Lua Documentation

wiki

• Language and Libraries
  • [Lua 5.1 Manual (chm)] (5.1) - Lua 5.1 reference manual converted to Microsoft's HTML Help format (by Lua Binaries project).
  • [Lua 5.2 Manual (chm)] (5.2) - Lua 5.2 reference manual converted to Microsoft's HTML Help format (by Nikolay Vedernikov).
  • [LuaAIO Manual] (5.1) - Lua 5.1 reference manual, Programming in Lua 1st ed., LuaTutorial, and documentation for many libraries (LuaSocket?, wxLua, IUP, IrrLua?, LuaSDL, etc.), all in single 8Mb .chm file.
  • [Lua 5 Manual (webbook)] (5.0) - Lua 5.0 manual, converted to webbook format.
  • [Lua 5 Quick Reference] (5.0) - A Lua 5 reference booklet (PDF), including a version with colour navigation tabs. See also LuaShortReference (5.1).
  • [Quick reference C API] (5.1) - Two different sets of reference sheets. ODT/XLS and PDF formats.
  • [An Overview of Lua] - Slides by Julia Lawall (PDF).
  • [Luai] - an alternative method of browsing (and searching) the Lua 5.1 reference manual.
  • [LuaSearch] - navigate Lua module documentation (HTML and POD formats online). See also LuaSearch.
  • [luaman] - Lua 5.1 and 5.2 reference manual C API functions converted to Unix man-page format.
  • LuaWsapi - Getting LuaRocks, WSAPI, Lua and MySQL to play nicely
  • [The Lua Integration Guide] - Integrating Lua with C explained with examples.
  • [Luadocs] - Lua Reference manual with an alternative user interface.
• Virtual Machine (VM) and Implementation
  • [A No-Frills Introduction to Lua 5 VM Instructions] (5.0/5.1) - ODT and PDF formats. There are two versions, one for Lua 5.0.2 and one for Lua 5.1.

See also

• LuaHelp - a command-line Lua script that extracts sections of the manual for easier reading (similar in functionality to [Luai])
• LuaReferenceManualComments - user comments and annotations on the Lua Reference Manual
• LuaSource - documentation and comments on the Lua source code
• LuaLinks - includes links to Lua introductions and tutorials