[wxlua-users] Programming in Lua with Widgets

[Hernan C. <jhe...@gm...>]

Hi, friends.

I am interested in programming in Lua, and enhance it with Widgets.
But I feel no confortable with having to compile (build) so many things
around.

Could you help me to...

1. I would like to use the last version on Lua and Widgets. But it seems
that wxLua (a good work for this objective) only runs in Lua 5.1.

2. I do not want to compile Lua 5.3 (nor any version of Lua). I will use a
binary available in Internet.
   I do not want to compile Widgets 3.xxx last version (nor any version of
Widgets that can be used with Lua). I will use a binary available in
Internet.

3. Compile wxLua? I have MS-VC++ 2008 Express (unfortunately) and also
MinGW32. CodeLite if somebody want to help me.
   Please I am not expert in VS nor I use it frequently.... but I'll
receive instructions.

4. My main goal is: to use Widgets last version with Lua last version and
that I can change the main executable of Lua when a new version come; and
same for Widgets.

For what I have read, it seems that thhis is not possible or it is very
difficult (for some whow knows about Lua, C/C++, compiling, bulding and
Widgets).
But Paul Kulchenko in
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29457710/compiling-wxlua-cross-platform-static
says that it is possible to compile wxLua in Lua 5.2... and then I would
want to try it... after directions from all of you.

5. I want to have several version of Lua: 5.1 (because wxLua only run in
this for now), 5.3 (because it is the last) and 5.2 (for a wide range of
the knowledge --if I can execute in all of the three, I will have a good
understand of this theme/thing--).

For this I know I must not use the LUA_DEV or LUA_PATH sysvars. And for
this thing I want your instructions.

Waiting for your kind helping,

*HERNAN CANO MARTINEZ*
Systems Analyst - Programmer
Medellín, Colombia.