Questions tagged [lua]
Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.
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How to Set Lengths (Glue/Skips?, not Dimensions), in LuaTeX?
I am trying to define a length, (not a dimension)—using Lua. But, I am having trouble with the syntax. I think I am supposed to be using the same structures/prototypes as glue_spec in order to still ...
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Load font style of OpenType font in lualatex
I got some problems loading .otf fonts with fontspec in lualatex. What I don't get is the following: Let's suppose I have several .ttf font styles. Then I will just specify them succesively for my ...
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Lua, does tex.print only accumulate
I can either build the output first then use tex.print or I can use tex.print for each string. Is there a performance penalty?
It's easier to use tex.print than having to build the string but if it ...
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How to correctly set x,y of nodes within a custom lua layout
I am trying to understand how I can place nodes within lua at correct x and y coordinates. I have this code mainly from the pgf/tikz manual:
-- This is the file RectangleTreeLayout.lua
local declare ...
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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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Lua package submission to ctan
I have created some useful stuff for Mathematics with lua. So far I have the following files.
my package.sty
file1.lua
file2. lua
readme
documentation.tex
documentation. pdf
The read me file ...
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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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TeX Live: “(lua): Not Enough Memory” | Chinese Fonts
I have a freshly installed and updated TeX Live system.
I want to compile a simple LuaLaTeX document containing Chinese characters (see below, not a MWE, just for illustration).
During the compilation ...
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Arithmetics in LuaLaTeX
I have the following code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{luacode}
\begin{luacode}
function fact(n)
if n == 0 then
return 1
else
tex.sprint ( n * fact(n - 1) )
...
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Resources for learning Lua programming
I saw power of LuaLaTeX through several examples on the TeX Stack Exchange site. Could you suggest some books or other resources to learn Lua programming? I want to learn about variables, loops, ...
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Conditional string replacements in LuaLaTeX
I want to process whole tex file content with string replacements using lua. The following are the conditions
F, G, H should be replaced by P, Q, R respectively.
However if they aren't followed by a,...
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Auto replacement of characters
To make it very simple, I want to change the mapping of keyboard keys and unicode characters, but not by programming. I want to do it with LaTeX.
eg. As suggested by @Ulrike and @Phelype I've edited ...
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How do I define a new TeX register with arguments in LuaTeX?
Some time ago I tried to implement the \pdfadjustinterwordglue from pdfTeX in LuaTeX using a callback. Getting the callback to work is pretty simple, but there is another major problem in the way ...
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How to make `kpse.find_file` aware of `\input@path` modifications?
I'm working on a \graphicspath like feature for GregorioTeX and having some problems making \input@path work with our Lua code. Basically, while \input@path works for \input statements, before we ...
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Can we draw tikz node with lua node this way?
I've found this example of using lua node. To output Va they've:
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
\directlua{
local g1 = node.new("glyph")
g1.font = font.current()
g1....
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Insert something when *not* before a page break
I've tried to find a solution but obviously the right search phrases escape me ...
I need to insert something into the document which will be suppressed if it would be followed by a page break.
For ...
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How to draw network diagrams with lua and tikz?
I was reading this article on drawing with lua and tikz. On page 45 of the article, the author's given an example code demonstrating the way to do so. Here's his lua code:
-- File SimpleDemo.lua
...
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Formatting table with a lua for loop
I was trying to get a table like this
1
2 3 4
5 6 7
8 9 10
with this function
function myTable()
t = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
for k = 1, #t do
if k == 1 then
...
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What is in `tex.print` or `tex.sprint`?
In an external file, I've put these 3 lines in a .lua file:
function texTest(name)
x = tex.print("Hello " .. name)
end
and when I call it from .tex file, it gets interpreted properly. Out of ...
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can one write tikz in lua code directly?
Sorry if this question sounds basic and naive for the experts, but something I wondered about for sometime.
Since tikz itself is implemented in lua interviews/2015-till-tantau
Then why can't one ...
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Preparing a latex installer to ship the reporting system
I have prepared a simple report making system that uses Latex to prepare all the reports.
It is a simple system that prepares a 15 page report by reading a CSV file.
I want to ship the system. I don'...
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Transforming a statement into a mathematical expression
Is there a way, where I could automatically transform a string (using a command) like:
(1/SF) * (MDD\_a) * (1/LDD\_b) * (MBS\_b) * (1/SSA\_ab)
into a mathematical expression like:
$(\frac{1}{SF}) * ...
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Getting cross references for the total pages correct the first time
In order to have a footer at each page that displays the current page number with the total number of pages (Eg.,4 of 12), I used lastpage package and placed the statement:
\rfoot{\thepage\ of \...
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Getting error undefined controlled sequence when trying to make a function of module
In the following code, the function named json_parser is meant to parse the JSON. I had initially kept this function as a separate module named json.lua and required it using:
local json = require("...
