Re: How do I change Environment variables

["RJP Computing" <rjpcomputing@...>]

On 1/28/07, Rici Lake <lua@ricilake.net> wrote:
> No, it's just an extension library; in the normal way, you can compile
> your extension libraries as DLL's and simply use require() to load them
> (or you can preload them in your application if you're embedding Lua.)

Are there any requirements for what compiler to use? Should I use VC
or MinGW for Windows, if I get the binaries from http://luaforge.net?
Does the compiler even matter?

> Mark Edgar has done an (in my opinion) nice binding of setenv, spawn
> and some other system calls which works on both Windows and Un*x. See
> http://lua-users.org/wiki/ExtensionProposal for details.

Wow that looks great!

> There are other bindings as well, or you can write your own -- it's very easy.

Should I use the extension proposal as a model or is there an
article/tutorial on writing an extension.
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Regards,
Ryan
RJP Computing