code 10 (space). Otherwise, if \type {n} -is not a valid catcode table, then it is ignored, and the currently active -catcode regime is used instead. - -The very last string of the very last \type {tex.print()} command in a \type -{\directlua} will not have the \type {\endlinechar} appended, all others do. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.sprint}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.sprint(<string> s, ...) -tex.sprint(<number> n, <string> s, ...) -tex.sprint(<table> t) -tex.sprint(<number> n, <table> t) -\stopfunctioncall - -Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a special kind of input line that -makes it suitable for use as a partial line input mechanism: - -\startitemize[packed] -\startitem - \TEX\ does not switch to the \quote {new line} state, so that leading spaces - are not ignored. -\stopitem -\startitem - No \type {\endlinechar} is inserted. -\stopitem -\startitem - Trailing spaces are not removed. - - Note that this does not prevent \TEX\ itself from eating spaces as result of - interpreting the line. For example, in - -\starttyping -before\directlua{tex.sprint("\\relax")tex.sprint(" inbetween")}after -\stoptyping - the space before \type {in between} will be gobbled as a result of the \quote - {normal} scanning of \type {\relax}. -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -If there is a table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to -be a consecutive array of strings to print (the first non-string value -will stop the printing process). - -The optional argument sets the catcode regime, as with \type {tex.print()}. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.tprint}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.tprint({<number> n, <string> s, ...}, {...}) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function is basically a shortcut for repeated calls to \type -{tex.sprint(<number> n, <string> s, ...)}, once for each of the supplied argument -tables. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.cprint}} - -This function takes a number indicating the to be used catcode, plus either a -table of strings or an argument list of strings that will be pushed into the -input stream. - -\startfunctioncall -tex.cprint( 1," 1: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- a lot of \bgroup s -tex.cprint( 2," 2: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- matching \egroup s -tex.cprint( 9," 9: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- all get ignored -tex.cprint(10,"10: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- all become spaces -tex.cprint(11,"11: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- letters -tex.cprint(12,"12: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- other characters -tex.cprint(14,"12: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- comment triggers -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.write}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.write(<string> s, ...) -tex.write(<table> t) -\stopfunctioncall - -Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a special kind of input line that -makes it suitable for use as a quick way to dump information: - -\startitemize -\item All catcodes on that line are either \quote{space} (for '~') or - \quote{character} (for all others). -\item There is no \type {\endlinechar} appended. -\stopitemize - -If there is a table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to be a -consecutive array of strings to print (the first non-string value will stop the -printing process). - -\subsection{Helper functions} - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.round}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = tex.round(<number> o) -\stopfunctioncall - -Rounds \LUA\ number \type {o}, and returns a number that is in the range of a -valid \TEX\ register value. If the number starts out of range, it generates a -\quote {number to big} error as well. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.scale}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = tex.scale(<number> o, <number> delta) -<table> n = tex.scale(table o, <number> delta) -\stopfunctioncall - -Multiplies the \LUA\ numbers \type {o} and \type {delta}, and returns a rounded -number that is in the range of a valid \TEX\ register value. In the table -version, it creates a copy of the table with all numeric top||level values scaled -in that manner. If the multiplied number(s) are of range, it generates -\quote{number to big} error(s) as well. - -Note: the precision of the output of this function will depend on your computer's -architecture and operating system, so use with care! An interface to \LUATEX's -internal, 100\% portable scale function will be added at a later date. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.sp}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> n = tex.sp(<number> o) -<number> n = tex.sp(<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -Converts the number \type {o} or a string \type {s} that represents an explicit -dimension into an integer number of scaled points. - -For parsing the string, the same scanning and conversion rules are used that -\LUATEX\ would use if it was scanning a dimension specifier in its \TEX|-|like -input language (this includes generating errors for bad values), expect for the -following: - -\startitemize[n] -\startitem - only explicit values are allowed, control sequences are not handled -\stopitem -\startitem - infinite dimension units (\type {fil...}) are forbidden -\stopitem -\startitem - \type {mu} units do not generate an error (but may not be useful either) -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.definefont}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.definefont(<string> csname, <number> fontid) -tex.definefont(<boolean> global, <string> csname, <number> fontid) -\stopfunctioncall - -Associates \type {csname} with the internal font number \type {fontid}. The -definition is global if (and only if) \type {global} is specified and true (the -setting of \type {globaldefs} is not taken into account). - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.getlinenumber} and \type {tex.setlinenumber}} - -You can mess with the current line number: - -\startfunctioncall -local n = tex.getlinenumber() -tex.setlinenumber(n+10) -\stopfunctioncall - -which can be shortcut to: - -\startfunctioncall -tex.setlinenumber(10,true) -\stopfunctioncall - -This might be handy when you have a callback that read numbers from a file and -combines them in one line (in which case an error message probably has to refer -to the original line). Interference with \TEX's internal handling of numbers is -of course possible. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.error}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.error(<string> s) -tex.error(<string> s, <table> help) -\stopfunctioncall - -This creates an error somewhat like the combination of \type {\errhelp} and \type -{\errmessage} would. During this error, deletions are disabled. - -The array part of the \type {help} table has to contain strings, one for each -line of error help. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.hashtokens}} - -\startfunctioncall -for i,v in pairs (tex.hashtokens()) do ... end -\stopfunctioncall - -Returns a list of names. This can be useful for debugging, but note that this -also reports control sequences that may be unreachable at this moment due to -local redefinitions: it is strictly a dump of the hash table. You can use \type -{token.create} to inspect properties, for instance when the \type {command} key -in a created table equals \type {123}, you have the \type {cmdname} value \type -{undefined_cs}. - -\subsection[luaprimitives]{Functions for dealing with primitives} - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.enableprimitives}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.enableprimitives(<string> prefix, <table> primitive names) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function accepts a prefix string and an array of primitive names. - -For each combination of \quote {prefix} and \quote {name}, the \type -{tex.enableprimitives} first verifies that \quote {name} is an actual primitive -(it must be returned by one of the \type {tex.extraprimitives()} calls explained -below, or part of \TEX82, or \type {\directlua}). If it is not, \type -{tex.enableprimitives} does nothing and skips to the next pair. - -But if it is, then it will construct a csname variable by concatenating the -\quote {prefix} and \quote {name}, unless the \quote {prefix} is already the -actual prefix of \quote {name}. In the latter case, it will discard the \quote -{prefix}, and just use \quote {name}. - -Then it will check for the existence of the constructed csname. If the csname is -currently undefined (note: that is not the same as \type {\relax}), it will -globally define the csname to have the meaning: run code belonging to the -primitive \quote {name}. If for some reason the csname is already defined, it -does nothing and tries the next pair. - -An example: - -\starttyping - tex.enableprimitives('LuaTeX', {'formatname'}) -\stoptyping - -will define \type {\LuaTeXformatname} with the same intrinsic meaning as the -documented primitive \type {\formatname}, provided that the control sequences \type -{\LuaTeXformatname} is currently undefined. - -When \LUATEX\ is run with \type {--ini} only the \TEX82 primitives and \type -{\directlua} are available, so no extra primitives {\bf at all}. - -If you want to have all the new functionality available using their default -names, as it is now, you will have to add - -\starttyping - \ifx\directlua\undefined \else - \directlua {tex.enableprimitives('',tex.extraprimitives ())} - \fi -\stoptyping - -near the beginning of your format generation file. Or you can choose different -prefixes for different subsets, as you see fit. - -Calling some form of \type {tex.enableprimitives()} is highly important though, -because if you do not, you will end up with a \TEX82-lookalike that can run \LUA\ -code but not do much else. The defined csnames are (of course) saved in the -format and will be available at runtime. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.extraprimitives}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> t = tex.extraprimitives(<string> s, ...) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a list of the primitives that originate from the engine(s) -given by the requested string value(s). The possible values and their (current) -return values are: - -\startluacode -function document.showprimitives(tag) - for k, v in table.sortedpairs(tex.extraprimitives(tag)) do - if v == ' ' then - v = '\\normalcontrolspace' - end - context.type(v) - context.space() - end -end -\stopluacode - -\starttabulate[|l|pl|] -\BC name \BC values \NC \NR -\NC tex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('tex') } \NC \NR -\NC core \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('core') } \NC \NR -\NC etex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('etex') } \NC \NR -\NC luatex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('luatex') } \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note that \type {luatex} does not contain \type {directlua}, as that is -considered to be a core primitive, along with all the \TEX82 primitives, so it is -part of the list that is returned from \type {'core'}. - -% \type {'umath'} is a subset of \type {'luatex'} that covers the Unicode math -% primitives as it might be desired to handle the prefixing of that subset -% differently. - -Running \type {tex.extraprimitives()} will give you the complete list of -primitives \type {-ini} startup. It is exactly equivalent to \type -{tex.extraprimitives("etex","luatex")}. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.primitives}} - -\startfunctioncall -<table> t = tex.primitives() -\stopfunctioncall - -This function returns a list of all primitives that \LUATEX\ knows about. - -\subsection{Core functionality interfaces} - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.badness}} - -\startfunctioncall -<number> b = tex.badness(<number> t, <number> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -This helper function is useful during linebreak calculations. \type {t} and \type -{s} are scaled values; the function returns the badness for when total \type {t} -is supposed to be made from amounts that sum to \type {s}. The returned number is -a reasonable approximation of $100(t/s)^3$; - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.resetparagraph}} - -This function resets the parameters that \TEX\ normally resets when a new paragraph -is seen. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.linebreak}} - -\startfunctioncall -local <node> nodelist, <table> info = - tex.linebreak(<node> listhead, <table> parameters) -\stopfunctioncall - -The understood parameters are as follows: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC name \BC type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{pardir} \NC string \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{pretolerance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{tracingparagraphs} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{tolerance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{looseness} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hyphenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{exhyphenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdfadjustspacing} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{adjdemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{pdfprotrudechars} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{linepenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{lastlinefit} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{doublehyphendemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{finalhyphendemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{hangafter} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{interlinepenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \type {\interlinepenalties} \NC \NR -\NC \type{clubpenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \type {\clubpenalties} \NC \NR -\NC \type{widowpenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \type {\widowpenalties} \NC \NR -\NC \type{brokenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{emergencystretch} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR -\NC \type{hangindent} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR -\NC \type{hsize} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR -\NC \type{leftskip} \NC glue_spec node \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{rightskip} \NC glue_spec node \NC \NC \NR -\NC \type{parshape} \NC table \NC \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note that there is no interface for \type {\displaywidowpenalties}, you have to -pass the right choice for \type {widowpenalties} yourself. - -It is your own job to make sure that \type {listhead} is a proper paragraph list: -this function does not add any nodes to it. To be exact, if you want to replace -the core line breaking, you may have to do the following (when you are not -actually working in the \type {pre_linebreak_filter} or \type {linebreak_filter} -callbacks, or when the original list starting at listhead was generated in -horizontal mode): - -\startitemize -\startitem - add an \quote {indent box} and perhaps a \type {local_par} node at the start - (only if you need them) -\stopitem -\startitem - replace any found final glue by an infinite penalty (or add such a penalty, - if the last node is not a glue) -\stopitem -\startitem - add a glue node for the \type {\parfillskip} after that penalty node -\stopitem -\startitem - make sure all the \type {prev} pointers are OK -\stopitem -\stopitemize - -The result is a node list, it still needs to be vpacked if you want to assign it -to a \type {\vbox}. - -The returned \type {info} table contains four values that are all numbers: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC prevdepth \NC depth of the last line in the broken paragraph \NC \NR -\NC prevgraf \NC number of lines in the broken paragraph \NC \NR -\NC looseness \NC the actual looseness value in the broken paragraph \NC \NR -\NC demerits \NC the total demerits of the chosen solution \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note there are a few things you cannot interface using this function: You cannot -influence font expansion other than via \type {pdfadjustspacing}, because the -settings for that take place elsewhere. The same is true for hbadness and hfuzz -etc. All these are in the \type {hpack()} routine, and that fetches its own -variables via globals. - -\subsubsection{\type {tex.shipout}} - -\startfunctioncall -tex.shipout(<number> n) -\stopfunctioncall - -Ships out box number \type {n} to the output file, and clears the box register. - -\subsection[synctex]{Functions related to synctex} - -The next helpers only make sense when you implement your own synctex logic. Keep in -mind that the library used in editors assumes a certain logic and is geared for -plain and \LATEX, so after a decade users expect a certain behaviour. - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type{set_synctex_mode} \NC \type {0} is the default and used normal synctex - logic, \type {1} uses the values set by the next - helpers while \type {2} also sets these for glyph - nodes; \type{3} sets glyphs and glue and \type {4} - sets only glyphs \NC \NR -\NC \type{set_synctex_tag} \NC set the current tag (file) value (obeys save stack) \NC \NR -\NC \type{set_synctex_line} \NC set the current line value (obeys save stack) \NC \NR -\NC \type{force_synctex_tag} \NC overload the tag (file) value (\type {0} resets) \NC \NR -\NC \type{force_synctex_line} \NC overload the line value (\type {0} resets) \NC \NR -\NC \type{get_synctex_tag} \NC get the currently set value of tag (file) \NC \NR -\NC \type{get_synctex_line} \NC get the currently set value of line \NC \NR -\NC \type{set_synctex_no_files} \NC disable synctex file logging \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The last one is somewhat special. Due to the way files are registered in \SYNCTEX\ we need -to explicitly disable that feature if we provide our own alternative if we want to avoid -that overhead. Passing a value of 1 disables registering. - -This mechanism is somewhat experimental. - -\section[texconfig]{The \type {texconfig} table} - -This is a table that is created empty. A startup \LUA\ script could -fill this table with a number of settings that are read out by -the executable after loading and executing the startup file. - -\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC default \BC explanation \NC \NR -\NC \type{kpse_init} \NC boolean \NC true -\NC - \type {false} totally disables \KPATHSEA\ initialisation, and enables - interpretation of the following numeric key--value pairs. (only ever unset - this if you implement {\it all\/} file find callbacks!) -\NC \NR -\NC - \type{shell_escape} \NC string \NC \type {'f'} \NC - Use \type {'y'} or \type {'t'} or \type {'1'} to enable \type {\write18} - unconditionally, \type {'p'} to enable the commands that are listed in \type - {shell_escape_commands} -\NC \NR -\NC - shell_escape_commands \NC string \NC \NC Comma-separated list of command - names that may be executed by \type {\write18} even if \type {shell_escape} - is set to \type {'p'}. Do {\it not\/} use spaces around commas, separate any - required command arguments by using a space, and use the \ASCII\ double quote - (\type {"}) for any needed argument or path quoting -\NC \NR -\NC \type{string_vacancies} \NC number \NC 75000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{pool_free} \NC number \NC 5000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_strings} \NC number \NC 15000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{strings_free} \NC number \NC 100 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{nest_size} \NC number \NC 50 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_in_open} \NC number \NC 15 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{param_size} \NC number \NC 60 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{save_size} \NC number \NC 4000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{stack_size} \NC number \NC 300 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{dvi_buf_size} \NC number \NC 16384 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{error_line} \NC number \NC 79 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{half_error_line} \NC number \NC 50 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{max_print_line} \NC number \NC 79 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{hash_extra} \NC number \NC 0 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{pk_dpi} \NC number \NC 72 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR -\NC \type{trace_file_names} \NC boolean \NC true -\NC - \type {false} disables \TEX's normal file open|-|close feedback (the - assumption is that callbacks will take care of that) -\NC \NR -\NC \type{file_line_error} \NC boolean \NC false -\NC - do \type {file:line} style error messages -\NC \NR -\NC \type{halt_on_error} \NC boolean \NC false -\NC - abort run on the first encountered error -\NC \NR -\NC \type{formatname} \NC string \NC -\NC - if no format name was given on the command line, this key will be tested first - instead of simply quitting -\NC \NR -\NC \type{jobname} \NC string \NC -\NC - if no input file name was given on the command line, this key will be tested - first instead of simply giving up -\NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -Note: the numeric values that match web2c parameters are only used if \type -{kpse_init} is explicitly set to \type {false}. In all other cases, the normal -values from \type {texmf.cnf} are used. - -\section{The \type {texio} library} - -This library takes care of the low|-|level I/O interface: writing to the log file -and|/|or console. - -\subsection{\type {texio.write}} - -\startfunctioncall -texio.write(<string> target, <string> s, ...) -texio.write(<string> s, ...) -\stopfunctioncall - -Without the \type {target} argument, writes all given strings to the same -location(s) \TEX\ writes messages to at this moment. If \type {\batchmode} is in -effect, it writes only to the log, otherwise it writes to the log and the -terminal. The optional \type {target} can be one of three possibilities: \type -{term}, \type {log} or \type {term and log}. - -Note: If several strings are given, and if the first of these strings is or might -be one of the targets above, the \type {target} must be specified explicitly to -prevent \LUA\ from interpreting the first string as the target. - -\subsection{\type {texio.write_nl}} - -\startfunctioncall -texio.write_nl(<string> target, <string> s, ...) -texio.write_nl(<string> s, ...) -\stopfunctioncall - -This function behaves like \type {texio.write}, but make sure that the given -strings will appear at the beginning of a new line. You can pass a single empty -string if you only want to move to the next line. - -\subsection{\type {texio.setescape}} - -You can disable \type {^^} escaping of control characters by passing a value of -zero. - -\section{The \type {token} library} - -\subsection{The scanner} - -The token library provides means to intercept the input and deal with it at the -\LUA\ level. The library provides a basic scanner infrastructure that can be used -to write macros that accept a wide range of arguments. This interface is on -purpose kept general and as performance is quite ok one can build additional -parsers without too much overhead. It's up to macro package writers to see how -they can benefit from this as the main principle behind \LUATEX\ is to provide a -minimal set of tools and no solutions. The functions provided in the \type -{token} namespace are given in the next table: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC function \BC argument \BC result \NC \NR -\HL -\NC \type{is_token} \NC token \NC checks if the given argument is a token userdatum \NC \NR -\NC \type{get_next} \NC \NC returns the next token in the input \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_keyword} \NC string \NC returns true if the given keyword is gobbled \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_int} \NC \NC returns a number \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_dimen} \NC infinity, mu-units \NC returns a number representing a dimension and or two numbers being the filler and order \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_glue} \NC mu-units \NC returns a glue spec node \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_toks} \NC definer, expand \NC returns a table of tokens token list (this can become a linked list in later releases) \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_code} \NC bitset \NC returns a character if its category is in the given bitset (representing catcodes) \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_string} \NC \NC returns a string given between \type {{}}, as \type {\macro} or as sequence of characters with catcode 11 or 12 \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_word} \NC \NC returns a sequence of characters with catcode 11 or 12 as string \NC \NR -\NC \type{scan_csname} \NC \NC returns \type {foo} after scanning \type {\foo} \NC \NR -\NC \type{set_macro} \NC see below \NC assign a macro \NC \NR -\NC \type{create} \NC \NC returns a userdata token object of the given control sequence name (or character); this interface can change \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The scanners can be considered stable apart from the one scanning for a token. -This is because futures releases can return a linked list instead of a table (as -with nodes). The \type {scan_code} function takes an optional number, the \type -{keyword} function a normal \LUA\ string. The \type {infinity} boolean signals -that we also permit \type {fill} as dimension and the \type {mu-units} flags the -scanner that we expect math units. When scanning tokens we can indicate that we -are defining a macro, in which case the result will also provide information -about what arguments are expected and in the result this is separated from the -meaning by a separator token. The \type {expand} flag determines if the list will -be expanded. - -The string scanner scans for something between curly braces and expands on the -way, or when it sees a control sequence it will return its meaning. Otherwise it -will scan characters with catcode \type {letter} or \type {other}. So, given the -following definition: - -\startbuffer -\def\bar{bar} -\def\foo{foo-\bar} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer \getbuffer - -we get: - -\starttabulate[|l|Tl|l|] -\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}{foo}} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")} {foo} \NC full expansion \NC \NR -\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}foo} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")} foo \NC letters and others \NC \NR -\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}\foo} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")}\foo \NC meaning \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The \type {\foo} case only gives the meaning, but one can pass an already -expanded definition (\type {\edef}'d). In the case of the braced variant one can of -course use the \type {\detokenize} and \type {\unexpanded} primitives as there we -do expand. - -The \type {scan_word} scanner can be used to implement for instance a number scanner: - -\starttyping -function token.scan_number(base) - return tonumber(token.scan_word(),base) -end -\stoptyping - -This scanner accepts any valid \LUA\ number so it is a way to pick up floats -in the input. - -The creator function can be used as follows: - -\starttyping -local t = token.create("relax") -\stoptyping - -This gives back a token object that has the properties of the \type {\relax} -primitive. The possible properties of tokens are: - -\starttabulate[|l|p|] -\NC \type {command} \NC a number representing the internal command number \NC \NR -\NC \type {cmdname} \NC the type of the command (for instance the catcode in case of a - character or the classifier that determines the internal - treatment \NC \NR -\NC \type{csname} \NC the associated control sequence (if applicable) \NC \NR -\NC \type{id} \NC the unique id of the token \NC \NR -%NC \type{tok} \NC \NC \NR % might change -\NC \type{active} \NC a boolean indicating the active state of the token \NC \NR -\NC \type{expandable} \NC a boolean indicating if the token (macro) is expandable \NC \NR -\NC \type{protected} \NC a boolean indicating if the token (macro) is protected \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -The numbers that represent a catcode are the same as in \TEX\ itself, so using -this information assumes that you know a bit about \TEX's internals. The other -numbers and names are used consistently but are not frozen. So, when you use them -for comparing you can best query a known primitive or character first to see the -values. - -More interesting are the scanners. You can use the \LUA\ interface as follows: - -\starttyping -\directlua { - function mymacro(n) - ... - end -} - -\def\mymacro#1{% - \directlua { - mymacro(\number\dimexpr#1) - }% -} - -\mymacro{12pt} -\mymacro{\dimen0} -\stoptyping - -You can also do this: - -\starttyping -\directlua { - function mymacro() - local d = token.scan_dimen() - ... - end -} - -\def\mymacro{% - \directlua { - mymacro() - }% -} - -\mymacro 12pt -\mymacro \dimen0 -\stoptyping - -It is quite clear from looking at the code what the first method needs as -argument(s). For the second method you need to look at the \LUA\ code to see what -gets picked up. Instead of passing from \TEX\ to \LUA\ we let \LUA\ fetch from -the input stream. - -In the first case the input is tokenized and then turned into a string when it's -passed to \LUA\ where it gets interpreted. In the second case only a function -call gets interpreted but then the input is picked up by explicitly calling the -scanner functions. These return proper \LUA\ variables so no further conversion -has to be done. This is more efficient but in practice (given what \TEX\ has to -do) this effect should not be overestimated. For numbers and dimensions it saves a -bit but for passing strings conversion to and from tokens has to be done anyway -(although we can probably speed up the process in later versions if needed). - -\subsection{Macros} - -The \type {set_macro} function can get upto 4 arguments: - -\starttyping -setmacro("csname","content") -setmacro("csname","content","global") -setmacro("csname") -\stoptyping - -You can pass a catcodetable identifier as first argument: - -\starttyping -setmacro(catcodetable,"csname","content") -setmacro(catcodetable,"csname","content","global") -setmacro(catcodetable,"csname") -\stoptyping - -The results are like: - -\starttyping - \def\csname{content} -\gdef\csname{content} - \def\csname{} -\stoptyping - -\subsection{Pushing back} - -There is a (for now) experimental putter: - -\starttyping -local t1 = token.get_next() -local t2 = token.get_next() -local t3 = token.get_next() -local t4 = token.get_next() --- watch out, we flush in sequence -token.put_next { t1, t2 } --- but this one gets pushed in front -token.put_next ( t3, t4 ) -\stoptyping - -When we scan \type {wxyz!} we get \type {yzwx!} back. The argument is either a table -with tokens or a list of tokens. - -\subsection{Nota bene} - -When scanning for the next token you need to keep in mind that we're not scanning -like \TEX\ does: expanding, changing modes and doing things as it goes. When we -scan with \LUA\ we just pick up tokens. Say that we have: - -\starttyping -\bar -\stoptyping - -but \type {\bar} is undefined. Normally \TEX\ will then issue an error message. -However, when we have: - -\starttyping -\def\foo{\bar} -\stoptyping - -We get no error, unless we expand \type {\foo} while \type {\bar} is still -undefined. What happens is that as soon as \TEX\ sees an undefined macro it will -create a hash entry and when later it gets defined that entry will be reused. So, -\type {\bar} really exists but can be in an undefined state. - -\startbuffer[demo] -bar : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\bar -foo : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\foo -myfirstbar : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\myfirstbar -\stopbuffer - -\startlines -\getbuffer[demo] -\stoplines - -This was entered as: - -\typebuffer[demo] - -The reason that you see \type {bar} reported and not \type {myfirstbar} is that -\type {\bar} was already used in a previous paragraph. - -If we now say: - -\startbuffer -\def\foo{} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer \getbuffer - -we get: - -\startlines -\getbuffer[demo] -\stoplines - -And if we say - -\startbuffer -\def\foo{\bar} -\stopbuffer - -\typebuffer \getbuffer - -we get: - -\startlines -\getbuffer[demo] -\stoplines - -When scanning from \LUA\ we are not in a mode that defines (undefined) macros at -all. There we just get the real primitive undefined macro token. - -\startbuffer -\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\myfirstbar -\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\mysecondbar -\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\mythirdbar -\stopbuffer - -\startlines -\getbuffer -\stoplines - -This was generated with: - -\typebuffer - -So, we do get a unique token because after all we need some kind of \LUA\ object -that can be used and garbage collected, but it is basically the same one, -representing an undefined control sequence. - -\section{The \type {kpse} library} - -This library provides two separate, but nearly identical interfaces to the -\KPATHSEA\ file search functionality: there is a \quote {normal} procedural -interface that shares its kpathsea instance with \LUATEX\ itself, and an object -oriented interface that is completely on its own. - -\subsection{\type {kpse.set_program_name} and \type {kpse.new}} - -Before the search library can be used at all, its database has to be initialized. -There are three possibilities, two of which belong to the procedural interface. - -First, when \LUATEX\ is used to typeset documents, this initialization happens -automatically and the \KPATHSEA\ executable and program names are set to \type -{luatex} (that is, unless explicitly prohibited by the user's startup script. -See~\in {section} [init] for more details). - -Second, in \TEXLUA\ mode, the initialization has to be done explicitly via the -\type {kpse.set_program_name} function, which sets the \KPATHSEA\ executable -(and optionally program) name. - -\startfunctioncall -kpse.set_program_name(<string> name) -kpse.set_program_name(<string> name, <string> progname) -\stopfunctioncall - -The second argument controls the use of the \quote {dotted} values in the \type -{texmf.cnf} configuration file, and defaults to the first argument. - -Third, if you prefer the object oriented interface, you have to call a different -function. It has the same arguments, but it returns a userdata variable. - -\startfunctioncall -local kpathsea = kpse.new(<string> name) -local kpathsea = kpse.new(<string> name, <string> progname) -\stopfunctioncall - -Apart from these two functions, the calling conventions of the interfaces are -identical. Depending on the chosen interface, you either call \type -{kpse.find_file()} or \type {kpathsea:find_file()}, with identical arguments and -return vales. - -\subsection{\type {find_file}} - -The most often used function in the library is \type {find_file}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename) -<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype) -<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <boolean> mustexist) -<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype, <boolean> mustexist) -<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype, <number> dpi) -\stopfunctioncall - -Arguments: - -\startitemize[intro] - -\sym{filename} - -the name of the file you want to find, with or without extension. - -\sym{ftype} - -maps to the \type {-format} argument of \KPSEWHICH. The supported \type {ftype} -values are the same as the ones supported by the standalone \type {kpsewhich} -program: \startluacode - local list = { - "afm", - "base", - "bib", - "bitmap font", - "bst", - "cid maps", - "clua", - "cmap files", - "cnf", - "cweb", - "dvips config", - "enc files", - "fmt", - "font feature files", - "gf", - "graphic|/|figure", - "ist", - "lig files", - "ls-R", - "lua", - "map", - "mem", - "MetaPost support", - "mf", - "mfpool", - "mft", - "misc fonts", - "mlbib", - "mlbst", - "mp", - "mppool", - "ocp", - "ofm", - "opentype fonts", - "opl", - "other binary files", - "other text files", - "otp", - "ovf", - "ovp", - "pdftex config", - "pk", - "PostScript header", - "subfont definition files", - "tex", - "TeX system documentation", - "TeX system sources", - "texmfscripts", - "texpool", - "tfm", - "Troff fonts", - "truetype fonts", - "type1 fonts", - "type42 fonts", - "vf", - "web", - "web2c files", - } - table.sort(list) - context("{\\tttf \letterpercent, t}",list) -\stopluacode - -The default type is \type {tex}. Note: this is different from \KPSEWHICH, which -tries to deduce the file type itself from looking at the supplied extension. - -\sym{mustexist} - -is similar to \KPSEWHICH's \type {-must-exist}, and the default is \type {false}. -If you specify \type {true} (or a non|-|zero integer), then the \KPSE\ library -will search the disk as well as the \type {ls-R} databases. - -\sym{dpi} - -This is used for the size argument of the formats \type {pk}, \type {gf}, and -\type {bitmap font}. \stopitemize - - -\subsection{\type {lookup}} - -A more powerful (but slower) generic method for finding files is also available. -It returns a string for each found file. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> f, ... = kpse.lookup(<string> filename, <table> options) -\stopfunctioncall - -The options match commandline arguments from \type {kpsewhich}: - -\starttabulate[|l|l|p|] -\BC key \BC type \BC description \NC \NR -\NC \type{debug} \NC number \NC set debugging flags for this lookup\NC \NR -\NC \type{format} \NC string \NC use specific file type (see list above)\NC \NR -\NC \type{dpi} \NC number \NC use this resolution for this lookup; default 600\NC \NR -\NC \type{path} \NC string \NC search in the given path\NC \NR -\NC \type{all} \NC boolean \NC output all matches, not just the first\NC \NR -\NC \type{mustexist} \NC boolean \NC search the disk as well as ls-R if necessary\NC \NR -\NC \type{mktexpk} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktexpk generation for this lookup\NC \NR -\NC \type{mktextex} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktextex generation for this lookup\NC \NR -\NC \type{mktexmf} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktexmf generation for this lookup\NC \NR -\NC \type{mktextfm} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktextfm generation for this lookup\NC \NR -\NC \type{subdir} \NC string - or table \NC only output matches whose directory part - ends with the given string(s) \NC \NR -\stoptabulate - -\subsection{\type {init_prog}} - -Extra initialization for programs that need to generate bitmap fonts. - -\startfunctioncall -kpse.init_prog(<string> prefix, <number> base_dpi, <string> mfmode) -kpse.init_prog(<string> prefix, <number> base_dpi, <string> mfmode, <string> fallback) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type {readable_file}} - -Test if an (absolute) file name is a readable file. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> f = kpse.readable_file(<string> name) -\stopfunctioncall - -The return value is the actual absolute filename you should use, because the disk -name is not always the same as the requested name, due to aliases and -system|-|specific handling under e.g.\ \MSDOS. Returns \type {nil} if the file -does not exist or is not readable. - -\subsection{\type {expand_path}} - -Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-path}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.expand_path(<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type {expand_var}} - -Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-var}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.expand_var(<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type {expand_braces}} - -Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-braces}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.expand_braces(<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type {show_path}} - -Like kpsewhich's \type {-show-path}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.show_path(<string> ftype) -\stopfunctioncall - - -\subsection{\type {var_value}} - -Like kpsewhich's \type {-var-value}: - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.var_value(<string> s) -\stopfunctioncall - -\subsection{\type {version}} - -Returns the kpathsea version string. - -\startfunctioncall -<string> r = kpse.version() -\stopfunctioncall - -\stopchapter - -\stopcomponent +% language=uk
+
+% lua.newtable
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startcomponent luatex-tex
+
+\startchapter[reference=tex,title={The \TEX\ related libraries}]
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {lua} library}][library=lua]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Version information}]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{lua}}
+\topicindex{version}
+
+\libindex{version}
+
+This library contains one read|-|only item:
+
+\starttyping
+<string> s = lua.version
+\stoptyping
+
+This returns the \LUA\ version identifier string. The value is currently
+\directlua {tex.print(lua.version)}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Bytecode registers}]
+
+\topicindex{bytecodes}
+\topicindex{registers+bytecodes}
+
+\libindex{bytecode}
+\libindex{setbytecode}
+\libindex{getbytecode}
+
+\LUA\ registers can be used to store \LUA\ code chunks. The accepted values for
+assignments are functions and \type {nil}. Likewise, the retrieved value is
+either a function or \type {nil}.
