nix-shell for Lua

WIP

What is it?

A nix-shell template to setup a Lua development environment with direnv integration (if installed).

Built gathering inspiration from several sources, it makes available:

• unstable.lua5_3
• unstable.lua53Packages.luarocks
• unstable.sumneko-lua-language-server (LSP)

Resources

Direnv

• Automating development environment set-up with Direnv
• More prac­ti­cal direnv
  • rnorth/.direnvrc

Miscellaneous

• About using Nix in my development workflow - Jean-Philippe Cugnet - Medium
• Lua
• LuaRocks Quick Start
• sumneko_lua
• sumneko/lua-language-server

TODO

• lorri integration
• niv
• ...
• luajit
• luaRocks
  • install LuaRocks
  • where to install rocks (locally)
    • Using LuaRocks to install packages in the current directory