audk/AppPkg/Applications/Lua
Daryl McDaniel 6b980b6796 AppPkg: Disable Lua builds by default. Update the ReadMe file.
Contributed-under: TianoCore Contribution Agreement 1.0
Signed-off-by: Daryl McDaniel <daryl.mcdaniel@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Maynard <Bruce.Maynard@Emulex.Com>


git-svn-id: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/edk2/code/trunk/edk2@16332 6f19259b-4bc3-4df7-8a09-765794883524
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doc
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Copyright.txt
Lua.inf
LuaLib.inf
ReadMe.txt

ReadMe.txt

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This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

This is Lua 5.2.3, released on 11 Nov 2013.

For installation instructions, license details, and
further information about Lua, see doc/readme.html.
=================================================

Embedding Lua
-------------
The Lua library instance, LuaLib, is defined by StdLib.inc.  Since, currently, all applications which
embed Lua are also StdLib applications, StdLib.inc will be included by your package's .DSC file.

The header files required to use LuaLib are in the standard include path at StdLib\Include\Lua.
They may be referenced as:
  #include  <Lua/lua.h>
  #include  <Lua/lualib.h>
  #include  <Lua/lauxlib>
  #include  <Lua/luaconf.h>

Lua/luaconf.h is the Lua configuration file.  If you wish to build Lua with custom characteristics,
this is the file to modify.  Modify the file in StdLib\Include\Lua since the file in the Lua
source tree is just a stub which references the file in StdLib.


Installation on UEFI
--------------------
Install the Lua.efi file into \Efi\Tools.   This is the standalone Lua interpreter.
Create a directory, \Efi\StdLib\lib\Lua.    This is the default location for Lua scripts.

If desired, copy the files from AppPkg\Applications\Lua\scripts, in the source tree, into
\Efi\StdLib\lib\Lua.

Bugs and Other Issues
---------------------
EOF characters, ^D or ^Z, are not properly recognized by the console and can't be used to
terminate an application.  Use os.exit() to exit Lua.