INSTALLING
Download the RiscLua distribution from
http://www.wra1th.plus.com/lua/risclua.html
. Unzip the latest application !rlua... from it, and save it to
wherever you like. The Apps directory or !Boot.Resources are convenient
because that will ensure that !rlua... gets filer_booted when you start up.
Filer_booting !rlua... will create the filetype Lua (&18C)
and set up various
system variables. You should be aware that RiscLua has passed through many versions,
so that there can be issues of compatibility. If in doubt download
the latest version.
Doubleclicking on !rlua... will install it on the iconbar. Clicking the iconbar icon
with Select will open the RiscLua directory, which contains two subdirectories, Examples
and Utilities. Clicking the iconbar icon with Adjust will open !rlua... . Dragging a file
containing a RiscLua program to the iconbar icon will run it.
The following utilities are included in the full distribution.
Dragging any doubleclickable program to TaskW's iconbar icon will run it
in a taskwindow. The other utilities require !rlua... to have been
filer_booted.
Apply is only needed if you do not have a recent version of StrongED. The other three will only be of interest to those who want to know
about the internal workings of Lua.
Compile compiles programs to instructions for lua's virtual machine - this process is carried out automatically
as a first step when a program is run. There could in some
circumstances be a small saving in time by using Compile first.
DisAsm is a disassembler - it displays the instructions in a more readable
format.
VMview adds this disassembly as interleaved comments to the
source program. This can be of use in debugging or profiling a
program.






