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[Wing]

I keep seeing these links to download something from lua.org
and people making these independent programs with lua. So I began wondering,
how would I do this??? Can someone fill me in on how this works, can I make a window (desktop window) and have things be written, pictures and ect, just like I would with CC?
All information is much appreciated!

[Sammich Lord]

There are a few Lua libraries that allow you to make standalone Windows applications. You can use Love2D to make games too. You could probably also use Love2D to make some applications but I am not sure.

[Wing]

Would it be this?
https://love2d.org/
Looks cool! Although, I've gotten quite accustomed to CC and is there anyway I can import the APIs folder inside the zip of CC into the engine?

[Sammich Lord]

If the API's are in plain Lua then you can. But a lot of the API's(Such as the FS API) are made in Java.

[Wing]

It's the one I wanted lol, dat file editing ya know
But you think this would work for rather simple things?

[Doyle3694]

I think the closest to that would be cc emulator then, but it's still not what you desire fully

[spyman68]

And also, alot of the APIs won't work unless it's
in CC

[Bubba]

You can do graphics outside of CC using GUI wrappers such as wxLua. It can be complex at times though, so I'd recommend sticking with Love, which is less so. A lot of functions in ComputerCraft are specific to ComputerCraft only: especially the term library. It is possible to emulate these functions in a regular Lua environment, but it would probably not be easy.

[Wing]

Well thanks for the feed back guys! I shall try this Love2D thingy... Good day!