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Getting Missing number, treated as zero error when trying to fit table in the document
While trying to dynamically render a table, it gets out of the document generated and looks as follows:
To avoid this, I followed the steps mentioned in:
SO Post - 1, which uses tabularx
SO Post - 2,...
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Reducing the document preparation time with lualatex [closed]
I am trying to render a document that is around 2300 pages from a JSON file using lualatex.
It takes around 32 seconds to create a document. The document is a series of tables and paragraphs. I think ...
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Saving all the latex to a file and then render reading from the file
I am rendering Latex that spawns ~2600 pages. The document is rendered from a JSON using Lua. It takes around 32 seconds to prepare the document of ~2600 pages. To verify, if there is a difference in ...
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How can you change the appearance of a line (edge) with a tikz graph drawing algorithm written in Lua?
In my graph drawing algorithm (written in Lua for LuaLaTeX), I'd like to change a solid line to a dashed line. I use a Digraph with some vertices and arcs between them. On page 499 of the Tikz & ...
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LuaLaTeX: How to correctly resolve absolute path with \directlua on Windows
I need to resolve absolute path to fonts:
\setmainjfont[
Path = \currfileabsdir,
UprightFont = fonts/HGS_Mincho/HGRMB.ttc,
BoldFont = fonts/HGS_Mincho/HGRME.ttc
]{HGS ...
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Using ODT styles in a reference template to format make4ht
Following my recent question Customizing ODT output from mk4ht oolatex and a improved process alternative described here: Use ODT Template for make4ht (which makes use of direct formatting by using ...
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Convert all all-caps words to small caps #2
A question very similar to mine was asked before, but I assume that there are others with the same issue and that there are other solutions. I know several academic publishers that don't like ...
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Can't execute jar from directory with umlaut
Okay so this is quite an exotic question and I am unsure whether it really fits on this page. But as it involves LaTeX I'll post it here.
I have written a Java program that I am calling from inside ...
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Custom Lua feature for CID-keyed font
fonts.handlers.otf.addfeature in luaotfload can be used to create custom features for fonts.
The unicode values of glyphs can be used for CID fonts in the same way as for GID fonts, but some fonts ...
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LuaLaTeX set a path in lua
I have defined a command
\newcommand{\mypath}{/Documents/Myfile/additionalresources/}
that contains the path to some external files that I need in my main file. I need to use the \mypath command to ...
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Collect numbers a,b and c from equation $ax^2+bx+c=0$ with lpeg (luatex)
This is my first attempt to create macro with luatex. the macro \solveq to solve quadratic equation ax^2+bx+c=0 here my code
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{luacode}
...
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Insert LaTeX code at line break
Is there a way to insert arbitrary (La)TeX-code at the line break of a typeset line?
I am aware that this isn't really possible with (La)TeX as such. But looking at all the interesting chickenize-...
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Lua Table or XML as Bibliography File in LuaLaTeX
According to the ConTeXt Wiki in ConTeXt you can use the bibtex format for bibliographies but are not limited to that filetype. Since lua and XML are a little more universal but i can‘t (yet) switch ...
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Set global non-ligature kerning with selnolig
Similar to this question I want to use selnolig but I don't like the fact that in words containing fl without ligature these two letters are too close together.
Like in Mico's answer I want to use ...
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TeXShop console (not log) contains entire LuaLaTeX file
I tried the example of "von" in the post
Is direct utf8 input of combining diacritics in math mode possible with lualatex?
regarding the use of a Lua script to allow TeX commands for combining ...
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Implement a job queue in LuaLaTeX
I have a project depending on LuaLaTeX where the main document first generates one or more intermediate .tex files and then invokes lualatex in a loop to generate the final PDF results. This can ...
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Setting page attributes of every page in a generated ConTeXt file
I'm trying to inject page metadata into a PDF generated with ConTeXt so that the pages have their tabbing order set to use the document structure (for accessibility checks).
Currently, I can inject ...
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Included lilypond files being processed by lualatex can't contain % symbol comments
My MWE below shows two files working together to create a document containing music using the lyluatex package. Unfortunately, I've observed that if I add any comments to the contents anywhere in the ...
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How to integrate xkeyval keys with Lua code
I am currently maintaining a template that uses directlua to compute a value based on a number of parameters defined as command keys with keyval. As it stands, it compiles correctly. However, when I ...
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How can I retrieve \thepage (or detect a page change) from Lua in LuaTeX?
I am writing (contributing to) a LuaLaTeX package where a Lua function is used to generate images that are inserted in the LaTeX document.
One piece of information we need is the current page number ...
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LuaTeX error: LuaTeXbase-loader.sty
I am trying to edit my old CV with modernCV in Linux. Some missing styles and classes are not installed automatically -- so I now must try to do this manually.
Since the popular package source ctan....
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Strange ConTeXt fail to load pgf.gd.control
I'm playing with PGF's (algorithmic) graph drawing, which relies on Lua internally. I have no problems with LaTeX, but ConTeXt fails to load the package. For the simple document:
\usemodule[tikz]
\...
