[vlc-commits] Lua: update README.txt
Jean-Baptiste Kempf
git at videolan.org
Fri Mar 16 15:20:08 CET 2012
vlc | branch: master | Jean-Baptiste Kempf <jb at videolan.org> | Fri Mar 16 15:19:48 2012 +0100| [94dd5e7fbb7c6a6b35a1b1d11ef70ae2fb428f9d] | committer: Jean-Baptiste Kempf
Lua: update README.txt
> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=94dd5e7fbb7c6a6b35a1b1d11ef70ae2fb428f9d
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share/lua/README.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++---------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/lua/README.txt b/share/lua/README.txt
index b41fb21..a08031f 100644
--- a/share/lua/README.txt
+++ b/share/lua/README.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-Instructions to code your own VLC Lua scripts.
+Instructions to code your own VLC Lua scripts and extensions
$Id$
1 - About Lua
=============
-Lua documentation is available on http://www.lua.org . The reference manual
+Lua documentation is available on http://www.lua.org/ . The reference manual
is very useful: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/ .
VLC uses Lua 5.1
All the Lua standard libraries are available.
+
2 - Lua in VLC
==============
Several types of VLC Lua scripts can currently be coded:
- * Playlist (see playlist/README.txt)
- * Art fetcher (see meta/README.txt)
- * Interface (see intf/README.txt)
+ * Playlist and websites parsers (see playlist/README.txt)
+ * Art fetchers (see meta/README.txt)
+ * Interfaces (see intf/README.txt)
* Extensions (see extensions/README.txt)
* Services Discovery (see sd/README.txt)
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ directory lua/{playlist,meta,intf}/ subdirectory on Windows and Mac OS X or
in the user's local share directory (~/.local/share/vlc/lua/... on linux),
then in the global VLC lua/{playlist,meta,intf}/ directory.
+
3 - VLC specific Lua modules
============================
@@ -54,8 +56,8 @@ config.homedir(): Get the user's home directory.
config.configdir(): Get the user's VLC config directory.
config.cachedir(): Get the user's VLC cache directory.
-config.datadir_list( name ): FIXME: write description ... or ditch function
- if it isn't useful anymore, we have datadir and userdatadir :)
+config.datadir_list( name ): Get the list of possible data directories in
+ order of priority, appended by "name"
Dialog
------
@@ -148,8 +150,12 @@ msg.warn( [str1, [str2, [...]]] ): Output warning messages (-v).
msg.err( [str1, [str2, [...]]] ): Output error messages.
msg.info( [str1, [str2, [...]]] ): Output info messages.
-Misc
-----
+Misc (Interfaces only)
+----------------------
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+/!\ NB: this namespace is ONLY usable for interfaces.
+---
+----------------------------------------------------------------
misc.version(): Get the VLC version string.
misc.copyright(): Get the VLC copyright statement.
misc.license(): Get the VLC license.
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