Re: Windows File Association for lua.exe

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 11/09/2011 3.00, Jeff Pohlmeyer wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Phillip Richcreek wrote:
> > I'm unable to see the script's PRINT output.
> > How can I make double-clicking a .lua file bring up a cmd window that
> > doesn't immediately disappear?
>
> For develoment/debugging purposes it might be helpful if the
> window stayed open. But for a script written for everyday use,
> many people would prefer something that does what it needs to
> do and then gets out of the way. For the best of both worlds,
> during development you could add this to the end of the script:
>
>
>    print("Press [Return] to exit")
>    io.read()

To improve on this you could do the following:

After setting the command for .lua files association as:

"path\to\lua\lua.exe" -e"CALLED_FROM_WIN_SHELL=true" "%1"

at the end of the script put:

if CALLED_FROM_WIN_SHELL then
    print("Press [Return] to exit")
    io.read()
end


>   - Jeff

-- Lorenzo