+
+\starttyping
+lua.bytecode[<number> n] = <function> f
+lua.bytecode[<number> n]()
+\stoptyping
+
+The contents of the \type {lua.bytecode} array is stored inside the format file
+as actual \LUA\ bytecode, so it can also be used to preload \LUA\ code. The
+function must not contain any upvalues. The associated function calls are:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<function> f = lua.getbytecode(<number> n)
+lua.setbytecode(<number> n, <function> f)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Note: Since a \LUA\ file loaded using \type {loadfile(filename)} is essentially
+an anonymous function, a complete file can be stored in a bytecode register like
+this:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lua.bytecode[n] = loadfile(filename)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Now all definitions (functions, variables) contained in the file can be
+created by executing this bytecode register:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lua.bytecode[n]()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Note that the path of the file is stored in the \LUA\ bytecode to be used in
+stack backtraces and therefore dumped into the format file if the above code is
+used in \INITEX. If it contains private information, i.e. the user name, this
+information is then contained in the format file as well. This should be kept in
+mind when preloading files into a bytecode register in \INITEX.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Chunk name registers}]
+
+\libindex{name}
+\libindex{setluaname}
+\libindex{getluaname}
+
+There is an array of 65536 (0--65535) potential chunk names for use with the
+\prm {directlua} and \lpr {latelua} primitives.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lua.name[<number> n] = <string> s
+<string> s = lua.name[<number> n]
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+If you want to unset a \LUA\ name, you can assign \type {nil} to it. The function
+accessors are:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+lua.setluaname(<string> s,<number> n])
+<string> s = lua.getluaname(<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Introspection}]
+
+\libindex{getstacktop}
+\libindex{getcalllevel}
+
+The \type {getstacktop} and\type {getcalllevel} functions return numbers
+indicating how much nesting is going on. They are only of use as breakpoints when
+checking some mechanism going haywire.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {status} library}][library=status]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{status}}
+
+\libindex{list}
+\libindex{resetmessages}
+\libindex{setexitcode}
+
+This contains a number of run|-|time configuration items that you may find useful
+in message reporting, as well as an iterator function that gets all of the names
+and values as a table.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> info = status.list()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The keys in the table are the known items, the value is the current value. Almost
+all of the values in \type {status} are fetched through a metatable at run|-|time
+whenever they are accessed, so you cannot use \type {pairs} on \type {status},
+but you {\it can\/} use \type {pairs} on \type {info}, of course. If you do not
+need the full list, you can also ask for a single item by using its name as an
+index into \type {status}. The current list is:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{banner} \NC terminal display banner \NC \NR
+\NC \type{best_page_break} \NC the current best break (a node) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{buf_size} \NC current allocated size of the line buffer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{callbacks} \NC total number of executed callbacks so far \NC \NR
+\NC \type{cs_count} \NC number of control sequences \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dest_names_size} \NC \PDF\ destination table size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dvi_gone} \NC written \DVI\ bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dvi_ptr} \NC not yet written \DVI\ bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dyn_used} \NC token (multi|-|word) memory in use \NC \NR
+\NC \type{filename} \NC name of the current input file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fix_mem_end} \NC maximum number of used tokens \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fix_mem_min} \NC minimum number of allocated words for tokens \NC \NR
+\NC \type{fix_mem_max} \NC maximum number of allocated words for tokens \NC \NR
+\NC \type{font_ptr} \NC number of active fonts \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hash_extra} \NC extra allowed hash \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hash_size} \NC size of hash \NC \NR
+\NC \type{indirect_callbacks} \NC number of those that were themselves a result of other callbacks (e.g. file readers) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{ini_version} \NC \type {true} if this is an \INITEX\ run \NC \NR
+\NC \type{init_pool_ptr} \NC \INITEX\ string pool index \NC \NR
+\NC \type{init_str_ptr} \NC number of \INITEX\ strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{input_ptr} \NC the level of input we're at \NC \NR
+\NC \type{inputid} \NC numeric id of the current input \NC \NR
+\NC \type{largest_used_mark} \NC max referenced marks class \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lasterrorcontext} \NC last error context string (with newlines) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lasterrorstring} \NC last \TEX\ error string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastluaerrorstring} \NC last \LUA\ error string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastwarningstring} \NC last warning tag, normally an indication of in what part\NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastwarningtag} \NC last warning string\NC \NR
+\NC \type{linenumber} \NC location in the current input file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{log_name} \NC name of the log file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luabytecode_bytes} \NC number of bytes in \LUA\ bytecode registers \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luabytecodes} \NC number of active \LUA\ bytecode registers \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luastate_bytes} \NC number of bytes in use by \LUA\ interpreters \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luatex_engine} \NC the \LUATEX\ engine identifier \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luatex_hashchars} \NC length to which \LUA\ hashes strings ($2^n$) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luatex_hashtype} \NC the hash method used (in \LUAJITTEX) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luatex_version} \NC the \LUATEX\ version number \NC \NR
+\NC \type{luatex_revision} \NC the \LUATEX\ revision string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_buf_stack} \NC max used buffer position \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_in_stack} \NC max used input stack entries \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_nest_stack} \NC max used nesting stack entries \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_param_stack} \NC max used parameter stack entries \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_save_stack} \NC max used save stack entries \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_strings} \NC maximum allowed strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nest_size} \NC nesting stack size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{node_mem_usage} \NC a string giving insight into currently used nodes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{obj_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ object pointer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{obj_tab_size} \NC \PDF\ object table size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{output_active} \NC \type {true} if the \prm {output} routine is active \NC \NR
+\NC \type{output_file_name} \NC name of the \PDF\ or \DVI\ file \NC \NR
+\NC \type{param_size} \NC parameter stack size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_dest_names_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ destination pointer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_gone} \NC written \PDF\ bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_mem_ptr} \NC max \PDF\ memory used \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_mem_size} \NC \PDF\ memory size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_os_cntr} \NC max \PDF\ object stream pointer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_os_objidx} \NC \PDF\ object stream index \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdf_ptr} \NC not yet written \PDF\ bytes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pool_ptr} \NC string pool index \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pool_size} \NC current size allocated for string characters \NC \NR
+\NC \type{save_size} \NC save stack size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{shell_escape} \NC \type {0} means disabled, \type {1} means anything is permitted, and \type {2} is restricted \NC \NR
+\NC \type{safer_option} \NC \type {1} means safer is enforced \NC \NR
+\NC \type{kpse_used} \NC \type {1} means that kpse is used \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stack_size} \NC input stack size \NC \NR
+\NC \type{str_ptr} \NC number of strings \NC \NR
+\NC \type{total_pages} \NC number of written pages \NC \NR
+\NC \type{var_mem_max} \NC number of allocated words for nodes \NC \NR
+\NC \type{var_used} \NC variable (one|-|word) memory in use \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lc_collate} \NC the value of \type {LC_COLLATE} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lc_ctype} \NC the value of \type {LC_CTYPE} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR
+%NC \type{lc_monetary} \NC the value of \type {LC_MONETARY} at startup time \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lc_numeric} \NC the value of \type {LC_NUMERIC} at startup time \NC \NR
+%NC \type{lc_time} \NC the value of \type {LC_TIME} at startup time (becomes \type {C} at startup) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The error and warning messages can be wiped with the \type {resetmessages}
+function. A return value can be set with \type {setexitcode}.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {tex} library}][library=tex]
+
+\startsubsection[title={Introduction}]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{tex}}
+
+The \type {tex} table contains a large list of virtual internal \TEX\
+parameters that are partially writable.
+
+The designation \quote {virtual} means that these items are not properly defined
+in \LUA, but are only front\-ends that are handled by a metatable that operates
+on the actual \TEX\ values. As a result, most of the \LUA\ table operators (like
+\type {pairs} and \type {#}) do not work on such items.
+
+At the moment, it is possible to access almost every parameter that you can use
+after \prm {the}, is a single tokens or is sort of special in \TEX. This excludes
+parameters that need extra arguments, like \type {\the\scriptfont}. The subset
+comprising simple integer and dimension registers are writable as well as
+readable (like \prm {tracingcommands} and \prm {parindent}).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Internal parameter values, \type {set} and \type {get}}]
+
+\topicindex{parameters+internal}
+
+\libindex{set} \libindex{get}
+
+For all the parameters in this section, it is possible to access them directly
+using their names as index in the \type {tex} table, or by using one of the
+functions \type {tex.get} and \type {tex.set}.
+
+The exact parameters and return values differ depending on the actual parameter,
+and so does whether \type {tex.set} has any effect. For the parameters that {\em
+can} be set, it is possible to use \type {global} as the first argument to \type
+{tex.set}; this makes the assignment global instead of local.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.set (["global",] <string> n, ...)
+... = tex.get (<string> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Glue is kind of special because there are five values involved. The return value
+is a \nod {glue_spec} node but when you pass \type {false} as last argument to
+\type {tex.get} you get the width of the glue and when you pass \type {true} you
+get all five values. Otherwise you get a node which is a copy of the internal
+value so you are responsible for its freeing at the \LUA\ end. When you set a
+glue quantity you can either pass a \nod {glue_spec} or upto five numbers. If
+you pass \type {true} to \type {get} you get 5 values returned for a glue and
+when you pass \type {false} you only get the width returned.
+
+\subsubsection{Integer parameters}
+
+The integer parameters accept and return \LUA\ numbers. These are read|-|write:
+
+\starttwocolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.adjdemerits
+tex.binoppenalty
+tex.brokenpenalty
+tex.catcodetable
+tex.clubpenalty
+tex.day
+tex.defaulthyphenchar
+tex.defaultskewchar
+tex.delimiterfactor
+tex.displaywidowpenalty
+tex.doublehyphendemerits
+tex.endlinechar
+tex.errorcontextlines
+tex.escapechar
+tex.exhyphenpenalty
+tex.fam
+tex.finalhyphendemerits
+tex.floatingpenalty
+tex.globaldefs
+tex.hangafter
+tex.hbadness
+tex.holdinginserts
+tex.hyphenpenalty
+tex.interlinepenalty
+tex.language
+tex.lastlinefit
+tex.lefthyphenmin
+tex.linepenalty
+tex.localbrokenpenalty
+tex.localinterlinepenalty
+tex.looseness
+tex.mag
+tex.maxdeadcycles
+tex.month
+tex.newlinechar
+tex.outputpenalty
+tex.pausing
+tex.postdisplaypenalty
+tex.predisplaydirection
+tex.predisplaypenalty
+tex.pretolerance
+tex.relpenalty
+tex.righthyphenmin
+tex.savinghyphcodes
+tex.savingvdiscards
+tex.showboxbreadth
+tex.showboxdepth
+tex.time
+tex.tolerance
+tex.tracingassigns
+tex.tracingcommands
+tex.tracinggroups
+tex.tracingifs
+tex.tracinglostchars
+tex.tracingmacros
+tex.tracingnesting
+tex.tracingonline
+tex.tracingoutput
+tex.tracingpages
+tex.tracingparagraphs
+tex.tracingrestores
+tex.tracingscantokens
+tex.tracingstats
+tex.uchyph
+tex.vbadness
+tex.widowpenalty
+tex.year
+\stoptyping
+\stoptwocolumns
+
+These are read|-|only:
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.deadcycles
+tex.insertpenalties
+tex.parshape
+tex.prevgraf
+tex.spacefactor
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\subsubsection{Dimension parameters}
+
+The dimension parameters accept \LUA\ numbers (signifying scaled points) or
+strings (with included dimension). The result is always a number in scaled
+points. These are read|-|write:
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.boxmaxdepth
+tex.delimitershortfall
+tex.displayindent
+tex.displaywidth
+tex.emergencystretch
+tex.hangindent
+tex.hfuzz
+tex.hoffset
+tex.hsize
+tex.lineskiplimit
+tex.mathsurround
+tex.maxdepth
+tex.nulldelimiterspace
+tex.overfullrule
+tex.pagebottomoffset
+tex.pageheight
+tex.pageleftoffset
+tex.pagerightoffset
+tex.pagetopoffset
+tex.pagewidth
+tex.parindent
+tex.predisplaysize
+tex.scriptspace
+tex.splitmaxdepth
+tex.vfuzz
+tex.voffset
+tex.vsize
+tex.prevdepth
+tex.prevgraf
+tex.spacefactor
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+These are read|-|only:
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.pagedepth
+tex.pagefilllstretch
+tex.pagefillstretch
+tex.pagefilstretch
+tex.pagegoal
+tex.pageshrink
+tex.pagestretch
+tex.pagetotal
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+Beware: as with all \LUA\ tables you can add values to them. So, the following is
+valid:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.foo = 123
+\stoptyping
+
+When you access a \TEX\ parameter a look up takes place. For read||only variables
+that means that you will get something back, but when you set them you create a
+new entry in the table thereby making the original invisible.
