Lua plugin

[Escorter]

Hi everybody!

Is somebody started to make a Lua script plugin for CS? It would be nice.

[jorrit]

Hi everybody!

Is somebody started to make a Lua script plugin for CS? It would be nice.

We used to have one but had to drop it when luaswig project was stopped.

Greetings,

[Escorter]

What the heck is luaswig? And why it needs for CS?

[jorrit]

What the heck is luaswig? And why it needs for CS?

CS depends on SWIG (http://www.swig.org) for integration of scripting languages. That's how Perl, Java, and Python are integrated. Unfortunatelly LUA is not directly supported by SWIG. In the past there was a luaswig project but that was abandonded.

Greetings,

[Escorter]

And what about the Squirrel scripting language (http://www.squirrel-lang.org/)?

[jorrit]

And what about the Squirrel scripting language (http://www.squirrel-lang.org/)?

Check the swig page. If swig supports Squirrel it is relatively easy. If swig doesn't support it it is a bit harder.

Greetings,

[jorrit]

Of course, it doesn't support Squirrel. But I don't want to use Python. GOD I HATE PYTHON!!!!

Try Java or Perl. Or if you use CEL you might want the XML scripting language. It is getting rather popular now.

Greetings,

[mildred]

Hi,

First, swig does support Lua ! (Swig and Lua)

Since I really want the lua language to be supported by either Crystal Space and CEL, I think I can do it or at least, help doing it but because I know very few about Crystal Space and Jam(files) which are used to compile at least CEL, I think I would need some help.

I have nothing against Python which is a great language but there is no way to have restricted environments to execute untrusted code. Maybe it is possible with PyPy but ... I prefer a lightweight language like lua anyways.

So if someone could help me to start ... I tried directly with CEL but I think I will need to create bindings for CS first which is from my point of view far more complicated.

Mildred

[Fossi]

i'm all for lua, so if you actually start this, drop in at the IRC channel and i'm more than willing to help out.
just can't do it myself atm, no time, no time...

[mildred]

Thanks for that, Until few days ago, I didn't found time to ask you that (partly because my g++ wre broken) ... and now, we started with paganwarrior a plugin. I don't think I'll need to take your time after all. But if you are interrested in the devloppment you can join.

This post is also to say that there is another topic for the lua plugin in the main forum (maybe not the best forum to open it) : http://community.crystalspace3d.org/forum/index.php?topic=1283