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Here are documentation resources on the Lua language, VM, and libraries.

Language and Libraries
- [Lua 5.1 Manual (chm)] (5.1) - Lua 5.1 reference manual converted to Microsoft's HTML Help format (by Lua Binaries project).
- [Lua 5.2 Manual (chm)] (5.2) - Lua 5.2 reference manual converted to Microsoft's HTML Help format (by Nikolay Vedernikov).
- [LuaAIO Manual] (5.1) - Lua 5.1 reference manual, Programming in Lua 1st ed., LuaTutorial, and documentation for many libraries (LuaSocket?, wxLua, IUP, IrrLua?, LuaSDL, etc.), all in single 8Mb .chm file.
- [Lua 5 Manual (webbook)] (5.0) - Lua 5.0 manual, converted to webbook format.
- [Lua 5 Quick Reference] (5.0) - A Lua 5 reference booklet (PDF), including a version with colour navigation tabs. See also LuaShortReference (5.1).
- [Quick reference C API] (5.1) - Two different sets of reference sheets. ODT/XLS and PDF formats.
- [An Overview of Lua] - Slides by Julia Lawall (PDF).
- [Luai] - an alternative method of browsing (and searching) the Lua 5.1 reference manual.
- [LuaSearch] - navigate Lua module documentation (HTML and POD formats online). See also LuaSearch.
- [luaman] - Lua 5.1 and 5.2 reference manual C API functions converted to Unix man-page format.
- LuaWsapi - Getting LuaRocks, WSAPI, Lua and MySQL to play nicely
- [The Lua Integration Guide] - Integrating Lua with C explained with examples.
- [Luadocs] - Lua Reference manual with an alternative user interface.
Virtual Machine (VM) and Implementation
- [A No-Frills Introduction to Lua 5 VM Instructions] (5.0/5.1) - ODT and PDF formats. There are two versions, one for Lua 5.0.2 and one for Lua 5.1.

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