[JW Lua] Finale phaseout

[Thomas Weber]

Am 28.08.24 um 14:54 schrieb Robert Patterson:
>
> Dorico uses Lua for scripting. I am still researching it, so I don't have much more information than that. (I haven't found the doc pages for it, if they are online.)


That's because there is no documentation (at least no official documentation, as far as I know) and there probably never will be, because what I've been told is that Dorico's plans are to discontinue Lua in favor of of QML.


> Right now, Lua scripts access an application object that allows them to drive the user interface. There does not seem to be any lower level access to the document data.


That is correct.  Lua is only used as a macro language.  With QML, more complete access should be possible, but that does not seem to be high on the priority list.


-- 

Notengrafik Berlin GmbH
HRB 150007

UstID: DE 289234097
Geschäftsführer:
Thomas Weber und Werner J. Wolff

fon: +49 30 25359505
Friedrichstraße 23a
10969 Berlin

notengrafik.com