On 01/30/10, Peter Kümmel <syntheti...@gmx.net> wrote: >Am Freitag, den 29.01.2010, 18:03 -0600 schrieb Stefano Franchi: >> On 01/29/10, Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> wrote: >> >On Friday 29 January 2010 18:41:57 Peter Kümmel wrote: >> >> Am Freitag, den 29.01.2010, 17:55 -0500 schrieb Steve Litt: >> >> > Hi Peter, >> >> > >> >> > As a LyX user who often parses LyX native code in documents, >> >> > programmatically writes LyX native code, and uses Vim to change LyX >> >> > native code, I have the same reservations about lua as I do with XML >> >> > -- it might make my job as a user a lot harder. Starting from your >> >> > link I tried to find an example of luatex and couldn't. >> >> > >> >> > When the talk turns of embedding LUA within TeX, I start getting VERY >> >> > nervous. XML is bad enough, but at least with an XML parser it parses >> >> > down to hierarchy that could be reasonably parsed. Having looked at >> >> > Javascript embedded HTML, I'm concerned. >> >> > >> >> > Do you have more docuemntation with examples of Luatex? >> >> >> >> Your doubts are fully justified, I also couldn't find an example on the >> >> luatex site. Here is an example how Lua could be used within TeX >> >> http://luatex.bluwiki.com/go/Traversing_TeX_nodes >> >> Open a scope and enter the Lua scipt. >> >> I assume the script is simpler than all the <..> </..> tags. >> > >> >This example has no content. I'd be interested to see a real LuaTeX >> > document in its native format. >> >> Steve, >> >> isn't (the current version of) LuaTeX the backend to the latest version of >> Context (Mark IV)? If so, I guess you could take a look at the ConTeXt >> wiki for example of their LuaTex-backed format: >> >> http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ > >In this blog is a entry "How does LuaTeX relate to ConTeXt and LaTeX?" >http://www.texdev.net/tag/luatex/ >
Thanks for the link. I think I got it right then: LuaTex is a backend--an engine--and not a format per se. At the moment, the only high-level editing system taking advantage of LuaTeX is ConTeXt Mark IV, whose "format" would provide the information Steve was looking for. Cheers, S. > ______________________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Department of Philosophy Ph: (979) 862-2211 Texas A&M University Fax: (979) 845-0458 305B Bolton Hall fran...@philosophy.tamu.edu College Station, TX 77843-4237
