From 78f76979212231d4a7b26b541205bd0635a9f257 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deva Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:12:53 +0000 Subject: Added LUA to the repo, to make the windows version compile. --- client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 | 136 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 299 insertions(+) create mode 100644 client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 create mode 100644 client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 (limited to 'client/lua/man/man1') diff --git a/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 b/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..878b324 --- /dev/null +++ b/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +.\" $Id$ +.TH LUA 1 "$Date$" +.SH NAME +lua \- Lua interpreter +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B lua +[ +.I options +] +[ +.I script +[ +.I args +] +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B lua +is the stand-alone Lua interpreter. +It loads and executes Lua programs, +either in textual source form or +in precompiled binary form. +(Precompiled binaries are output by +.BR luac , +the Lua compiler.) +.B lua +can be used as a batch interpreter and also interactively. +.LP +The given +.I options +(see below) +are executed and then +the Lua program in file +.I script +is loaded and executed. +The given +.I args +are available to +.I script +as strings in a global table named +.BR arg . +If these arguments contain spaces or other characters special to the shell, +then they should be quoted +(but note that the quotes will be removed by the shell). +The arguments in +.B arg +start at 0, +which contains the string +.RI ' script '. +The index of the last argument is stored in +.BR arg.n . +The arguments given in the command line before +.IR script , +including the name of the interpreter, +are available in negative indices in +.BR arg . +.LP +At the very start, +before even handling the command line, +.B lua +executes the contents of the environment variable +.BR LUA_INIT , +if it is defined. +If the value of +.B LUA_INIT +is of the form +.RI '@ filename ', +then +.I filename +is executed. +Otherwise, the string is assumed to be a Lua statement and is executed. +.LP +Options start with +.B '\-' +and are described below. +You can use +.B "'\--'" +to signal the end of options. +.LP +If no arguments are given, +then +.B "\-v \-i" +is assumed when the standard input is a terminal; +otherwise, +.B "\-" +is assumed. +.LP +In interactive mode, +.B lua +prompts the user, +reads lines from the standard input, +and executes them as they are read. +If a line does not contain a complete statement, +then a secondary prompt is displayed and +lines are read until a complete statement is formed or +a syntax error is found. +So, one way to interrupt the reading of an incomplete statement is +to force a syntax error: +adding a +.B ';' +in the middle of a statement is a sure way of forcing a syntax error +(except inside multiline strings and comments; these must be closed explicitly). +If a line starts with +.BR '=' , +then +.B lua +displays the values of all the expressions in the remainder of the +line. The expressions must be separated by commas. +The primary prompt is the value of the global variable +.BR _PROMPT , +if this value is a string; +otherwise, the default prompt is used. +Similarly, the secondary prompt is the value of the global variable +.BR _PROMPT2 . +So, +to change the prompts, +set the corresponding variable to a string of your choice. +You can do that after calling the interpreter +or on the command line +(but in this case you have to be careful with quotes +if the prompt string contains a space; otherwise you may confuse the shell.) +The default prompts are "> " and ">> ". +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \- +load and execute the standard input as a file, +that is, +not interactively, +even when the standard input is a terminal. +.TP +.BI \-e " stat" +execute statement +.IR stat . +You need to quote +.I stat +if it contains spaces, quotes, +or other characters special to the shell. +.TP +.B \-i +enter interactive mode after +.I script +is executed. +.TP +.BI \-l " name" +call +.BI require(' name ') +before executing +.IR script . +Typically used to load libraries. +.TP +.B \-v +show version information. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR luac (1) +.br +http://www.lua.org/ +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Error messages should be self explanatory. +.SH AUTHORS +R. Ierusalimschy, +L. H. de Figueiredo, +and +W. Celes +.\" EOF diff --git a/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 b/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..367c7c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 @@ -0,0 +1,136 @@ +.\" $Id$ +.TH LUAC 1 "$Date$" +.SH NAME +luac \- Lua compiler +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B luac +[ +.I options +] [ +.I filenames +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B luac +is the Lua compiler. +It translates programs written in the Lua programming language +into binary files that can be later loaded and executed. +.LP +The main advantages of precompiling chunks are: +faster loading, +protecting source code from accidental user changes, +and +off-line syntax checking. +.LP +Pre-compiling does not imply faster execution +because in Lua chunks are always compiled into bytecodes before being executed. +.B luac +simply allows those bytecodes to be saved in a file for later execution. +.LP +Pre-compiled chunks are not necessarily smaller than the corresponding source. +The main goal in pre-compiling is faster loading. +.LP +The binary files created by +.B luac +are portable only among architectures with the same word size and byte order. +.LP +.B luac +produces a single output file containing the bytecodes +for all source files given. +By default, +the output file is named +.BR luac.out , +but you can change this with the +.B \-o +option. +.LP +In the command line, +you can mix +text files containing Lua source and +binary files containing precompiled chunks. +This is useful to combine several precompiled chunks, +even from different (but compatible) platforms, +into a single precompiled chunk. +.LP +You can use +.B "'\-'" +to indicate the standard input as a source file +and +.B "'\--'" +to signal the end of options +(that is, +all remaining arguments will be treated as files even if they start with +.BR "'\-'" ). +.LP +The internal format of the binary files produced by +.B luac +is likely to change when a new version of Lua is released. +So, +save the source files of all Lua programs that you precompile. +.LP +.SH OPTIONS +Options must be separate. +.TP +.B \-l +produce a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine. +Listing bytecodes is useful to learn about Lua's virtual machine. +If no files are given, then +.B luac +loads +.B luac.out +and lists its contents. +.TP +.BI \-o " file" +output to +.IR file , +instead of the default +.BR luac.out . +(You can use +.B "'\-'" +for standard output, +but not on platforms that open standard output in text mode.) +The output file may be a source file because +all files are loaded before the output file is written. +Be careful not to overwrite precious files. +.TP +.B \-p +load files but do not generate any output file. +Used mainly for syntax checking and for testing precompiled chunks: +corrupted files will probably generate errors when loaded. +Lua always performs a thorough integrity test on precompiled chunks. +Bytecode that passes this test is completely safe, +in the sense that it will not break the interpreter. +However, +there is no guarantee that such code does anything sensible. +(None can be given, because the halting problem is unsolvable.) +If no files are given, then +.B luac +loads +.B luac.out +and tests its contents. +No messages are displayed if the file passes the integrity test. +.TP +.B \-s +strip debug information before writing the output file. +This saves some space in very large chunks, +but if errors occur when running a stripped chunk, +then the error messages may not contain the full information they usually do. +For instance, +line numbers and names of local variables are lost. +.TP +.B \-v +show version information. +.SH FILES +.TP 15 +.B luac.out +default output file +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR lua (1) +.br +http://www.lua.org/ +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Error messages should be self explanatory. +.SH AUTHORS +L. H. de Figueiredo, +R. Ierusalimschy and +W. Celes +.\" EOF -- cgit v1.2.3