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PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« on: March 15, 2012, 03:51:57 pm »
Hello :)

Just wanted to show a little project I'm busy on.
As some of you know, I mainly develop on Linux. This means testing Nspire Lua programs is a bit harder.
Nspire_emu works fine, but there is no mouse support.
That is why I set out to create something to run Lua programs natively (meaning without emulation) on my computer.
I started 3 days ago, and here is the result:

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EEPro (under dev) runs pretty good


Tetris:


Even different screen sizes if the lua script supports it:


And today I added a debugger:

( gvars() is a custom function of me that prints classes and/or objects )

I use the Löve Lua framework, since it was also event based and that made stuff a bit easier.

Stuff I still need to do:
  • Mouse cursor changing
  • D2Editor support (maybe too hard)
  • math.eval --> TI.Basic interpreter
  • Physics. Possible but very hard
  • Saving state of script done
If I forgot something I will update the list.
« Last Edit: March 16, 2012, 04:00:00 pm by jimbauwens »
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2012, 03:53:06 pm »
awesome =)
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2012, 03:55:53 pm »
I eat you when this is not for windows. I need this SO bad  if I want to develop nspire lua programs (but I do not have an nspire xD)
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2012, 03:59:15 pm »
@aeTIos
It's for all os's!
Hey, and you are a big part to blame, since you pointed me to the Love framework!
Guilty I say!
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2012, 04:02:05 pm »
Hehe Löve ROCKS.
It makes stuff sooo much easier!
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2012, 04:05:33 pm »
That might be pretty useful, you won't need a Nspire or the emulator to run Lua programs.
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2012, 04:06:42 pm »
Yeah, true.
Also, with the debugger it becomes a useful programming tool :)
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2012, 04:09:46 pm »
Can this be set to scale the speed to what a real nspire could do?
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2012, 04:11:03 pm »
Could you please spoil the pics in the first post, my browser breaks on them :\
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2012, 04:18:36 pm »
Ruler: the timer that most programs use to time stuff is the same.
And keyboard input is set to the same rate. So in theory, all programs should act quite the same.

aeTIos, done
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« Reply #10 on: March 15, 2012, 04:30:26 pm »
This is wonderful, and undoubtedly more lightweight (for both size and speed) than the large TINCS bloat :)
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #11 on: March 15, 2012, 04:48:27 pm »
Thanks Lionel :)

Also, cubefield works:


I did have to change a speed variable though. Cubefield detects PCspire as a CX, so it set a variable to make the whole program go faster.
This will probably also be a problem in TINCS, and isn't really fixable (well, cubefield's code needs to be changed).
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2012, 10:06:40 pm »
Very nice! May be able to bring me back to Ubuntu for calc development!  :D

Downloads soon?
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2012, 10:22:59 pm »
This is definitely cross-platform, as this itself is also written in Lua! :D Windows, Linux, Mac OS X - you name it :)
(I'm assuming there will be binary distributions: https://love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution)

This is some amazing work! :D This will truly unlock the world of Lua for me, and possibly for countless others as well! :D
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Re: PCspire, run Nspire lua programs nativly on your pc
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2012, 03:53:17 am »
@cyanophycean314, I'll shouldn't take too long before a release, as it's already quite progressed.

@alberthrocks, thanks! And yes, I will distribute it in .love files :)
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