On Saturday 30 January 2010 11:01:46 Stefano Franchi wrote: > 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.
So please, don't be shy, show me an example of this format :-) SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
