[texworks] I cannot enable plugin scripting languages

[Mark Yagnatinsky]

You're right, it looks like the latest miktex doesn't have the lua plugin.

On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 04.11.2015 03:48, Antonio Majer wrote:
>
> I’d like to use lua for my scripts, but unfortunately the checkbox under
> “Scripts” in my Preferences dialog form is not activated.
>
>
> This checkbox is deactivated if there are no scripting language plugins
> installed (as, in that case, there is no point in this option anyway). You
> can double-check this from Scripts > Scripting TeXworks > About Scripts...:
> if it only shows "QtScript" but not "Lua" then the lua scripting plugin is
> not installed.
>
> I don't know if the MiKTeX devs provide the lua plugin or not, but it is
> included in the version available from http://www.tug.org/texworks/ as
> mentioned by the other posters.
>
> HTH
> Stefan