Re: lua 5.2 for windows

["David Collier" <myshkin@...>]

OK, thanks for all the help,

As pointed out, this facility is in the distribution... it just wasn't
called what I thought it was, so my perfunctory search missed it.

Thanks all, especially <Jeff Pohlmeyer>.

D

> *From:* "david collier" <myshkin@cix.co.uk>
> *To:* "Lua mailing list" <lua-l@lists.lua.org>
> *Date:* Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:15:51 +0100
> 
> getting to know Lua, and a bit stunned to find the version I'm 
> using has no bit-manipulation. Ovbiously not purposed at the sort 
> of stuff I'm used to.
> 
> So I see that there is "something better" in 5.2
> 
> Off I go to install 5.2 on my PC, but I find that Lua for Windows 
> is still stuck on 5.1.
> 
> So I have 3 questions:
> 
> 1. how do I read up on how I can do bit and and shift in 5.2?
> 2. What would I need to do to install a new library on my 5.1 
> installation... is it just downloading binary or do I need to wind 
> up a C compiler?
> 3. Is there a how-to to install a complete Lua set-up on Windoze? 
> I've tried downloading the 5.2 binaies and includes and dumping 
> them in a clone of my 5.1 directory, but that didn't end well.
> 
> TVM
> 
> David
> 
>