Re: Lua-C++ Question

[Tim Mensch <tim-lua-l@...>]

On 2/25/2013 3:36 AM, TheGreat Guru wrote:
> The reason i dont want to use lua is because i use Windows (yea i know 
> !) and as a newbie i cant find any STEP by STEP tutorial on how to use 
> it . The API on the other hand is something that i am , at least , 
> familiar with , not good but decent . Anyway , thanks for "wasting" 
> your time to reply to me ! Cya ... Nik !!! 

I use Windows as a primary desktop and development environment, and I 
didn't imply I was wasting my time.

But based on your other answer, it looks like I was answering a question 
that was MORE than you needed to know. You could hand-wrap the classes 
using standard Lua wrappers. [1]

You can use ANY of the binders to do what you want. I still don't 
recommend tolua++; LuaBind is really easy to use and will work the way 
you need it, though. And there is a basic bit of instructions as to how 
to install on Windows [2].

SimpleLuaBinder [3] may be a bit easier to use for a newbie (no Boost 
requirements), though it's not as powerful. You'll need to install 
Premake [4] to get it working, however.

I suspect that there isn't a step-by-step guide that will handle your 
needs if [1] doesn't help enough, and that if you feel you need one, 
that you'd have more luck using one of the existing wrappers. Pick one 
and try to get it to work; if you get stuck, then ask specific questions 
with detailed descriptions about what you've tried.

Tim


[1] http://lua-users.org/wiki/BindingWithMembersAndMethods

[2] http://www.rasterbar.com/products/luabind/docs.html#windows

[3] https://code.google.com/p/slb/

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premake