texlive[65916] Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS: Updated NEWS

[commits+lscarso at tug.org]

Revision: 65916
          http://tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=65916
Author:   lscarso
Date:     2023-02-19 09:24:20 +0100 (Sun, 19 Feb 2023)
Log Message:
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Updated NEWS with a better description for \variablefam

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS

Modified: trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS
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--- trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS	2023-02-19 02:11:11 UTC (rev 65915)
+++ trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/luatexdir/NEWS	2023-02-19 08:24:20 UTC (rev 65916)
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
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-LuaTeX 1.17.0 2023-02-18 
+LuaTeX 1.16.0 2023-02-19
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-- configurable default family
+- new "late special" feature by Phelype Oleinik,  adapted and
+  extended  by H.Hagen.
+- new primitive \variablefam:  use a family number as signal 
+  for using the current family. This permits classifying 
+  characters with a class and still let the family adapt.
+    \variablefam"24
+    \Umathchardef\foo "3 "24 123
+    \foo \fam9
+  results in a curly left brace taken from family 9 with class 
+  ‘relation’ and spacing around it will be accordingly.
 - improved r2l annotation areas
-- support for deferred literals and specials
 
-==============================================================
-LuaTeX 1.16.0 2022-03-12  (TeX Live 2022)
-==============================================================
+Several bug fixes (see ChangeLog).
 
-- Support structured destinations from PDF 2.0.
-- PNG /Smask for PDF 2.0.
-- Variable font interface for luahbtex.
-- Different radical style defaults in mathdefaultsmode.
-- Optionally block selected discretionary creation.
-- Improvements for TrueType fonts implementation.
-- More efficient <tt>\fontdimen</tt> allocation.
-- Ignore paragraphs with only a local par node followed by direction
-synchronization nodes.
 
+
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 LuaTeX 1.15.0 2021-12-31 
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