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Started by IBHalliwell , Oct 05 2014 11:48 PM

Best Answer Arcon , 06 October 2014 - 06:20 AM

I fixed the link on the wiki, but for future reference, if you get that error message try replacing the "forums.windower.net" part with "legacy.windower.net", since it was written on the old forums:

http://legacy.window...for-programmers

 

That said, that guide I wrote is a bit outdated and there are a few minor errors in it as well. I've written it just a few days after I learned Lua myself and I was still misinformed about some details myself, so I wouldn't recommend it as an authorative source. @sdahlka's link is probably better for that, although it is aimed at Lua 5.0 and we are using a customized version of Lua 5.1. For that, you can check this manual:

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/

 

I've personally also found this to be very useful:

http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/about

 

Just replace the "about" in the above URL with any Lua function or table name and it will give you the documentation for it. For example:

http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/string

http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/string.sub

http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/io.open

 

And so on.

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    #1 IBHalliwell

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    Posted 05 October 2014 - 11:48 PM

    Hello,

     

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for dealing with the LUA wiki, but . . . here goes.

     

    I'm trying to learn to program using Lua and went to the "Welcome to the Windower Lua wiki!" page at URL:  http://dev.windower....hp?id=lua:start

     

    The page recommends programmer read a guide ("A Windower/Lua Guide for Programmers") written by Archon.  It is suppose to be at the URL:  http://forums.window...85#entry218985� but when I use the link, the resulting page says:

     

    Sorry, we couldn't find that!

     

    [#10340]

    We could not determine which topic you were attempting to view.

     

    Need Help?

     

    I'm hoping someeone can:

    1. Point me to the correct URL and/or
    2. Update the bad link on the wiki page "Welcome to the Windower Lua wiki!"

    Thank you so very much,

     

    I. B. Halliwell of Ragnarok (formerly of Caitsith)

     

     

     


    #2 sdahlka

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      Posted 06 October 2014 - 02:25 AM

      i have been using this to figure it out

      it has lots of info and has been a tremendous help for me

      http://www.lua.org/pil/1.html


      #3 Arcon

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      Posted 06 October 2014 - 06:20 AM   Best Answer

      I fixed the link on the wiki, but for future reference, if you get that error message try replacing the "forums.windower.net" part with "legacy.windower.net", since it was written on the old forums:

      http://legacy.window...for-programmers

       

      That said, that guide I wrote is a bit outdated and there are a few minor errors in it as well. I've written it just a few days after I learned Lua myself and I was still misinformed about some details myself, so I wouldn't recommend it as an authorative source. @sdahlka's link is probably better for that, although it is aimed at Lua 5.0 and we are using a customized version of Lua 5.1. For that, you can check this manual:

      http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/

       

      I've personally also found this to be very useful:

      http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/about

       

      Just replace the "about" in the above URL with any Lua function or table name and it will give you the documentation for it. For example:

      http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/string

      http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/string.sub

      http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/io.open

       

      And so on.


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