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-The Lua API of Minetest is extensively documented. This page tells you which documentation exists, and where to find it.
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-== Official documentation ==
-=== lua_api.txt ===
-This is the most important document you need during modding.
-This is a text file containing the only (!) official reference documentation for the entire Lua API. You can find it in the <code>doc</code> directory of your Minetest installation. You can also read the latest (in-development) version of this file online here: [https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/doc/lua_api.txt lua_api.txt]. But we strongly recommend you read the file installed on your computer so you read the correct version.
-Note this assumes you are already familiar with Lua programming. If you aren't, take a look into the [[#Minetest_Modding_Book|Minetest Modding Book]] first.
-=== Other text files ===
-In the <code>doc</code> directory of your Minetest installation, you will find a few other text files with related, but less important information and documentation.
-== Unofficial Documentation ==
-=== Minetest Modding Book ===
-A very extensive introduction into Minetest modding, great for complete beginners. Written by rubenwardy, a long-time developer for Minetest.
-https://rubenwardy.com/minetest_modding_book/en/index.html
-=== lua_api.txt, but more readable ===
-You can view a more readable version of this document here: https://minetest.gitlab.io/minetest/ It's the same content, just nicely formatted and up to date.
-=== Minetest Developer Wiki ===
-'''WARNING''': The Minetest Developer Wiki is NOT the official Lua API documentation. You will see a lot of pages that were just lazily copied from <code>lua_api.txt</code> years ago and those are now unsurprisinglyq horribly outdated and outright misleading. The thing is, this was a huge mistake and should have never been done in the first place. If you want to know what a specific function XYZ does, do NOT use this wiki, use <code>lua_api.txt</code> (see above). So, yeah, we have a bit of a mess right now and it's not easy to clean it up, which is why we didn't do it so far. See also: [[MinetestWiki:Lua API Wiki Documentation Cleanup]].
-What this Developer Wiki ''is'' meant to be is not meant to document the Lua API itself, but instead to document common development practices, pitfalls and general advice or agreed-upon guidelines for engine, game and mod developers. This is OK.
-The wiki is useful to find some nice tips and tricks that would not belong into a reference documentation. This part of the wiki should be OK. But ignore everything that makes specific claims about the Lua API, like concrete function names, parameters, etc.
-[[Category:Modding API]]

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