[NTG-context] OT: Problem with writing macros into variables in LuaTeX

[Jaroslav Hajtmar]

Thanks Wolfgang,
these are very valuable tips for me for the future. I put them to 
special document for later use. Thanks again for the valuable advice.
Jaroslav Hajtmar



Dne 18.3.2012 14:00, Wolfgang Schuster napsal(a):
> Am 18.03.2012 um 13:48 schrieb Jaroslav Hajtmar:
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>    
>> >  Thanx Wolfgang.
>> >  
>> >  Thanks for the tip. I do too, but I did not know how to get into Lua code that the macro.
>>      
> The one thing you have to know, when you pass a macro from TeX to Lua it is expanded.
>
> \def\foo{FOO}
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> \directlua{myfuntion("\foo")}
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> In this example the Lua function gets “FOO” as input and not “\foo” because the argument of \directlua is expanded, to prevent you need a function which prevents expansion.
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> \directlua{myfunction("\string\foo")}
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> Works only for the command after \string.
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> \directlua{myfunction("\detokenize{\foo}")
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> Converts \foo into tokens and Lua sees now \foo.
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> \directlua{myfunction("\unexpanded{\foo}")
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> Prevents the argument to be expanded and Lua gets \foo (there are differences compared with \detokenize but I forgot them)
>
> Wolfgang
>