File Extension LUA

File type: Developer Files

About the LUA file type:

If Windows cannot find the appropriate program associated with .LUA files, then your registry may have errors. Check your Windows registry for errors (includes file association errors).

Source code is written in the Lua programming language, which is light-weight and is designed for the purpose of extending applications. The word "Lua" comes from a Portuguese word which stands for moon. LUA files can be used to customize some applications. The Adobe Lightroom's user interface is written using Lua. Lua was implemented and designed by Tecgraf, a lab in the Computer Science Department of Brazil's PUC-Rio, and is also freely available. It is pronounced LOO-ah.


Detailed information for file extension LUA


Category: Source File.
File format: Proprietary
Open with Windows: Edit with a text editor and Compile with an ANSI C compiler, Dawn of War Mod Tools.
Open with Linux: Edit with a text editor and Compile with an ANSI C compiler
Lua is also available to PlayStation Portable which runs with the Lua Player. The Lua Player runs the lua scripts and displays them over the Sony PSP screen. Lua which is an unofficial application for the Sony PSP is a homebrew application and it positively requires the firmware V1.5 or alternatively needs a specific firmware version which has the lua player for running the lua scripts