updated manual (HH)

manual/luatex-introduction.tex

@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 
 This book will eventually become the reference manual of \LUATEX. At the moment,
 it simply reports the behavior of the executable matching the snapshot or beta
-release date in the title page.
+release date in the title page. 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.
 
 Features may come and go. The current version of \LUATEX\ can be used for
 production (in fact it is used in production by the authors) but users cannot
@@ -18,11 +22,21 @@ list. We're still not at version 1 but when we reach that state the interface
 will be stable. Of course we then can decide to move towards version 2 with
 different properties.
 
+This means that occasionally you can encounter functionality not described here.
+Just consider that experimental then. They are either a playground or are being
+tested in real situations first before being finalized. And we can equally well
+kick them out again. When they stay we will descibe them in the manual or more
+extensively in articles.
+
 Don't expect \LUATEX\ to behave the same as \PDFTEX ! Although the core
 functionality of that 8 bit engine is present, \LUATEX\ can behave different due
-to not only its 32 bit character: there is native \UTF\ input, support for wide
-fonts, and the math machinery is tuned for \OPENTYPE\ math. Also, the log output
-can differ (and will likely differ more as we move forward).
+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. Ther ei ssupport 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\ it might be faster. But
+in any case: 32 bit all||over combined with more features has a price.
 
 \LUATEX\ consists of a number of interrelated but (still) distinguishable parts.
 The organization of the source code is adapted so that it cna glue all these
@@ -67,7 +81,8 @@ code in \TEX\ engines (especially code that is not needed any longer).
 
 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).
+solution (reader callbacks). Most of the \PDFTEX\ backend is available but via a
+bit different interface.
 
 The yearly \TEXLIVE\ version is the stable version, any version between them is
 considered beta. Keep in mind that new (or changed) features also need to be

manual/luatex.tex

+% macros=mkvi
+
 % \tex vs \type vs \syntax vs. \luatex
 % \em \it \/
 
+% \enabledirectives[nodes.basepass*]
+
 \environment luatex-style
 \environment luatex-logos
 
 \dontcomplain
 
 \startdocument
-  [beta=0.86.0]
+  [beta=0.87.0]
 
 \component luatex-titlepage
 

source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/luatex.c

@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
 #define TeX
 
-int luatex_version = 86;        /* \.{\\luatexversion}  */
+int luatex_version = 87;        /* \.{\\luatexversion}  */
 int luatex_revision = '0';      /* \.{\\luatexrevision}  */
-int luatex_date_info = 2015120800;     /* the compile date is now hardwired */
-const char *luatex_version_string = "beta-0.86.0";
+int luatex_date_info = 2015121600;     /* the compile date is now hardwired */
+const char *luatex_version_string = "beta-0.87.0";
 const char *engine_name = my_name;     /* the name of this engine */
 
 #include <kpathsea/c-ctype.h>