Re: [Dev-luatex] "error" in LuaTeX and Lua

4 Jun 2008

      Hello,
...
I have just committed code that implements this same 
extension for \latexlua (#1300). Some small tests seem to 
indicate it works, but I have not been exhaustive so it would 
be nice if you could do some tests as well.
I tested it using the following PlainTeX file:

%&luatex
% \pdfoutput=1 % A 

\def\llua#1{%
	\latelua name{\jobname-\the\inputlineno}0{#1}%
}

\def\dlua#1{%
	\directlua name{\jobname-\the\inputlineno}0{#1}%
}

\def\test{foo}

\dlua{error("dlua 1")}

Line 1
\llua{error("llua 1: \test")}
Line 2
\llua{error("llua 2: \test")}
Line 3
\llua{error("llua 3: \test")}
Line 4
\llua{error("llua 4: \test")}
Line 5

\dlua{error("dlua 2")}

\def\test{bar}

\bye

This results in:

This is LuaTeX, Version snapshot-0.25.3-2008060319 (Web2C 7.5.6)
(LateLuaTest.tex
! LuaTeX error <LateLuaTest-12>:1: dlua 1
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	<LateLuaTest-12>:1: in main chunk.
\dlua ...a name{\jobname -\the \inputlineno }0{#1}

l.12 \dlua{error("dlua 1")}

? 
! pdfTeX error (\latelua): not allowed in DVI mode (\pdfoutput <= 0).
\llua #1->\latelua 
                   name{\jobname -\the \inputlineno }0{#1}
l.15 \llua{error("llua 1")}

No pages of output.
Transcript written on LateLuaTest.log.

(note that this is independent on whether a chunk name is specified 
or not)

After uncommenting line (A) to enable PDF mode, everything worked
perfectly.

Two points:

(1)	The manual states that \latelua is similar to \pdfliteral, so 
	this might be the expected behaviour. OTOH, \latelua is also 
	useful to access information only available in the output 
	routine, such as the current page number (i.e. when implementing

	cross references in Lua).

(2)	IMO, \latelua should be modeled after \write, which (of 
	course) also works in DVI mode but which also delays expansion
	of its argument to shipout. \latelua expands its argument 
	completely when issued, as demonstrated above by displaying
	"foo" in the error message instead of "bar".

	(the chunk name should still be expanded when the command is 
	issued, in order to get the then-current input line number)

What do you think?
...
Best wishes,
Taco
Jonathan

Re: [Dev-luatex] "error" in LuaTeX and Lua

Jonathan Sauer