How to install a module?

[zIa1yBX5]

I find a good module "https://github.com/starwing/luautf8" and I need to install it through the luarock.
But rainmeter only support loading external library in lua script and it is impossible to use the module.
How to solve it?

[KazukiGames82]

I find a good module "https://github.com/starwing/luautf8" and I need to install it through the luarock.

May I know why exactly you need to use that?

[Yincognito]

May I know why exactly you need to use that?

I suspect that the reason is related to Lua's issues with some file encodings:
https://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?t=35292#p176632
Might be wrong though, as I don't know what the OP is actually aiming for.

[balala]

I find a good module "https://github.com/starwing/luautf8" and I need to install it through the luarock.
But rainmeter only support loading external library in lua script and it is impossible to use the module.
How to solve it?

Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure, but I think you can't install or use it into Rainmeter. Once again, I'm not sure, a dev would definitely be needed here, but this is my guess at least.

[Crest]

I find a good module "https://github.com/starwing/luautf8" and I need to install it through the luarock.
But rainmeter only support loading external library in lua script and it is impossible to use the module.
How to solve it?

When I've used a (standalone) Lua module I just replaced the following syntax:

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someModule = require "someModule"

With the following within the opening `Initialize()` function of a script (where the `@` represents the root 'Resources' directory of the skin):

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someModule = dofile(SKIN:GetVariable('@')..'someDir\\someFile.lua')

(These are all just placeholder names but you hopefully get the idea)

[Crest]

Edit: as for UTF-8 string manipulation Faradey from the forums also made some similar functions (albeit fewer) for it here.

(Thought I clicked edit but apparently quoted myself initially)