[luatex] l3luatex module

Philipp Stephani st_philipp at YAHOO.DE
Mon Jan 3 14:39:12 CET 2011


Am 02.01.2011 um 22:47 schrieb Joseph Wright:

> On 02/01/2011 20:29, Philipp Stephani wrote:
>> and it would be nice if the expansion behavior for \lua_shipout were documented (like \iow_shipout):
>> - expanded now: yes/no
>> - expanded at shipout: yes/no
> 
> Re-reading the LuaTeX manual, I may have got the name wrong here, sorry. I think it should be :n, with explanation that expansion takes place at shipout. However, I'd appreciate some input from a Lua expert: any takers? (I'm not 100% clear from reading the manual, I'm afraid.)

Reading the source code, I guess \directlua behaves identically to \immediate\write, while \latelua corresponds to \write. If that is true, then the naming convention of the \iow_… macros should be applied. But I'm not sure, so cc'ing the LuaTeX list.


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