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6 ipescript - Run an Ipe script (written in Lua)
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9 ipescript script { arguments }
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13 ipescript runs an Ipe script written in Lua. The Ipe bindings are
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26 the directory where ipetoipe runs Pdflatex.
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32 IPESCRIPTS a list of directories where Ipescript will look for
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45 Otfried Cheong
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59 August 28, 2011 IPESCRIPT(1)