On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 07:27:02PM -0400, Aditya Mahajan wrote: > Hi, > > I want to write a macro that checks for some settings and if the > settings are wrong stop the current compilation and terminate with > an error message. Right now I have > > \def\ERROR > {\writeline > \showmessage\??externalfilter??{forbidden}\getexternalfilterdirectory > \batchmode > \normalend}
Well, the first thought that came in my mind is using os.exit(1): \def\ERROR{\directlua{os.exit(1)}} But since this is pretty obvious, I'm sure I'm missing something. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________