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From: Hans van der Meer via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: NTG ConTeXt <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans van der Meer <havdmeer@ziggo.nl>
Subject: Re: parameters TeX->LuaTeX
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 10:39:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ECBFA59F-977C-4706-A851-822CB17D4D12@ziggo.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <99336F15-7FDC-4E78-B5A1-046C8ACE57A6@ziggo.nl>


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And \ListSort[[abc]]{value} turns out to be worse: doesn't makes it into LuaTeX at all.
dr. Hans van der Meer


> On 5 Sep 2021, at 10:14, Hans van der Meer via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
> 
> There is something I do not understand in the passing of parameters from TeX to LuaTex.
> This is my TeX definition:
> \def\ListSort[#1]#2{\directlua{hvdm.listsort([===[#2]===],[===[#1]===])}}
> 
> Calling \ListSort[sep={ + }]{} delivers the string  'sep={ + }' into LuaTeX as the printout in the logfile shows and as intended.
> However in \ListSort[{ + }]{} the braces have disappeared and transferred is nothing more than ' + '.
> 
> Why is the transfer messing up the character string I am passing by removing the outer braces? Is this a bug or is it an unavoidable consequence of the TeX-LuaTeX interface?
> 
> dr. Hans van der Meer
> 
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-05  8:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-05  8:14 Hans van der Meer via ntg-context
2021-09-05  8:39 ` Hans van der Meer via ntg-context [this message]
2021-09-05  8:51 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context

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