# lua_bufflib

**Repository Path**: mirrors_LuaDist/lua_bufflib

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: lua_bufflib
- **Description**: A library for string buffers in Lua.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-09
- **Last Updated**: 2026-01-10

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

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lua\_bufflib
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lua\_bufflib is a library that provides string buffers for Lua 5.1 and 5.2. The buffer code is largely based on Lua 5.2's [luaL_Buffer][] code.



Installation
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LuaRocks
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lua\_bufflib can be installed through LuaRocks using `luarocks install lua_bufflib`. You can also run `luarocks make` on a downloaded and unpacked zip/tarball.

Unix
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On Unix systems, you can run the included build.sh script, which compiles the library using [libtool](http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/). This probably won't work in Cygwin or MinGW.

Windows
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I've included a Visual Studio 2012 solution that can be used to compile the library on Windows.
The solution includes predefined configurations for Lua 5.1, 5.2 and LuaJIT; but you may need to change the include directories (Properties > C/C++ > General > Additional Include Directories) and the Lua import library path (Properties > Linker > Input > Additional Dependencies) to match your setup.



Documentation
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Documentation can be found [here](http://choonster.github.io/lua_bufflib/)

[luaL_Buffer]: http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/manual.html#luaL_Buffer