+
+There are a few special cases that we make an exception for: \type {prevdepth},
+\type {prevgraf} and \type {spacefactor}. These normally are accessed via the
+\type {tex.nest} table:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].prevdepth = p
+tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].spacefactor = s
+\stoptyping
+
+However, the following also works:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.prevdepth = p
+tex.spacefactor = s
+\stoptyping
+
+Keep in mind that when you mess with node lists directly at the \LUA\ end you
+might need to update the top of the nesting stack's \type {prevdepth} explicitly
+as there is no way \LUATEX\ can guess your intentions. By using the accessor in
+the \type {tex} tables, you get and set the values at the top of the nesting
+stack.
+
+\subsubsection{Direction parameters}
+
+The direction parameters are read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string.
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.bodydir
+tex.mathdir
+tex.pagedir
+tex.pardir
+tex.textdir
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\subsubsection{Glue parameters}
+
+The glue parameters accept and return a userdata object that represents a \nod {glue_spec} node.
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.abovedisplayshortskip
+tex.abovedisplayskip
+tex.baselineskip
+tex.belowdisplayshortskip
+tex.belowdisplayskip
+tex.leftskip
+tex.lineskip
+tex.parfillskip
+tex.parskip
+tex.rightskip
+tex.spaceskip
+tex.splittopskip
+tex.tabskip
+tex.topskip
+tex.xspaceskip
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\subsubsection{Muglue parameters}
+
+All muglue parameters are to be used read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string.
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.medmuskip
+tex.thickmuskip
+tex.thinmuskip
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\subsubsection{Tokenlist parameters}
+
+The tokenlist parameters accept and return \LUA\ strings. \LUA\ strings are
+converted to and from token lists using \prm {the} \prm {toks} style expansion:
+all category codes are either space (10) or other (12). It follows that assigning
+to some of these, like \quote {tex.output}, is actually useless, but it feels bad
+to make exceptions in view of a coming extension that will accept full|-|blown
+token strings.
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.errhelp
+tex.everycr
+tex.everydisplay
+tex.everyeof
+tex.everyhbox
+tex.everyjob
+tex.everymath
+tex.everypar
+tex.everyvbox
+tex.output
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Convert commands}]
+
+\topicindex{convert commands}
+
+All \quote {convert} commands are read|-|only and return a \LUA\ string. The
+supported commands at this moment are:
+
+\starttwocolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.eTeXVersion
+tex.eTeXrevision
+tex.formatname
+tex.jobname
+tex.luatexbanner
+tex.luatexrevision
+tex.fontname(number)
+tex.uniformdeviate(number)
+tex.number(number)
+tex.romannumeral(number)
+tex.fontidentifier(number)
+\stoptyping
+\stoptwocolumns
+
+If you are wondering why this list looks haphazard; these are all the cases of
+the \quote {convert} internal command that do not require an argument, as well as
+the ones that require only a simple numeric value. The special (\LUA|-|only) case
+of \type {tex.fontidentifier} returns the \type {csname} string that matches a
+font id number (if there is one).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Last item commands}]
+
+\topicindex{last items}
+
+All \quote {last item} commands are read|-|only and return a number. The
+supported commands at this moment are:
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.lastpenalty
+tex.lastkern
+tex.lastskip
+tex.lastnodetype
+tex.inputlineno
+tex.lastxpos
+tex.lastypos
+tex.randomseed
+tex.luatexversion
+tex.eTeXminorversion
+tex.eTeXversion
+tex.currentgrouplevel
+tex.currentgrouptype
+tex.currentiflevel
+tex.currentiftype
+tex.currentifbranch
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Accessing registers: \type {set*}, \type {get*} and \type {is*}}]
+
+\topicindex{attributes}
+\topicindex{registers}
+
+\libindex{attribute} \libindex{setattribute} \libindex{getattribute} \libindex{isattribute}
+\libindex{count} \libindex{setcount} \libindex{getcount} \libindex{iscount}
+\libindex{dimen} \libindex{setdimen} \libindex{getdimen} \libindex{isdimen}
+\libindex{skip} \libindex{setskip} \libindex{getskip} \libindex{isskip}
+\libindex{muskip} \libindex{setmuskip} \libindex{getmuskip} \libindex{ismuskip}
+\libindex{glue} \libindex{setglue} \libindex{getglue} \libindex{isglue}
+\libindex{muglue} \libindex{setmuglue} \libindex{getmuglue} \libindex{ismuglue}
+\libindex{toks} \libindex{settoks} \libindex{gettoks} \libindex{istoks}
+\libindex{box} \libindex{setbox} \libindex{getbox} \libindex{isbox}
+
+\libindex{scantoks}
+
+\TEX's attributes (\lpr {attribute}), counters (\prm {count}), dimensions (\prm
+{dimen}), skips (\prm {skip}, \prm {muskip}) and token (\prm {toks}) registers
+can be accessed and written to using two times five virtual sub|-|tables of the
+\type {tex} table:
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.attribute
+tex.count
+tex.dimen
+tex.skip
+tex.glue
+tex.muskip
+tex.muglue
+tex.toks
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+It is possible to use the names of relevant \lpr {attributedef}, \prm {countdef},
+\prm {dimendef}, \prm {skipdef}, or \prm {toksdef} control sequences as indices
+to these tables:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.count.scratchcounter = 0
+enormous = tex.dimen['maxdimen']
+\stoptyping
+
+In this case, \LUATEX\ looks up the value for you on the fly. You have to use a
+valid \prm {countdef} (or \lpr {attributedef}, or \prm {dimendef}, or \prm
+{skipdef}, or \prm {toksdef}), anything else will generate an error (the intent
+is to eventually also allow \type {<chardef tokens>} and even macros that expand
+into a number).
+
+\startitemize
+
+ \startitem
+ The count registers accept and return \LUA\ numbers.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ The dimension registers accept \LUA\ numbers (in scaled points) or
+ strings (with an included absolute dimension; \type {em} and \type {ex}
+ and \type {px} are forbidden). The result is always a number in scaled
+ points.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ The token registers accept and return \LUA\ strings. \LUA\ strings are
+ converted to and from token lists using \prm {the} \prm {toks} style
+ expansion: all category codes are either space (10) or other (12).
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ The skip registers accept and return \nod {glue_spec} userdata node
+ objects (see the description of the node interface elsewhere in this
+ manual).
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ The glue registers are just skip registers but instead of userdata
+ are verbose.
+ \stopitem
+
+ \startitem
+ Like the counts, the attribute registers accept and return \LUA\ numbers.
+ \stopitem
+
+\stopitemize
+
+As an alternative to array addressing, there are also accessor functions defined
+for all cases, for example, here is the set of possibilities for \prm {skip}
+registers:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setskip (["global",] <number> n, <node> s)
+tex.setskip (["global",] <string> s, <node> s)
+<node> s = tex.getskip (<number> n)
+<node> s = tex.getskip (<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+We have similar setters for \type {count}, \type {dimen}, \type {muskip}, and
+\type {toks}. Counters and dimen are represented by numbers, skips and muskips by
+nodes, and toks by strings.
+
+Again the glue variants are not using the \nod {glue-spec} userdata nodes. The
+\type {setglue} function accepts upto 5 arguments: width, stretch, shrink,
+stretch order and shrink order and the \type {getglue} function reports them,
+unless the second argument is \type {false} in which care only the width is
+returned.
+
+Here is an example usign a threesome:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+local d = tex.getdimen("foo")
+if tex.isdimen("bar") then
+ tex.setdimen("bar",d)
+end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+There are six extra skip (glue) related helpers:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setglue (["global"], <number> n,
+ width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order)
+tex.setglue (["global"], <string> s,
+ width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order)
+width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order =
+ tex.getglue (<number> n)
+width, stretch, shrink, stretch_order, shrink_order =
+ tex.getglue (<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The other two are \type {tex.setmuglue} and \type {tex.getmuglue}.
+
+There are such helpers for \type {dimen}, \type {count}, \type {skip}, \type
+{muskip}, \type {box} and \type {attribute} registers but the glue ones
+are special because they have to deal with more properties.
+
+As with the general \type {get} and \type {set} function discussed before, for
+the skip registers \type {getskip} returns a node and \type {getglue} returns
+numbers, while \type {setskip} accepts a node and \type {setglue} expects upto 5
+numbers. Again, when you pass \type {false} as second argument to \type {getglue}
+you only get the width returned. The same is true for the \type {mu} variants
+\type {getmuskip}, \type {setmuskip}, \type {getmuskip} and\type {setmuskip}.
+
+For tokens registers we have an alternative where a catcode table is specified:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.scantoks(0,3,"$e=mc^2$")
+tex.scantoks("global",0,"$\int\limits^1_2$")
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+In the function-based interface, it is possible to define values globally by
+using the string \type {global} as the first function argument.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Character code registers: \type {[get|set]*code[s]}}]
+
+\topicindex{characters+codes}
+
+\libindex{lccode} \libindex{setlccode} \libindex{getlccode}
+\libindex{uccode} \libindex{setuccode} \libindex{getuccode}
+\libindex{sfcode} \libindex{setsfcode} \libindex{getsfcode}
+\libindex{catcode} \libindex{setcatcode} \libindex{getcatcode}
+\libindex{mathcode} \libindex{setmathcode} \libindex{getmathcode}
+\libindex{delcode} \libindex{setdelcode} \libindex{getdelcode}
+
+\libindex{setdelcodes} \libindex{getdelcodes}
+\libindex{setmathcodes} \libindex{getmathcodes}
+
+\TEX's character code tables (\prm {lccode}, \prm {uccode}, \prm {sfcode}, \prm
+{catcode}, \prm {mathcode}, \prm {delcode}) can be accessed and written to using
+six virtual subtables of the \type {tex} table
+
+\startthreecolumns
+\starttyping
+tex.lccode
+tex.uccode
+tex.sfcode
+tex.catcode
+tex.mathcode
+tex.delcode
+\stoptyping
+\stopthreecolumns
+
+The function call interfaces are roughly as above, but there are a few twists.
+\type {sfcode}s are the simple ones:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setsfcode (["global",] <number> n, <number> s)
+<number> s = tex.getsfcode (<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The function call interface for \type {lccode} and \type {uccode} additionally
+allows you to set the associated sibling at the same time:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setlccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> lc)
+tex.setlccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> lc, <number> uc)
+<number> lc = tex.getlccode (<number> n)
+tex.setuccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> uc)
+tex.setuccode (["global"], <number> n, <number> uc, <number> lc)
+<number> uc = tex.getuccode (<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The function call interface for \type {catcode} also allows you to specify a
+category table to use on assignment or on query (default in both cases is the
+current one):
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setcatcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> c)
+tex.setcatcode (["global"], <number> cattable, <number> n, <number> c)
+<number> lc = tex.getcatcode (<number> n)
+<number> lc = tex.getcatcode (<number> cattable, <number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The interfaces for \type {delcode} and \type {mathcode} use small array tables to
+set and retrieve values:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setmathcode (["global"], <number> n, <table> mval )
+<table> mval = tex.getmathcode (<number> n)
+tex.setdelcode (["global"], <number> n, <table> dval )
+<table> dval = tex.getdelcode (<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Where the table for \type {mathcode} is an array of 3 numbers, like this:
+
+\starttyping
+{
+ <number> class,
+ <number> family,
+ <number> character
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+And the table for \type {delcode} is an array with 4 numbers, like this:
+
+\starttyping
+{
+ <number> small_fam,
+ <number> small_char,
+ <number> large_fam,
+ <number> large_char
+}
+\stoptyping
+
+You can also avoid the table:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setmathcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> class,
+ <number> family, <number> character)
+class, family, char =
+ tex.getmathcodes (<number> n)
+tex.setdelcode (["global"], <number> n, <number> smallfam,
+ <number> smallchar, <number> largefam, <number> largechar)
+smallfam, smallchar, largefam, largechar =
+ tex.getdelcodes (<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Normally, the third and fourth values in a delimiter code assignment will be zero
+according to \lpr {Udelcode} usage, but the returned table can have values there
+(if the delimiter code was set using \prm {delcode}, for example). Unset \type
+{delcode}'s can be recognized because \type {dval[1]} is $-1$.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Box registers: \type {[get|set]box}}]
+
+\topicindex{registers}
+\topicindex{boxes}
+
+\libindex{box}
+\libindex{setbox} \libindex{getbox}
+
+It is possible to set and query actual boxes, coming for instance from \prm
+{hbox}, \prm {vbox} or \prm {vtop}, using the node interface as defined in the
+\type {node} library:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.box
+\stoptyping
+
+for array access, or
+
+\starttyping
+tex.setbox(["global",] <number> n, <node> s)
+tex.setbox(["global",] <string> cs, <node> s)
+<node> n = tex.getbox(<number> n)
+<node> n = tex.getbox(<string> cs)
+\stoptyping
+
+for function|-|based access. In the function-based interface, it is possible to
+define values globally by using the string \type {global} as the first function
+argument.
+
+Be warned that an assignment like
+
+\starttyping
+tex.box[0] = tex.box[2]
+\stoptyping
+
+does not copy the node list, it just duplicates a node pointer. If \type {\box2}
+will be cleared by \TEX\ commands later on, the contents of \type {\box0} becomes
+invalid as well. To prevent this from happening, always use \type
+{node.copy_list} unless you are assigning to a temporary variable:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.box[0] = node.copy_list(tex.box[2])
+\stoptyping
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Reusing boxes: \type {[use|save]boxresource} and \type {getboxresourcedimensions}}]
+
+\topicindex{boxes+reuse}
+
+\libindex{useboxresource}
+\libindex{saveboxresource}
+\libindex{getboxresourcedimensions}
+
+The following function will register a box for reuse (this is modelled after so
+called xforms in \PDF). You can (re)use the box with \lpr {useboxresource} or
+by creating a rule node with subtype~2.
+
+\starttyping
+local index = tex.saveboxresource(n,attributes,resources,immediate,type,margin)
+\stoptyping
+
+The optional second and third arguments are strings, the fourth is a boolean. The
+fifth argument is a type. When set to non|-|zero the \type {/Type} entry is
+omitted. A value of 1 or 3 still writes a \type {/BBox}, while 2 or 3 will write
+a \type {/Matrix}. The sixth argument is the (virtual) margin that extends beyond
+the effective boundingbox as seen by \TEX. Instead of a box number one can also
+pass a \type {[h|v]list} node.
