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| author | Lua Team <team@lua.org> | 2006-01-12 12:00:00 +0000 |
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| committer | repogen <> | 2006-01-12 12:00:00 +0000 |
| commit | 4f266285f998d0d14c4e83cc29772f0de1a7fbba (patch) | |
| tree | a122a829730d9f96e3a4e2bf65347490a8759800 /doc/lua.html | |
| parent | b3196343ba1a5dfe10e68eb9c61dc0ad5bb961a8 (diff) | |
| download | lua-github-4f266285f998d0d14c4e83cc29772f0de1a7fbba.tar.gz | |
Lua 5.1-rc15.1-rc1
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lua.html b/doc/lua.html index 3bc0d8ae..5900321f 100644 --- a/doc/lua.html +++ b/doc/lua.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: lua.man,v 1.9 2005/09/02 16:29:34 lhf Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: lua.man,v 1.11 2006/01/06 16:03:34 lhf Exp $ --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>LUA man page</TITLE> @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> -<H1>NAME</H1> +<H2>NAME</H2> lua - Lua interpreter -<H1>SYNOPSIS</H1> +<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2> <B>lua</B> [ <I>options</I> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lua - Lua interpreter <I>args</I> ] ] -<H1>DESCRIPTION</H1> +<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2> <B>lua</B> is the stand-alone Lua interpreter. It loads and executes Lua programs, @@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ The arguments in <B>arg</B> start at 0, which contains the string -`<I>script</I>'. +'<I>script</I>'. The index of the last argument is stored in -<B>"arg.n"</B>. +<B>arg.n</B>. The arguments given in the command line before <I>script</I>, including the name of the interpreter, @@ -70,17 +70,17 @@ if it is defined. If the value of <B>LUA_INIT</B> is of the form -`@<I>filename</I>', +'@<I>filename</I>', then <I>filename</I> is executed. Otherwise, the string is assumed to be a Lua statement and is executed. <P> Options start with -<B>-</B> +<B>'-'</B> and are described below. You can use -<B>"--"</B> +<B>'--'</B> to signal the end of options. <P> If no arguments are given, @@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ 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>`;' </B> +<B>';'</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 -<B>`='</B>, +<B>'='</B>, then <B>lua</B> displays the values of all the expressions in the remainder of the @@ -122,12 +122,11 @@ 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 with -<B>"_PROMPT" "=\'lua: \'"</B>, -for example. -(Note the need for quotes, because the string contains a space.) -The default prompts are ``> '' and ``>> ''. -<H1>OPTIONS</H1> +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 ">> ". +<H2>OPTIONS</H2> <P> <B>-</B> load and execute the standard input as a file, @@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ that is, not interactively, even when the standard input is a terminal. <P> -<B>-e "</B><I>stat"</I> +<B>-e </B><I>stat</I> execute statement <I>stat</I>. You need to quote @@ -148,24 +147,22 @@ enter interactive mode after <I>script</I> is executed. <P> -<B>-l "</B><I>module"</I> +<B>-l </B><I>name</I> call -<B>require( module</B><I>)</I> +<B>require(' name</B><I>')</I> before executing -<I></I>script. -Typically used to load libraries -(hence the letter -<I>l</I>). +<I>script</I>. +Typically used to load libraries. <P> <B>-v</B> show version information. -<H1>SEE ALSO</H1> +<H2>SEE ALSO</H2> <B>luac</B>(1) <BR> <A HREF="http://www.lua.org/">http://www.lua.org/</A> -<H1>DIAGNOSTICS</H1> +<H2>DIAGNOSTICS</H2> Error messages should be self explanatory. -<H1>AUTHORS</H1> +<H2>AUTHORS</H2> R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and |