Hi
I hope this message is not too off topic but I thought I would
ask here first. I would very much like to (try...) to compile LuaTeX
using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. But I'm not sure if this is likely
to be enormously complex and maybe too difficult (for me, anyway).
Does the list know it is possible to build LuaTeX
under Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 --- if so, is this
possible from Taco's source distribution without having
to make substantial changes to anything.
One small thing I can confirm is that Lunatic Python can be quite easily
compiled to a Windows DLL to enable Python calls from Lua and hence
LuaTeX on Windows. LuaTeX's support for exteral modules now makes
it quite easy to do this.
I can confirm this seems to work, although I've
not really pushed it hard. The following very simple example does
work. Inspiration for doing this is due to the intersting article
by Luigi Scarso in the latest TUGBOAT.
Here's a simple example (far away from the complexities of Luigi's
work, but it shows the basic principle). This code is just quick hack
to get it up and running.
\directlua 0{
lib=package.loadlib('python.dll','luaopen_python')
lib()
pmw = python.globals()
p=python.import('Image')
im = p.open("c:\\logo.gif")
r,s,t=im.format, im.size, im.mode
tex.print(r,tostring(s),tostring(t))
sys = python.import("sys");
tex.print(tostring(sys.version_info))
}
\stoptext
Many thanks in advance to anyone who has time to share their
expertise and insight on a Windows build. Why build it? Just as a way to
learn more about how it works, that's it really.
Warm wishes to all
Graham
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