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I was using IPython (qtconsole&notebook) to learn python and I love that very much.

Now I'm learning lua and using lua for windows on win7. The attached editor(or IDE?) SciTE is a nice editor, while I'd also like to know if there is a good interactive shell. The current shell is a bit basic and hard to use.

I hope there is one with at least:

  1. tab completion
  2. quick reference to docs

etc.

zhangxaochen
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    why vote to close??? your vote helps nobody! I don't think this question attracts opinionated answers but it has some definitive ones (if there are). So please leave a comment or an answer if you know something. – zhangxaochen Sep 02 '14 at 06:41
  • There is a Lua backend for IPython at https://github.com/neomantra/lua_ipython_kernel but it has been abandoned. – lhf Sep 02 '14 at 18:57
  • Looks like there's also another at [lua - How can I use the torch REPL for debugging? - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33068607/how-can-i-use-the-torch-repl-for-debugging) – user202729 Jan 10 '23 at 00:43

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Oliver
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    thx, I'm just asking for a better interactive shell, not an IDE. the `Local console` of `ZeroBrane Studio` works well, yet not as good as `ipython` in many ways... – zhangxaochen Sep 02 '14 at 08:09
  • First two are definite. If that doesn't work, second one could be used to quickly wip up a qt-based interactive shell that has tab completion. – Oliver Sep 04 '14 at 04:03
  • thx a lot, I've tried the windows port of `Luaish`, and it's so so. Since it's hard for me to get one as good as `ipython`, I stopped to toss around and decided to simply use `ilua` and some IDE like ZeroBrane or Scite or Eclipse ;) – zhangxaochen Sep 04 '14 at 08:30
  • did you try luaprompt? – Oliver Sep 04 '14 at 13:36
  • I'm on windows lua5.1 and not sure how to build it with that `Makefile` – zhangxaochen Sep 04 '14 at 15:14