Lua Debug Traceback, Bibliography, Copyright/License, and Luaref Documentation

upvalue. debug.traceback([{thread},] [{message} [,{level}]]) *debug.traceback()* Returns a string with a traceback of the call stack. An optional {message} string is appended at the beginning of the traceback. An optional {level} number tells at which level to start the traceback (default is 1, the function calling `traceback`). ============================================================================== A BIBLIOGRAPHY *lua-ref-bibliography* This help file is a minor adaptation from this main reference: - R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and W. Celes., "Lua: 5.1 reference manual", https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html Lua is discussed in these references: - R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and W. Celes., "Lua --- an extensible extension language". "Software: Practice & Experience" 26, 6 (1996) 635-652. - L. H. de Figueiredo, R. Ierusalimschy, and W. Celes., "The design and implementation of a language for extending applications". "Proc. of XXI Brazilian Seminar on Software and Hardware" (1994) 273-283. - L. H. de Figueiredo, R. Ierusalimschy, and W. Celes., "Lua: an extensible embedded language". "Dr. Dobb's Journal" 21, 12 (Dec 1996) 26-33. - R. Ierusalimschy, L. H. de Figueiredo, and W. Celes., "The evolution of an extension language: a history of Lua". "Proc. of V Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages" (2001) B-14-B-28. ============================================================================== B COPYRIGHT AND LICENSES *lua-ref-copyright* This help file has the same copyright and license as Lua 5.1 and the Lua 5.1 manual: Copyright (c) 1994-2006 Lua.org, PUC-Rio. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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 OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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. ============================================================================== C LUAREF DOC *lua-ref-doc* This is a Vim help file containing a reference for Lua 5.1, and it is -- with a few exceptions and adaptations -- a copy of the Lua 5.1 Reference Manual (see |lua-ref-bibliography|). For usage information, refer to |lua-ref-doc|. For copyright information, see |lua-ref-copyright|. The main ideas and concepts on how to implement this reference were taken from Christian Habermann's CRefVim project (https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=614). Adapted for bundled Nvim documentation; the original plugin can be found at https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1291 vim:tw=78:ts=4:ft=help:norl:et

This section covers `debug.traceback()`, a Lua function for generating call stack tracebacks. It also includes a bibliography of Lua resources, copyright and license information for Lua 5.1, and documentation details about the Vim help file adaptation of the Lua 5.1 Reference Manual.