Please note: As of 2023 I am putting this repository into archive mode in case people still need access to it. For new people arriving here I'd recommend looking at EmmyLua and the Emmy-Love-Api instead. So long and thanks for all the fish!

love-IDEA-plugin

A LÖVE-Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA and PHPStorm.

This plugin enables auto-complete functionality and quick documentation for functions of the LÖVE-framework while using Lua for IntelliJ Idea.

Features

• Smart code completion: Start typing and IntelliJ will show you suggestions based on the LÖVE API
• Bring up the quick documentation of a function by hovering over it while pressing CTRL

LÖVE versions

The repository contains different folders for the following LÖVE versions:

• 11.4 -> love_114
• 11.3 -> love_113
• 11.2 -> love_112
• 11.1 -> love_111
• 11.0 -> love_110
• 0.10.2 -> love_0102
• 0.10.1 -> love_0101
• 0.10.0 -> love_0100
• 0.9.2 -> love_092
• 0.9.1 -> love_091

Prerequisites

• IntelliJ IDEA or PHPStorm
• Lua Plugin for IntelliJ Idea
• This Plugin

Installing the Plugin

IntelliJ-IDEA

1. Open a Project in IntelliJ IDEA
2. Open File > Project Structure
3. Select Libraries (under Project Settings) or Global Libraries (under Platform Settings)
4. Click on the +-button
5. Select New Lua Library
6. From the menu select the appropriate path to the doc files for your LÖVE version (e.g. love_0101 for LÖVE 0.10.1) and press OK
7. Select Apply and OK

If you run into problems you can find additional instructions here and here. There's also a great tutorial available on youtube.

PHPStorm

You can also use the library with PHPStorm:

License

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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