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To: ConTeXt <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Checking existence of a macro (control sequence) by Lua
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 00:42:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b58899c80e0ea1da906ac3a00e427faf@vivaldi.net> (raw)

Hello,

is it possible to check whether a macro exists (or - is it a 
non-\undefined control sequence) with Lua? Suppose:

----
\starttext
   \def\MyMacro{Ahoj}
   \def\MyMac#1#2{Something}

   \startluacode
     IsDefined = function(ctl_seq)
       print("CS " .. ctl_seq ..
                                 (tex.IsCS(ctl_seq) -- Or what to come 
here?
                                                    "is defined" or "is 
unknown") .. ".")
     end

     -- So the function should print to the console:

     IsDefined("MyMacro") --> "CS MyMacro is defined."
     IsDefined("MyMac") --> "CS MyMac is defined."
     IsDefined("bf") --> "CS bf is defined."
     IsDefined("dummy") --> "CS dummy is unknown."

   \stopluacode
\stoptext
----

Is it possible?

Best regards,

Lukas
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             reply	other threads:[~2020-05-27 22:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-27 22:42 context [this message]
2020-05-27 22:49 ` luigi scarso
2020-05-28  7:56   ` Hans Hagen
2020-05-28  6:50 ` Henri Menke
2020-05-28  8:34 ` Hans Hagen
2020-05-28 11:24   ` context
2020-05-28 21:24   ` context
2020-05-29  7:36     ` Hans Hagen
2020-05-29 21:21       ` context

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