Design change for ui module

Samir

Hi all,
I’d like to get your thoughts on a design change planned for the next version:ui module will be separated from the wluart.exe interpreter. This change will be seamless for most users and brings some great benefits:

Better Interoperability: The ui module will work independently, making LuaRT more flexible for various projects.
Console Program Support: Console apps will be able to use ui features
Lua GUI Module Integration: You’ll be able to use third-party Lua GUI modules like wxLua, Lua-GTK, or others for custom ui.

⚠️ Note for Compiling: When using rtc to compile programs to executables with the uimodule, you’ll need to link it using the -lui flag.

What do you think about this change ?

esferatec

So you mean that the ui module is no longer part of the core framework? As long as I can include it again when compiling, I think it's fine for me.

Samir

Yes that's it. It will be a standalone module like crypto, net,...

The only caveat is to use -lui when compiling a program that uses the ui module

ruby

luart is battery included lua.

usually each battery is a separate module. it is impossible to build an all-in-one package.

though nowadays cellphone battery tends to be unremovable.

Samir

ruby though nowadays cellphone battery tends to be unremovable

😂

esferatec

I just compiled my programs with version 2.1.0 and noticed that you allready have to specify the UI. However, the documentation for the UI module would then have to be changed to indicate that it is not part of the core framework.

Samir

Yes you are right, I will update it thank you