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-.\" $Id$
-.TH LUA 1 "$Date$"
-.SH NAME
-lua \- Lua interpreter
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B lua
-[
-.I options
-]
-[
-.I script
-[
-.I args
-]
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B lua
-is the stand-alone Lua interpreter.
-It loads and executes Lua programs,
-either in textual source form or
-in precompiled binary form.
-(Precompiled binaries are output by
-.BR luac ,
-the Lua compiler.)
-.B lua
-can be used as a batch interpreter and also interactively.
-.LP
-The given
-.I options
-(see below)
-are executed and then
-the Lua program in file
-.I script
-is loaded and executed.
-The given
-.I args
-are available to
-.I script
-as strings in a global table named
-.BR arg .
-If these arguments contain spaces or other characters special to the shell,
-then they should be quoted
-(but note that the quotes will be removed by the shell).
-The arguments in
-.B arg
-start at 0,
-which contains the string
-.RI ' script '.
-The index of the last argument is stored in
-.BR arg.n .
-The arguments given in the command line before
-.IR script ,
-including the name of the interpreter,
-are available in negative indices in
-.BR arg .
-.LP
-At the very start,
-before even handling the command line,
-.B lua
-executes the contents of the environment variable
-.BR LUA_INIT ,
-if it is defined.
-If the value of
-.B LUA_INIT
-is of the form
-.RI '@ filename ',
-then
-.I filename
-is executed.
-Otherwise, the string is assumed to be a Lua statement and is executed.
-.LP
-Options start with
-.B '\-'
-and are described below.
-You can use
-.B "'\--'"
-to signal the end of options.
-.LP
-If no arguments are given,
-then
-.B "\-v \-i"
-is assumed when the standard input is a terminal;
-otherwise,
-.B "\-"
-is assumed.
-.LP
-In interactive mode,
-.B lua
-prompts the user,
-reads lines from the standard input,
-and executes them as they are read.
-If a line does not contain a complete statement,
-then a secondary prompt is displayed and
-lines are read until a complete statement is formed or
-a syntax error is found.
-So, one way to interrupt the reading of an incomplete statement is
-to force a syntax error:
-adding a
-.B ';'
-in the middle of a statement is a sure way of forcing a syntax error
-(except inside multiline strings and comments; these must be closed explicitly).
-If a line starts with
-.BR '=' ,
-then
-.B lua
-displays the values of all the expressions in the remainder of the
-line. The expressions must be separated by commas.
-The primary prompt is the value of the global variable
-.BR _PROMPT ,
-if this value is a string;
-otherwise, the default prompt is used.
-Similarly, the secondary prompt is the value of the global variable
-.BR _PROMPT2 .
-So,
-to change the prompts,
-set the corresponding variable to a string of your choice.
-You can do that after calling the interpreter
-or on the command line
-(but in this case you have to be careful with quotes
-if the prompt string contains a space; otherwise you may confuse the shell.)
-The default prompts are "> " and ">> ".
-.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-.B \-
-load and execute the standard input as a file,
-that is,
-not interactively,
-even when the standard input is a terminal.
-.TP
-.BI \-e " stat"
-execute statement
-.IR stat .
-You need to quote
-.I stat
-if it contains spaces, quotes,
-or other characters special to the shell.
-.TP
-.B \-i
-enter interactive mode after
-.I script
-is executed.
-.TP
-.BI \-l " name"
-call
-.BI require(' name ')
-before executing
-.IR script .
-Typically used to load libraries.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-show version information.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR luac (1)
-.br
-http://www.lua.org/
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-Error messages should be self explanatory.
-.SH AUTHORS
-R. Ierusalimschy,
-L. H. de Figueiredo,
-and
-W. Celes
-.\" EOF
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-.\" $Id$
-.TH LUAC 1 "$Date$"
-.SH NAME
-luac \- Lua compiler
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B luac
-[
-.I options
-] [
-.I filenames
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B luac
-is the Lua compiler.
-It translates programs written in the Lua programming language
-into binary files that can be later loaded and executed.
-.LP
-The main advantages of precompiling chunks are:
-faster loading,
-protecting source code from accidental user changes,
-and
-off-line syntax checking.
-.LP
-Pre-compiling does not imply faster execution
-because in Lua chunks are always compiled into bytecodes before being executed.
-.B luac
-simply allows those bytecodes to be saved in a file for later execution.
-.LP
-Pre-compiled chunks are not necessarily smaller than the corresponding source.
-The main goal in pre-compiling is faster loading.
-.LP
-The binary files created by
-.B luac
-are portable only among architectures with the same word size and byte order.
-.LP
-.B luac
-produces a single output file containing the bytecodes
-for all source files given.
-By default,
-the output file is named
-.BR luac.out ,
-but you can change this with the
-.B \-o
-option.
-.LP
-In the command line,
-you can mix
-text files containing Lua source and
-binary files containing precompiled chunks.
-This is useful to combine several precompiled chunks,
-even from different (but compatible) platforms,
-into a single precompiled chunk.
-.LP
-You can use
-.B "'\-'"
-to indicate the standard input as a source file
-and
-.B "'\--'"
-to signal the end of options
-(that is,
-all remaining arguments will be treated as files even if they start with
-.BR "'\-'" ).
-.LP
-The internal format of the binary files produced by
-.B luac
-is likely to change when a new version of Lua is released.
-So,
-save the source files of all Lua programs that you precompile.
-.LP
-.SH OPTIONS
-Options must be separate.
-.TP
-.B \-l
-produce a listing of the compiled bytecode for Lua's virtual machine.
-Listing bytecodes is useful to learn about Lua's virtual machine.
-If no files are given, then
-.B luac
-loads
-.B luac.out
-and lists its contents.
-.TP
-.BI \-o " file"
-output to
-.IR file ,
-instead of the default
-.BR luac.out .
-(You can use
-.B "'\-'"
-for standard output,
-but not on platforms that open standard output in text mode.)
-The output file may be a source file because
-all files are loaded before the output file is written.
-Be careful not to overwrite precious files.
-.TP
-.B \-p
-load files but do not generate any output file.
-Used mainly for syntax checking and for testing precompiled chunks:
-corrupted files will probably generate errors when loaded.
-Lua always performs a thorough integrity test on precompiled chunks.
-Bytecode that passes this test is completely safe,
-in the sense that it will not break the interpreter.
-However,
-there is no guarantee that such code does anything sensible.
-(None can be given, because the halting problem is unsolvable.)
-If no files are given, then
-.B luac
-loads
-.B luac.out
-and tests its contents.
-No messages are displayed if the file passes the integrity test.
-.TP
-.B \-s
-strip debug information before writing the output file.
-This saves some space in very large chunks,
-but if errors occur when running a stripped chunk,
-then the error messages may not contain the full information they usually do.
-For instance,
-line numbers and names of local variables are lost.
-.TP
-.B \-v
-show version information.
-.SH FILES
-.TP 15
-.B luac.out
-default output file
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.BR lua (1)
-.br
-http://www.lua.org/
-.SH DIAGNOSTICS
-Error messages should be self explanatory.
-.SH AUTHORS
-L. H. de Figueiredo,
-R. Ierusalimschy and
-W. Celes
-.\" EOF