On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 08:55:30AM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
> So, everytime \setvariables is call, the value of the `set` key is executed.
Hello Aditya,
this is the key sentence to understand better what "reset" and "set" are good
for!
I had to read your explanation thrice :-) and run yo
On Tue, 8 Oct 2019, Rudolf Bahr wrote:
On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 10:44:12PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
While it is true that you're free to choose the name for the keys there are
two keys with a special meaning, these two keys are "reset" and "set". The
value of the "reset" key is used befo
On Sun, Oct 06, 2019 at 10:44:12PM +0200, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
> While it is true that you're free to choose the name for the keys there are
> two keys with a special meaning, these two keys are "reset" and "set". The
> value of the "reset" key is used before the values in \setvariables are
>
Rudolf Bahr schrieb am 06.10.2019 um 07:11:
Hello Wolfgang,
what exactly does the command
"\setvariable{martin}{set}{\directsetup{martin}}"?
Let's start with a simple example where I set a values with the
\setvariables command.
\setvariables
[metadata]
[author=Rudolf Bahr,
date=\current
> A solution which uses only existing commands in the document.
>
> \startsetups [martin]
> \startlua
> local points = tonumber(\getvariable{martin}{question}) or 0 ;
> points = points * 92 ;
> local answer = 42 ;
> context.setvariable("martin","points",po
Thanks for the quick answers. Both suggestions work for me.
@Massi Thanks for the pointer into the cld-mkiv.pdf
@Wolfgang: I have to admit that I don't completely comprehend your solution,
though it
works. Searching around for the commands you use, I came across an older
posting you
answered
Martin Althoff schrieb am 27.09.2019 um 06:59:
Hi, I am trying to pass variables/data between context and lua. Lua would be
used for
calculations on data coming from context.
Unfortunately I can't figure out what to do. The code below doesn't work, but
is there to
illustrate my idea.
Any help
\starttext
\define\question{44}
\startluacode
-- see "ConTeXt Lua Documents" manual, §7.4 Looking inside
local question = tokens.getters.macro("question")
-- it's up to you to verify that \question contains a number
-- better using the userdata table for your data
userdata.points = tonumber( que
Hi, I am trying to pass variables/data between context and lua. Lua would be
used for
calculations on data coming from context.
Unfortunately I can't figure out what to do. The code below doesn't work, but
is there to
illustrate my idea.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Martin
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