+
+You can generate the reference (a rule type) with:
+
+\starttyping
+local reused = tex.useboxresource(n,wd,ht,dp)
+\stoptyping
+
+The dimensions are optional and the final ones are returned as extra values. The
+following is just a bonus (no dimensions returned means that the resource is
+unknown):
+
+\starttyping
+local w, h, d, m = tex.getboxresourcedimensions(n)
+\stoptyping
+
+This returns the width, height, depth and margin of the resource.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {triggerbuildpage}}]
+
+\topicindex{pages}
+
+\libindex{triggerbuildpage}
+
+You should not expect to much from the \type {triggerbuildpage} helpers because
+often \TEX\ doesn't do much if it thinks nothing has to be done, but it might be
+useful for some applications. It just does as it says it calls the internal
+function that build a page, given that there is something to build.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {splitbox}}]
+
+\topicindex{boxes+split}
+
+\libindex{splitbox}
+
+You can split a box:
+
+\starttyping
+local vlist = tex.splitbox(n,height,mode)
+\stoptyping
+
+The remainder is kept in the original box and a packaged vlist is returned. This
+operation is comparable to the \prm {vsplit} operation. The mode can be \type
+{additional} or \type {exactly} and concerns the split off box.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Accessing math parameters: \type {[get|set]math}}]
+
+\topicindex{math+parameters}
+\topicindex{parameters+math}
+
+\libindex{setmath}
+\libindex{getmath}
+
+It is possible to set and query the internal math parameters using:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setmath(["global",] <string> n, <string> t, <number> n)
+<number> n = tex.getmath(<string> n, <string> t)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+As before an optional first parameter \type {global} indicates a global
+assignment.
+
+The first string is the parameter name minus the leading \quote {Umath}, and the
+second string is the style name minus the trailing \quote {style}. Just to be
+complete, the values for the math parameter name are:
+
+\starttyping
+quad axis operatorsize
+overbarkern overbarrule overbarvgap
+underbarkern underbarrule underbarvgap
+radicalkern radicalrule radicalvgap
+radicaldegreebefore radicaldegreeafter radicaldegreeraise
+stackvgap stacknumup stackdenomdown
+fractionrule fractionnumvgap fractionnumup
+fractiondenomvgap fractiondenomdown fractiondelsize
+limitabovevgap limitabovebgap limitabovekern
+limitbelowvgap limitbelowbgap limitbelowkern
+underdelimitervgap underdelimiterbgap
+overdelimitervgap overdelimiterbgap
+subshiftdrop supshiftdrop subshiftdown
+subsupshiftdown subtopmax supshiftup
+supbottommin supsubbottommax subsupvgap
+spaceafterscript connectoroverlapmin
+ordordspacing ordopspacing ordbinspacing ordrelspacing
+ordopenspacing ordclosespacing ordpunctspacing ordinnerspacing
+opordspacing opopspacing opbinspacing oprelspacing
+opopenspacing opclosespacing oppunctspacing opinnerspacing
+binordspacing binopspacing binbinspacing binrelspacing
+binopenspacing binclosespacing binpunctspacing bininnerspacing
+relordspacing relopspacing relbinspacing relrelspacing
+relopenspacing relclosespacing relpunctspacing relinnerspacing
+openordspacing openopspacing openbinspacing openrelspacing
+openopenspacing openclosespacing openpunctspacing openinnerspacing
+closeordspacing closeopspacing closebinspacing closerelspacing
+closeopenspacing closeclosespacing closepunctspacing closeinnerspacing
+punctordspacing punctopspacing punctbinspacing punctrelspacing
+punctopenspacing punctclosespacing punctpunctspacing punctinnerspacing
+innerordspacing inneropspacing innerbinspacing innerrelspacing
+inneropenspacing innerclosespacing innerpunctspacing innerinnerspacing
+\stoptyping
+
+The values for the style parameter are:
+
+\starttyping
+display crampeddisplay
+text crampedtext
+script crampedscript
+scriptscript crampedscriptscript
+\stoptyping
+
+The value is either a number (representing a dimension or number) or a glue spec
+node representing a muskip for \type {ordordspacing} and similar spacing
+parameters.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Special list heads: \type {[get|set]list}}]
+
+\topicindex{lists}
+
+\libindex{lists}
+\libindex{setlist}
+\libindex{getlist}
+
+The virtual table \type {tex.lists} contains the set of internal registers that
+keep track of building page lists.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB field \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{page_ins_head} \NC circular list of pending insertions \NC \NR
+\NC \type{contrib_head} \NC the recent contributions \NC \NR
+\NC \type{page_head} \NC the current page content \NC \NR
+%NC \type{temp_head} \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hold_head} \NC used for held-over items for next page \NC \NR
+\NC \type{adjust_head} \NC head of the current \prm {vadjust} list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pre_adjust_head} \NC head of the current \type {\vadjust pre} list \NC \NR
+%NC \type{align_head} \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{page_discards_head} \NC head of the discarded items of a page break \NC \NR
+\NC \type{split_discards_head} \NC head of the discarded items in a vsplit \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The getter and setter functions are \type {getlist} and \type {setlist}. You have
+to be careful with what you set as \TEX\ can have expectations with regards to
+how a list is constructed or in what state it is.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Semantic nest levels: \type {getnest} and \type {ptr}}]
+
+\topicindex{nesting}
+
+\libindex{nest}
+\libindex{ptr}
+%libindex{setnest} % only a message
+\libindex{getnest}
+
+The virtual table \type {nest} contains the currently active semantic nesting
+state. It has two main parts: a zero-based array of userdata for the semantic
+nest itself, and the numerical value \type {ptr}, which gives the highest
+available index. Neither the array items in \type {nest[]} nor \type {ptr} can be
+assigned to (as this would confuse the typesetting engine beyond repair), but you
+can assign to the individual values inside the array items, e.g.\ \type
+{tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr].prevdepth}.
+
+\type {tex.nest[tex.nest.ptr]} is the current nest state, \type {nest[0]} the
+outermost (main vertical list) level. The getter function is \type {getnest}. You
+can pass a number (which gives you a list), nothing or \type {top}, which returns
+the topmost list, or the string \type {ptr} which gives you the index of the
+topmost list.
+
+The known fields are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC modes \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{mode} \NC number \NC all \NC a string:
+ \type {none} (this happens during \prm {write}),
+ \type {vmode}, \type {hmode}, \type {displaymath},
+ \type {innervmode}, \type {innerhmode}, \type {inlinemath};
+ these fields cannot be set \NC \NR
+\NC \type{modeline} \NC number \NC all \NC source input line where this mode was entered in,
+ negative inside the output routine \NC \NR
+\NC \type{head} \NC node \NC all \NC the head of the current list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tail} \NC node \NC all \NC the tail of the current list \NC \NR
+\NC \type{prevgraf} \NC number \NC vmode \NC number of lines in the previous paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC \type{prevdepth} \NC number \NC vmode \NC depth of the previous paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC \type{spacefactor} \NC number \NC hmode \NC the current space factor \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dirs} \NC node \NC hmode \NC used for temporary storage by the line break algorithm\NC \NR
+\NC \type{noad} \NC node \NC mmode \NC used for temporary storage of a pending fraction numerator,
+ for \prm {over} etc. \NC \NR
+\NC \type{delimptr} \NC node \NC mmode \NC used for temporary storage of the previous math delimiter,
+ for \prm {middle} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mathdir} \NC boolean \NC mmode \NC true when during math processing the \lpr {mathdir} is not
+ the same as the surrounding \lpr {textdir} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{mathstyle} \NC number \NC mmode \NC the current \lpr {mathstyle} \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[reference=sec:luaprint,title={Print functions}]
+
+\topicindex{printing}
+
+The \type {tex} table also contains the three print functions that are the major
+interface from \LUA\ scripting to \TEX. The arguments to these three functions
+are all stored in an in|-|memory virtual file that is fed to the \TEX\ scanner as
+the result of the expansion of \prm {directlua}.
+
+The total amount of returnable text from a \prm {directlua} command is only
+limited by available system \RAM. However, each separate printed string has to
+fit completely in \TEX's input buffer. The result of using these functions from
+inside callbacks is undefined at the moment.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {print}}
+
+\libindex{print}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.print(<string> s, ...)
+tex.print(<number> n, <string> s, ...)
+tex.print(<table> t)
+tex.print(<number> n, <table> t)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a separate input line. If there is a
+table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to be a consecutive array
+of strings to print (the first non-string value will stop the printing process).
+
+The optional parameter can be used to print the strings using the catcode regime
+defined by \lpr {catcodetable}~\type {n}. If \type {n} is $-1$, the currently
+active catcode regime is used. If \type {n} is $-2$, the resulting catcodes are
+the result of \prm {the} \prm {toks}: all category codes are 12 (other) except for
+the space character, that has category code 10 (space). Otherwise, if \type {n}
+is not a valid catcode table, then it is ignored, and the currently active
+catcode regime is used instead.
+
+The very last string of the very last \type {tex.print} command in a \prm
+{directlua} will not have the \prm {endlinechar} appended, all others do.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {sprint}}
+
+\libindex{sprint}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.sprint(<string> s, ...)
+tex.sprint(<number> n, <string> s, ...)
+tex.sprint(<table> t)
+tex.sprint(<number> n, <table> t)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a special kind of input line that
+makes it suitable for use as a partial line input mechanism:
+
+\startitemize[packed]
+\startitem
+ \TEX\ does not switch to the \quote {new line} state, so that leading spaces
+ are not ignored.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ No \prm {endlinechar} is inserted.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ Trailing spaces are not removed. Note that this does not prevent \TEX\ itself
+ from eating spaces as result of interpreting the line. For example, in
+
+ \starttyping
+ before\directlua{tex.sprint("\\relax")tex.sprint(" inbetween")}after
+ \stoptyping
+
+ the space before \type {in between} will be gobbled as a result of the \quote
+ {normal} scanning of \prm {relax}.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+If there is a table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to be a
+consecutive array of strings to print (the first non-string value will stop the
+printing process).
+
+The optional argument sets the catcode regime, as with \type {tex.print}. This
+influences the string arguments (or numbers turned into strings).
+
+Although this needs to be used with care, you can also pass token or node
+userdata objects. These get injected into the stream. Tokens had best be valid
+tokens, while nodes need to be around when they get injected. Therefore it is
+important to realize the following:
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ When you inject a token, you need to pass a valid token userdata object. This
+ object will be collected by \LUA\ when it no longer is referenced. When it gets
+ printed to \TEX\ the token itself gets copied so there is no interference with the
+ \LUA\ garbage collection. You manage the object yourself. Because tokens are
+ actually just numbers, there is no real extra overhead at the \TEX\ end.
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ When you inject a node, you need to pass a valid node userdata object. The
+ node related to the object will not be collected by \LUA\ when it no longer
+ is referenced. It lives on at the \TEX\ end in its own memory space. When it
+ gets printed to \TEX\ the node reference is used assuming that node stays
+ around. There is no \LUA\ garbage collection involved. Again, you manage the
+ object yourself. The node itself is freed when \TEX\ is done with it.
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+If you consider the last remark you might realize that we have a problem when a
+printed mix of strings, tokens and nodes is reused. Inside \TEX\ the sequence
+becomes a linked list of input buffers. So, \type {"123"} or \type {"\foo{123}"}
+gets read and parsed on the fly, while \typ {<token userdata>} already is
+tokenized and effectively is a token list now. A \typ {<node userdata>} is also
+tokenized into a token list but it has a reference to a real node. Normally this
+goes fine. But now assume that you store the whole lot in a macro: in that case
+the tokenized node can be flushed many times. But, after the first such flush the
+node is used and its memory freed. You can prevent this by using copies which is
+controlled by setting \lpr {luacopyinputnodes} to a non|-|zero value. This is one
+of these fuzzy areas you have to live with if you really mess with these low
+level issues.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {tprint}}
+
+\libindex{tprint}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.tprint({<number> n, <string> s, ...}, {...})
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function is basically a shortcut for repeated calls to \type
+{tex.sprint(<number> n, <string> s, ...)}, once for each of the supplied argument
+tables.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {cprint}}
+
+\libindex{cprint}
+
+This function takes a number indicating the to be used catcode, plus either a
+table of strings or an argument list of strings that will be pushed into the
+input stream.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.cprint( 1," 1: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- a lot of \bgroup s
+tex.cprint( 2," 2: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- matching \egroup s
+tex.cprint( 9," 9: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- all get ignored
+tex.cprint(10,"10: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- all become spaces
+tex.cprint(11,"11: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- letters
+tex.cprint(12,"12: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- other characters
+tex.cprint(14,"12: $&{\\foo}") tex.print("\\par") -- comment triggers
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {write}, \type {twrite}, \type {nwrite}}
+
+\libindex{write}
+\libindex{twrite}
+\libindex{nwrite}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.write(<string> s, ...)
+tex.write(<table> t)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Each string argument is treated by \TEX\ as a special kind of input line that
+makes it suitable for use as a quick way to dump information:
+
+\startitemize
+\item All catcodes on that line are either \quote{space} (for '~') or \quote
+ {character} (for all others).
+\item There is no \prm {endlinechar} appended.
+\stopitemize
+
+If there is a table argument instead of a list of strings, this has to be a
+consecutive array of strings to print (the first non-string value will stop the
+printing process).
+
+The functions \type {twrite} and \type {nwrite} can be used to write a token or
+node back to \TEX\, possibly intermixed with regular strings that will be
+tokenized. You have to make sure that you pass the right data because sometimes
+\TEX\ has expectations that need to be met.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Helper functions}]
+
+\subsubsection{\type {round}}
+
+\topicindex {helpers}
+
+\libindex{round}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = tex.round(<number> o)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Rounds \LUA\ number \type {o}, and returns a number that is in the range of a
+valid \TEX\ register value. If the number starts out of range, it generates a
+\quote {number too big} error as well.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {scale}}
+
+\libindex{scale}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = tex.scale(<number> o, <number> delta)
+<table> n = tex.scale(table o, <number> delta)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Multiplies the \LUA\ numbers \type {o} and \nod {delta}, and returns a rounded
+number that is in the range of a valid \TEX\ register value. In the table
+version, it creates a copy of the table with all numeric top||level values scaled
+in that manner. If the multiplied number(s) are of range, it generates
+\quote{number too big} error(s) as well.
+
+Note: the precision of the output of this function will depend on your computer's
+architecture and operating system, so use with care! An interface to \LUATEX's
+internal, 100\% portable scale function will be added at a later date.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {number} and \type {romannumeral}}
+
+\libindex{number}
+\libindex{romannumeral}
+
+These are the companions to the primitives \prm {number} and \prm
+{romannumeral}. They can be used like:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.print(tex.romannumeral(123))
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {fontidentifier} and \type {fontname}}
+
+\libindex{fontidentifier}
+\libindex{fontname}
+
+The first one returns the name only, the second one reports the size too.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.print(tex.fontname(tex.fontname))
+tex.print(tex.fontname(tex.fontidentidier))
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\subsubsection{\type {sp}}
+
+\libindex{sp}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> n = tex.sp(<number> o)
+<number> n = tex.sp(<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Converts the number \type {o} or a string \type {s} that represents an explicit
+dimension into an integer number of scaled points.
