Re: [Allegropro-dev] Updates to CVS/new file release
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Re: [Allegropro-dev] Updates to CVS/new file release
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From: Ron O. <ron...@gm...> - 2004-09-22 12:23:57
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OK, so what runs the Lua file? I can't see any executable. Or maybe
I'm getting it totally wrong and the Lua file should run itself?
Please explain to me.
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:02:15 -0700, Korval <ko...@co...> wrote:
> I thought that I had cleared this up with my post on Allegro.cc.
>
> There is no Lua install. There is no "has Lua". Lua is an embedded language.
> This means that the interpreter becomes part of the executable that uses it.
> As such, if you have an executable that uses it (like Premake), then you
> have all that you need. It isn't like Python or Perl, where you run a single
> executable that executes the script. Running Premake requires nothing more
> than the Premake executable (that, and the Lua script, of course).
>
> Also, as it turns out, Premake's source distribution actually ships the Lua
> 4.0.1 distribution. So it comes with everything you need to build it. A good
> thing too. I'm not sure that the 4.0.1 really exists anywhere anymore. Which
> is a good thing, because Lua 5 is much nicer and more consistent.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: all...@li...
> [mailto:all...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Ron Ophir
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:05 AM
> To: all...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Allegropro-dev] Updates to CVS/new file release
>
> OK, I'll take a look at it. Maybe we should have an executable that
> would be statically linked to Lua so even if you don't have Lua you
> can run the code? Anyway, you can count on me looking at it (prolly
> tommorow).
>
> On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:08:15 -0700, Korval <ko...@co...> wrote:
> > The makefile was generated by PreMake. I'm not adverse to having a
> specially
> > modified version of Premake (or one we could even get into the actual
> > Premake distribution) that builds a makefile that doesn't require POSIX.
> > Unfortunately, I have no idea how to write one, nor have I taken a serious
> > look at Premake.
> >
> > If you're considering this, don't let the fact that Lua is in use scare
> you
> > off. While Premake does use Lua to build the makefile, all the Lua stuff
> has
> > already happened by the time you get the data. In theory (from what little
> > I've seen of the codebase), you would be making a new --target type
> ('mingw'
> > as opposed to the 'gnu' one. Premake is annoyingly case-sensitive), and
> that
> > target type would receive some form of data structures (likely not Lua
> > objects).
> >
> > I've been thinking about modifying Premake anyway. It has a few slightly
> > annoying habbits, like outputting all the projects into the same folder.
> If
> > you decide to adjust Premake to be able to output POSIX-independent
> > makefiles, let me know so that we can coordinate our Premake changes.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: all...@li...
> > [mailto:all...@li...]On Behalf Of
> > Ryan Patterson
> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:27 AM
> > To: all...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Allegropro-dev] Updates to CVS/new file release
> >
> > On Monday 20 September 2004 3:22 am, Korval wrote:
> > > However, I can't test it since I don't have a Cygwin environment (the
> > > makefile requires it), nor do I have even the slightest clue as to how
> to
> > > set one up.
> > If you write your dependency files to multiple files rather than just one,
> > you
> > will not need sed to filter them. I'm betting this is your only POSIX
> > dependency, am I right?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Ryan Patterson <mailto:rpa...@cf...>
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