>> tex.parshape = {
>> {<i1>, <l1>},
>> {<i2>, <l2>},
>> ...
>> {<in>, <ln>}
>> }
>>
>> As usual, all the values are given in scaled points.
>
> I just wonder after this discussion, why even simple and solved things
> have to become more complex, when redesigning as in luatex.
you mean more complex than
parshape = n, i_0, l_0, ... , i_n, l_n ?
Patrick