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2021-02-22T23:46:36Z

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Josef Friedrich: /* Useful modules */ add nodetree package

2016-07-09T08:44:30Z

‎Useful modules: add nodetree package

Halfb1t: usefull -> useful

2012-11-03T18:02:58Z

usefull -> useful

Halfb1t: /* Packages on LuaTeX / Removed [http://ctan.org/pkg/luapersian luapersian] Persian for LaTeX in LuaTeX. Deleted from CTAN at author's request according to Rainer Schöpf, 2012.10.1.

2012-11-03T01:27:24Z

‎Packages on LuaTeX: Removed * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luapersian luapersian] Persian for LaTeX in LuaTeX. Deleted from CTAN at author's request according to Rainer Schöpf, 2012.10.1.

Martin: add viznodelist

2012-07-31T13:19:02Z

add viznodelist

Mqy: /* Packages on LuaTeX */

2012-04-04T14:02:15Z

‎Packages on LuaTeX

Mqy: /* Packages on LuaTeX */

2012-04-04T13:51:00Z

‎Packages on LuaTeX

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		+	== Welcome to the LuaTeX wiki ==
		+
	This is a wiki for [http://www.luatex.org LuaTeX], a typesetting engine derived from		This is a wiki for [http://www.luatex.org LuaTeX], a typesetting engine derived from
	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] that includes [http://www.lua.org Lua] as an embedded scripting language.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] that includes [http://www.lua.org Lua] as an embedded scripting language.
		+
		+	See [[Special:Allpages\|all the articles]] or the [[Special:Recentchanges\|recent changes]].
		+
		+	* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting How to edit wiki pages]
		+	* [[Bug tracking\|Bug tracking]]: Mantis [http://tracker.luatex.org bug tracker]
		+
		+	== Some articles ==
		+
		+	* [[Documentation and help]] points to other online resources (manuals, mailing list, etc.) related to LuaTeX.
		+	* [[Writing Lua in TeX]] explains how to write Lua code in a TeX document (and back).
		+	* [[Attributes]] introduces LuaTeX's thrilling new concept.
		+	* Pages on callbacks:
		+	** [[Callbacks]] introduces callbacks and how to use them.
		+	** There is a page on the [[Post linebreak filter\|<tt>post_linebreak_filter</tt>]] callback, explaining and illustrating it with a couple of examples. The [[Show the hyphenation points]] article is another example of use.
		+	** The page on [[process input buffer\|the <tt>process_input_buffer</tt> callback]] illustrates how to read documents with non-UTF-8 encoding, and how to write TeX with lightweight markup instead of the usual commands.
		+	** Another callback is [[show error hook\|<tt>show_error_hook</tt>]], which lets you enliven your error messages!
		+	** You can fake XeTeX's interchar tokens with the [[token filter\|<tt>token_filter</tt>]].
		+	* [[TeX without TeX]] is about using TeX's functionality (typesetting, pdf writing) only using Lua code (no <tt>\TeX</tt> macros).
		+	* [[TeX_without_TeX_revised_and_expanded]] is a revision and expansion of the above.
		+	* [[fontsampler\|Create a fontsampler]] using plain LuaTeX and <tt>luaotfload</tt>.
		+	* [[Annotate math expressions]] in PDF with a bounding box using LuaLaTeX.
		+
		+	== Packages on LuaTeX ==
		+
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lua-visual-debug lua-visual-debug] Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX.
		+	* [https://github.com/koppor/luabibentry luabibentry] Repeat BibTeX entries in a LuaLaTeX document body.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luacode luacode] Helper for executing lua code from within TeX.
		+	* [http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/luatex-ja/ LuaTeX-ja] LuaTeX-ja is a macro package to typeset Japanese(also Chinese) texts using Lua(La)TeX.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luaindex luaindex] Create index using lualatex.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luainputenc luainputenc] Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lualatex-math lualatex-math] Fixes for mathematics-related LuaLaTeX issues.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lualibs lualibs] Additional Lua functions for LuaTeX macro programmers.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib luamplib] Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload luaotfload] OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luasseq luasseq] Drawing spectral sequences in LuaLaTeX.
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luatexbase luatexbase] Basic resource management for LuaTeX code.
		+
		+	== Useful modules ==
		+
		+
		+	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/nodetree nodetree] visualize node lists in a tree view
		+
		+	* [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization
		+
		+	* [https://ctan.org/pkg/minim minim] A modern plain format for the LuaTeX engine
		+
		+	== From the old bluwiki.com ==
		+
		+	(Mostly by and thanks to [http://omega.enstb.org/yannis/ Yannis Haralambous])
		+
		+	* An example of code [[traversing TeX nodes]] before an horizontal list goes through the line breaking engine;
		+	* An example of code [[traversing tokens]] just before execution or expansion;
		+	* you want to [[explore the table obtained from a TrueType font]], loaded by <tt>font.read_ttf</tt>;
		+	* you want to [[explore the internal font table]] of a pre-loaded font or of a font you have loaded by <tt>\font</tt> and then used for at least one glyph;
		+	* how to [[use a TrueType font]] without going through a TFM or a OFM file;
		+	* how to do <i>kinsoku</i> ([[Japanese and more generally CJK typesetting]]);
		+	* you want a newline in your log file or on the terminal? add <tt>\string\n</tt> to your string;
		+	* you want to [[sort a token list]];
		+	* you want to [[split a comma-separated list]];
		+	* you want to [[encrypt your document using ROT13]];
		+	* you want to [[typeset non-TeX files by converting them using Lua code]];
		+	* example code to [[mirror characters with Bidi_Mirrored property]];
		+	* using mplib to write [[metapost with LuaTeX]]

