newfile is no longer required

2 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/arabluatex.dtx b/arabluatex.dtx
index c09debe..84bc6ad 100644
--- a/arabluatex.dtx
+++ b/arabluatex.dtx
@@ -3461,7 +3461,6 @@ wa-ya.sIru ta.hta 'l-jild-i
 \RequirePackage{xparse}
 \RequirePackage{environ}
 \RequirePackage{adjustbox}
-\RequirePackage{newfile}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % The following boolean will be set to |true| in |RL| mode:
 %    \begin{macrocode}
@@ -3660,8 +3659,6 @@ wa-ya.sIru ta.hta 'l-jild-i
   {\luadirect{tex.sprint(uc(\luastringN{#1}))}}
 %    \end{macrocode}
 % \end{macro}
-% \package{arabluatex} is able to write out unicode Arabic or unicode
-% transliterated Arabic to an external file.
 % \begin{macro}{\Uc} \cs{uc} may be used safely in all of the modes
 %   that are provided by \package{arabluatex} as any of the |voc|,
 %   |fullvoc| and |novoc| modes discard it on top of any other
diff --git a/arabluatex.lua b/arabluatex.lua
index 495e6a0..2b1360c 100644
--- a/arabluatex.lua
+++ b/arabluatex.lua
@@ -761,10 +761,3 @@ function aemph(str)
    end
    return str
 end
-
-function writevrb(str)
-   local f = io.open(tex.jobname.."-out.tex", "a+")
-   f:write(str)
-   f:close()
-   return true
-end