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[\directlua]:1: ')' expected near <eof>

In most cases I get this error: [\directlua]:1: ')' expected near . I want to calculate \Abs{((\bx-\ax)*(\cx-\ax)+(\by-\ay)*(\cy-\ay))/(809.55841)} and then round up \documentclass[margin=1cm]{...
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LuaLatex: create tabularx with multiple direclua

I'm using LuaLatex to create a tabular, but it work only if the entire tabular is created inside a single directlua. Why does the former work but not the latter ? This work \directlua{ tex.print(&...
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obtaining a substring with \directlua when original string contains %-character

I want to implement in LaTeX a sort of function with two parameters a String containing a percentage e.g. "3.20 %" an integer, e.g. 2000 The result should be the product of both numbers (in ...
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TikZ---reading coordinates from an external file

I am trying to draw a picture with inputs from a bunch of csv files. Let's take the case where the content of the file is a simple tuple of floats: >>> cat coords/right_corner.csv 8....
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Issue with percent signs in luacode (LuaLaTeX)

My example doesn't work at this location string.find(s:sub(1, 1), "%a"). How to fix it? MWE: % !TeX program = lualatex % !TeX encoding = utf-8 %===============================================...
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Understanding implicit error on a recursive function

I was originally following the idea from Garrick Peschke To import all .tex files inside a folder, but I want my Lua function to also search inside subfolders. Unfortunately I can't make the Lua ...
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Pgfkeys .code and \directlua problem

Comment the 2 lines alternativelly, one works the other doesn't : \documentclass{beamer} \begin{document} \pgfkeys{/Baq/.cd , nb/.default = 10, nb/.store in = \nb, nb, contraintes/....
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[\directlua]:1: invalid escape sequence - a no \string solution please

I have to pass different strings from latex to lua as arguments. I have a solution for an argument in a command, but in case of pgf keys, it seems not working. Use \string is not suitable, if it looks ...
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Why is `tex.sprint` deferred when handling `process_input_buffer`?

%!TEX program=lualatex \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \def\specialRead{\directlua{ luatexbase.add_to_callback('process_input_buffer', function (line) if line:find('^\\...
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Drawing 2d and 3d vectors using lua or luamplib in LaTeX

Here is the tikz code using which vectors can be drawn. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{tikz-3dplot} \usepackage{amsmath} \begin{document} \tdplotsetmaincoords{60}{120} \begin{...
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How can I get babel to use a fallback font when a special character is missing from the main font?

Sometimes there is a character in my text that is not in the main font, such as Chinese characters or emojis, etc. and I do not want to constantly modify this in the text with various commands to ...
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Pass string with escape characters and comma through xkeyval package while compiling the document with LuaLaTeX

The following is the code of the file temptest.sty \ProvidesPackage{temptest} \RequirePackage{amsmath,amssymb} \RequirePackage{xkeyval} \RequirePackage{luacode} \begin{luacode*} function myfunc(m,n) ...
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Alignment Gets changed in tabular environment on adding argument in lua function on compiling with LuaLaTeX

The following code works and gives expected output with expected alignment. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function myfunc() str2=[[$1$ & $2$ & $3$ & $4$ &...
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macros avoid linebreak if macro expands to nothing

I know this one is quite similar to this post (from me). But even with using % all over the place and \ignorespaces there is still a linebreak. See my mwe: (main2.tex) \documentclass{article} \...
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How do you select individual end alternate/swash characters with LuaLaTeX and fontspec?

Basic Problem Statement I would like to enable some (but not all) stylistic alternate ".end" characters from an OpenType font, on condition that they replace terminal characters in a word. ...
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Table CHAR alignment in XML

I have successfully loaded XML in LuaLaTeX with XML-Tables based on this example Count Number of Columns in XML. I have need the table alignments from tbody instead of thead. And how to define ...
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Figure Text in same Document with Anchor Tag

I had referred this link: Create Separate File using LuaLaTeX But i have need in the same document. I would like to give anchor tags in the figure caption and move the figure caption text in the top ...
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Can I make a macro behave like \numexpr?

For example I define \fpeval in Plain LuaTeX: \begingroup \catcode`\%=12 \directlua{ function math.round_int ( x ) return x>=0 and math.floor(x+0.5) or math.ceil(x-0.5) end function ...
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\let\mySection\section with directlua

Next lualatex MWE emulates \newcommand\mySection{\section} on the lua side. % !TEX TS-program = lualatex \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \directlua{ token.set_macro('mySection', '\\section')...
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Fixing error during collection of all boxes

i tired the code from this answer to arrange images loaded by includegraphics but got some errors i can not fix. the following code module(...,package.seeall) local function get_boxes(parent) local ...
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Command calls LuaLaTeX function, backslash in argument [duplicate]

I would like to create a command that simply prints what I give to it, but through Lua. Pointless for now, but I want to expand this to a more complex use-case. I've read a few answers around here, ...
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Use unicode COMBINING LOW LINE (U+0332) as underline

In the same vein as Using unicode "combining right arrow above" to generate vector command, I’d like to use U+0332 “ ̲” as a “graphical” alias for \underline. I don’t know Lua, so I’m not ...
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Can I make \directlua understand unicode chars like ≥, ≤, ≠, ∙, and −?

