LuaTeX Questions and Answers

Table of Contents......Page 1
About this book......Page 3
Q: Which Lua environment should I use with LuaTeX (LuaLaTeX)?......Page 4
Q: Why should I be interested in Lua?......Page 7
Q: LuaJIT and LuaTeX......Page 10
Q: "Lua tree" (analogue of texmf tree)......Page 12
Q: How to read a file with luatex......Page 13
Q: Can the Lua part of LuaTeX know about tokens?......Page 18
Q: \documentclass: undefined control sequence......Page 20
Q: How to access LaTeX lengths in LuaTex?......Page 22
Q: Would you consider Luatex to be ready for a production environment......Page 24
Q: how for Lua commands......Page 27
Q: luatex and starting TeX macros which handle new line characters......Page 29
Q: Problem using length operator in Lua......Page 33
Q: LuaLaTeX for dummies: how to add LaTeX macros into \directlua?......Page 37
Q: Printing LaTeX code in LuaTeX......Page 39
Q: In which order is Lua Code in LuaTeX being processed......Page 43
Working with Google......Page 50
Processing the Data......Page 51
Q: What does \luaescapestring do for us?......Page 53
Q: The strange \luaescapestring in LuaTeX......Page 56
Q: Can I create a node list from some text entirely within lua?......Page 58
Q: How to access LaTeX counters in luatex?......Page 62
Q: How to do a 'printline' in LuaTeX......Page 65
Q: percent signs in luacode* environment (LuaLaTeX)......Page 67
Q: Interactive lualatex compiling......Page 69
Q: Get value of macro from lualatex directly......Page 71
Q: My first luaLaTeX example......Page 73
Q: How to check for Lua definitions......Page 79
Q: LuaLaTeX, sprint verbatim text......Page 80
Q: Accessing pointers in LuaTeX......Page 83
Q: LuaTeX gets stuck when "." is added to pattern-expression......Page 84
Q: Cannot access arguments in a lua block......Page 87
Q: Problem with luacode in sty file......Page 90
Q: LuaTeX: \luaexec leads to 'Missing number, treated as zero.'......Page 93
Q: Token expansion with the token library......Page 94
Q: Using lua code to obtain rules of different lengths......Page 95
Q: How to convert glue spec like `\parfillskip=0pt plus 1fil' to LuaTeX glue node......Page 97
Q: lualatex print, directlua env, and newline......Page 99
Q: lualatex: how to produce PDF acceptable by arxiv?......Page 101
Q: Problems with multi-page output when building nodes directly with node.write()......Page 102
Q: In LuaLaTeX, how do I pass the content of an environment to Lua verbatim **Without displaying it** in a beamer frame?......Page 106
Q: Using LuaLaTeX and SQLite3......Page 109
Q: Find node above and under......Page 112
Q: Why the luatex85 package and the luatex manual does not share the same definitions for \pdf...?......Page 113
Q: In LuaTeX, how can I escape text that will be inserted in LaTeX?......Page 115
Fonts......Page 117
Q: microtype settings for dummies......Page 118
Q: How to keep a "rare" ligature from interfering with a "common" ligature?......Page 121
Q: Why does it take LuaLaTeX so long to load fonts and can I speed it up?......Page 125
Q: Suppress certain ligatures generally......Page 128
Q: FontAwesome font not found?......Page 130
texlive-fontconfig.conf from TeX Live 2015......Page 133
Q: How do I get a list of all font features supported by current font......Page 135
Q: Differences regarding kerning and ligaturing when using the MacTex2013 and MacTeX2014 versions of LuaLaTeX with .ttc fonts......Page 140
Q: How to enable ligatures for emdash/endash in LuaTeX ?......Page 146
Q: Specify different fonts for bold and italic with fontspec......Page 151
Q: How do I get a list of all available fonts for luaotfload?......Page 153
Edit for Texlive 2014......Page 154
Edit for TeXlive 2015 / MiKTeX in july 2015......Page 155
Q: Lualatex: Font table with examples......Page 157
Q: How to properly install and use a new font with LuaLaTeX?......Page 160
Edit......Page 164
