CTAN updates: new package luacode & update of luatextra

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg at elzevir.fr> wrote: > I just uploaded to the UK node an updated version of luatextra: > > > 2010/10/08 v0.99 > > * delegate definition of {luacode} and \luadirect to package luacode > > * raise an error rather than a warning when not running LuaTeX > > * load fixltx2e under LaTeX thanks for the update; i've installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luatextra.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/generic/luatextra/ The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight. > and a new LLPL'ed package that grew out of luatextra: luacode. > > > Executing Lua code from within TeX with \directlua can sometimes be > > tricky: there is no easy way to use the percent character, counting > > backslashes may be hard, and Lua comments don't work the way you expect. > > This package provides the \luaexec command and the luacode(*) > > environments to help with these problems. > > > > For an introduction to the most important gotchas of \directlua, see > > lualatex-doc.pdf. Before you start using the tools in this package, let me > > insist that the most robust way to manage a non-trivial piece of Lua code is > > to use an external file and source it from Lua, as explained in the cited > > document. > > > > 2010/11/08 v1.0 > > * initial version i've installed this new package and committed an entry to the catalogue repository for it. Users may view the package's catalogue entry at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/luacode.html or browse the package's directory at http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/luatex/latex/luacode/ The catalogue will not appear on the web until some time overnight tonight. Robin Fairbairns For the CTAN team