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+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/aleph.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH ALEPH 1 "5 April 2009" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH ALEPH 1 "1 February 2010" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
.if n .ds AY AmSLaTeX
.\"=====================================================================
.SH NAME
-aleph \- extended unicode TeX
+aleph \- extended Unicode TeX
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aleph
.RI [ options ]
@@ -45,24 +45,13 @@ it is usually better to use the
option instead.
.PP
Aleph is a version of the \*(TX program modified for multilingual
-typesetting. It uses unicode, and has additional primitives for
+typesetting. It uses Unicode, and has additional primitives for
(among other things) bidirectional typesetting.
.PP
-The
-.B inialeph
-and
-.B viraleph
-commands are Aleph's analogues to the
-.B initex
-and
-.B virtex
-commands. In this installation, they are symlinks to the
-.B aleph
-executable.
-.PP
Aleph's command line options are similar to those of \*(TX.
.PP
-Aleph is experimental software.
+Aleph is no longer being actively developed; see LuaTeX for current
+activity.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH OPTIONS
Run aleph --help to see the complete list of options; this is not
@@ -204,7 +193,10 @@ Aleph attempts to create
.I /tmp/paper.log
(and
.IR /tmp/paper.dvi ,
-if any output is produced.)
+if any output is produced.) TEXMFOUTPUT is also checked for input
+files, as \*(TX often generates files that need to be subsequently
+read; for input, no suffixes (such as ``.tex'') are added by default,
+the input name is simply checked as given.
.TP
TEXINPUTS
Search path for
@@ -212,11 +204,11 @@ Search path for
and
.I \eopenin
files.
-This should probably start with ``.'', so
+This should start with ``.'', so
that user files are found before system files. An empty path
component will be replaced with the paths defined in the
.I texmf.cnf
-file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/usr/tex:" to prepend the
+file. For example, set TEXINPUTS to ".:/home/user/tex:" to prepend the
current direcory and ``/home/user/tex'' to the standard search path.
.TP
TEXEDIT