1 files changed, 37 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-basics-gen.lua b/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-basics-gen.lua
index 9cf5b9317..c4d653604 100644
--- a/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-basics-gen.lua
+++ b/tex/generic/context/luatex/luatex-basics-gen.lua
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ local dummyfunction = function()
 end
 
 local dummyreporter = function(c)
-    return function(...)
-        (texio.reporter or texio.write_nl)(c .. " : " .. string.formatters(...))
+    return function(f,...)
+        local r = texio.reporter or texio.write_nl
+        if f then
+            r(c .. " : " .. string.formatters(f,...))
+        else
+            r("")
+        end
     end
 end
 
@@ -254,6 +259,18 @@ function caches.loaddata(paths,name)
     for i=1,#paths do
         local data = false
         local luaname, lucname = makefullname(paths[i],name)
+        if lucname and not lfs.isfile(lucname) and type(caches.compile) == "function" then
+            -- in case we used luatex and luajittex mixed ... lub or luc file
+            texio.write(string.format("(compiling luc: %s)",lucname))
+            data = loadfile(luaname)
+            if data then
+                data = data()
+            end
+            if data then
+                caches.compile(data,luaname,lucname)
+                return data
+            end
+        end
         if lucname and lfs.isfile(lucname) then -- maybe also check for size
             texio.write(string.format("(load luc: %s)",lucname))
             data = loadfile(lucname)
@@ -339,5 +356,23 @@ end
 --
 
 function table.setmetatableindex(t,f)
+    if type(t) ~= "table" then
+        f = f or t
+        t = { }
+    end
     setmetatable(t,{ __index = f })
+    return t
+end
+
+-- helper for plain:
+
+arguments = { }
+
+if arg then
+    for i=1,#arg do
+        local k, v = string.match(arg[i],"^%-%-([^=]+)=?(.-)$")
+        if k and v then
+            arguments[k] = v
+        end
+    end
 end