> I like the Luatex code of Luigi. Though it is longer than what Wolfgang > suggested (and in this case, I am using Wolfgang's solution now that I know > about it), the luatex code seems to be the kind of programming that I am more > comfortable with. In fact, in Latex when I was trying to achieve this, I used > the python.sty package to code this in Python. The optimal solution is that one of Wolfgang that uses \expanded . The others are less than optimal.
> To be able to do this using Lua (Luatex), do I need to learn the Lua > programming > language. Do I pick up any beginners book on Lua? Any recommendations based on > experience of those who use Luatex here. Programming in Lua , see www.lua.org > > For example, one of the lines in the code is > > tprint = function(s) tex.sprint(tex.ctxcatcodes,s) end > > Is this Lua or LuaTex? luatex -- luigi ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________