Lua features

[SnirkImmington]

These features are needed for the Lua thread:

IPC

• Lua thread is an internal IPC client
• Lua can register its own callbacks to IPC events (i.e. keybindings)
• Accept terminate and restart commands
• Use move semantics/clone-on-write for Arc values from the registry to prevent some copying

Libraries

• Lua called through init script
• Invisible wrapper to registry
• Registry fields with nested names
• JSON support

Most of the value of the Lua thread comes from compatibility with the configuration, commands, keybindings, etc.

[SnirkImmington]

Updated to reflect Lua thread being downgraded to an internal IPC client.

[Timidger]

What is the status on these features? If they are still open, we should begin to move them into separate issues so that they can be better tracked. Can you update the check marks and then close this issue?

[SnirkImmington]

Okay, I'll close this issue and open a couple smaller ones.