[NTG-context] date problem

20 Mar 2013

      There is a nasty problem when defining the \date.

First approach:
***             > macro:->\date 
		\def\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate}
Alas, I get lateron a luatex error on \date:
! LuaTeX error [string "\directlua "]:1: invalid escape sequence near '\d'.

Second approach, use \edef to get an expanded value.
\edef\thedate{\date}\writestatus{***}{\meaning\thedate}
***             > macro:->\date 
Alas, the date is still the unexpanded macro and not something like 20 march 2013.

How to?

Hans van der Meer

[NTG-context] date problem

H. van der Meer