Am 05.03.2014 um 16:18 schrieb Wolfgang Schuster <schuster.wolfgang@gmail.com>:

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> Am 05.03.2014 um 16:07 schrieb Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>:
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>>> striplong 
>>> 
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>> It would be nice if striplong worked, but the example fails when string.striplong is used in place of string.strip. The log says:
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>> ! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: attempt to call field 'striplong' (a nil value)
>> stack traceback:
>>     [string "\directlua "]:1: in main chunk.
>> Is the format of the call different than shown in the wiki, or is a different mechanism required to quote a potentially long string?
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> The name of the function is “strings.striplong”.

This should be “utilities.strings.striplong” but it has no effect because when take a look
at the saved string in Lua you can see that blank lines are removed from the text.

Wolfgang