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Diffstat (limited to 'tex/context/base/mkiv/util-soc.lua')
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diff --git a/tex/context/base/mkiv/util-soc.lua b/tex/context/base/mkiv/util-soc.lua index 3a52ee86d..590287a25 100644 --- a/tex/context/base/mkiv/util-soc.lua +++ b/tex/context/base/mkiv/util-soc.lua @@ -6,6 +6,29 @@ if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['util-soc'] = { license = "see context related readme files" } +--[[-- + +In LuaTeX we provide the socket library that is more or less the standard one for +Lua. It has been around for a while and seems to be pretty stable. The binary +module is copmpiled into LuaTeX and the accompanying .lua files are preloaded. +These files are mostly written by Diego Nehab, Andre Carregal, Javier Guerra, and +Fabio Mascarenhas with contributions from Diego Nehab, Mike Pall, David Burgess, +Leonardo Godinho, Thomas Harning Jr., and Gary NG. The originals are part of and +copyrighted by the Kepler project. + +Here we reload a slightly reworked version of these .lua files. We keep the same +(documented) interface but streamlined some fo the code. No more modules, no more +pre 5.2 Lua, etc. Also, as it loads into the ConTeXt ecosystem, we plug in some +logging. (and maybe tracing in the future). As we don't support serial ports in +LuaTeX, related code has been dropped. + +The files are reformatted so that we can more easilly add additional features +and/or tracing options. Any error introduced there is our fault! The url module +might be replaced by the one in ConTeXt. When we need mbox a suitable variant +will be provided. + +--]]-- + local format = string.format local smtp = require("socket.smtp") @@ -95,3 +118,12 @@ function mail.send(specification) return true end end + +-- for now we have this here: + +if socket then + + math.initialseed = tonumber(string.sub(string.reverse(tostring(math.ceil(socket.gettime()*10000))),1,6)) + math.randomseed(math.initialseed) + +end |