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# Scripting
Textadept has superb support for editing Lua code. Syntax autocomplete and
LuaDoc is available for many Textadept objects as well as Lua's standard
libraries. See the [lua module documentation](../modules/_M.lua.commands.html)
for more information.
## LuaDoc and Examples
Textadept's API is heavily documented. The [LuaDoc](../index.html) is the
ultimate resource on scripting Textadept. There are of course abundant scripting
examples since Textadept is mostly written in Lua.
## Lua Configuration
[Lua 5.2](http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/) is built into Textadept. It has the
same configuration (`luaconf.h`) as vanilla Lua with the following exceptions:
* `TA_LUA_PATH` and `TA_LUA_CPATH` are the environment variable used in place of
the usual `LUA_PATH` and `LUA_CPATH`.
* `LUA_ROOT` is `/usr/` in Linux systems instead of `/usr/local/`.
* All compatibility flags for Lua 5.1 are turned off. (`LUA_COMPAT_UNPACK`,
`LUA_COMPAT_LOADERS`, `LUA_COMPAT_LOG10`, `LUA_COMPAT_LOADSTRING`,
`LUA_COMPAT_MAXN`, and `LUA_COMPAT_MODULE`.)
## Scintilla
The editing component used by Textadept is [Scintilla](http://scintilla.org).
The [buffer](../modules/buffer.html) part of Textadept's API is derived from the
[Scintilla API](http://scintilla.org/ScintillaDoc.html) so any C/C++ code using
Scintilla calls can be ported to Lua without too much trouble.
## Textadept Folder Structure
Because Textadept is mostly written in Lua, its Lua scripts have to be stored in
an organized folder structure.
#### Core
Textadept's core Lua modules are contained in `core/`. These are absolutely
necessary in order for the application to run. They are responsible for
Textadept's Lua to C interface, event structure, file input/output, and
localization.
#### Lexers
Lexer Lua modules are responsible for the syntax highlighting of source code.
They are located in `lexers/`.
#### Modules
Editor Lua modules are contained in `modules/`. These provide advanced text
editing capabilities and can be available for all programming languages or
targeted at specific ones.
#### Themes
Built-in themes to customize the look and behavior of Textadept are located in
`themes/`.
#### User
User Lua modules are contained in the `~/.textadept/` folder. This folder may
contain `lexers/`, `modules/`, and `themes/` subdirectories.
#### GTK
The `etc/`, `lib/`, and `share/` directories are used by GTK and only appear in
the Win32 and Mac OSX packages.
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