Q: Conflict between microtype, LuaLaTeX, and otf fonts when typesetting material in small-caps......Page 165
Q: How to set-up LuaTeX, Microtype, with Minion Pro, Myriad Pro......Page 169
Q: LuaLaTeX: use or don't use classical font packages?......Page 172
Q: TeX accents do not seem to work with fontspec and xe/lua/latex......Page 174
Q: Bembo, Bembo Book or Garamond Premier Pro? And how to exploit all their features with LuaLaTex?......Page 176
Q: Can't generate ligatures with LuaLaTeX under MacTeX2014 and MacTeX2015 when using certain fonts......Page 184
Q: How to use OpenType fonts with plain-LuaTeX?......Page 193
Q: Problem while compiling friggeri CV template with: ' fontspec error: "font-not-found"'......Page 195
Q: How does fontspec select fonts "by name"?......Page 197
Q: Reference about "modern" LaTeX usage for scientific works......Page 198
Q: Selecting optical sizes for all fonts in a family......Page 199
Q: Selecting main math font in LuaTeX?......Page 206
Q: Best practice - how can I get my whole document (including math) to only use font X with LuaLaTeX and fontspec?......Page 207
Q: How to find out which glyphs are different in an OpenType style set?......Page 212
Q: Which fonts can be used with *unicode-math* package?......Page 216
Q: How can you check if fontspec (with LuaLaTeX) can load a font?......Page 217
Q: Prevent LuaLaTeX from splitting umlauts......Page 219
Q: How to generate compounded diacritical fonts for Sanskrit with XeTeX and LuaTeX?......Page 222
Q: How do I combine fonts for different scripts?......Page 232
Q: Why does LuaLaTeX produce smaller files than pdfLaTeX in this example?......Page 234
Q: How is a TeX document written when using LuaLaTeX?......Page 236
Q: In LuaTex is it possible to change font/language according to the script/glyphs used?......Page 238
Q: Switching to lualatex: How to translate font setups?......Page 243
Q: Fake bold in LuaLaTeX......Page 248
Q: Can we stop recommending fontspec as first choice in case lualatex is used?......Page 251
Q: Create a font table for all available characters for a particular font......Page 257
Q: Fixing fonts with LuaTeX feature files......Page 259
A little guide to feature files......Page 261
Q: Accent positioning on 'oe' character with feature file in fontspec......Page 268
Q: Replacing greek glyphs in math mode......Page 270
Q: LuaTeX cannot find existing font......Page 275
Q: Sans-serif to go with EB Garamond (no math)?......Page 276
Q: uneven line spacing......Page 279
Q: How can I replace a character (zero)?......Page 284
Q: How to use fakeslant as slanted but not italic font with fontspec?......Page 287
Q: Embedding Type 1C fonts using LuaLaTeX......Page 289
Q: Reduce compilation time for opentype fonts (otf)......Page 290
Q: Measuring the true height of a character......Page 291
Q: LuaTeX with unicode-math, how to get the font id of current math font......Page 294
Q: Select a font via luaotfload on lua side......Page 297
Q: How to get \copyright when mixing T1 fonts and fontspec?......Page 299
Q: Why is etmainfont case sensitive with XelateX but not with LuaLaTeX?......Page 302
Q: Problem with й (\cyrishrt) in LuaLaTeX......Page 304
Q: Why does LuaTeX not generate some fonts automatically, in contrast with TeX?......Page 305
Q: Can one instruct LuaLaTeX to use T2A encoded fonts?......Page 309
Q: First steps with LuaLaTeX and ttf fonts......Page 313
Q: luatex cannot find font metric data......Page 323
Q: Ligatures in (Graphite) TrueType fonts......Page 325
Q: Using \fontsize in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX......Page 328
Q: Double quotes with monospaced font and LuaLaTeX......Page 331
Q: Is using \addfontfeatures (much?) less efficient than defining a \newfontface?......Page 333
Q: Command \texteuro unavailable in encoding T1......Page 335
Q: LuaLaTeX sees a font while fc-list doesn't......Page 338
