Re: Installing Lua on macOS in order to update Lua.

[Glenn Travis <travplays@...>]

I also noticed that along with lua 5.2 & and 5.3 it includes one simply named lua.  I wonder what that is?


> On Mar 1, 2018, at 6:49 AM, Thomas Buergel <Thomas.Buergel@varian.com> wrote:
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> On ZeroBrane Studio:
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>> I did download it and messed with it last night,
>> but as of this time, don’t really see an advantage
>> over using Bbedit, and terminal lua calls.
> 
> Did you notice that it comes with (multiple) pre-built Lua interpreters already?
> 
> Did you notice that it has a built-in "lint"/static code analyzer facility built in? (Project->Analyze)
> 
> Did you notice that you can run programs directly from the IDE, and perhaps more importantly, debug them with full features like watch windows, call stack display, etc.? (Project->Start Debugging)
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> I have tried several different approaches, and ZeroBrane has been by far the best/most helpful/productive. Once you got used to it, it will be hard to put away again, and maybe that's when a payment to Paul (the author) is in applicable to support the project.