[luatex] \pdfshellescape

[David Carlisle]

On 6 December 2015 at 11:56, Hans Hagen <pragma at wxs.nl> wrote:
> On 12/6/2015 1:25 AM, David Carlisle wrote:
>>
>> On 5 December 2015 at 23:29, luigi scarso <luigi.scarso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> but I'm not sure that this will be the final form --- maybe for this
>>> reason it  is still to be documented.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks it would be nice if you could document it, even (or especially)
>> if it is likely to change.
>>
>> We may need it in latex (existing packages using \pdfshellescape) and
>> I feel uneasy
>> relying on undocumented code.
>>
>> It does seem a bit strange being overloaded on to os.execute() since
>> it is presumably a fixed
>> integer for the duration of any document, so the function syntax seems
>> slightly odd, but
>> it's certainly workable (if documented:-) so that's more of a minor
>> aside since you mentioned
>> it might change.
>
>
> I'll add
>
> \directlua{tex.write(status.shell_escape)}
>
> While testing your stuff you can do:
>
> \directlua{tex.write(status.shell_escape or 2)}
>
> (as it will be available in 0.81)
>
> Hans
>
>

Sounds good, thanks

David