+
+For parsing the string, the same scanning and conversion rules are used that
+\LUATEX\ would use if it was scanning a dimension specifier in its \TEX|-|like
+input language (this includes generating errors for bad values), expect for the
+following:
+
+\startitemize[n]
+\startitem
+ only explicit values are allowed, control sequences are not handled
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ infinite dimension units (\type {fil...}) are forbidden
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ \type {mu} units do not generate an error (but may not be useful either)
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+\subsubsection{\type {tex.getlinenumber} and \type {tex.setlinenumber}}
+
+\libindex{getlinenumber}
+\libindex{setlinenumber}
+
+You can mess with the current line number:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+local n = tex.getlinenumber()
+tex.setlinenumber(n+10)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+which can be shortcut to:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.setlinenumber(10,true)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This might be handy when you have a callback that read numbers from a file and
+combines them in one line (in which case an error message probably has to refer
+to the original line). Interference with \TEX's internal handling of numbers is
+of course possible.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {error} and \type {show_context}}
+
+\topicindex{errors}
+
+\libindex{error}
+\libindex{show_context}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.error(<string> s)
+tex.error(<string> s, <table> help)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This creates an error somewhat like the combination of \prm {errhelp} and \prm
+{errmessage} would. During this error, deletions are disabled.
+
+The array part of the \type {help} table has to contain strings, one for each
+line of error help.
+
+In case of an error the \type {show_context} function will show the current
+context where we're at (in the expansion).
+
+\subsubsection{\type {run}, \type {runtoks}, \type {finish}}
+
+\libindex{run}
+\libindex{runtoks}
+\libindex{finish}
+
+These two functions start the interpretations and force its end. A runs normally
+boils down to \TEX\ entering the so called main loop. A token is fetched and
+depending on it current meaning some actions takes place. Sometimes that actions
+comes immediately, sometimes more scanning is needed. Quite often tokens get
+pushed back into the input. This all means that the \TEX\ scanner is constantly
+pushing and popping input states, but in the end after all the action is done
+returns to the main loop.
+
+Because of the fact that \TEX\ is in a complex dance of expanding, dealing with
+fonts, typesetting paragraphs, messing around with boxes, building pages, and so
+on, you cannot easily run a nested \TEX\ run (read nested main loop). However,
+there is an option to force a local run with \type {runtoks}. The content of the
+given token list register gets expanded locally after which we return to where we
+triggered this expansion, at the \LUA\ end. Instead a function can get passed
+that does some work. You have to make sure that at the end \TEX\ is in a sane
+state and this is not always trivial. A more complex mechanism would complicate
+\TEX\ itself (and probably also harm performance) so this simple local expansion
+loop has to do.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.runtoks(<token register>)
+tex.runtoks(<lua function>)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+When the \prm {tracingnesting} parameter is set to a value larger than~2 some
+information is reported about the state of the local loop.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {run}, \type {runtoks}, \type {finish}}
+
+\libindex{forcehmode}
+
+An example of a (possible error triggering) complication is that \TEX\ expects to
+be in some state, say horizontal mode, and you have to make sure it is when you
+start feeding back something from \LUA\ into \TEX. Normally a user will not run
+into issues but when you start writing tokens or nodes or have a nested run there
+can be situations that you need to run \type {forcehmode}. There is no recipe for
+this and intercepting possible cases would weaken \LUATEX's flexibility.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {hashtokens}}
+
+\libindex{hashtokens}
+
+\topicindex{hash}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+for i,v in pairs (tex.hashtokens()) do ... end
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Returns a list of names. This can be useful for debugging, but note that this
+also reports control sequences that may be unreachable at this moment due to
+local redefinitions: it is strictly a dump of the hash table. You can use \type
+{token.create} to inspect properties, for instance when the \type {command} key
+in a created table equals \type {123}, you have the \type {cmdname} value \type
+{undefined_cs}.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {definefont}}
+
+\topicindex{fonts+defining}
+
+\libindex{definefont}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.definefont(<string> csname, <number> fontid)
+tex.definefont(<boolean> global, <string> csname, <number> fontid)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Associates \type {csname} with the internal font number \type {fontid}. The
+definition is global if (and only if) \type {global} is specified and true (the
+setting of \type {globaldefs} is not taken into account).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[reference=luaprimitives,title={Functions for dealing with primitives}]
+
+\subsubsection{\type {enableprimitives}}
+
+\libindex{enableprimitives}
+
+\topicindex{initialization}
+\topicindex{primitives}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.enableprimitives(<string> prefix, <table> primitive names)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function accepts a prefix string and an array of primitive names. For each
+combination of \quote {prefix} and \quote {name}, the \type
+{tex.enableprimitives} first verifies that \quote {name} is an actual primitive
+(it must be returned by one of the \type {tex.extraprimitives} calls explained
+below, or part of \TEX82, or \prm {directlua}). If it is not, \type
+{tex.enableprimitives} does nothing and skips to the next pair.
+
+But if it is, then it will construct a csname variable by concatenating the
+\quote {prefix} and \quote {name}, unless the \quote {prefix} is already the
+actual prefix of \quote {name}. In the latter case, it will discard the \quote
+{prefix}, and just use \quote {name}.
+
+Then it will check for the existence of the constructed csname. If the csname is
+currently undefined (note: that is not the same as \prm {relax}), it will
+globally define the csname to have the meaning: run code belonging to the
+primitive \quote {name}. If for some reason the csname is already defined, it
+does nothing and tries the next pair.
+
+An example:
+
+\starttyping
+tex.enableprimitives('LuaTeX', {'formatname'})
+\stoptyping
+
+will define \type {\LuaTeXformatname} with the same intrinsic meaning as the
+documented primitive \lpr {formatname}, provided that the control sequences \type
+{\LuaTeXformatname} is currently undefined.
+
+When \LUATEX\ is run with \type {--ini} only the \TEX82 primitives and \prm
+{directlua} are available, so no extra primitives {\bf at all}.
+
+If you want to have all the new functionality available using their default
+names, as it is now, you will have to add
+
+\starttyping
+\ifx\directlua\undefined \else
+ \directlua {tex.enableprimitives('',tex.extraprimitives ())}
+\fi
+\stoptyping
+
+near the beginning of your format generation file. Or you can choose different
+prefixes for different subsets, as you see fit.
+
+Calling some form of \type {tex.enableprimitives} is highly important though,
+because if you do not, you will end up with a \TEX82-lookalike that can run \LUA\
+code but not do much else. The defined csnames are (of course) saved in the
+format and will be available at runtime.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {extraprimitives}}
+
+\libindex{extraprimitives}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> t = tex.extraprimitives(<string> s, ...)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a list of the primitives that originate from the engine(s)
+given by the requested string value(s). The possible values and their (current)
+return values are given in the following table. In addition the somewhat special
+primitives \quote{\tex{ }}, \quote{\tex {/}} and \quote{\type {-}} are defined.
+
+\startluacode
+function document.showprimitives(tag)
+ for k, v in table.sortedpairs(tex.extraprimitives(tag)) do
+ if v ~= ' ' and v ~= "/" and v ~= "-" then
+ context.type(v)
+ context.space()
+ end
+ end
+end
+\stopluacode
+
+\starttabulate[|l|pl|]
+\DB name \BC values \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC tex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('tex') } \NC \NR
+\NC core \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('core') } \NC \NR
+\NC etex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('etex') } \NC \NR
+\NC luatex \NC \ctxlua{document.showprimitives('luatex') } \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note that \type {luatex} does not contain \type {directlua}, as that is
+considered to be a core primitive, along with all the \TEX82 primitives, so it is
+part of the list that is returned from \type {'core'}.
+
+Running \type {tex.extraprimitives} will give you the complete list of
+primitives \type {-ini} startup. It is exactly equivalent to \type
+{tex.extraprimitives("etex","luatex")}.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {primitives}}
+
+\libindex{primitives}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<table> t = tex.primitives()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function returns a list of all primitives that \LUATEX\ knows about.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Core functionality interfaces}]
+
+\subsubsection{\type {badness}}
+
+\libindex{badness}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<number> b = tex.badness(<number> t, <number> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This helper function is useful during linebreak calculations. \type {t} and \type
+{s} are scaled values; the function returns the badness for when total \type {t}
+is supposed to be made from amounts that sum to \type {s}. The returned number is
+a reasonable approximation of \mathematics {100(t/s)^3};
+
+\subsubsection{\type {tex.resetparagraph}}
+
+\topicindex {paragraphs+reset}
+
+\libindex{resetparagraph}
+
+This function resets the parameters that \TEX\ normally resets when a new paragraph
+is seen.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {linebreak}}
+
+\topicindex {linebreaks}
+
+\libindex{linebreak}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+local <node> nodelist, <table> info =
+ tex.linebreak(<node> listhead, <table> parameters)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The understood parameters are as follows:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{pardir} \NC string \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pretolerance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tracingparagraphs} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{tolerance} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{looseness} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hyphenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{exhyphenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdfadjustspacing} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{adjdemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pdfprotrudechars} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{linepenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{lastlinefit} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{doublehyphendemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{finalhyphendemerits} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hangafter} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{interlinepenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \prm {interlinepenalties} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{clubpenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \prm {clubpenalties} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{widowpenalty} \NC number or table \NC if a table, then it is an array like \prm {widowpenalties} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{brokenpenalty} \NC number \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{emergencystretch} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hangindent} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hsize} \NC number \NC in scaled points \NC \NR
+\NC \type{leftskip} \NC glue_spec node \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{rightskip} \NC glue_spec node \NC \NC \NR
+\NC \type{parshape} \NC table \NC \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note that there is no interface for \prm {displaywidowpenalties}, you have to
+pass the right choice for \type {widowpenalties} yourself.
+
+It is your own job to make sure that \type {listhead} is a proper paragraph list:
+this function does not add any nodes to it. To be exact, if you want to replace
+the core line breaking, you may have to do the following (when you are not
+actually working in the \cbk {pre_linebreak_filter} or \cbk {linebreak_filter}
+callbacks, or when the original list starting at listhead was generated in
+horizontal mode):
+
+\startitemize
+\startitem
+ add an \quote {indent box} and perhaps a \nod {local_par} node at the start
+ (only if you need them)
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ replace any found final glue by an infinite penalty (or add such a penalty,
+ if the last node is not a glue)
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ add a glue node for the \prm {parfillskip} after that penalty node
+\stopitem
+\startitem
+ make sure all the \type {prev} pointers are OK
+\stopitem
+\stopitemize
+
+The result is a node list, it still needs to be vpacked if you want to assign it
+to a \prm {vbox}. The returned \type {info} table contains four values that are
+all numbers:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC prevdepth \NC depth of the last line in the broken paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC prevgraf \NC number of lines in the broken paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC looseness \NC the actual looseness value in the broken paragraph \NC \NR
+\NC demerits \NC the total demerits of the chosen solution \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note there are a few things you cannot interface using this function: You cannot
+influence font expansion other than via \type {pdfadjustspacing}, because the
+settings for that take place elsewhere. The same is true for hbadness and hfuzz
+etc. All these are in the \type {hpack} routine, and that fetches its own
+variables via globals.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {shipout}}
+
+\topicindex {shipout}
+
+\libindex{shipout}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.shipout(<number> n)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Ships out box number \type {n} to the output file, and clears the box register.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {getpagestate}}
+
+\topicindex {pages}
+
+\libindex{getpagestate}
+
+This helper reports the current page state: \type {empty}, \type {box_there} or
+\type {inserts_only} as integer value.
+
+\subsubsection{\type {getlocallevel}}
+
+\topicindex {nesting}
+
+\libindex{getlocallevel}
+
+This integer reports the current level of the local loop. It's only useful for
+debugging and the (relative state) numbers can change with the implementation.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Randomizers}]
+
+\libindex{lua_math_random}
+\libindex{lua_math_randomseed}
+\libindex{init_rand}
+\libindex{normal_rand}
+\libindex{uniform_rand}
+\libindex{uniformdeviate}
+
+For practical reasons \LUATEX\ has its own random number generator. The original
+\LUA\ random function is available as \typ {tex.lua_math_random}. You can
+initialize with a new seed with \type {init_rand} (\typ {lua_math_randomseed} is
+equivalent to this one.
+
+There are three generators: \type {normal_rand} (no argument is used), \type
+{uniform_rand} (takes a number that will get rounded before being used) and \type
+{uniformdeviate} which behaves like the primitive and expects a scaled integer, so
+
+\startfunctioncall
+tex.print(tex.uniformdeviate(65536)/65536)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+will give a random number between zero and one.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[reference=synctex,title={Functions related to synctex}]
+
+\topicindex {synctex}
+
+\libindex{set_synctex_mode} \libindex{get_synctex_mode}
+\libindex{set_synctex_no_files}
+\libindex{set_synctex_tag} \libindex{get_synctex_tag} \libindex{force_synctex_tag}
+\libindex{set_synctex_line} \libindex{get_synctex_line} \libindex{force_synctex_line}
+
+The next helpers only make sense when you implement your own synctex logic. Keep in
+mind that the library used in editors assumes a certain logic and is geared for
+plain and \LATEX, so after a decade users expect a certain behaviour.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{set_synctex_mode} \NC \type {0} is the default and used normal synctex
+ logic, \type {1} uses the values set by the next
+ helpers while \type {2} also sets these for glyph
+ nodes; \type{3} sets glyphs and glue and \type {4}
+ sets only glyphs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{set_synctex_tag} \NC set the current tag (file) value (obeys save stack) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{set_synctex_line} \NC set the current line value (obeys save stack) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{set_synctex_no_files} \NC disable synctex file logging \NC \NR
+\NC \type{get_synctex_mode} \NC returns the current mode (for values see above) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{get_synctex_tag} \NC get the currently set value of tag (file) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{get_synctex_line} \NC get the currently set value of line \NC \NR
+\NC \type{force_synctex_tag} \NC overload the tag (file) value (\type {0} resets) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{force_synctex_line} \NC overload the line value (\type {0} resets) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The last one is somewhat special. Due to the way files are registered in \SYNCTEX\ we need
+to explicitly disable that feature if we provide our own alternative if we want to avoid
+that overhead. Passing a value of 1 disables registering.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {texconfig} table},reference=texconfig][library=texconfig]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{texconfig}}
+
+\topicindex {configuration}
+
+This is a table that is created empty. A startup \LUA\ script could
+fill this table with a number of settings that are read out by
+the executable after loading and executing the startup file.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC default \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{kpse_init} \NC boolean \NC true
+\NC
+ \type {false} totally disables \KPATHSEA\ initialisation, and enables
+ interpretation of the following numeric key--value pairs. (only ever unset
+ this if you implement {\it all\/} file find callbacks!)