Q: greek accents with TeX Gyre Termes in lualatex and xelatex......Page 340
Q: luaotfload can't find fonts......Page 344
Q: Problems with luaotfload and certain font shapes......Page 346
Q: How can I enter Unicode bold Fraktur math characters with LuaTeX?......Page 349
Q: Luatex and unicode math without unicode-math......Page 351
Q: Use other font in restricted area won't compile......Page 352
Q: Font package in lualatex gives the cm style figure......Page 355
Q: After MiKTeX update: suddenly all fonts (incl. existing path-referenced ttf files) are not found by fontspec / LuaLaTeX anymore......Page 357
Q: Strange output with LuaTeX's fontloader library......Page 358
Q: Fix ligature mapping of obscure old font with LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX......Page 363
Q: Remove ligature in a font using luaotfload (TeXLive 2016)......Page 364
Q: Linux Libertine Biolinum xelatex and lualatex......Page 365
Q: System-wide feature file in lualatex......Page 367
Q: Font name in LuaTeX's fontspec......Page 369
Q: Font issue on using lualatex with beamer......Page 372
Q: Loading fonts in LuaTeX (plain TeX)......Page 373
Q: Avoid update font name database by luaotfload......Page 374
Q: When using unicode math, the math glyphs disappear......Page 375
Q: Does lualatex embed fonts for compatibility?......Page 379
Q: Changing numbers font features while changing shape......Page 381
Q: Macro to calculate \baselineskip for given font......Page 383
Q: Using Iwona as a math font with lualatex......Page 385
Q: How to use TeX Gyre Pagella in pdflatex for arXiv......Page 387
Q: LuaLaTeX: Font table with examples of font files (not system or TEXMF installed)......Page 388
Q: Can I downsize lua tables generated by luaotfload?......Page 392
Q: LuaLaTeX: german special character ß with `newpxtext`......Page 397
Q: Can I use Wolfram Mathematica fonts in XeTeX / LuaTeX?......Page 400
Q: How to suppress a "Rare" ligature that pre-empts a "Common" ligature for the same character pair?......Page 401
Q: An example of changing kerning of a font in LuaLaTeX......Page 405
Q: Bad interaction between fontspec and some lua code that performs string-related search and replace operations......Page 407
Q: How can I access a specific glyph in LuaLaTeX/Fontspec?......Page 416
Xetex......Page 420
Q: Lualatex (luaotfload) broke after upgrading to Mavericks......Page 421
Q: LuaLaTeX protrusion problem with Negative value......Page 423
Q: How do I change the font size in LuaLaTeX?......Page 429
Q: Towards a \ucshape and \textuc command for uppercase text (XeTeX, LuaTeX)......Page 432
Q: Lualatex : € as a utf8 character is not recognized : why?......Page 438
Q: Kerning and ligatures in TeX without TeX......Page 442
Q: Getting started with Greek and Hebrew in LuaLaTeX......Page 447
Q: fontspec: what does Renderer=Basic do?......Page 449
Q: Is it possible now to use microtype with opentype fonts?......Page 450
Q: using Hoefler Text font under lualatex and MacOSX......Page 451
Q: fontspec throwing error with lualatex - broken?......Page 454
Q: Replacing Unicode non-breakable spaces by normal spaces......Page 457
Q: Check for missing font characters in LuaLaTeX......Page 459
Q: Contextual Substitution with LuaLateX......Page 461
Q: Why does fontspec change the maths accents (and only with lualatex)?......Page 466
Q: fontspec option "Renderer=Basic" - what does it mean?......Page 468
Q: How to typeset a letter or grapheme specimen with alternates?......Page 472
Q: What is the implication of the warning in the fontspec manual with respect to babel and LuaTeX?......Page 479
Q: A Big fancy "Q"......Page 480
Q: LuaLaTeX: Load order fontspec, microtype (breaks hyphenation in bibliography)......Page 482
Q: LuaLaTeX, fontspec and tracking with microtype......Page 484
Q: Modifying fraction macro for in-line text and exponents......Page 485
