[luatex] User manual archive (0.80, 0.85)?

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 1:04 AM, Shachar Itzhaky <corwin.amber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thank you Luigi and Markus!
> I know, I have been too lazy to upgrade to 2016 — but to my defense, even the website says that TeXlive 2016 will have 0.85.
> Also, I have been using TeXlive for several years and it’s the first time I hear about texdoc! However it seems broken in my distribution (MacTeX, which is based on TeXlive):
> 
> % texdoc luatex
> Sorry, no documentation found for luatex.
> If you are unsure about the name, try searching CTAN's TeX catalogue at
> http://ctan.org/search.html#byDescription.
> 
> Of course, when I search in CTAN, I find the doc for 0.95 (this I still know how to do). Does texdoc usually manage to locate the version corresponding to your installed package?
> 
> Since people tend to be pretty slow on updating their TeX distros (most TeX packages have not updated for years), how about extending the <ul> on the website with links to manuals of some key versions from the past? I am willing to write a script that pulls links from tags on https://foundry.supelec.fr.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 16, 2016, at 01:53, Markus Kohm <komascript at gmx.info> wrote:
>> 
>> Am Samstag, 16. Juli 2016, 00:12:36 schrieb Shachar Itzhaky:
>>> Yes, I am still using TeXLive so my release is 0.80.
>> 
>> With TeX Live 2016 LuaTeX is
>> 
>> | This is LuaTeX, Version 0.95.0 (TeX Live 2016)
>> 
>>> But where can I find the copy that does?
>> 
>> Usually as for other parts of TeX Live with `texdoc luatex'. See 
>> <https://www.tug.org/texdoc/doc/texdoc.pdf>
> 

How old is you installation? No problem with `texdoc luatex` under TeX Live 2016.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)