[JW Lua] Finale phaseout

[Martin Marris]

That's interesting. One of the reasons we did not adopt Dorico at its
inception was the apparently weak support for automation. I had rather
assumed things had improved since then.

Best,

Martin Marris
Notecraft Europe Ltd.

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From: JWLua <jwlua-bounces at jwmusic.nu> On Behalf Of Thomas Weber
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2024 15:56
To: The JW Lua script plug-in. <jwlua at jwmusic.nu>; Robert Patterson
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Subject: Re: [JW Lua] Finale phaseout

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.


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