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On 10/19/12 1:03 PM, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> 2012/10/19 Rob Hoelz <rob@hoelz.ro>:
>
>>> 1. Change the first line in rep.lua from
>>>     #!/usr/bin/env lua
>>> to
>>>     #!/usr/bin/env lua5.1
>> Does lua exist as an executable, or do you only have lua5.1/lua5.2/etc?
> `lua` is /usr/local/bin/lua as installed by the most recent PUC-Rio release.
>
>>> 2. Symbolically link $PWD/repl to /usr/local/lib/lua/5.1 (the rock
>>> installs only /usr/local/lib/luarocks/rocks/luarepl/0.3-1/bin/rep.lua).
>> If you set up your PATH to point to wherever luarocks installs binaries
>> (mine is ~/.luarocks/bin),
>> you shouldn't need to do this.
> I did `sudo luarocks make` in the untar directory.  I have not yet
> succeeded in discovering where the `repl` directory was installed.
> Maybe I should chuck away the `sudo` and leave other users to
> fend for themselves.
>
>> If you install lua-linenoise, the linenoise plugin will automatically be
>> loaded, and you will gain history (persistent history, even!), and tab
>> completion.
> Aha! I'll try that.
>
>> I should probably document this; I should also try writing a plugin that
>> uses rlwrap or something.
> While I admire Luadoc for what it does, I also love a README.1st
> aimed it idiots like myself.

That's what README.md is intended for; are there things missing from it
that you'd like me to add?
>
> Dirk
>
-Rob