So I started thinking: how can I start off on the right foot ... looked around on the web and found LuaEclipse which sounds like the right tool for the job since I've always liked Eclipse.
I wrote down some notes for myself and then thought ... hey why not share them ... maybe someone else has the same problem as me.
I'm using: Windows, LÖVE binaries, eclipse, lua eclipse, ant, svn. Because I want to make a LÖVE game,
distribute it as an .exe and .love, I want to use the powerful features that eclipse provides
and I want to manage my source files with SVN.
1) Unpack eclipse (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/)
2) Install Lua on eclipse (http://luaeclipse.luaforge.net/manual.html#installation)
3) Install Eclipse Java Development Tools (http://flashorbit.com/?p=155)
4) Install SVN on eclipse (http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html)
5) Make a new lua project in eclipse
6) Make a "src" folder - this will contain all the game files such as .lua-s, graphics, sounds etc
7) Make a "love_binaries" folder
8) Make a "bin" folder - this will contain the executable
9) Put löve binaries into the love_binaries folder
10) Make a "src/main.lua" file
11) Make an ant build file "build.xml" in the root dir:
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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="My Game" default="Run Game .love" basedir=".">
<property name="project.name" value="My Game"/>
<property name="src.dir" value="src"/>
<property name="lovebin.dir" value="love_binaries"/>
<property name="love.dir" value="love"/>
<property name="bin.dir" value="bin"/>
<property name="exe.name" value="mygame.exe"/>
<property name="love.name" value="mygame.love"/>
<target name="Make LOVE" description="Package the source files into a .love file.">
<mkdir dir="${bin.dir}"/>
<mkdir dir="${love.dir}"/>
<zip destfile="${love.dir}\${love.name}" basedir="${src.dir}"/>
</target>
<target name="Package Game" description="Package the game as an executable." depends="Make LOVE">
<copy todir="${bin.dir}">
<fileset dir="${lovebin.dir}">
<exclude name="love.exe"/>
<exclude name="stdout.txt"/>
<exclude name="stderr.txt"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
<exec executable="cmd">
<arg value="/c"/>
<arg value="copy"/>
<arg value="/b"/>
<arg value="${lovebin.dir}\love.exe+${love.dir}\${love.name}"/>
<arg value="${bin.dir}\${exe.name}"/>
</exec>
</target>
<target name="Run Game .love" description="Run the game .love file" depends="Make LOVE">
<exec executable="${lovebin.dir}\love.exe">
<arg value="${love.dir}\${love.name}"/>
</exec>
</target>
</project>Now there's just one thing: is it possible to get auto-complete working for the LÖVE functions?
edit: Obviously since it's eclipse, c++ programming part could be added for those who want to make their own .dll-s or build löve from scratch. But I'm not interested in that yet.
