On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 11:17 AM Procházka Lukáš Ing. <LPr@pontex.cz> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm using the following code, mentioned here some time ago, to get some
> info about PDF:
>
> ----
> \startluacode
> figures.getinfo = function(name, page)
>      if type(name) == "string" then
>          name = { name = name, page = page }
>      end
>      if name.name then
>          local data = figures.push(name)
>
>          --figures.identify()
> local ok, res = pcall(figures.identify)
> print(">>1", ok, res)
>
>          --figures.check()
> local ok, res = pcall(figures.check)
> print(">>2", ok, res)
>
>          figures.pop()
>          return data
>      end
> end
>
> local data = figures.getinfo("NonExisting.pdf")
>
> \stopluacode
> ----
>
> The problem is that once the PDF file doesn't exist, the function causes
> ConTeXt to exit, even when I enclose 'figure.check()' into the 'pcall' (to
> be handled like try/catch mechanism).
>
> Is there a way so that the function 'figures.getinfo()' does't exit
> ConTeXt, it just returns 'nil', or even gives info which directories (or
> even which file types) were searched?
>
> TIA.
>
> something like that (untested), eventaully to be wrapped  in a your
function
local fileone = "NonExisting.pdf"
local data
if not lfs.isfile(fileone) then
    report("unknown file %a",fileone)
else
 data = figures.getinfo("NonExisting.pdf")
end

-- 
luigi