From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/69940 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jaroslav Hajtmar Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Optimal way to defining of macros in Luacode in ConTeXt Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:45 +0200 Message-ID: <4E1D6DF9.2050700@gyza.cz> References: <4E1C6883.30300@gyza.cz> <4E1C6BA0.90008@wxs.nl> <4E1D51D5.50507@gyza.cz> <4E1D6B95.4080200@wxs.nl> Reply-To: hajtmar@gyza.cz, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310551571 14452 80.91.229.12 (13 Jul 2011 10:06:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:06:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: Hans Hagen Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Jul 13 12:06:06 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QgwKT-0007NT-Pb for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:06:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2908CAE3C; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:06:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id WzJF+Bi5WcSw; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:59 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF750CAE10; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72B74CAE10 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id bNZ-86TIFndX for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-nij.mf.surf.net (filter1-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.152]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE63CAE0C for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from psi4.forpsi.com (smtpa.forpsi.com [81.2.195.204]) by filter1-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p6DA5oun003510 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:05:51 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 31520 invoked by uid 89); 13 Jul 2011 10:05:48 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.20.100?) (hajtmar@88.103.230.14) by psi04 with ESMTPA; 13 Jul 2011 10:05:48 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; cs; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100216 Thunderbird/3.0.2 In-Reply-To: <4E1D6B95.4080200@wxs.nl> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=81.2.195.204; country=CZ; latitude=49.7500; longitude=15.5000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=49.7500,15.5000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 07F7m5OfM - 7eeaa88b41cc - 20110713 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.152 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:69940 Archived-At: Great!!!! Hans, thanx very much for complete an exhaustive answer.. It very help me to solve my module Regards Jaroslav Dne 13.7.2011 11:55, Hans Hagen napsal(a): > On 13-7-2011 10:05, Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: >> Hello all. >> It is GREAT! Thanx Hans and Wolfgang too. It is very instructive and >> inspiring for me... >> I was looking for something similar for a long time, but I have not >> found anything (not even in the CLD-MKIV and others ...). Finally, after >> yours reply to this email find something in the ctx-man.pdf from 1997 >> year :-). >> But I have a few questions and comments on this subject: >> >> 1. Is there any possibility to do anything similar with counters, >> dimensions etc? I trying but without success. >> For example: >> context.newcount(mycounter) or context.newcounter(mycounter) >> context.mycounter=5 etc. > > As currently we cannot define a counter at the tex end (using > countdef) it would introduce too much complexitity to mimmick that now. > > When you do: > > context.newcount("name") > > you should realize that this command is effectuated after the lua > call, so if you want a counter also at the tex level you should define > it at that end, > > \newcount\name > >> or it must be realized by classical way: >> context('\\newcount\\mycounter') >> context('\\mycounter=10') >> context('\\advance\\mycounter by5') >> context('\\the\\mycounter') > > tex.count.name = 10 > tex.count.name = tex.count.name + 5 > > if you never need the counter at the tex end, you can of course use a > lua number instead. > >> similary with \newdimen, \newif etc... > > at some point we will have helpers for that > >> 2. Any person interested in using context.setvalue{"Mymacro",somevalue) >> and context([[\def\MyMacro#1{#1}]]) syntaxes I have pointed out that the >> second syntax only operates when the command is given in a separate LUA >> file (ie file.lua) (ie not within an environment \startluacode - >> \stopluacode in classical TEX file!!!). Hans told me once that it is the >> individual categories of characters (backslash??) (if I remember >> correctly). >> First syntax works perfectly in LUA and TeX files too. > > indeed, but if you already have the command and it's defined as > unexpandable then you can use the [[ ]] method too > >> Here I have a question. Why not comment out this case in TEX file? >> >> \startluacode >> -- context([[\def\macro#1{#1}]]) >> \stopluacode >> >> I get error: >> ! Undefined control sequence. >> -- context([[\def \macro >> #1{#1}]]) >> \dodostartluacode ...and \directlua \zerocount {#1 >> }} >> l.25 \stopluacode >> ? >> >> That category characters again? Comment character -- works differently >> in TEX file, and otherwise in the LUA file? >> Ie. comment on the backslash? > > indeed > >> 3. Wolfgang write about using context command >> >> \convertnumber{R}{1400} and the corresponding syntax: >> context.convertnumber("R",1400) to roman converting. >> It is great, but I could not figure out how to use in combination with >> the above syntax (ie use case context.command) or find the appropriate >> conversion LUA function (I did not use a custom function). >> Is there any way to do something like that: >> >> context([[\def\Macro%s{Macro%s}]],context.convertnumber("R",1400),1400) >> ??? >> ie. TEX command is used as a LuaTeX parameter? > > context([[\def\Macro%s{Macro%s}]],converters.romannumeral(1400),1400) > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________________________________