Which version of Lua does VCarve use?

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Which version of Lua does VCarve use?

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I'm starting to learn Lua for the purpose of building gadgets for VCarve Pro 10.0. Where can I find information on which Lua version VCarve uses?

The current version is Lua 5.3.5 and it's been out for well over a year and Lua 5.3 dropped almost four years ago. The differences probably won't matter much but I want to make sure I'm using the correct reference materials, just in case there are bugfixes that affect what I might be working on.

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Re: Which version of Lua does VCarve use?

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Have you tried printing the global variable _VERSION? Maybe MessageBox("Lua version " .. _VERSION)

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Re: Which version of Lua does VCarve use?

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My Aspire 10.512 says it's Lua 5.2!

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Re: Which version of Lua does VCarve use?

Post by jimandi5000 »

I have found no real issues with any of the versions.

Here is my Wiki site and there is a lot of code you can use to get started.
https://jimandi.com/SDKWiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Here is a set of How to videos.
https://youtu.be/skSQ3iCaUu4

If you have questions let me know.
Thanks,
Jim

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