On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Taco Hoekwater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> luigi scarso wrote:
> >> There actually is a way to modify the input lines just before they
> >> are parsed by luatex, but that is really only suitable for converting
> >> 8-bit encodings to utf-8. (I was going to post an example abusing
> >> that method, but there are way many things that can go wrong, so I
> >> changed my mind)
> > Post it anyway.
> > We are all adults.
>
> If you say so ...
>
> % engine=luatex
>
> \startluacode
> function add_ties (line) return line:gsub(' ','~') end
> \stopluacode
>
> \def\startfiltered
> {\ctxlua {callback.register('process_input_buffer', add_ties)}}
> \def\stopfiltered
> {\ctxlua {callback.register('process_input_buffer', nil)}}
>
> \starttext
> \startfiltered
> Thus, I came to the conclusion that the designer of a new system
> must not only be the implementer and first large||scale user; the
> designer should also write the first user manual.
> \stopfiltered
> \stoptext
>
> Notice how it breaks only at hyphens? If you think that is because
> those are the only valid breakpoints, you are actually slightly wrong:
> there are still 'normal' spaces between 'system' and 'must' and between
> 'the' and 'designer' (because EOL is converted to a space *after*
> reading in the line buffer).
>
> The lua function is _much_ too simple. It will happily convert '\ '
> into '\~', $a = 2~$ into $a~=~2~$, and "\TEX is" into "\TEX~is".
ok, many thanks.
--
luigi
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