debug.debug
Lua function

debug.debug

Summary

Enters interactive debugging

Prototype

debug.debug ()


Description

Enters interactive debugging. MUSHclient has an interactive debug dialog box which lets you inspect local variables and upvalues, do a traceback, enter debugging commands, and then continue or abort the script.


debug.debug () -- enter debugger


See Also ...

Topics

DOC_lua_base Lua base functions
DOC_lua_bc Lua bc (big number) functions
DOC_lua_bit Lua bit manipulation functions
DOC_lua_coroutines Lua coroutine functions
DOC_lua_debug Lua debug functions
DOC_lua_io Lua io functions
DOC_lua_math Lua math functions
DOC_lua_os Lua os functions
DOC_lua_package Lua package functions
DOC_lua_rex Lua PCRE regular expression functions
DOC_lua Lua script extensions
DOC_lua_string Lua string functions
DOC_lua_tables Lua table functions
DOC_lua_utils Lua utilities
DOC_scripting Scripting

Lua functions

LUA_debug.getfenv debug.getfenv (Returns the environment of an object)
LUA_debug.gethook debug.gethook (Returns the current hook settings)
LUA_debug.getinfo debug.getinfo (Returns a table with information about a function)
LUA_debug.getlocal debug.getlocal (Returns name and value of a local variable)
LUA_debug.getmetatable debug.getmetatable (Returns the metatable of the given object)
LUA_debug.getregistry debug.getregistry (Returns the registry table)
LUA_debug.getupvalue debug.getupvalue (Returns the name and value of an upvalue)
LUA_debug.setfenv debug.setfenv (Sets the environment of an object)
LUA_debug.sethook debug.sethook (Sets a debug hook function)
LUA_debug.setlocal debug.setlocal (Sets the value of the local variable)
LUA_debug.setmetatable debug.setmetatable (Sets the metatable for an object)
LUA_debug.setupvalue debug.setupvalue (Sets an upvalue for a function)
LUA_debug.traceback debug.traceback (Returns a string with a traceback of the stack call)

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