On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 10:57 PM, David Carlisle <[email protected]>
wrote:
> etex and xetex can not use registers higher than 256 with \insert, however
> the following plain tex works without error with luatex
>
>
>
> \mathchardef\footins=1000
>
> qqq\footnote{1}{zzz}
>
> \bye
>
> Can this be relied on, and luatex will accept the full box register
> range with \insert?
>
> If so could \insert be added to the manual in section 2.4 where \box
> \count etc
> are listed as accepting 16-bit numbers,
>
Added \insert.
Thank you for the report.
--
luigi