MWE to illustrate the problem......Page 490
MWE to demonstrate that this problem is specific to Beamer......Page 491
Non-satisfactory workaround......Page 492
Why I do not consider this workaround a satisfactory solution......Page 494
Q: How to have Helvetica or helvet font with lualatex having similar look as with pdflatex?......Page 496
Q: Strange interaction between fontspec, lua and pgfplots......Page 498
Q: Automatically alter letterspacing (intra-word spacing) to avoid loose lines with LuaLaTeX......Page 501
Q: Math digits are in CM with newtxmath and fontspec (LuaLaTeX, TeX Live 2017)......Page 508
Q: LuaLaTeX: option clash for package graphicx when loaded after fontspec......Page 514
Q: xelatex hangs when using fontspec......Page 516
Q: placement of dot-below accent using LuaLaTeX: significant variations depending on text font......Page 517
Q: Is this a bug with fancyvrb, fancyhdr and fontspec?......Page 521
Q: How can I use the Optima font delivered with my Mac in LuaLaTeX?......Page 525
Q: Arithmetic overflow with fontspec and LuaTeX......Page 527
Q: Where does fontspec store newfontfamily name?......Page 529
Q: french: Add \usepackage{fontspec} to the preamble of your document......Page 530
Q: ettowidth in preamble wrong with fontspec+lualatex w/ MWE......Page 533
Q: How to use otf fonts correctly?......Page 534
Q: Using LuaTeX, HSRM beamer theme, fontspec says DANTE font not found. .sty file has no reference to DANTE......Page 537
Q: Why are Accented Capital Letters not well decoded in QRCODE?......Page 538
Q: Circumflex over Numeral with fontspec......Page 544
Q: Differences between LuaTeX, ConTeXt and XeTeX......Page 545
Q: Drawbacks of XeTeX/LuaTeX......Page 548
Q: The ^^ notation in various engines......Page 551
Q: What have been the most important changes to LaTeX in the last five years? (2011–2016)......Page 559
Q: Are XeTeX and LuaTeX platform dependent?......Page 561
Q: What are lccode and uccode used for?......Page 564
Q: Detect which TeX engine is used......Page 567
Q: Considerations when migrating from XeTeX to LuaTeX?......Page 569
Q: Will LaTeX work on any TeX?......Page 570
Q: Combining \ifxetex and \ifluatex with the logical OR operation......Page 572
Q: PDF file size with LuaLaTeX vs XeLaTeX......Page 576
Q: Analog of \pdfelapsedtime for LuaTeX and XeTeX......Page 577
Q: How to use xindy with XeTeX/LuaTeX?......Page 579
Q: What is the latest progress in the realm of TeX?......Page 583
Q: Choosing TeX engine for novel --- just how unstable is LuaTeX?......Page 585
Q: dealing with thin spaces in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX......Page 587
Q: Remapping LaTeX symbol to another unicode value......Page 591
Q: Using XeTeX for automatic transliteration of cyrillic letters......Page 592
Q: Accessing side-bearings in LuaTeX......Page 601
Q: Access specific characters in LuaTeX......Page 606
Q: Do XeTeX and LuaTeX always use Unicode?......Page 608
Q: PDF/X-1a on TeX Live 2014 for publishing with POD lightining source......Page 609
Q: Fix message about outdated xelatex......Page 613
Q: British hyphenation with either xelatex or lualatex......Page 615
Q: XeLaTex and TexMaker "cannot-use-pdftex"......Page 617
Q: Can XeLaTeX | LuaTeX import movies?......Page 619
Q: Expex glosses get broken when unicode-math is loaded in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX......Page 620
Q: Place TikZ picture over top of text......Page 622
Q: How are non-unicode glyphs referenced in LuaTeX .dvi files?......Page 625
Q: How to write a LaTeX command that could discriminate if it's being called with pdfLaTeX in order to use PSTricks?......Page 627
Q: How does XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX extend the dvi format?......Page 630
Q: Defining `commands' or `macros' with unicode names......Page 632
Q: List of all post original TeX control commands......Page 634
