Thanks nick for your code

and for your cursor images (i was having trouble making one that didnt look silly. lol)

@jwalker: Is there a sample program that uses your library that I look at? I want to see how the library is used in a program. Also, which post in your thread has the latest code?

im actualy about to upload a prerelease version right now, check in a few miniutes, im using an old crappy school computer so it might take some time

OK.

just do

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cursortypes = {
*cursor image data here*
}
cursor:init(x,y,type)
 self.x = x
 self.y = y
 self.type = cursortypes[type]
end
Cursor = cursor(50,50,*number here*)
this way you can add different cursor like we have in nspire, which you can find here
it contains a zip with all the cursors in a different image
...

OK, does that code use classes or what? (This is my first major program with lua so please bear with me )

I'm gonna have to take another look at jimbauwens explanation of classes

thats a good idea too, my code only uses one instance of inheritance though, in the form class, do to the fact that the lib is quit large and poeple should be able to choose what code they need and take the other stuff out.
this way if they take out some class and some other class had to inherit from it there would be errors.
also i might add a control class for the controls to inherit from, but i may not do to the fact im trying to make it smaller and more optimized

OK.

Is there a list of on events and their usage?

i thought he meant functions from your gui jwalker.. here are all the functions standard in nspire lua

Function name        Arguments                                                  Called when
on.paint(gc)        GC is the graphical context (explained later)       platform.window:invalidate() is called
on.arrowKey(arrow)   Arrow returns ‘left’,’right’,’up’ or ‘down’           An arrow key had been pressed
on.arrowLeft()        -                                                                   The left arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowRight()        -                                                                   The right arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowUp()        -                                                                   The up arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowDown()   -   The down arrow key has been pressed
on.enterKey()   -   The enter key has been pressed
on.escapeKey()   -   The escape key has been pressed
on.tabKey()   -   The tab key has been pressed
on.charIn(char)   Char can return any char, e.g. char = ‘+’   Any character key has been pressed
on.mouseMove(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse moves
on.mouseDown(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse has been pressed
on.mouseUp(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse has been released
on.create()   -   The file gets opened (made)
on.destroy()   -   The file gets closed (destroyed)
on.resize()   -   The screen is resized (when in the pc software)
on.timer()   -   The timer is called
on.deleteKey()   -   The delete key has been pressed
on.backspaceKey()   -   The backspace key has been pressed
on.returnKey()   -   The return key has been  pressed
on.contextMenu()   -   The [ctrl][menu] key has been pressed
on.help()   -   The [ctrl][trig] has been pressed
on.clearKey()   -   The clear key has been pressed
on.activate()   -   The tab/page gets activated
on.deactivate()   -   The tab/page gets inactivated
on.blink()   -   The focus gets lost on the page

or just go here
it's the events part

i thought he meant functions from your gui jwalker.. here are all the functions standard in nspire lua

Function name        Arguments                                                  Called when
on.paint(gc)        GC is the graphical context (explained later)       platform.window:invalidate() is called
on.arrowKey(arrow)   Arrow returns ‘left’,’right’,’up’ or ‘down’           An arrow key had been pressed
on.arrowLeft()        -                                                                   The left arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowRight()        -                                                                   The right arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowUp()        -                                                                   The up arrow key has been pressed
on.arrowDown()   -   The down arrow key has been pressed
on.enterKey()   -   The enter key has been pressed
on.escapeKey()   -   The escape key has been pressed
on.tabKey()   -   The tab key has been pressed
on.charIn(char)   Char can return any char, e.g. char = ‘+’   Any character key has been pressed
on.mouseMove(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse moves
on.mouseDown(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse has been pressed
on.mouseUp(x,y)   x and y return the position of the mouse   The mouse has been released
on.create()   -   The file gets opened (made)
on.destroy()   -   The file gets closed (destroyed)
on.resize()   -   The screen is resized (when in the pc software)
on.timer()   -   The timer is called
on.deleteKey()   -   The delete key has been pressed
on.backspaceKey()   -   The backspace key has been pressed
on.returnKey()   -   The return key has been  pressed
on.contextMenu()   -   The [ctrl][menu] key has been pressed
on.help()   -   The [ctrl][trig] has been pressed
on.clearKey()   -   The clear key has been pressed
on.activate()   -   The tab/page gets activated
on.deactivate()   -   The tab/page gets inactivated
on.blink()   -   The focus gets lost on the page

or just go here
it's the events part

So yeah, this should be pretty easy to do with classes, right?

certainly, you will only have to use loops to determine if a function needs to be called or not..
luaFX is in loops, isn't it?

As in, it supports loops?