How to run both love2d and lua

[itsatomf]

The title is confusing ikr

So, how do I run both love2d functions and lua builtin functions, like when I'd like to debug, smth like:

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text = "e"
print(e)

function love.draw()
	love.graphics.print(text)
end

By doing so, I could run both love2d functions and the functions from lua itself.
So, how could I?

[Andlac028]

I don't know, if I understand correctly, but in love2d, you can use both build-in lua and love2d functions. For example:

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text = "e"

function love.draw()
	print(text)
	love.graphics.print(text)
end

EDIT: fixed bad variable name in print()

[GVovkiv]

love is just lua (luajit to be specific) interprier with bundled ontop sdl2, audio coding/decoding, and more functionality, so i'm not sure what you mean.

[BrotSagtMist]

Maybe he wants print() to return on the game screen AND the terminal?

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op=love.graphics.print
love.graphics.print=function(...)
 print(...)
 op(...)
end

[pgimeno]

Or maybe he needs to use lovec.exe instead of love.exe to see the output of print().

[GVovkiv]

or use some sort of ide with built-in terminal, who knows.

[itsatomf]

I don't know, if I understand correctly, but in love2d, you can use both build-in lua and love2d functions. For example:

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text = "e"

function love.draw()
	print(e)
	love.graphics.print(text)
end

that didn't worked for me

[itsatomf]

Or maybe he needs to use lovec.exe instead of love.exe to see the output of print().

huh?

[itsatomf]

love is just lua (luajit to be specific) interprier with bundled ontop sdl2, audio coding/decoding, and more functionality, so i'm not sure what you mean.

I mean like, I can't run both lua and love2d function, like I can love.graphics.print("e") to the screen, but I can't print("e") (<- is a builtin function btw not love.graphics.print(), just print()) to the terminal.

[BrotSagtMist]

You where trying it without quotation marks the whole time i must assume.
print('e') will absolutely work. print(e) will not...