Q: LuaLaTeX + libertine... the issue of math font......Page 636
Q: Define MakeUppercase list with XeLaTeX/LuaLaTeX......Page 639
Q: Latex command for unfilled \bigstar......Page 641
PdfTeX......Page 643
Q: Frequently loaded packages: Differences between pdfLaTeX and LuaLaTeX......Page 644
Q: Abandon LaTeX2e for LaTeX3 or LuaTeX......Page 647
Q: Highlight every occurrence of a list of words?......Page 651
Q: pgfplot: plotting a large dataset......Page 661
Q: Compile all tex files within a folder at once......Page 664
Q: How to get accented unicode characters that can be copy-pasted?......Page 665
Q: \ifpdf returns true when using LuaLaTeX......Page 668
Q: hyperref: Wrong DVI mode driver option `dvips',(hyperref) because pdfTeX or LuaTeX is running in PDF mode. \ProcessKeyvalOptions{Hyp}......Page 671
Q: Selectively disable dash ligatures in LuaLaTeX......Page 672
Q: Problems with mixing Icelandic and German with LuaLaTex......Page 675
Q: Using \input|texlua... to emulate \directlua in pdfTeX......Page 683
Q: Hyphenation does not work with acro and luatex, but with pdftex......Page 688
Q: Does the lualatex shell enable behavior differ from pdflatex on purpose?......Page 691
Q: How to increase bufsize for lualatex or pdflatex?......Page 693
Q: char to integer cast in latex......Page 694
Q: warning (pdf backend): pop empty color page stack 0......Page 696
Q: What is the right way to input prime with Unicode-math (LuaTeX backend)......Page 699
Q: LuaTeX: Wrong/missing italic correction in TeXLive 2015 vs 2014......Page 704
Q: clash between mathtools and unicode-math......Page 706
Q: Is direct utf8 input of combining diacritics in math mode possible with lualatex?......Page 709
Q: Spacing changes when using unicode-math range feature. Why?......Page 715
Q: How to use unicode-math with beamer and lualatex?......Page 718
Q: pgfplots + unicode-math + lualatex gives the error "kernel/command-already-defined"......Page 721
Q: Less vertical space in frac......Page 723
Q: Invisible math characters with unicode-math and ntheorem......Page 727
Q: Unicode math with amsmath, new error......Page 728
Q: Arrow length in LuaTeX in combination with the unicode-math package......Page 729
Q: How can I change math font with etmathfont inside a group?......Page 732
Q: How can I avoid that a functions argument touches the brackets using unicode-math?......Page 737
OpenType......Page 738
Q: How can I enable italic correction for LuaTeX?......Page 739
Q: lualatex: smallcaps and microtype don't work together......Page 741
Q: OpenType fonts for Metapost Labels......Page 742
Q: Asymptote with lualatex and otf fonts......Page 744
Q: LuaLaTeX OpenType style sets by 4-character style set code......Page 747
Q: Migrating from pdfTeX to LuaTeX: Problems with reproducing output for legacy projects......Page 751
Q: LuaLaTeX and hyperref ate my document (properties). How do I get them back?......Page 755
Q: Write18: LuaTeX has an encoding problem, where XeLaTeX does not......Page 758
Q: How to write infix macro/newcommand?......Page 759
Q: How to insert a specific unicode character (such as the ZWNJ symbol) into the text stream via lua code compiled by Lua(La)TeX?......Page 760
Q: Any suggestions/requests for features for a new package that allows disabling ligatures for (pre)selected words?......Page 761
Q: How to suppress the operation of a luatex-defined macro on a string if the string is part of macro or a label......Page 767
Q: Ligature suppression algorithm fails if the word in question contains an Umlaut (dieresis) before the ligature......Page 776
Q: How do I customize a LuaLaTeX cmap?......Page 778
Q: LuaTeX does not respect brace groups used for disabling ligatures......Page 782
Errors......Page 784
Q: Tex capacity exceeded compiling only 50 lines latex file (pdftex), seg. fault (lualatex)......Page 785
