[ZeroBrane Studio] Re: Using Lua 5.2 (on Windows 7)
- From: Paul K <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: zerobrane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:09:03 -0800
Hi Chris,
> I'd like to use Zbs with Lua 5.2 - I see there is a small note about this in
> the FAQ, but Zbs doesn't compile 5.2 constructs like bit32... (even though
> it does recognise them in the source), Zbs has Lua 5.1 in its \bin directory
> etc, so is there some procedure required to make it use 5.2?
You are right; there is more to be than is described in the FAQ. The
answer was meant for the case when you run your Lua 5.2 scripts
outside of ZBS, but want to debug them using MobDebug and ZBS.
It is now possible to debug these scripts in ZBS too (although you'd
need to get the latest code from the git repository until 0.35 version
is out). All you need to do is to specify that you want to use some
other lua interpreter by using `path.lua` configuration setting as in
"path.lua=[[D:\lua-5.2.1\lua.exe]]"; you can add this to your
cfg/user.lua file. Note that this also requires luasocket library
compiled for Lua 5.2 and available in the same location where your Lua
5.2 interpreter is (as it won't work with the luasocket version that
ships with ZBS). I'll update the FAQ to reflect the changes; you don't
need to do anything with getfenv and setfenv as this has been
incorporated into the debugger.
As to bit32 support, I don't expect it to generate a compilation error
(can you provide an example?), but if it does, you can disable
compilation before running your project. Create a copy of
interpreters/luadeb.lua (for example, copy it to luadeb52.lua and
change the "name" inside to "Lua 5.2". Then add "skipcompile = true,"
as one of the parameters (look at gsl-shell.lua for example). This
will disable implicit compilation before running/debugging your
project.
Paul.
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 12:58 AM, Chris Liles
<chris.liles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm a newcomer to both Lua and Zerobrane studio, so pardon me if this is an
> obvious question.
>
> I'd like to use Zbs with Lua 5.2 - I see there is a small note about this in
> the FAQ, but Zbs doesn't compile 5.2 constructs like bit32... (even though
> it does recognise them in the source), Zbs has Lua 5.1 in its \bin directory
> etc, so is there some procedure required to make it use 5.2?
>
> Regards
> Chris Liles
> Canberra, Australia
>
>
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