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----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Rapin
Date: 2/14/2012 10:13 AM

I have already tried multiple times over several years to find a
solution to the following need, but with no or limited success.
What I wish is to remote debug Lua scripts in an embedded program or device.
In [1] there is an already impressive list of debugging solutions, but
none seems to fit the following requirements :

  - No dependency on LuaSocket
  - The communication layer between the debugger and debuggee can be
customized (I typically need USB channel)
  - A GUI is much preferable to command line interfaces
  - Lua 5.2 support would be a plus
I now use Tilde [1] instead of LuaPlus's Remote Lua Debugger. Tilde is supposedly architected to accept varying transport layers. It comes with a TCP/IP layer.
I maintain a version of Tilde [2] with updated features at https://github.com/jjensen/lua-tilde. 

My intention has been to add Lua 5.2 support, but it hasn't happened yet.

-Josh

[1] http://luaforge.net/projects/tilde/
[2] https://github.com/jjensen/lua-tilde