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diff --git a/lualibs.dtx b/lualibs.dtx index 2bf7970..cac1f38 100644 --- a/lualibs.dtx +++ b/lualibs.dtx @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ \input docstrip.tex \Msg{************************************************************************} \Msg{* Installation} -\Msg{* Package: lualibs 2010/05/21 v0.94 Lua additional functions.} +\Msg{* Package: lualibs 2010/06/22 v0.95 Lua additional functions.} \Msg{************************************************************************} \keepsilent @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ and the derived file lualibs.lua. %<*driver> \NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} \ProvidesFile{lualibs.drv} - [2010/05/21 v0.94 Lua additional functions.] + [2010/06/22 v0.95 Lua additional functions.] \documentclass{ltxdoc} \EnableCrossrefs \CodelineIndex @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ and the derived file lualibs.lua. % \GetFileInfo{lualibs.drv} % % \title{The \textsf{lualibs} package} -% \date{2010/05/21 v0.94} +% \date{2010/06/22 v0.95} % \author{Elie Roux \\ \texttt{elie.roux@telecom-bretagne.eu}} % % \maketitle @@ -133,33 +133,24 @@ and the derived file lualibs.lua. % % \section{Overview} % -% Lua is a very minimal language, and it does not have a lot of built-in -% functions. Some functions will certainly be needed by a lot of packages. -% Instead of making each of them implement these functions, the aim of this -% package is to provide a standard set of functions. All functions are taken -% from Con\TeX t libraries. -% -% There are some differences with the Con\TeX t funtions though, especially on -% names: for example the \texttt{file.*} funtions are renamed in -% \texttt{fpath.*}. It seems more logical as they deal with file paths, not -% files. Also the \texttt{file.is\_readable} and \texttt{file.is\_writable} -% are renamed \texttt{lfs.is\_readable} and \texttt{lfs.is\_writable}. -% -% If you use a function you think is missing in this file, please tell the -% maintainer. -% -% \texttt{Warning:} Even if the names will certainly remain the same, some -% implementations may differ, and some functions might appear or dissapear. As -% Lua\TeX\ is not stable, this file is not neither. -% -% All functions are described in this document, but the one of the functions -% you'll use most will certainly be \texttt{table.serialize} (also named -% \texttt{table.tostring}) that takes a table and returns an intented string -% describing the table. It describes the table so that Lua\TeX\ can read it -% again as a table. You can do a lot of things with this functions, like -% printing a table for debugging, or saving a table into a file. Functions are -% also converted into bytecode to be saved. +% Lua is a very minimal language, and it does not have a minimal standard +% library. The aim of this package is to provide an extended standard library, +% to be used by various Lua\TeX\ packages. The code is specific to Lua\TeX\ +% and depends on Lua\TeX\ functions and modules not available in regular lua. % +% \noindent The code is derived from Con\TeX t libraries. +% +% \section{Usage} +% +% You can either load the \texttt{lualibs} module, which will load all other +% modules, provided by this package: |require("lualibs")|, or explicitly +% load the modules you need, e.g.: |require("lualibs-table")|. +% +% \noindent If your code is running under \textsf{texlua}, you will need to +% initialize \textsf{kpse} library so that |require()| can find files under +% TEXMF tree: |kpse.set_program_name("luatex")|. +% +% \pagebreak % \section{\texttt{lualibs.lua}} % % \iffalse @@ -167,21 +158,20 @@ and the derived file lualibs.lua. % \fi % % \begin{macrocode} + module('lualibs', package.seeall) -do - local lualibs_module = { - name = "lualibs", - version = 0.94, - date = "2010/05/21", - description = "Lua additional functions.", - author = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL & Elie Roux", - copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team", - license = "See ConTeXt's mreadme.pdf for the license", - } - if luatexbase and luatexbase.provides_module then - luatexbase.provides_module(lualibs_module) - end +local lualibs_module = { + name = "lualibs", + version = 0.95, + date = "2010/06/22", + description = "Lua additional functions.", + author = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL & Elie Roux", + copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team", + license = "See ConTeXt's mreadme.pdf for the license", +} +if luatexbase and luatexbase.provides_module then + luatexbase.provides_module(lualibs_module) end % \end{macrocode} |