MWE: \directlua{% local abs=math.abs function gcd(x, y) if y \csstring\~= 0 then return gcd(y, x \csstring\% y)% I would like to write "≠" instead of "~=". else ...
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Problem writing to file through \directlua in a memoir class document

Below is a minimal example of some code where the memoir class seems to collide with Lua code, executed within a \directlua command, that writes to an external file. Can anyone help me figure out the ...
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Syntax error in LuaLaTeX \directlua code

I have the below document that I try to compile with LuaLaTex (using the MiKTeX package). \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplots} \pgfplotsset{compat=newest} \begin{document} \expandafter\...
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LuaTeX: lua best coding practices

What are some of the best coding practices to follow when splitting and loading lua code from multiple external lua files, and dealing with lua code from other lualatex packages. This thought comes to ...
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Unwanted spacing between text and tikzpicture caused by "non-visual" code lines

I want to show some subgraphs of a certain graph. I want them side by side and labeled. This is what I've got: I can't provide working LaTeX-code, since I have implemented the graphdrawing ...
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How to pass macro arguments (#1, #2, ..) to Lua variables

This question is probably trivial, but I started exploring Lua(La)TeX a couple of hours ago so bear with me. The MWE is the following: test.tex: \documentclass{article} \directlua{require("test....
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Problem using macros in directua [duplicate]

I have the following external lua script: -- file mylua.lua function test(input) tex.sprint(input) end And the following lualatex document: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \directlua{...
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Incompatibility between LuaLatex font feature and Graphite?

when I use LuaLaTeX to modify my font (for example here kerning) at the same time as Graphite, there seems to be a problem because nothing happens. Everything seems to go well when I'm not using ...
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Define an incremental counter with Lua

I would like to receive a suggestion for this example. Really, it is more a question related to Lua scripting. Minimal working example \documentclass{beamer} \directlua{dofile("timer.lua")} ...
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MathML Format XML in Lua

I have successfully loaded XML in LuaLaTeX. But how to load MathML. Any Lua Modules are available? My LaTeX file: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode*} xml = require('luaxml-...
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Importing luaqd library in LuaTeX

I am looking for easy way to importing lqd or some other similar library in LuaTeX so that It can used in LaTeX. The lmapm library is wriiten by Luiz Figueiredo, one of the authors of the Lua ...
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Incorrect value of Pi in Lua after 16th Decimal Place

The following is the code. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{document} \luaexec{tex.sprint(string.format('\%.20f', math.pi))} \end{document} It gives the output as 3....
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Setting Environment while defining complex numbers in LuaTeX

My question is inspired from this question that I asked earlier. Here is the code. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{parskip,luacode} \begin{luacode*} M = {} -- the module complex = {} -- ...
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Evaluating Mathematical Expressions in Lua

Here is the code. \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \directlua{tex.sprint(tostring(math.sin(math.pi)))} \\ \directlua{tex.sprint(tostring(math.tan(math.pi/2)))} \end{document} I am expecting ...
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Trouble while giving input from tex.sprint function to another function in LuaTeX

I have the set.lua file with the following code. local Set = {} --module local mt = {} --metatable function Set.new (l) local set = {} setmetatable(set, mt) for ...
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Error when Metatable is set for global environment in Lua LaTeX

I have the set.lua file with the following code. local Set = {} --module local mt = {} --metatable setmetatable(_G,{__index=function(t,k) return k end}) --some functions return Set ...
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siunitx table, formatting \directlua{} ouput

I have a table with values calculated with \directlua{}. They are formatted with siunitx columns. I want to turn some values bold or change their color. It appears that the output of \directlua{} ...
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Gregorio - Glyph missing?

I've just updated to TexLive 2019 on Mac and then Gregorio 5.2.1. This is the file I'm trying to compile (with my past distribution of TexLive 2018): % !TEX program = LuaLaTeX+se % !TEX encoding = ...
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I wish to set PDF metadata from within LuaTeX

I found out how to implement the Lua code for setting PDF metadata. I have failed. My code: \directlua0{ pdf.setinfo ("Title", "Naked Cheerleaders on Crack") pdf.setinfo ("...
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transform a scientific notation to decimal notation with lua

The next code gives 5e-05 with \luaveclen{0.00003}{0.00004} but I need a decimal How to get a decimal notation ? \def\luaveclen#1#2{ \directlua{ x = #1; y = #2; r=(x*x+y*y)...
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How can I use \n in \directlua{} to replace empty lines

Let’s assume I have a file file.txt containing This is a test and I want to replace the contents (from within TeX) with This is\par a test I tried to use Lua but stuck with the \n in the ...
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Different answers of calculations in LuaLaTeX on local computer, lua compiler and on overleaf

Here is the code. It makes use of the file matrix.lua available at the following link. https://github.com/davidm/lua-matrix/blob/master/lua/matrix.lua The following code is to be run by matrix.lua ...
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Issue with xparse and lualatex

I have the following code \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode,xparse,amsmath} \begin{luacode*} local matrix = require "matrix" local complex = require "complex" function add(m,n) m=...
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Nesting of functions not working in lualatex

Here is the code. It makes use of the file matrix.lua available at the following link. https://github.com/davidm/lua-matrix/blob/master/lua/matrix.lua \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \...
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Using output of one lua function as input of another function in tex file

The following is the code. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{document} \begin{luacode*} function string(x) tex.sprint(x) end function combine(x,y) tex.sprint(x.." "..y) end \end{...
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Bug in Lualatex: not printing characters from calculation

I have the following code \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{document} \begin{luacode*} local matrix = require "matrix" local complex = require "complex" function cmatrix(n) return ...
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How to pass array of values in lualatex?

Here is code for matrix multiplication. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function MatMul( m1, m2 ) if #m1[1] ~= #m2 then return nil end local ...
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Finding Greatest Common Divisor using LuaLatex

Here is my code to find Greatest Common Divisor of two positive integers. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{luacode} \begin{luacode} function gcd(a,b) if b ~= 0 then return gcd(b, a % ...
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