Am 05.03.2013 11:13, schrieb Taco Hoekwater: > On Mar 1, 2013, at 9:06 PM, Mico Loretan <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> The slnunicode library [of Unicode-aware string manipulation >>> functions] will be replaced by an internal Unicode library in a >>> future LuaTeX version. >> >> Is it possible to be a bit more specific as to when this library >> might become available? :-) > > > In 0.80, hopefully, to be included in TeXLive 2013. In practice, > that means in a few weeks, since the deadline for TL 2013 is end of > March. In that version, there will be probably be both the old > slnunicode library and a new library of our own writing, to ease the > transition.
MediaWiki developers seem to have implemented their own Unicode-aware string library for Lua, too. Don't know if and how that differs from the Selene library, though. <URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension%3AScribunto/Lua_reference_manual#Ustring_library>. Best regards, Stephan Hennig
