Re: Inegrate LUA interpreter in other application

[Satz Klauer <satzklauer@...>]

Cool, thanks for the help, I found it :-)


On 5/20/10, Rob Kendrick <rjek@rjek.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 May 2010 12:05:55 +0200
> Satz Klauer <satzklauer@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> So my question: how can this be implemented? Is there already an
>> interface in LUA that gives this possibility? Or do I have to modify
>> the soources of the interpreter?
>
> This is precisely what Lua (note, it's not an acronym :) already does.
> The command line "lua" interpreter is just a client of liblua, like any
> application that wants to embed it might be.
>
> You'll want to read the sections of the manual on the C API[1], and
> possibly Programming in Lua[2], which includes working examples of how
> to do it.
>
> B.
>
> [1] http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#3
> [2] First edition is readable for free on the website;
> http://www.lua.org/pil/24.html
>