2 README for LuaTeX Snapshots
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5 This directory contains a snapshot release of LuaTeX,
6 an experimental pdfTeX extension that is to eventually
7 become its successor. It is developed by a subset of the
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11 The snapshot code is NOT stable, it may not even compile
12 properly! Features that are present today may be gone
13 in tomorrow. There ARE bugs. You should NOT use this
14 program for ANYTHING except testing!
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17 LuaTeX uses Lua scripting both as an extension to the TeX
18 macro language and as an extension to the typesetting
19 engine itself. A (growing) number of TeX internals are
20 made available to the embedded lua interpreter.
22 LuaTeX uses code and interfaces from Aleph to improve the
23 typesetting of non-latin alphabet languages, instead of
24 the TeXXeT code present in the current releases of pdfTeX.
26 Unicode and OpenType font support are added progressively,
27 and regular pdfTeX development will continue in this
30 The multi-lingual extensions are coded and merged by Taco
31 Hoekwater. Swift progress in that area is made possible
32 by a joint grant from Colorado State University and TUG,
33 under the 'Oriental TeX' project.
35 Further documentation about LuaTeX can be found at
38 We have a tracker running at http://tracker.luatex.org
40 A mailing list for users of LuaTeX is hosted by TUG,
41 see http://www.tug.org/mailman/listinfo/luatex
43 A mailing list for the development of LuaTeX can be found
44 at http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/dev-luatex
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