Lua2Exe

Simple program to compile Lua scripts into executable.

Usage

l2e [options] [modules...] main_file

Available options are:

• -o File           Set output file name.
• -c Compiler  Set C compiler. Supported compilers are: "gcc", "clang".
• -s                  Strip debug information from exe.
  
• -dll                Make exe DLL dependent.
  
• -a Options    Additional options to pass to C compiler.
• -[h | ?]           Display this info.

Important

• The order of files is important. Main file must be the last.
• Module names should be the same as in your require. That is My.lua turns into My.
• As there's no reliable way to determine all dependencies, in order to make a standalone exe, all modules used must be provided at compilation time.

Features

Currently there's not much, but it has the basics:

• Compilation to standalone exe.
• Compilation to DLL dependent exe.
• Support of different compilers. (Kinda. It wasn't tested)

Dependencies

To use all features required:

• Lua source code.
• Lua DLL.
• C Compiler.

Note

I'm not sure about portability. Mostly because of file temporary file handling.