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

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jul 16, 2016, at 3:41 PM, Shachar Itzhaky <corwin.amber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> TeXlive 2015. As I mentioned, LuaTeX is 0.80. According to `tlmgr info luatex`, it’s revision 39057.
> If texdoc only works for the latest version, then it’s not very useful for this particular purpose.
> 
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>> On Jul 16, 2016, at 08:18, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
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>>>> 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)
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Howdy,

It should work with TL2015. When I run `texdoc luatex` under TL2015 I get the documentation for luatex 0.80.

Did you install the full MacTeX or the BasicTeX which is missing the documentation to save space?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)