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−	~~== Welcome to the LuaTeX wiki ==~~
−
	This is a wiki for [http://www.luatex.org LuaTeX], a typesetting engine derived from		This is a wiki for [http://www.luatex.org LuaTeX], a typesetting engine derived from
	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] that includes [http://www.lua.org Lua] as an embedded scripting language.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] that includes [http://www.lua.org Lua] as an embedded scripting language.
−
−	~~See [[Special:Allpages\|all the articles]] or the [[Special:Recentchanges\|recent changes]].~~
−
−	* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting How to edit wiki pages]
−	* [[Bug tracking\|Bug tracking]]: Mantis [http://tracker.luatex.org bug tracker]
−
−	~~== Some articles ==~~
−
−	* [[Documentation and help]] points to other online resources (manuals, mailing list, etc.) related to LuaTeX.
−	* [[Writing Lua in TeX]] explains how to write Lua code in a TeX document (and back).
−	* [[Attributes]] introduces LuaTeX's thrilling new concept.
−	* Pages on callbacks:
−	** [[Callbacks]] introduces callbacks and how to use them.
−	** There is a page on the [[Post linebreak filter\|<tt>post_linebreak_filter</tt>]] callback, explaining and illustrating it with a couple of examples. The [[Show the hyphenation points]] article is another example of use.
−	** The page on [[process input buffer\|the <tt>process_input_buffer</tt> callback]] illustrates how to read documents with non-UTF-8 encoding, and how to write TeX with lightweight markup instead of the usual commands.
−	** Another callback is [[show error hook\|<tt>show_error_hook</tt>]], which lets you enliven your error messages!
−	** You can fake XeTeX's interchar tokens with the [[token filter\|<tt>token_filter</tt>]].
−	* [[TeX without TeX]] is about using TeX's functionality (typesetting, pdf writing) only using Lua code (no <tt>\TeX</tt> macros).
−	* [[TeX_without_TeX_revised_and_expanded]] is a revision and expansion of the above.
−	* [[fontsampler\|Create a fontsampler]] using plain LuaTeX and <tt>luaotfload</tt>.
−	* [[Annotate math expressions]] in PDF with a bounding box using LuaLaTeX.
−
−	~~== Packages on LuaTeX ==~~
−
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lua-visual-debug lua-visual-debug] Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX.
−	* [https://github.com/koppor/luabibentry luabibentry] Repeat BibTeX entries in a LuaLaTeX document body.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luacode luacode] Helper for executing lua code from within TeX.
−	* [http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/luatex-ja/ LuaTeX-ja] LuaTeX-ja is a macro package to typeset Japanese(also Chinese) texts using Lua(La)TeX.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luaindex luaindex] Create index using lualatex.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luainputenc luainputenc] Replacing inputenc for use in LuaTeX.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lualatex-math lualatex-math] Fixes for mathematics-related LuaLaTeX issues.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lualibs lualibs] Additional Lua functions for LuaTeX macro programmers.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib luamplib] Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload luaotfload] OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luasseq luasseq] Drawing spectral sequences in LuaLaTeX.
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/luatexbase luatexbase] Basic resource management for LuaTeX code.
−
−	~~== Useful modules ==~~
−
−
−	* [http://ctan.org/pkg/nodetree nodetree] visualize node lists in a tree view
−
−	* [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization
−
−	* [https://ctan.org/pkg/minim minim] A modern plain format for the LuaTeX engine
−
−	~~== From the old bluwiki.com ==~~
−
−	~~(Mostly by and thanks to [http://omega.enstb.org/yannis/ Yannis Haralambous])~~
−
−	* An example of code [[traversing TeX nodes]] before an horizontal list goes through the line breaking engine;
−	* An example of code [[traversing tokens]] just before execution or expansion;
−	* you want to [[explore the table obtained from a TrueType font]], loaded by <tt>font.read_ttf</tt>;
−	* you want to [[explore the internal font table]] of a pre-loaded font or of a font you have loaded by <tt>\font</tt> and then used for at least one glyph;
−	* how to [[use a TrueType font]] without going through a TFM or a OFM file;
−	* how to do <i>kinsoku</i> ([[Japanese and more generally CJK typesetting]]);
−	* you want a newline in your log file or on the terminal? add <tt>\string\n</tt> to your string;
−	* you want to [[sort a token list]];
−	* you want to [[split a comma-separated list]];
−	* you want to [[encrypt your document using ROT13]];
−	* you want to [[typeset non-TeX files by converting them using Lua code]];
−	* example code to [[mirror characters with Bidi_Mirrored property]];
−	* using mplib to write [[metapost with LuaTeX]]

