Description

These are reworkings, or adaptations, of the Lua 5 and Lua 4 reference manuals that is found in the Lua distribution into a thin and concise booklet format. I made them because I use Johan Vromans' Perl booklet quite often when I am programming. Very useful for people who do not want to crowd their brains with details. It is detailed enough to replace the manual but thin enough brandish around easily. It's a bit longer than I would like it to be, but it is also intended as sort of a "refresher" guide, as opposed to a 'reference card' style.

For more information about using the sources or printing the PDF, please see the README file for detailed information. Bug reports are welcome; please send it to [email protected] (remove 'nospam' when mailing) or the Lua mailing list. I am bandwidth-challenged, so my response time will not be instantaneous.

Changes

2004-10-18: Third release of Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference with coloured tabs. Moved to LuaForge.
2004-08-19: Second release of Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference with two minor corrections.
2004-05-09: First release of Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference.
2003-05-18: Improved quality of source code; no change in terms of actual Lua content.
2003-04-18: First release of Lout 3.28 version of the Lua 4 Quick Reference.
2003-03-29: Changed Lua logo to the official one, added designer's name. Changed date field.
2003-03-19: This is the first release (OpenOffice.org Writer version, deprecated.)

Download Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference

The Lua Quick Reference booklet is now on LuaForge: LuaQuickRef.
Download the latest PDFs from LuaForge: LuaQuickRef Documentation.
You can get the source code from: LuaQuickRef Source Releases.

The latest version is Release 3, dated 2004-10-18. It is identical to Release 2 except that I have added coloured navigation tabs on the right margin of right-hand pages. If you don't want the tabs, get Release 2.

Release 2 is dated 2004-08-19, for Lua 5.0.2. The source is in the Lout 3.29 format. Full instructions are provided in the README file. The PDF files were generated using Ghostscript 8.14 from Lout-generated PostScript files processed with PSUtils. There are 36 pages, to be printed double-sided on 9 sheets of paper to form a booklet.

This is Release 2. Download Release 3 from LuaQuickRef Documentation
Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference Sources: lqr5_src-2.tar.gz (62K)
Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference PDF (A4 booklet): lqr5_booklet_A4-2.tar.gz (119K)
Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference PDF (Letter booklet): lqr5_booklet_Letter-2.tar.gz (119K)
Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference PDF (A4 full size portrait): lqr5_fullsize_A4-2.tar.gz (111K)
Lua 5.0.2 Quick Reference PostScript equivalents (all): lqr5_all_PS-2.tar.gz (256K)

My most heartfelt thanks to Luiz for generously providing the TeX sources for me to work on.

Download Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference

The latest version is dated 2003-05-18, for Lua 4.0.1. There are 36 pages, to be printed double-sided on 9 sheets of paper.

You can also get it from LuaQuickRef Documentation
Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference Sources: lua_quick_ref4_src.tar.gz (60K)
Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference PDF (A4 booklet format): lua_quick_ref4_bk.tar.gz (108K)
Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference PDF (A4 portrait): lua_quick_ref4_A4.tar.gz (102K)
Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference PostScript equivalents: lua_quick_ref4_ps.tar.gz (173K)

Older Releases

This is the older version of the guide, prepared using the OpenOffice.org 1.0 Writer application. Since I have completely switched to Lout 3.28, this material is deprecated; I no longer maintain it but I am leaving it here for people who might want to fiddle with a WYSIWYG version.

Lua 4.0.1 Quick Reference OpenOffice.org Sources: lua_quick_ref_old_src.tar.gz (55K)