+\NC \NR
+\NC
+ \type{shell_escape} \NC string \NC \type {'f'} \NC Use \type {'y'} or \type
+ {'t'} or \type {'1'} to enable \type {\write18} unconditionally, \type {'p'}
+ to enable the commands that are listed in \type {shell_escape_commands}
+\NC \NR
+\NC
+ shell_escape_commands \NC string \NC \NC Comma-separated list of command
+ names that may be executed by \type {\write18} even if \type {shell_escape}
+ is set to \type {'p'}. Do {\it not\/} use spaces around commas, separate any
+ required command arguments by using a space, and use the \ASCII\ double quote
+ (\type {"}) for any needed argument or path quoting
+\NC \NR
+\NC \type{string_vacancies} \NC number \NC 75000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pool_free} \NC number \NC 5000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_strings} \NC number \NC 15000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{strings_free} \NC number \NC 100 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{nest_size} \NC number \NC 50 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_in_open} \NC number \NC 15 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{param_size} \NC number \NC 60 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{save_size} \NC number \NC 4000 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{stack_size} \NC number \NC 300 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{dvi_buf_size} \NC number \NC 16384 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{error_line} \NC number \NC 79 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{half_error_line} \NC number \NC 50 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{max_print_line} \NC number \NC 79 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{hash_extra} \NC number \NC 0 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{pk_dpi} \NC number \NC 72 \NC cf.\ web2c docs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{trace_file_names} \NC boolean \NC true
+\NC
+ \type {false} disables \TEX's normal file open|-|close feedback (the
+ assumption is that callbacks will take care of that)
+\NC \NR
+\NC \type{file_line_error} \NC boolean \NC false
+\NC
+ do \type {file:line} style error messages
+\NC \NR
+\NC \type{halt_on_error} \NC boolean \NC false
+\NC
+ abort run on the first encountered error
+\NC \NR
+\NC \type{formatname} \NC string \NC
+\NC
+ if no format name was given on the command line, this key will be tested first
+ instead of simply quitting
+\NC \NR
+\NC \type{jobname} \NC string \NC
+\NC
+ if no input file name was given on the command line, this key will be tested
+ first instead of simply giving up
+\NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Note: the numeric values that match web2c parameters are only used if \type
+{kpse_init} is explicitly set to \type {false}. In all other cases, the normal
+values from \type {texmf.cnf} are used.
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {texio} library}][library=texio]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{texio}}
+\topicindex{\IO}
+
+This library takes care of the low|-|level I/O interface: writing to the log file
+and|/|or console.
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {write}}]
+
+\libindex{write}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+texio.write(<string> target, <string> s, ...)
+texio.write(<string> s, ...)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Without the \type {target} argument, writes all given strings to the same
+location(s) \TEX\ writes messages to at this moment. If \prm {batchmode} is in
+effect, it writes only to the log, otherwise it writes to the log and the
+terminal. The optional \type {target} can be one of three possibilities: \type
+{term}, \type {log} or \type {term and log}.
+
+Note: If several strings are given, and if the first of these strings is or might
+be one of the targets above, the \type {target} must be specified explicitly to
+prevent \LUA\ from interpreting the first string as the target.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {write_nl}}]
+
+\libindex{write_nl}
+
+\startfunctioncall
+texio.write_nl(<string> target, <string> s, ...)
+texio.write_nl(<string> s, ...)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+This function behaves like \type {texio.write}, but make sure that the given
+strings will appear at the beginning of a new line. You can pass a single empty
+string if you only want to move to the next line.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {setescape}}]
+
+\libindex{setescape}
+
+You can disable \type {^^} escaping of control characters by passing a value of
+zero.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {closeinput}}]
+
+\libindex{closeinput}
+
+This function that should be used with care. It acts as \prm {endinput} but at
+the \LUA\ end. You can use it to (sort of) force a jump back to \TEX. Normally a
+\LUA\ will just collect prints and at the end bump an input level and flush these
+prints. This function can help you stay at the current level but you need to know
+what you're doing (or more precise: what \TEX\ is doing with input).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {token} library}][library=token]
+
+\startsubsection[title={The scanner}]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{token}}
+\topicindex{tokens}
+
+\libindex{scan_keyword}
+\libindex{scan_keywordcs}
+\libindex{scan_int}
+\libindex{scan_real}
+\libindex{scan_float}
+\libindex{scan_dimen}
+\libindex{scan_glue}
+\libindex{scan_toks}
+\libindex{scan_code}
+\libindex{scan_string}
+\libindex{scan_argument}
+\libindex{scan_word}
+\libindex{scan_csname}
+\libindex{scan_list}
+
+The token library provides means to intercept the input and deal with it at the
+\LUA\ level. The library provides a basic scanner infrastructure that can be used
+to write macros that accept a wide range of arguments. This interface is on
+purpose kept general and as performance is quite ok. One can build additional
+parsers without too much overhead. It's up to macro package writers to see how
+they can benefit from this as the main principle behind \LUATEX\ is to provide a
+minimal set of tools and no solutions. The scanner functions are probably the
+most intriguing.
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB function \BC argument \BC result \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{scan_keyword} \NC string \NC returns true if the given keyword is gobbled; as with
+ the regular \TEX\ keyword scanner this is case insensitive
+ (and \ASCII\ based) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_keywordcs} \NC string \NC returns true if the given keyword is gobbled; this variant
+ is case sensitive and also suitable for \UTF8 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_int} \NC \NC returns an integer \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_real} \NC \NC returns a number from e.g.\ \type {1}, \type {1.1}, \type {.1} with optional collapsed signs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_float} \NC \NC returns a number from e.g.\ \type {1}, \type {1.1}, \type {.1}, \type {1.1E10}, , \type {.1e-10} with optional collapsed signs \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_dimen} \NC infinity, mu-units \NC returns a number representing a dimension and or two numbers being the filler and order \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_glue} \NC mu-units \NC returns a glue spec node \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_toks} \NC definer, expand \NC returns a table of tokens tokens \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_code} \NC bitset \NC returns a character if its category is in the given bitset (representing catcodes) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_string} \NC \NC returns a string given between \type {{}}, as \type {\macro} or as sequence of characters with catcode 11 or 12 \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_argument} \NC \NC this one is simular to \type {scanstring} but also accepts a \type {\cs}
+ (which then get expanded) \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_word} \NC \NC returns a sequence of characters with catcode 11 or 12 as string \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_csname} \NC \NC returns \type {foo} after scanning \type {\foo} \NC \NR
+\NC \type{scan_list} \NC \NC picks up a box specification and returns a \type {[h|v]list} node \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The scanners can be considered stable apart from the one scanning for a token.
+The \type {scan_code} function takes an optional number, the \type {keyword}
+function a normal \LUA\ string. The \type {infinity} boolean signals that we also
+permit \type {fill} as dimension and the \type {mu-units} flags the scanner that
+we expect math units. When scanning tokens we can indicate that we are defining a
+macro, in which case the result will also provide information about what
+arguments are expected and in the result this is separated from the meaning by a
+separator token. The \type {expand} flag determines if the list will be expanded.
+
+The string scanner scans for something between curly braces and expands on the
+way, or when it sees a control sequence it will return its meaning. Otherwise it
+will scan characters with catcode \type {letter} or \type {other}. So, given the
+following definition:
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\bar{bar}
+\def\foo{foo-\bar}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer \getbuffer
+
+we get:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|Tl|l|]
+\DB name \BC result \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}{foo}} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")} {foo} \NC full expansion \NC \NR
+\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}foo} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")} foo \NC letters and others \NC \NR
+\NC \type {\directlua{token.scan_string()}\foo} \NC \directlua{context("{\\red\\type {"..token.scan_string().."}}")}\foo \NC meaning \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+The \type {\foo} case only gives the meaning, but one can pass an already
+expanded definition (\prm {edef}'d). In the case of the braced variant one can of
+course use the \prm {detokenize} and \prm {unexpanded} primitives since there we
+do expand.
+
+The \type {scan_word} scanner can be used to implement for instance a number scanner:
+
+\starttyping
+function token.scan_number(base)
+ return tonumber(token.scan_word(),base)
+end
+\stoptyping
+
+This scanner accepts any valid \LUA\ number so it is a way to pick up floats
+in the input.
+
+You can use the \LUA\ interface as follows:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ function mymacro(n)
+ ...
+ end
+}
+
+\def\mymacro#1{%
+ \directlua {
+ mymacro(\number\dimexpr#1)
+ }%
+}
+
+\mymacro{12pt}
+\mymacro{\dimen0}
+\stoptyping
+
+You can also do this:
+
+\starttyping
+\directlua {
+ function mymacro()
+ local d = token.scan_dimen()
+ ...
+ end
+}
+
+\def\mymacro{%
+ \directlua {
+ mymacro()
+ }%
+}
+
+\mymacro 12pt
+\mymacro \dimen0
+\stoptyping
+
+It is quite clear from looking at the code what the first method needs as
+argument(s). For the second method you need to look at the \LUA\ code to see what
+gets picked up. Instead of passing from \TEX\ to \LUA\ we let \LUA\ fetch from
+the input stream.
+
+In the first case the input is tokenized and then turned into a string, then it
+is passed to \LUA\ where it gets interpreted. In the second case only a function
+call gets interpreted but then the input is picked up by explicitly calling the
+scanner functions. These return proper \LUA\ variables so no further conversion
+has to be done. This is more efficient but in practice (given what \TEX\ has to
+do) this effect should not be overestimated. For numbers and dimensions it saves
+a bit but for passing strings conversion to and from tokens has to be done anyway
+(although we can probably speed up the process in later versions if needed).
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title= {Picking up one token}]
+
+\libindex {get_next}
+\libindex {scan_token}
+\libindex {expand}
+
+The scanners look for a sequence. When you want to pick up one token from the
+input you use \type {get_next}. This creates a token with the (low level)
+properties as discussed next. This token is just the next one. If you want to
+enforce expansion first you can use \type {scan_token}. Internally tokens are
+characterized by a number that packs a lot of information. In order to access
+the bits of information a token is wrapped in a userdata object.
+
+The \type {expand} function will trigger expansion of the next token in the
+input. This can be quite unpredictable but when you call it you probably know
+enough about \TEX\ not to be too worried about that. It basically is a call to
+the internal expand related function.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Creating tokens}]
+
+\libindex{create}
+\libindex{new}
+
+\libindex{is_defined}
+\libindex{is_token}
+\libindex{biggest_char}
+
+\libindex{commands}
+\libindex{command_id}
+
+\libindex{get_command}
+\libindex{get_cmdname}
+\libindex{get_csname}
+\libindex{get_id}
+\libindex{get_active}
+\libindex{get_expandable}
+\libindex{get_protected}
+\libindex{get_mode}
+\libindex{get_index}
+\libindex{get_tok}
+
+\libindex{get_next}
+
+The creator function can be used as follows:
+
+\starttyping
+local t = token.create("relax")
+\stoptyping
+
+This gives back a token object that has the properties of the \prm {relax}
+primitive. The possible properties of tokens are:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|p|]
+\DB name \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type {command} \NC a number representing the internal command number \NC \NR
+\NC \type {cmdname} \NC the type of the command (for instance the catcode in case of a
+ character or the classifier that determines the internal
+ treatment \NC \NR
+\NC \type {csname} \NC the associated control sequence (if applicable) \NC \NR
+\NC \type {id} \NC the unique id of the token \NC \NR
+\NC \type {tok} \NC the full token number as stored in \TEX \NC \NR
+\NC \type {active} \NC a boolean indicating the active state of the token \NC \NR
+\NC \type {expandable} \NC a boolean indicating if the token (macro) is expandable \NC \NR
+\NC \type {protected} \NC a boolean indicating if the token (macro) is protected \NC \NR
+\NC \type {mode} \NC a number either representing a character or another entity \NC \NR
+\NC \type {index} \NC a number running from 0x0000 upto 0xFFFF indicating a \TEX\ register index \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+Alternatively you can use a getter \type {get_<fieldname>} to access a property
+of a token.
+
+The numbers that represent a catcode are the same as in \TEX\ itself, so using
+this information assumes that you know a bit about \TEX's internals. The other
+numbers and names are used consistently but are not frozen. So, when you use them
+for comparing you can best query a known primitive or character first to see the
+values.
+
+You can ask for a list of commands:
+
+\starttyping
+local t = token.commands()
+\stoptyping
+
+The id of a token class can be queried as follows:
+
+\starttyping
+local id = token.command_id("math_shift")
+\stoptyping
+
+If you really know what you're doing you can create character tokens by not
+passing a string but a number:
+
+\starttyping
+local letter_x = token.create(string.byte("x"))
+local other_x = token.create(string.byte("x"),12)
+\stoptyping
+
+Passing weird numbers can give side effects so don't expect too much help with
+that. As said, you need to know what you're doing. The best way to explore the
+way these internals work is to just look at how primitives or macros or \prm
+{chardef}'d commands are tokenized. Just create a known one and inspect its
+fields. A variant that ignores the current catcode table is:
+
+\starttyping
+local whatever = token.new(123,12)
+\stoptyping
+
+You can test if a control sequence is defined with \type {is_defined}, which
+accepts a string and returns a boolean:
+
+\starttyping
+local okay = token.is_defined("foo")
+\stoptyping
+
+The largest character possible is returned by \type {biggest_char}, just in case you
+need to know that boundary condition.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Macros}]
+
+\topicindex {macros}
+
+\libindex{set_macro}
+\libindex{get_macro}
+\libindex{get_meaning}
+\libindex{set_char}
+\libindex{set_lua}
+\libindex{get_functions_table}
+
+The \type {set_macro} function can get upto 4 arguments:
+
+\starttyping
+set_macro("csname","content")
+set_macro("csname","content","global")
+set_macro("csname")
+\stoptyping
+
+You can pass a catcodetable identifier as first argument:
+
+\starttyping
+set_macro(catcodetable,"csname","content")
+set_macro(catcodetable,"csname","content","global")
+set_macro(catcodetable,"csname")
+\stoptyping
+
+The results are like:
+
+\starttyping
+ \def\csname{content}
+\gdef\csname{content}
+ \def\csname{}
+\stoptyping
+
+The \type {get_macro} function can be used to get the content of a macro while
+the \type {get_meaning} function gives the meaning including the argument
+specification (as usual in \TEX\ separated by \type {->}).
+
+The \type {set_char} function can be used to do a \prm {chardef} at the
+\LUA\ end, where invalid assignments are silently ignored:
+
+\starttyping
+set_char("csname",number)
+set_char("csname",number,"global")
+\stoptyping
+
+A special one is the following:
+
+\starttyping
+set_lua("mycode",id)
+set_lua("mycode",id,"global","protected")
+\stoptyping
+
+This creates a token that refers to a \LUA\ function with an entry in the table
+that you can access with \type {lua.get_functions_table}. It is the companion
+to \lpr {luadef}.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Pushing back}]
+
+\libindex{get_next}
+\libindex{put_next}
+
+There is a (for now) experimental putter:
+
+\starttyping
+local t1 = token.get_next()
+local t2 = token.get_next()
+local t3 = token.get_next()
+local t4 = token.get_next()
+-- watch out, we flush in sequence
+token.put_next { t1, t2 }
+-- but this one gets pushed in front
+token.put_next ( t3, t4 )
+\stoptyping
+
+When we scan \type {wxyz!} we get \type {yzwx!} back. The argument is either a table
+with tokens or a list of tokens. The \type {token.expand} function will trigger
+expansion but what happens really depends on what you're doing where.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={Nota bene}]
+
+When scanning for the next token you need to keep in mind that we're not scanning
+like \TEX\ does: expanding, changing modes and doing things as it goes. When we
+scan with \LUA\ we just pick up tokens. Say that we have:
+
+\starttyping
+\bar
+\stoptyping
+
+but \type {\bar} is undefined. Normally \TEX\ will then issue an error message.
