Proposal: smartlua

[Stefan Reich <info@...>]

Proposal: "smartlua"

smartlua should be: an executable that runs Lua code easily.

smartlua should:
  -run on Linux and Windows
  -be delivered as a single executable (shell script/.exe, resp.)
  -look at the Lua source file(s) and guess what libraries are needed
  -make includes be found automatically
  -download and install standard libraries if needed

Basic invocation:
  ./smartlua <scriptname>
  (More options in the future.)

As there is some guess work involved in what smartlua does, there 
should be
a confirmation of all actions by the user (smartlua prepares all 
actions,
presents them to the user and requests a simple y/n before proceeding).

First step to realizing smartlua: Let's collect example scripts you run 
all day.

(Hopefully your scripts are not secret? Secrets are not so good. They 
make collaboration difficult. Why not just open up?)

Cheers,
Stefan