Q: After MiKTeX update when using LuaLaTeX: Package pgf Error: Driver file ``pgfsys-luatex.def'' not found......Page 796
Q: why lualatex gives erorr "Too many open files" but pdflatex does not on same latex file?......Page 797
Q: MiKTeX's LuaLaTeX and minitoc: "I can't write on file ...mtc"......Page 800
Q: How to place a dot below for example: e?......Page 802
Q: Who's at fault with this error concerning csquotes and LuaLaTeX?......Page 803
Q: How to raise a LaTeX warning from within Lua code?......Page 807
Q: How to get csquotes, polyglossia with german and hyperref work together?......Page 810
Q: Outputfile generated on error......Page 814
Q: l3names error in lualatex (\reserveinserts{32})......Page 815
Microtype......Page 820
Q: How to set expansion and protrusion for TeX Gyre Pagella using LuaLaTeX?......Page 821
Q: hanging punctuation with microtype and luaLaTeX......Page 824
Q: How can I fix a problem where italics prevent line breaking when using microtype?......Page 827
Q: Letterspacing titles with LuaLaTeX......Page 829
Macros......Page 832
Q: Lua function to see if a macro is defined or not......Page 833
Q: Solution to 'Multiple PDF generation with one tex file' does not work anymore with TeXLive 2016......Page 836
Q: How to pass a LaTeX argument verbatim to lua?......Page 839
Q: Matrix multiplication (and other operations) macro using lua module......Page 841
Q: Use lualatex to create macros......Page 850
Q: Use luatex to \let command to other......Page 852
Q: luacode and ExplSyntaxOn/Off......Page 854
Q: LuaTeX: How to handle a Lua function that prints TeX macros......Page 856
Q: Why does the ragged2e package screw up my emphasized text and headings?......Page 858
Q: Check all hyphenations within a document......Page 862
Q: Reviewing hyphenations with LuaTeX......Page 863
Q: Ancient Greek hyphenation in LuaLaTeX......Page 865
Q: Why does hyphsubst not work with LuaTeX?......Page 869
Q: How to avoid a linebreak before a comma in Lua(La)TeX?......Page 875
Q: Latin text not hyphenated at all with LuaLaTeX and polyglossia......Page 877
Q: Does polyglossia with LuaLaTeX hyphenate greek text?......Page 880
Q: How to disable hyphenation in lualatex?......Page 882
Q: LuaTeX cyrillic hyphenation problems......Page 893
Q: Redefining the emdash so as to allow hyphenation......Page 895
Q: Who maintains babel now?......Page 896
Q: How to fix this interaction bug between pgfplots and babel-french module?......Page 897
Q: How to get LuaLaTeX to work with babel's \textgreek?......Page 899
Q: Chinese, Russian and English (and Arabic, and Thai, if possible) in LuaLaTeX......Page 901
Q: Russian in document with Japanese as main language (LuaLaTeX + ltjsarticle)......Page 906
Tikz Pgf......Page 914
Q: \tikzexternalize doesn't work with lua code......Page 915
Q: \pgfmathdeclarefunction and LuaLaTeX......Page 917
Q: Lua code with Tikz......Page 919
Q: Why can I include tikz in a custom latex format with pdftex and not with luatex?......Page 922
Q: Passing options to a macro......Page 925
Q: LuaTeX and graphics......Page 927
Q: Using tikz/pgf and gnuplot with lualatex......Page 928
Q: Symbols for left and right limits......Page 930
Q: lualatex-luatextra math mode issue......Page 931
MiKTeX......Page 934
Q: How do I use LuaTex in MikTeX?......Page 935
Q: Is it possible to pass options to mpost.exe using luamplib?......Page 936
Q: LuaTeX stumbles over special characters in path names, is this a bug?......Page 938
Q: How to run latexmk with LuaTeX on Windows?......Page 939
ConTeXt......Page 940
Q: Concerns on Switching to Plain LuaTeX or ConTeXt Mark IV......Page 942
Q: How to debug METAPOST inlined in ConTeXt? (Or "message" primitive and "loggingall;" in inlined METAPOST)......Page 946
Q: How to put signature number in footer (derived from page number)?......Page 948
Q: Write unit tests for Lua in ConTeXt......Page 951
