2011/1/7 Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o. <l...@pontex.cz>: > Hello, > > I created a testing file which tests existence and type of > (tex|context|document).(modes|arguments|variables) by Lua - see the > attachments. > > It seems that: > > - Modes are accessible by tex.modes[<a-mode>]. > > - - tex.modes are 'false' by default. I.e. they are not 'nil' but 'false', > even if not specified on the command line. (tex.mode.__newindex predefined > to this purpose?) > > - There is no table of arguments or variables being passed by > --arguments="ARG=arg" or by --variable="VAR=var" from the command line. > > - All arguments passed to the command line are accessible by > document.arguments. Unfortunately, when repeating an arg, only the last is > accessible, e.g. > > context.exe t.mkiv --arguments="ARG1=arg1" --arguments="ARG2=arg2" > > will cause that only (string) "ARG2=arg2" will be in > document.arguments.arguments. > > - - That means also that not splitting to key-value pair is not performed by > default (document.arguments.arguments is still "ARG2=arg2", no splitting to > document.arguments.arguments.ARG2 to be "arg2" is not done). > > - Not only predefined options/switches, but all args passed by command line > are accessible by document.arguments. I.e. it's possible to call > > context.exe t.mkiv --myvar=MYVAR > > and later it's possible to get "MYVAR" from document.arguments.myvar. > > Let's check the call: > > context.exe t.mkiv --arguments=AAA=aaa --mode=MMM --arguments=BBB=bbb > --myvar=MYVAR > > Best regards, > > Lukas > > > On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:11:51 +0100, Peter Münster <pmli...@free.fr> wrote: > >> Procházka Lukáš <l...@pontex.cz> writes: >> >>> I'd need to pass a variable to Ctx and to retrieve it inside a >>> compiled document - via Ctx itself and also by Lua. >> >> Hello, >> >> % cmd-line: context --arguments=testvar=my-value test >> \starttext >> value of testvar: \env{testvar} >> >> with lua: \ctxlua{tex.print(document.arguments.arguments)} >> \stoptext >> >> There is perhaps a nicer solution in lua. >> >> Peter >> > > > -- > Ing. Lukáš Procházka [mailto:l...@pontex.cz] > Pontex s. r. o. [mailto:pon...@pontex.cz] [http://www.pontex.cz] > Bezová 1658 > 147 14 Praha 4 > > Tel: +420 244 062 238 > Fax: +420 244 461 038 > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > 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 : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > Maybe Data Description can here here http://www.lua.org/pil/10.1.html
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