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Neovim as Lua interpreter

$ luarocks install nlua

Neovim embeds a Lua interpreter, but it doesn't expose the same command line interface as plain lua.
nlua is a script which emulates Lua's command line interface, using Neovim's -l option under the hood.

Versions

0.3.2-11 year ago31,317 downloads
0.3.1-11 year ago1,502 downloads
0.3.0-11 year ago571 downloads
0.2.0-12 years ago9,717 downloads
0.1.0-12 years ago12,595 downloads

Dependencies

lua == 5.1

Dependency for

lest

Manifests