Re: How do you design GUIs with IUPLua ?

[Paul K <paulclinger@...>]

Hi Roland,

> I am using LuaForWindows, which is shipped with SciTe. Alas, Scintilla is not the best choice (IMO) to design interface with IUPLua, since I miss the some features of an IDE : debugging, syntax highlighting, code completion, etc.

I can't comment on wxlua vs. IUP as I only use the former, but if you
are looking for a way to debug IUP applications, you should be able to
do that with ZeroBrane Studio.

The latest version of ZBS should work with LfW modules out of the box
(as it recognizes LUA_DEV environment variable). I've tested with
different types of IUP windows, but if you notice that some windows do
not show when you launch your application, let me know.

Paul.

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On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Ousmane Roland Yonaba
<roland.yonaba@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was looking into ways to write a GUI application for my students using
> Lua. I have a pretty clear idea of the features to be implemented. I just
> need the Lua core math library (to run computations under the hood), while
> the GUI part will handle the rendering, and perform some basic plotting.
>
> The only concern is how to write the GUI itself. Ideally, i would like a
> pure Lua solution.
>
> After digging in the Lua ecosystem, I came to the conclusion that IUPLua and
> WxLua were the most popular solutions. I decided to go with the former, for
> its apparent simplicity. Also, special thanks to the handy introduction
> written by S. Donovan[1] - hats off, sir!
>
> I am using LuaForWindows, which is shipped with SciTe. Alas, Scintilla is
> not the best choice (IMO) to design interface with IUPLua, since I miss the
> some features of an IDE : debugging, syntax highlighting, code completion,
> etc.
> Maybe I am asking too much (let me know), but also, maybe I did not dig
> enough.
>
> So, thoughts ?
>
> [1] : http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/en/basic/