[metapost] MetaPost and LuaTeX

[Dirk Laurie]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 12:03:37PM +0200, Hans Hagen wrote:
> On 9-11-2010 10:05, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> > 2. They therefore have on purpose not written any primer or anything
> >     else that will make it attractive to non-geeks.
> 
> eh ... there is a manual in luatex that describes all functionality
>
Yes, it is called luatexref-t.pdf, and describes exactly that: all.
...
> talking of geeks ... it seems that you operate outside the tex community 
> as for the last couple of years the team has presented quite a lot on 
> user group meetings as well as in journals .. you can't expect us to do 
> more as we already spend quite some time on these matters
...
> - fetch the latest binaries from contextgarden.net or some other place
> 
Since I raised the question on this forum, I'll respond here, even if
the discussion is straying a little off-topic. 

Hans's reply, when read carefully, answers my question: there is a ConTeXt 
wiki at that site, with exactly the sort of article that I wish for:
    http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Programming_in_LuaTeX
 
Dirk