Re: MP/Lua binding (was: Pass a lua table to metapost)

["Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o." <LPr@pontex.cz>]

Hello Hans,

> it's possible to ask values from within mp:
>
> \starttext
>
> \startluacode
> document.variables = {
>      labels = {
>          "one",
>          "two",
>          "three",
>      }
> }
> \stopluacode
>
> \startMPpage
>      numeric dx, dy;
>      dx = 4.4cm;
>      dy = 0.53cm;
>      path b[];
>      for i=1 upto lua("mp.print(\#document.variables.labels)") :
>          b[i] = unitsquare xscaled dx yscaled dy shifted (0, (i-1)*dy);
>          draw b[i];
>          label(lua("mp.quoted(document.variables.labels[" & decimal i &
> "])"), center b[i]);
>      endfor
> \stopMPpage
>
> \stoptext

is there a doc where to study MP/Lua binding ("mp" members; examples) - like the manual "ConTeXt Lua Documents"?

Here we can see Lua "mp.print()" and "mp.quoted()" usage...

Best regards,

Lukas


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