luametatex1

Next generation context procession engine.

Usage

luametatex --lua=FILE [OPTION] ... [TEXNAME [.tex]] [COMMANDS]

luametatex --lua=FILE [OPTION] ... FIRST-LINE

luametatex --lua=FILE [OPTION] ... &FMT ARGS

Overview

Run LuaMetaTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luatex input, after TEXNAME is read.

Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a backslash, LuaMetaTeX interprets all non-option arguments as an input line.

Alternatively, if the first non-option argument begins with a &, the next word is taken as the FMT to read, overriding all else. Any remaining arguments are processed as above.

If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.

The following regular options are understood:

--credits: display credits and exit

--fmt=FORMAT: load the format file FORMAT

--help: display help and exit

--ini: be iniluametatex, for dumping formats

--jobname=STRING: set the job name to STRING

--lua=FILE: load and execute a lua initialization script

--version: display version and exit

Alternate behaviour models can be obtained by special switches

--luaonly: run a lua file, then exit

Loading libraries from Lua is blocked unless one explicitly permits it:

--permitloadlib: permit loading of external libraries (coming)

See the reference manual for more information about the startup process.