Allen, Lua Library for strings

ar2rsawseen · July 2012

Ok, cloned, commited to @gorkem's repo and updated list of scripts.

Will keep updating it.

gorkem · July 2012

@Roland_Y : added you
@___ : it looks OK. need your username.

gorkem · July 2012

@___ two questions:

1. what happens if the library includes several files? Will it create a dir under vendor dir?
2. Is it possible to get rid of my name in github repository name? (eg github.com/gideros-community-libs or similar?)

ar2rsawseen · July 2012

@___ username is utkarshkukreti

and for 2. it shows the username of the owner of repository.

So if Gideros has a github account, you can change the ownership so it will probably be

github.com/gideros/gideros-community-libs

gorkem · July 2012

In fact I used a wrong naming scheme, ok, will do that.

ar2rsawseen · July 2012

And yes there should be multiple file support for example plugins and frameworks

@___ is it possible?

gorkem · July 2012

Now the URL is:

https://github.com/gideros/gideros-community-libs

___ · July 2012

And yes there should be multiple file support for example plugins and frameworks
@___ is it possible?

Maybe. Would we also need a sub directory feature?

gorkem · July 2012

And yes there should be multiple file support for example plugins and frameworks
@___ is it possible?
Maybe. Would we also need a sub directory feature?

IMHO, yes

___ · July 2012

I don't think that would be possible with plain bash. Atleast not with my knowledge of bash.

Maybe I can convert this to Ruby :-?

___ · July 2012

@ar2rsawseen you were using the wrong url in libraries.txt. You should copy the "raw" link from the github page for the file. Fixed for you

Roland_Y · July 2012

That is a nice job, you all. All all of that was done in a couple of hours. So nice!
Well, I opened a ticket...!

___ · August 2012

Hmm. Now that we have a full repo of useful libraries, maybe we can just clone this repo somewhere on our disk, and add it to lua's path (I don't know how to do this)?

If that can be done, I don't see any need of shipping this with Gideros. This way, we can update on will. We'll just need to update the libraries regularly.

@gorkem, @ar2rsawseen?

Roland_Y · August 2012

Hmm. Now that we have a full repo of useful libraries, maybe we can just clone this repo somewhere on our disk, and add it to lua's path (I don't know how to do this)?

Just edit package.cpath variable.

Actually, you can print it (it is just a string) to see its contents.
I'm am running under windows, so assuming I saved the repo contents into C:\dev\lua\gideros-community-libs, I can easily to this in any script (no matter what where it is located on my hard-drive):

package.path = package.path..";C:/dev/lua/gideros-community-libs/?.lua"

From now, i can require any Lua file inside the folder located at "C:\dev\lua\gideros-community-libs"...

___ · August 2012

Ok, read more about it. You need to modify LUA_PATH variable to include something in the lua's require path.

I added the vendor directory to it (LUA_PATH="$LUA_PATH;~/dev/gideros/gcl/vendor" in my ~/.zshrc)

It works in lua repl, but Gideros doesn't seem to use LUA_PATH in its require path. Can that be modified @gorkem @atilim?

___ · August 2012

Hmm. Now that we have a full repo of useful libraries, maybe we can just clone this repo somewhere on our disk, and add it to lua's path (I don't know how to do this)?
Just edit package.cpath variable.

Actually, you can print it (it is just a string) to see its contents.
I'm am running under windows, so assuming I saved the repo contents into C:\dev\lua\gideros-community-libs, I can easily to this in any script (no matter what where it is located on my hard-drive):
package.path = package.path..";C:/dev/lua/gideros-community-libs/?.lua"
From now, i can require any Lua file inside the folder located at "C:\dev\lua\gideros-community-libs"...

Haven't tried yet, but that would be a nice quickfix

However, we'll need to have support for it outside of project files, so that the project can be shared between people.

___ · August 2012

Found the declaration of LUA_PATH. It's in /Applications/Gideros Studio/Sdk/include/luaconf.h

But it can't be modified ~X(

Nascode · August 2012

So, how could we add our lib? some tutorial perhabs?

ps: looks like we should create new sticky thread for discussing community lib

___ · August 2012

@Nascode, http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/1433/gideros-community-libraries#Item_1

gorkem · August 2012

Hmm. Now that we have a full repo of useful libraries, maybe we can just clone this repo somewhere on our disk, and add it to lua's path (I don't know how to do this)?

If that can be done, I don't see any need of shipping this with Gideros. This way, we can update on will. We'll just need to update the libraries regularly.

@gorkem, @ar2rsawseen?

Since you are lurking on the forum and know the URL of the repo, you do not need it get shipped with Gideros Studio. However 95% of the time, users just download the Studio, and enter out of box experience period. If we cannot catch them in the first 15-30 mins, then he never looks back.

Lua libraries that come with Studio with an easy to test/use interface will greatly improve/increase end user experience.

Atilim is also looking for a way to automatically include these libraries with a simple UI, so you won't have to copy/paste them in your project.

___ · August 2012

Great point, totally with you.

Roland_Y · August 2012

Allen was just updated, bringing up a lot of new functions.

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