parsing custom syntax in lua
Hello, What is the best way to pass verbatim text to lua for processing? I would like to write a lua parser for non-TeX text with a custom syntax (could be something like Markdown for instance). The interface would be \startMyFormat % custom syntax % \stopMyFormat \processMyFormatfile[external file.custom] % alternative The text between \startMyFormat and \stopMyFormat or the text read from the external file should be passed as one utf8-encoded string to a lua function. Any ideas on how to write these macros? On a side note, does anyone know of a quick way to strip diacritical marks from utf8-encoded strings in lua (i.e., transform them to pure ascii)? Thanks, Vianney
Am 31.08.2010 um 11:01 schrieb Vianney le Clément:
Hello,
What is the best way to pass verbatim text to lua for processing? I would like to write a lua parser for non-TeX text with a custom syntax (could be something like Markdown for instance). The interface would be
\startMyFormat % custom syntax % \stopMyFormat
\processMyFormatfile[external file.custom] % alternative
The text between \startMyFormat and \stopMyFormat or the text read from the external file should be passed as one utf8-encoded string to a lua function. Any ideas on how to write these macros?
On a side note, does anyone know of a quick way to strip diacritical marks from utf8-encoded strings in lua (i.e., transform them to pure ascii)?
Take a look at this module: http://github.com/adityam/filter You can find examples here: http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/ Wolfgang
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 11:05, Wolfgang Schuster
Take a look at this module: http://github.com/adityam/filter
You can find examples here: http://randomdeterminism.wordpress.com/
Wolfgang
Thanks Wolfgang, that module does indeed seem very interesting and do something related to my problem. I'll dig into it. Vianney
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