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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-luatex.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-luatex.html index 762ace63127..ad6ba02ce6a 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-luatex.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-luatex.html @@ -1,21 +1,23 @@ <head> <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label luatex</title> </head><body> -<h3>PDFTeX becomes LUATeX</h3> -<p>As is said elsewhere in these FAQs, development of +<h3>PDFTeX becomes LuaTeX</h3> +<p/>As is said elsewhere in these FAQs, development of <a href="FAQ-whatpdftex.html">PDFTeX</a> is “in essence” complete — development of new facilities continues, but the limitations of the present structure impose a strong limit on what facilities are possible. -<p>Thus arose the idea of LUATeX. LUA is a script -language, chosen because its interpreter has a very small +<p/>In this context, the idea of LuaTeX arose. +<a href="http://www.lua.org/"><i>Lua</a></i> is a script +language, designed to offer an interpreter with a very small “footprint”, so it is rather easy to build it into other -applications. So LUATeX was launched as a PDFTeX -executable with a LUA interpreter built into it. -<p>The LUATeX project is now proceeding (with monetary support -from various sources) and is pursuing avenues that many of the other +applications. So LuaTeX was launched as a PDFTeX +executable with a <i>Lua</i> interpreter built into it. +<p/>A <a href="http://www.luatex.org/">LuaTeX project</a> is now proceeding +(with monetary support from various sources) and is pursuing avenues +that many of the other current projects have in their sights, notably Unicode character representations and support for OpenType fonts. Work is also in hand to integrate the extensions pioneered by <a href="FAQ-omegaleph.html">Aleph</a>. -<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=luatex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=luatex</a> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=luatex">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=luatex</a> </body> |