+However, when we have:
+
+\starttyping
+\def\foo{\bar}
+\stoptyping
+
+We get no error, unless we expand \type {\foo} while \type {\bar} is still
+undefined. What happens is that as soon as \TEX\ sees an undefined macro it will
+create a hash entry and when later it gets defined that entry will be reused. So,
+\type {\bar} really exists but can be in an undefined state.
+
+\startbuffer[demo]
+bar : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\bar
+foo : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\foo
+myfirstbar : \directlua{tex.print(token.scan_csname())}\myfirstbar
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startlines
+\getbuffer[demo]
+\stoplines
+
+This was entered as:
+
+\typebuffer[demo]
+
+The reason that you see \type {bar} reported and not \type {myfirstbar} is that
+\type {\bar} was already used in a previous paragraph.
+
+If we now say:
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\foo{}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer \getbuffer
+
+we get:
+
+\startlines
+\getbuffer[demo]
+\stoplines
+
+And if we say
+
+\startbuffer
+\def\foo{\bar}
+\stopbuffer
+
+\typebuffer \getbuffer
+
+we get:
+
+\startlines
+\getbuffer[demo]
+\stoplines
+
+When scanning from \LUA\ we are not in a mode that defines (undefined) macros at
+all. There we just get the real primitive undefined macro token.
+
+\startbuffer
+\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\myfirstbar
+\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\mysecondbar
+\directlua{local t = token.get_next() tex.print(t.id.." "..t.tok)}\mythirdbar
+\stopbuffer
+
+\startlines
+\getbuffer
+\stoplines
+
+This was generated with:
+
+\typebuffer
+
+So, we do get a unique token because after all we need some kind of \LUA\ object
+that can be used and garbage collected, but it is basically the same one,
+representing an undefined control sequence.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\startsection[title={The \type {kpse} library}][library=kpse]
+
+\topicindex{libraries+\type{kpse}}
+
+This library provides two separate, but nearly identical interfaces to the
+\KPATHSEA\ file search functionality: there is a \quote {normal} procedural
+interface that shares its kpathsea instance with \LUATEX\ itself, and an object
+oriented interface that is completely on its own.
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {set_program_name} and \type {new}}]
+
+\libindex{set_program_name}
+\libindex{default_texmfcnf}
+\libindex{new}
+
+The way the library looks up variables is driven by the \type {texmf.cmf} file
+where the currently set program name acts as filter. You can check what file is
+used by with \type {default_texmfcnf}.
+
+Before the search library can be used at all, its database has to be initialized.
+There are three possibilities, two of which belong to the procedural interface.
+
+First, when \LUATEX\ is used to typeset documents, this initialization happens
+automatically and the \KPATHSEA\ executable and program names are set to \type
+{luatex} (that is, unless explicitly prohibited by the user's startup script.
+See~\in {section} [init] for more details).
+
+Second, in \TEXLUA\ mode, the initialization has to be done explicitly via the
+\type {kpse.set_program_name} function, which sets the \KPATHSEA\ executable
+(and optionally program) name.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+kpse.set_program_name(<string> name)
+kpse.set_program_name(<string> name, <string> progname)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The second argument controls the use of the \quote {dotted} values in the \type
+{texmf.cnf} configuration file, and defaults to the first argument.
+
+Third, if you prefer the object oriented interface, you have to call a different
+function. It has the same arguments, but it returns a userdata variable.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+local kpathsea = kpse.new(<string> name)
+local kpathsea = kpse.new(<string> name, <string> progname)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Apart from these two functions, the calling conventions of the interfaces are
+identical. Depending on the chosen interface, you either call \type
+{kpse.find_file} or \type {kpathsea:find_file}, with identical arguments and
+return values.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {find_file}}]
+
+\topicindex {files+finding}
+
+\libindex {find_file}
+
+The most often used function in the library is \type {find_file}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename)
+<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype)
+<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <boolean> mustexist)
+<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype, <boolean> mustexist)
+<string> f = kpse.find_file(<string> filename, <string> ftype, <number> dpi)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+Arguments:
+
+\startitemize[intro]
+
+\sym{filename}
+
+the name of the file you want to find, with or without extension.
+
+\sym{ftype}
+
+maps to the \type {-format} argument of \KPSEWHICH. The supported \type {ftype}
+values are the same as the ones supported by the standalone \type {kpsewhich}
+program: \startluacode
+ local list = {
+ "afm",
+ "base",
+ "bib",
+ "bitmap font",
+ "bst",
+ "cid maps",
+ "clua",
+ "cmap files",
+ "cnf",
+ "cweb",
+ "dvips config",
+ "enc files",
+ "fmt",
+ "font feature files",
+ "gf",
+ "graphic|/|figure",
+ "ist",
+ "lig files",
+ "ls-R",
+ "lua",
+ "map",
+ "mem",
+ "MetaPost support",
+ "mf",
+ "mfpool",
+ "mft",
+ "misc fonts",
+ "mlbib",
+ "mlbst",
+ "mp",
+ "mppool",
+ "ocp",
+ "ofm",
+ "opentype fonts",
+ "opl",
+ "other binary files",
+ "other text files",
+ "otp",
+ "ovf",
+ "ovp",
+ "pdftex config",
+ "pk",
+ "PostScript header",
+ "subfont definition files",
+ "tex",
+ "TeX system documentation",
+ "TeX system sources",
+ "texmfscripts",
+ "texpool",
+ "tfm",
+ "Troff fonts",
+ "truetype fonts",
+ "type1 fonts",
+ "type42 fonts",
+ "vf",
+ "web",
+ "web2c files",
+ }
+ table.sort(list)
+ context("{\\tttf \letterpercent, t}",list)
+\stopluacode
+
+The default type is \type {tex}. Note: this is different from \KPSEWHICH, which
+tries to deduce the file type itself from looking at the supplied extension.
+
+\sym{mustexist}
+
+is similar to \KPSEWHICH's \type {-must-exist}, and the default is \type {false}.
+If you specify \type {true} (or a non|-|zero integer), then the \KPSE\ library
+will search the disk as well as the \type {ls-R} databases.
+
+\sym{dpi}
+
+This is used for the size argument of the formats \type {pk}, \type {gf}, and
+\type {bitmap font}. \stopitemize
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {lookup}}]
+
+\libindex{lookup}
+
+A more powerful (but slower) generic method for finding files is also available.
+It returns a string for each found file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> f, ... = kpse.lookup(<string> filename, <table> options)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The options match commandline arguments from \type {kpsewhich}:
+
+\starttabulate[|l|l|p|]
+\DB key \BC type \BC explanation \NC \NR
+\TB
+\NC \type{debug} \NC number \NC set debugging flags for this lookup\NC \NR
+\NC \type{format} \NC string \NC use specific file type (see list above)\NC \NR
+\NC \type{dpi} \NC number \NC use this resolution for this lookup; default 600\NC \NR
+\NC \type{path} \NC string \NC search in the given path\NC \NR
+\NC \type{all} \NC boolean \NC output all matches, not just the first\NC \NR
+\NC \type{mustexist} \NC boolean \NC search the disk as well as ls-R if necessary\NC \NR
+\NC \type{mktexpk} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktexpk generation for this lookup\NC \NR
+\NC \type{mktextex} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktextex generation for this lookup\NC \NR
+\NC \type{mktexmf} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktexmf generation for this lookup\NC \NR
+\NC \type{mktextfm} \NC boolean \NC disable/enable mktextfm generation for this lookup\NC \NR
+\NC \type{subdir} \NC string
+ or table \NC only output matches whose directory part
+ ends with the given string(s) \NC \NR
+\LL
+\stoptabulate
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {init_prog}}]
+
+\topicindex {initialization+bitmaps}
+
+\libindex{init_prog}
+
+Extra initialization for programs that need to generate bitmap fonts.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+kpse.init_prog(<string> prefix, <number> base_dpi, <string> mfmode)
+kpse.init_prog(<string> prefix, <number> base_dpi, <string> mfmode, <string> fallback)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {readable_file}}]
+
+\libindex{readable_file}
+
+Test if an (absolute) file name is a readable file.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> f = kpse.readable_file(<string> name)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+The return value is the actual absolute filename you should use, because the disk
+name is not always the same as the requested name, due to aliases and
+system|-|specific handling under e.g.\ \MSDOS. Returns \type {nil} if the file
+does not exist or is not readable.
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {expand_path}}]
+
+\libindex{expand_path}
+
+Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-path}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.expand_path(<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {expand_var}}]
+
+\libindex{expand_var}
+
+Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-var}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.expand_var(<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {expand_braces}}]
+
+\libindex{expand_braces}
+
+Like kpsewhich's \type {-expand-braces}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.expand_braces(<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {show_path}}]
+
+\libindex{show_path}
+
+Like kpsewhich's \type {-show-path}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.show_path(<string> ftype)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {var_value}}]
+
+\libindex{var_value}
+
+Like kpsewhich's \type {-var-value}:
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.var_value(<string> s)
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\startsubsection[title={\type {version}}]
+
+\libindex{version}
+
+Returns the kpathsea version string.
+
+\startfunctioncall
+<string> r = kpse.version()
+\stopfunctioncall
+
+\stopsubsection
+
+\stopsection
+
+\stopchapter
+
+\stopcomponent
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.pdf Binary files differindex cff5159b74b..dd73cae76fc 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.pdf +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.pdf diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.tex index aee50ec6d7b..61c075243d8 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.tex +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/luatex/base/luatex.tex @@ -1,78 +1,103 @@ -% macros=mkvi - -% author : Hans Hagen with Taco Hoekwater, Luigi Scarso & Hartmut Henkel -% copyright : PRAGMA ADE & ConTeXt Development Team -% license : Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International -% reference : pragma-ade.nl | contextgarden.net | texlive (related) distributions -% origin : the ConTeXt distribution -% -% comment : Because this manual is distributed with TeX distributions it comes with a rather -% liberal license. We try to adapt these documents to upgrades in the (sub)systems -% that they describe. Using parts of the content otherwise can therefore conflict -% with existing functionality and we cannot be held responsible for that. Many of -% the manuals contain characteristic graphics and personal notes or examples that -% make no sense when used out-of-context. -% -% comment : Some (parts of) chapters might have been published in TugBoat, the NTG Maps, the -% ConTeXt Group journal or otherwise. Thanks to the editors for corrections. Also -% thanks to users for testing, feedback and corrections. -% -% 238 pages : 2017-07-06 -% luatex 9.5 sec / luajittex 7.0 sec -% Dell 7600 / i7 3840QM / passmark 1.922 / Windows 10 64 bit - -% \tex vs \type vs \syntax vs. \luatex -% \em \it \/ - -% "context --nodates --nocompression luatex" can be used for comparison -% runs, not that we do it - -% \enabledirectives[hyphenator.flatten] - -% \setupsynctex[state=start,method=max] % adds 5 pct overhead - -\environment luatex-style -\environment luatex-logos - -\startmode[export] - - \setupbackend - [export=luatex] - -\stopmode - -\dontcomplain - -\startdocument - [status=release, - version=1.07.0] - -\startnotmode[*export] - \component luatex-titlepage -\stopnotmode - -\startmode[*export] - \component luatex-export-titlepage -\stopmode - -\startfrontmatter - \component luatex-contents - \component luatex-introduction -\stopfrontmatter - -\startbodymatter - \component luatex-enhancements - \component luatex-modifications - \component luatex-lua - \component luatex-languages - \component luatex-fonts - \component luatex-math - \component luatex-nodes - \component luatex-callbacks - \component luatex-tex - \component luatex-graphics - \component luatex-fontloader - \component luatex-backend -\stopbodymatter - -\stopdocument +% macros=mkvi
+
+% \nopdfcompression
+
+% \disabledirectives[vspacing.synchronizepage]
+
+% wsl /data/context/runcontext.sh --global --path=/mnt/c/data/develop/context/manuals/mkiv/external/luatex luatex.tex
+%
+% same runtime as regular context or linux
+% author : Hans Hagen with Taco Hoekwater, Luigi Scarso & Hartmut Henkel
+% copyright : PRAGMA ADE & ConTeXt Development Team
+% license : Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International
+% reference : pragma-ade.nl | contextgarden.net | texlive (related) distributions
+% origin : the ConTeXt distribution
+%
+% comment : Because this manual is distributed with TeX distributions it comes with a rather
+% liberal license. We try to adapt these documents to upgrades in the (sub)systems
+% that they describe. Using parts of the content otherwise can therefore conflict
+% with existing functionality and we cannot be held responsible for that. Many of
+% the manuals contain characteristic graphics and personal notes or examples that
+% make no sense when used out-of-context.
+%
+% comment : Some (parts of) chapters might have been published in TugBoat, the NTG Maps, the
+% ConTeXt Group journal or otherwise. Thanks to the editors for corrections. Also
+% thanks to users for testing, feedback and corrections.
+
+% \tex vs \type vs \syntax vs. \luatex
+% \em \it \/
+
+% "context --nodates --nocompression luatex" can be used for comparison
+% runs, not that we do it
+
+% todo: all (sub)section to start/stop
+
+% \enabledirectives[hyphenator.flatten]
+
+% \setupsynctex[state=start,method=max] % adds 5 pct overhead
+
+% compoundhyphenmode : looks okay
+% endlocalcontrol : very experimental
+% fixupboxesmode : very experimental
+% mathflattenmode : looks okay
+% mathrulethicknessmode : looks okay
+
+% after adding primitives: context mult-prm.mkiv
+
+\environment luatex-style
+
+\startmode[book]
+ \environment luatex-style-book
+\stopmode
+
+\environment luatex-logos
+\environment luatex-private
+
+\startmode[export]
+
+ \setupbackend
+ [export=luatex]
+
+\stopmode
+
+\startdocument
+ [manual=Lua\TeX,
+ status=experimental,
+ version=1.10]
+
+\startnotmode[*export]
+ \component luatex-titlepage
+ \component luatex-firstpage
+\stopnotmode
+
+\startmode[*export]
+ \component luatex-export-titlepage
+\stopmode
+
+\startfrontmatter
+ \component luatex-contents
+ \component luatex-introduction
+\stopfrontmatter
+
+\startbodymatter
+ \component luatex-preamble
+ \component luatex-enhancements
+ \component luatex-modifications
+ \component luatex-lua
+ \component luatex-languages
+ \component luatex-fonts
+ \component luatex-math
+ \component luatex-nodes
+ \component luatex-callbacks
+ \component luatex-tex
+ \component luatex-graphics
+ \component luatex-fontloader
+ \component luatex-backend
+\stopbodymatter
+
+\startbackmatter
+ \component luatex-registers
+ \component luatex-statistics
+\stopbackmatter
+
+\stopdocument
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