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Mach Discussion => Mach4 General Discussion => Topic started by: Bill_O on September 06, 2019, 05:21:19 PM

Title: luac files
Post by: Bill_O on September 06, 2019, 05:21:19 PM

How can I look at luac files?
I would like to look at the mctrace.luac to probably use some in my profile.
Specifically the align portion.

Bill

Title: Re: luac files
Post by: smurph on September 11, 2019, 01:41:17 AM

They are compiled LUA scripts.  The "c" on the end of the extension denotes the compiled nature.

Also, mcs vs. mcc extentions for the macro scripts. 

mcs, lua == human readable scripts.
mcc, luac == compiled scripts. 

If the script is compiled, then there is a reason for that.  A lot of times it is so that users can't change it and cause support issues.  And I'm sure there are other reasons that I'm not aware of too. 

Steve

Title: Re: luac files
Post by: Bill_O on September 11, 2019, 08:27:50 AM

Steve,

Thanks for the reply.
Guess I will just need to do it the hard way and figure it out myself.

Bill