On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 3:27 PM, steve donovan
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steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, here is my first stab at an installer:
>
>
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/sdonovan/lua/lua-msi.zip
>
> (It is a zipped .msi, no 'tarballs' here ;))
>
> It puts LuaBinaries together with the manual, plus a shortcut to PiL.
> As suggested by Philippe, it registers .lua as a filetype associated
> with lua5.1.exe. PATH and PATHEXT are modified, so this works:
>
> C:\stuff>type test.lua
> print ("hello, number of args is",#arg)
>
> C:\stuff>test 1 2 3
> hello, number of args is 3
>
> We still need a Friendly Executive Summary kind of tutorial introduction,
> and some illustrative scripts.
>
> steve d.
>
> PS. Three shortcuts on the desktop! Man, that feels a bit much. But
> this is what people say they need.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Philippe Lhoste <
PhiLho@gmx.net> wrote:
> > On 10/05/2008 21:38, KHMan wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately, I think a lower barrier may be needed. [...] Even the
> > installer
> > >
> > > might have certain informational pages to ease the user into the
> > > first steps. Also, sample scripts, etc. Stuff like that.
> > >
> > > Of course, all of this needs resources and effort to support and
> > > produce. But if it is to be targeted to beginners, we need to
> > > mentally put ourselves in the position of a real beginner and see
> > > what we can do to lower the barriers. Sort of a product usability
> > > study.
> > >
> >
> > It is funny that a somehow unfriendly message (coming out of frustration
> > and lack of knowledge/proper reading) generated a (new) reflection
> > (thinking) on how to make Lua more friendly for beginners (at least on
> > Windows, where the need is probably the most pressing).
> >
> > I hope something useful will come out of this.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Philippe Lhoste
> > -- (near) Paris -- France
> > --
http://Phi.Lho.free.fr
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> >
> >
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