On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:34 PM, luigi scarso <luigi.scarso@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
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>> luigi scarso wrote:
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>>> While grepping, I've found
>>> in  base/node-ini.lua
>>> .....
>>> --[[ldx--
>>> <p>Serializing nodes can be handy for tracing. Also, saving and
>>> loading node lists can come in handy as soon we are going to
>>> use external applications to process node lists.</p>
>>> --ldx]]--
>>> .....
>>>
>>>
>>> \starttext
>>> \setbox100=\vbox{Hi}
>>> \ctxlua{io.savedata('vbox.hi',nodes.serializebox(100,true, true))}
>>> Box reuse:\blank
>>> \box100
>>> \blank
>>> \ctxlua{initt=loadfile('vbox.hi');initt();tex.box[100] =
>>> nodes.FromTableToNodeButItnotExists(t)}
>>> %%actually an empty box, of course
>>> \box100
>>> \stoptext
>>>
>>> I was not able to find a "table2node" function ie
>>> nodes.FromTableToNodeButItnotExists(t)
>>>
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>> indeed, that has a low priority
>>
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BTW,
Am I wrong if I say that this serialization is an alternative form for a pdf
" box " ?

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luigi