Re: [NTG-context] accessing tex variable on lua side

25 Nov 2020


      On 11/25/2020 11:54 AM, Jano Kula wrote:
...
Hello,
running in circles I have to give up on such an easy thing as passing a 
tex variable to lua (knowing everything is stored in lua).
\setvariable{test}{something}{HHHH}
\starttext
\getvariable{test}{something}\par
% how to access the variable on lua end?
\startluacode
-- var =
\stopluacode
\stoptext
Never give up ...
\starttext

     \setvariable{test}{something}{HHHH}

     \getvariable{test}{something}\par

     \meaning\getvariable

     \startluacode
 
print(">>",tokens.getters.macro(tokens.getters.macro("??variables") .. 
"test:something"))
     \stopluacode

     \def\MyVariableSomething{JJJJ}

     \startluacode
         print(">>",tokens.getters.macro("MyVariableSomething"))
     \stopluacode

\stoptext

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