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	* [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization		* [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization
		+
		+	* [https://ctan.org/pkg/minim minim] A modern plain format for the LuaTeX engine

	== From the old bluwiki.com ==		== From the old bluwiki.com ==

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 ** You can fake XeTeX's interchar tokens with the [[token filter|<tt>token_filter</tt>]].
 * [[TeX without TeX]] is about using TeX's functionality (typesetting, pdf writing) only using Lua code (no <tt>\TeX</tt> macros).
 * [[fontsampler|Create a fontsampler]] using plain LuaTeX and <tt>luaotfload</tt>.
 * [[Annotate math expressions]] in PDF with a bounding box using LuaLaTeX.

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 == Useful modules ==
 * [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization
 == From the old bluwiki.com ==

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 * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luatexbase luatexbase] Basic resource management for LuaTeX code.
-== Usefull modules ==
+== Useful modules ==
 * [https://gist.github.com/556247 viznodelist] LuaTeX nodelist visualization

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 * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luamplib luamplib] Use LuaTeX's built-in MetaPost interpreter.
 * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luaotfload luaotfload] OpenType layout system for Plain TeX and LaTeX.
 * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luasseq luasseq] Drawing spectral sequences in LuaLaTeX.
 * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luatexbase luatexbase] Basic resource management for LuaTeX code.

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 == Packages on LuaTeX ==
-* [[http://ctan.org/pkg/lua-visual-debug lua-visual-debug]] Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX.
+* [http://ctan.org/pkg/lua-visual-debug lua-visual-debug] Visual debugging with LuaLaTeX.
 == From the old bluwiki.com ==

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203.30.15.124: Undo revision 10817 by 62.170.80.133 (talk)

62.170.80.133: Replaced content with "This is a wiki for [http://www.luatex.org LuaTeX], a typesetting engine derived from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX TeX] that includes [http://www.lua.org Lua] as an e..."

Hubaishan: /* Useful modules */ add

Rkrug: Added a link to TeX_without_TeX_revised_and_expanded

Josef Friedrich: /* Useful modules */ add nodetree package

Halfb1t: usefull -> useful

Halfb1t: /* Packages on LuaTeX */ Removed * [http://ctan.org/pkg/luapersian luapersian] Persian for LaTeX in LuaTeX. Deleted from CTAN at author's request according to Rainer Schöpf, 2012.10.1.

Martin: add viznodelist

Mqy: /* Packages on LuaTeX */

Mqy: /* Packages on LuaTeX */

Halfb1t: /* Packages on LuaTeX / Removed [http://ctan.org/pkg/luapersian luapersian] Persian for LaTeX in LuaTeX. Deleted from CTAN at author's request according to Rainer Schöpf, 2012.10.1.