---
name: "tolua"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libtolua-dev"
version: "5.2.4-0.1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tolua"
---

# tolua(1)

lua language binding development helper program

## NAME

tolua - lua language binding development helper program

## SYNOPSIS

tolua \[ **options** \] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

*tolua* is a program to help in building applications using the tolua library for the Lua scripting language.

## OPTIONS

Command line options are:

- \-v

  Print version information.

- \-o *file*

  Set output file; default is stdout.

- \-H *file*

  Create include file.

- \-n *name*

  Set package name; default is input file root name.

- \-p

  Parse only.

- \-P

  Parse and print structure information (for debugging).

- \-h

  Print usage information.

Should the input file be omitted, stdin is assumed; in that case, the package name must be explicitly set.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Filip Van Raemdonck \<mechanix@debian.org\> and Jimmy Kaplowitz \<jimmy@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).