Q: Replacing matching text with a macro containing information from a CSV file......Page 954
Q: How to make a font book in context/texlua?......Page 957
Q: Difference between setting parindent and hangindent......Page 960
Q: How to display only certain lines of a paragraph?......Page 963
Q: Namespace in luatex......Page 972
Q: How to not have widows and orphans without using raggedbottom......Page 973
Symbols......Page 976
Q: How to pick a specific symbol from a specific font?......Page 977
Q: Printing backslash from a luacode* environment......Page 978
Polyglossia......Page 980
Q: Changing language back and forth with polyglossia......Page 981
Q: Macro definition not working when using LuaLaTeX and polyglossia (with ` etmainlanguage{german}`)......Page 983
Q: How should I have found out that LuaTeX removed \write18?......Page 988
Q: gnuplottex and lualatex......Page 992
Q: Using macros in \DeclareGraphicsRule statement using shell command......Page 995
Q: LuaLaTeX:PGFplots can't read data passed by Lua......Page 997
Q: Is lualatex supposed to be a superset of pdflatex? (regarding production of PDF)......Page 1002
Q: When does a glue node have type `xspaceskip` in LuaTeX?......Page 1006
MetaPost......Page 1010
Q: Why won't this Metapost while loop terminate?......Page 1011
Q: btex and etex in luamplib labels......Page 1016
Q: How to use mplib directly from lua?......Page 1018
Q: Replacement(s) for TeX's paragraph builder using LuaTeX......Page 1020
Q: Why do user-defined whatsit nodes affect LuaTeX pagebreaking?......Page 1021
Answers......Page 1023
Q: Paragraph callback to help with widows/orphans hand tuning......Page 1028
Q: In LuaTeX, what is the ``identity'' linebreak_filter? (Or: how can we use `tex.linebreak` to match the default line-breaking algorithm?)......Page 1039
Q: LuaLaTeX, TeXLive 2016, standalone: undefined control sequence......Page 1042
Q: datetime package does not work with lualatex in TL 2016......Page 1044
Q: Error with tex4ht under TL 2016 when using lua. String contains an invalid utf-8 sequence......Page 1048
Q: lualatex texlive 2016 tcolorbox......Page 1051
Q: Error using pdfpages and lualatex......Page 1058
Beamer......Page 1059
Q: pdfx, beamer and lua(la)tex: is it possible?......Page 1060
Q: LaTeX3 versus pure Lua......Page 1062
Q: How to access the last line of a paragraph with LuaTeX......Page 1070
Q: Can luaLaTeX convert xlsx tables into LaTeX code?......Page 1077
Q: How can one get a list of the available functions in Lua(La)TeX......Page 1078
LaTeX3......Page 1079
Q: Why do I need Lua or LaTeX3 in a plain old technical document?......Page 1080
Q: Will LaTeX3 have proper support for hooks? Does LuaTeX?......Page 1081
Q: hyperref, lualatex and unicode bookmarks issue (garbled page numbers in AR for Linux)......Page 1084
Q: Possible LuaLaTeX Problem (compilation seems to hang)......Page 1086
Q: How does one retrieve \rpcode values in LuaTeX?......Page 1092
Q: Can LuaTeX change the PAGE-breaking algorithm......Page 1094
2. Assumption......Page 1096
Context Mkiv......Page 1097
Q: Escape a string printed from Lua using ConTeXt......Page 1098
Q: How can I list fonts available to LuaTeX in ConTeXt (TeX Live 2013)?......Page 1100
Q: Hiring someone to help me with LaTeX for my PhD thesis......Page 1102
Q: how to get lualatexmk to run in \nonstopmode......Page 1105
Q: How to set the interactive editor in TeXLive? lualatex bug?......Page 1107
Q: How can I dump Lua code to a format file?......Page 1109
Q: LuaTeX 0.85 \pdf* primitive changes and format file generation......Page 1111
Q: Good lua code in .tex doesn't work in .sty?......Page 1117
Windows......Page 1119
Q: Is it possible to run LuaTeX from a USB flash drive......Page 1120
Q: Precompiled header in Lualatex on Windows?......Page 1121
Conditionals......Page 1122
Q: Check if LuaTeX is running......Page 1123
Q: Testing for TeX boolean in Lua code......Page 1124
