From a534ee1753fb812317ab2a691e221be5635d3714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: deva Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:53:48 +0000 Subject: No need for man pages --- client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 | 163 --------------------------------------------- client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 | 136 ------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 299 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 delete mode 100644 client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 (limited to 'client') diff --git a/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 b/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 878b324..0000000 --- a/client/lua/man/man1/lua.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,163 +0,0 @@ -.\" $Id$ -.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 diff --git a/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 b/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 deleted file mode 100644 index 367c7c1..0000000 --- a/client/lua/man/man1/luac.1 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,136 +0,0 @@ -.\" $Id$ -.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 -- cgit v1.2.3