Re: loop textext and \MPstring{…}

[Andreas Harder <aharder@uni-koblenz.de>]

[-- Attachment #1.1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1293 bytes --]


Am 13.08.2009 um 05:00 schrieb Aditya Mahajan:

> You just need to work a little harder.
>
> \startbuffer[1]
> This is a test
> \stopbuffer
>
> \startbuffer[2]
> Another test
> \stopbuffer
>
> \startbuffer[3]
> And again
> \stopbuffer
>
> \startluacode
>  userdata = userdata or {}
>  function userdata.shift(i)
>    return "(" .. i .. "cm ," .. i .. "cm )"
>  end
>
>  function userdata.buffers(i)
>    local idx = string.format("%s",i)
>    local b = buffers.data[idx]
>    if b then
>      if type(b) == "table" then
>        return table.concat(b)
>      else
>        return b
>      end
>    else
>      return "unknown"
>    end
>  end
>
>  function userdata.draw_buffer(i)
>    return "draw btex " .. userdata.buffers(i) .. " etex  shifted "..  
> userdata.shift(i) .. ";"
>  end
> \stopluacode
>
> \starttext
>
>
> \startluacode
>
>  context.startMPpage({offset = "1ex", width = [[\paperwidth]],  
> height = [[\paperheight]]})
>    for i = 1,3 do
>      context(userdata.draw_buffer(i))
>    end
>  context.stopMPpage()
> \stopluacode
>
> \stoptext

Thank you very much!

I played today (a couple of hours) with your solution and adapted some  
things, so if someone is interested, I've attached the file.



PS. I like the math.random() function I found in the Lua manual.

Andreas

[-- Attachment #1.2.1: Type: text/html, Size: 2078 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #1.2.2: MP-Luatext2.tex --]
[-- Type: application/x-tex, Size: 4865 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #1.2.3: Type: text/html, Size: 257 bytes --]

[-- Attachment #2: Type: text/plain, Size: 487 bytes --]

___________________________________________________________________________________
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  : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
___________________________________________________________________________________