Graphics......Page 1125
Q: Ploting a function using mplib in lualatex......Page 1126
Q: How to handle verbatim material in LuaLaTeX?......Page 1134
Q: show content of token register as a string in the document......Page 1139
Q: Is there latexmk functionality for LuaTeX?......Page 1143
Q: Specify timezone for \today and \currenttime......Page 1144
Q: Value of LuaTeX's \mathstyle in \frac (de)nominator......Page 1146
Q: write the content of an hbox in an auxilary file......Page 1149
Q: How to get box dimensions within lualatex......Page 1151
TeX4ht......Page 1153
Q: text4ht and LuaTeX......Page 1154
Q: tex4ht corrupts "--" inside CDATA in the HTML file......Page 1156
Q: What happened to \luatextextdir?......Page 1163
Q: Typesetting arabic with LuaLaTeX......Page 1164
Q: Is there a limit to the size of a tex-file?......Page 1166
Tcolorbox......Page 1168
Q: Possible Lualatex problem with documentation library from tcolorbox......Page 1169
Q: TeX Live 2016: minted doesn't work with LuaLaTeX (bug fixed in June 2016)......Page 1170
Q: How to use luatex callbacks to generate a verbatim copy of the input file......Page 1177
Q: Footnote numbers in index (e.g., 23n3)......Page 1181
Q: Convert color name to pdfliteral code......Page 1186
Listings......Page 1187
Q: error with LuaLaTeX, lstinputlisting and an extension-less file......Page 1188
Q: Installing Lua Modules for use in LuaLaTeX - the sequel......Page 1189
Q: Updating to Beta Builds of ConTeXt / LuaTeX from tlcontrib breaks MacTeX......Page 1191
Q: Which is the best editor for LuaTeX?......Page 1196
Biblatex......Page 1200
Q: Engines of Tex-Editors and Biber/Biblatex......Page 1203
Q: \lastnodetype not working as expected in luaTeX......Page 1205
Q: Parsing files through LuaTeX......Page 1211
Catcodes......Page 1214
Q: cantokens in LuaTeX......Page 1215
Q: Automatically fixing catcode output......Page 1216
Q: Convert numbered pinyin to pinyin with tone marks......Page 1220
Terminal Output......Page 1227
Q: Accessing to .log messages from LuaTeX. Is it possible?......Page 1228
Q: ^^M garbles my terminal output......Page 1231
Letterspacing......Page 1233
Q: How to letter space (German) abbreviations automatically......Page 1234
Q: LuaTeX hpack_filter callback not triggering on certain hlist creations......Page 1246
Q: How to use LuaTeX `append_to_vlist_filter` callback......Page 1247
Texdoc......Page 1249
Q: Why does texdoc call luatex......Page 1250
Header Footer......Page 1252
Q: How can I achieve dictionary headers for two page spreads in LaTeX......Page 1253
Q: LaTexing vs LaTexTools (Sublime text plugins)......Page 1259
Q: Lualatex and a5 paper format......Page 1262
Q: Compound representation of numbers. Possible?......Page 1263
Scripts......Page 1269
Q: What are the advantages of Lua over other scripting languages for a TeX implementation?......Page 1270
Q: LuaLaTeX: Calculate length in Lua......Page 1273
AUCTeX......Page 1275
Q: AUCTeX changes name of pdf file when compiling with LuaTeX......Page 1276
Q: Extract data from excel file with lualatex......Page 1277
Q: Obtain a TikZ tree from a Lua table/string......Page 1280
Q: LuaLaTeX and \pdfminorversion......Page 1284
Q: How do you configure Texmaker to use LuaTeX?......Page 1286
Q: pdfcrop using luatex engine minimal setup......Page 1288
Typein......Page 1291
Q: incompatibilities between LuaLaTeX and \typein ?......Page 1292
Q: Lua reimplementations of PGF math?......Page 1293
Forward Inverse Search......Page 1295
Q: When is Synctex file written?......Page 1296
Q: How to use ocg-p with LuaLaTeX (TeXlive 2015)?......Page 1299
Q: Getting lilyglyphs working in LuaTeX......Page 1303
Q: etextools throws error when run with LuaLaTex......Page 1306
Q: LuaTeX analogue of \ifcsname for active characters......Page 1308
Q: How can I use cbgreek with lualatex?......Page 1311
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