[NTG-context] Checking existence of a macro (control sequence) by Lua

27 May 2020

      Hello,

is it possible to check whether a macro exists (or - is it a 
non-\undefined control sequence) with Lua? Suppose:

----
\starttext
   \def\MyMacro{Ahoj}
   \def\MyMac#1#2{Something}

   \startluacode
     IsDefined = function(ctl_seq)
       print("CS " .. ctl_seq ..
                                 (tex.IsCS(ctl_seq) -- Or what to come 
here?
                                                    "is defined" or "is 
unknown") .. ".")
     end

     -- So the function should print to the console:

     IsDefined("MyMacro") --> "CS MyMacro is defined."
     IsDefined("MyMac") --> "CS MyMac is defined."
     IsDefined("bf") --> "CS bf is defined."
     IsDefined("dummy") --> "CS dummy is unknown."

   \stopluacode
\stoptext
----

Is it possible?

Best regards,

Lukas

[NTG-context] Checking existence of a macro (control sequence) by Lua

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