I continue my Lua series with part 3 — testing, mocks, and continuous integration.

https://martin-fieber.de/blog/how-to-test-your-lua/

#Lua #LuaRocks #LuaUnit

@vanja I did this with #python once, didn't even manage to create a package to put my code in. I went with #lua in the end, and installing packages with #luarocks was surprisingly pleasant.

I'm trying #hare right now, which would've been a lot more mearable if I had used it back then.

Wrote a little #fennel script to parse and create #bitsy game files using #lua:

https://git.sr.ht/~jummit/bitsy-format

It can convert between .bitsy and .json files:

parse-bitsy game.bitsy # prints the json
parse-bitsy game.json # prints the bitsy format

It's also on #luarocks: https://luarocks.org/modules/Jummit/bitsy-format

New article! Part 2 of my 8-part Lua series. This time about creating, building, and publishing packages for Lua: https://martin-fieber.de/blog/create-build-publish-modules-for-lua/

Series overview: https://martin-fieber.de/series/lua/

#LuaSeries #Lua #LuaRocks

Publish your #Neovim to #Luarocks

https://mrcjkb.github.io/posts/2023-01-10-luarocks-tag-release.html

#Lua and #Luarocks has been removing support to Lua 5.1 in order to harm #LuaJIT. Since LuaJIT is far superior to Lua, that movement tends to isolate the Lua fanatic cult from the rest of the wold.

I’m writing a series of articles about Lua, covering different aspects of the language and the surrounding ecosystem. I just published part 1, focusing on the project setup with LuaRocks: https://martin-fieber.de/blog/lua-project-setup-with-luarocks/

Series overview: https://martin-fieber.de/series/lua/

#Lua #LuaRocks #ProjectSetup #LuaFormatter #Luacheck

Just found https://github.com/Omikhleia/markdown.sile - an enhanced Markdown module for the sile typesetter (alternative to LaTeX) - also found https://djot.net via there as well. Sample PDF rendering looks absolutely gorgeous - sadly I can’t seem to install it due to a #luarocks bug (https://gist.github.com/talios/dcb25f45f7057b66e67d3461656fb820) that I’ll have to investigate another night.

Em vez de fazer o que eu devia estar fazendo, obviamente eu estou procrastinando procurando uma alternativa ao gravador de tela em GIF #Peek que eu usava para preparar material de apoio às aulas. Achei um #Gifine, que parece que é escrito em #Lualang, o que me obrigou a instalar #luarocks, e como eu sou tosco no pamac ele está atualizanfo neste momento 2GB de coisas no meu Manjaro.

I love that #LuaRocks' builtin build method copies ./lua to the right place as-is. This allows me to use the build method for my little #Fennel project without any weird tricks.

Yes, the stuff I install won't be usable from Lua without Fennel. That's fine, it isn't meant to be. Nor is the package on LuaRocks - I just supply a rockspec file to build it locally.

RT @soapdog@twitter.com

@hisham_hm@twitter.com I think I got #LuaRocks working on Windows on ARM:

🌑 https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/pull/1125

It worked well enough to install LuaFileSystem and some other rocks.

cc #lualang #lua #WindowsOnARM

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/soapdog/status/1211830875526238209

Installing #LuaRocks in #Termux on Android, hurdle 3:

$ luarocks install luasec OPENSSL_DIR=$PREFIX

When building with external dependencies, you have to specify the $PREFIX directory (provided by Termux). There's probably a way to configure this globally but I haven't found that option yet. Also, you need to specify the variable at end of command line (as an arg) instead of as environment variable at the beginning because #reasons.

Installing #LuaRocks in #Termux on Android, hurdle 2:

$ ls -l -d .
drwx------ 18 u0_a95 u0_a95 4096 Nov 29 20:12 .
$ echo 'export USER=u0_a95' >> ~/.bashrc
$ . ~/.bashrc

LuaRocks uses the $USER variable extensively, but Termux does not set it by default. LuaRocks also checks permissions, so you cannot just make it up. Use the user owning your home directory.

Installing #LuaRocks in #Termux on Android, hurdle 1:

$ apt install unzip

The default "unzip" Busybox applet does not recognize the "--version" flag which LuaRocks uses to check if the tool works.

Announcing LuaRocks 3.0.0beta1!

https://hisham.hm/2018/07/04/luarocks-300beta1/

#lualang #luarocks #lua