I already have Lua For Windows installed but as I read about the latest version of Lua which is 5.2.2, I noticed that Lua For Windows is using an old version of Lua which is 5.1.
I want to build the latest lua version to my windows 7 pc, but I don't quite get the idea on how I can build it. I already read this too Detailed Instruction for installing Lua. Do i need to remove the Lua For Windows ? please give me links how I can build it? what are the necessary tools to build the last lua source code.
Note: please also tell how can I test a source on it.
Lua binaries are hosted on sourceforge. You don't need to remove Lua for Windows. What I do on my installation of LFW is, I overwrite the lua.exe and lua.dll with the respective 5.2.* files from the binaries I downloaded.
PS: Sourceforge hasn't been updated with 5.2.2 release of Lua and is still at version 5.2.1. If you want to build, you'll find the similar question that greatwolf has linked to.