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Lua and lualatex allow access to TeX internals and (relatively) easy programming of typeset documents: https://lwn.net/Articles/731581/ https://lwn.net/Articles
by leephillips 4y ago
Lua and lualatex allow access to TeX internals and (relatively) easy programming of typeset documents: https://lwn.net/Articles/731581/ https://lwn.net/Articles/731581/.
Lua is the official language for writing Pandoc filters.
And, of course, NeoVim.
These are the contexts in which I use it; its embedding into TeX and Pandoc provides some powerful capability.
- ggm 4y ago> Lua is the official language for writing Pandoc filters Given pandoc is written in haskell.. an interesting choice. I guess investing in a DSL syntax was a cost too far.