Dear list members,

I want to process cross-references in ConTeXt/LuaTeX, that is, to do 
some calculations in Lua with the page and line numbers returned by the 
\at and \inlinerange commands.

But this does not work, as these commands are obviously not being 
expanded before they are passed to Lua.

Here is a minimal example:


|\setupreferencing[state=start]||\definenumber[test]\setnumber[test][5]\startluacodefunction 
TestVar(var)print('VARIABLE: ')print(var)tex.print(var)end 
\stopluacode\def\TestLua#1{\ctxlua{TestVar([==[#1]==])}}% Cf. 
https://www.contextgarden.net/Programming_in_LuaTeX\startbuffer[testtext]\dorecurse{100}{Words, 
words, words. }\stopbuffer\starttext\startlinenumberingCounter: 
\TestLua{\rawcountervalue[test]}\par% The counter is expanded before 
being passed to Lua.Lineref: \TestLua{\inlinerange[1]}\par% The line 
reference is not expanded before being passed to 
Lua.\getbuffer[testtext]\someline[1]LABEL 1 \stoplinenumbering\stoptext|||


\TestLua just passes the argument to the Lua command TestVar, which 
prints it to stdout and returns it to TeX. The pdf result looks good at 
first glance, showing the correct values as expected, but in stdout we read:

|VARIABLE: 5 VARIABLE: \inlinerange[1] |||

The line reference obviously has not been expanded before but only after 
having been passed to the Lua command. Accordingly, when trying to 
perform mathematical calculations on it in Lua, there will be an error.

So how can I pass the value of my reference to Lua?

Best regards,
Oliver


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