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author Franklin Schmidt <fschmidt@gmail.com>
date Fri, 08 May 2015 17:29:28 -0600
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--- a/website/src/manual.html.luan	Fri May 08 12:10:53 2015 -0600
+++ b/website/src/manual.html.luan	Fri May 08 17:29:28 2015 -0600
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@
 	</ul>
 </div>
 
+<div margin-bottom="1em">
+	<a href="#libs">Standard Libraries</a>
+	<ul>
+		<li><a href="#default_lib">Default Environment</a></li>
+	</ul>
+</div>
+
 <hr/>
 
 
@@ -1801,70 +1808,26 @@
 
 
 
-<h1>6 &ndash; <a name="6">Standard Libraries</a></h1>
-
-<p>
-The standard Lua libraries provide useful functions
-that are implemented directly through the C&nbsp;API.
+<h2 margin-top="1em"><a name="libs">Standard Libraries</a></h2>
+
+<p>
+The standard Luan libraries provide useful functions
+that are implemented both in Java and in Luan itself.
+How each function is implemented shouldn't matter to the user.
 Some of these functions provide essential services to the language
-(e.g., <a href="#pdf-type"><code>type</code></a> and <a href="#pdf-getmetatable"><code>getmetatable</code></a>);
-others provide access to "outside" services (e.g., I/O);
-and others could be implemented in Lua itself,
-but are quite useful or have critical performance requirements that
-deserve an implementation in C (e.g., <a href="#pdf-table.sort"><code>table.sort</code></a>).
-
-
-<p>
-All libraries are implemented through the official C&nbsp;API
-and are provided as separate C&nbsp;modules.
-Currently, Lua has the following standard libraries:
-
-<ul>
-
-<li>basic library (<a href="#6.1">&sect;6.1</a>);</li>
-
-<li>coroutine library (<a href="#6.2">&sect;6.2</a>);</li>
-
-<li>package library (<a href="#6.3">&sect;6.3</a>);</li>
-
-<li>string manipulation (<a href="#6.4">&sect;6.4</a>);</li>
-
-<li>basic UTF-8 support (<a href="#6.5">&sect;6.5</a>);</li>
-
-<li>table manipulation (<a href="#6.6">&sect;6.6</a>);</li>
-
-<li>mathematical functions (<a href="#6.7">&sect;6.7</a>) (sin, log, etc.);</li>
-
-<li>input and output (<a href="#6.8">&sect;6.8</a>);</li>
-
-<li>operating system facilities (<a href="#6.9">&sect;6.9</a>);</li>
-
-<li>debug facilities (<a href="#6.10">&sect;6.10</a>).</li>
-
-</ul><p>
-Except for the basic and the package libraries,
-each library provides all its functions as fields of a global table
-or as methods of its objects.
-
-
-<p>
-To have access to these libraries,
-the C&nbsp;host program should call the <a href="#luaL_openlibs"><code>luaL_openlibs</code></a> function,
-which opens all standard libraries.
-Alternatively,
-the host program can open them individually by using
-<a href="#luaL_requiref"><code>luaL_requiref</code></a> to call
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_base"><code>luaopen_base</code></a> (for the basic library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_package"><code>luaopen_package</code></a> (for the package library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_coroutine"><code>luaopen_coroutine</code></a> (for the coroutine library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_string"><code>luaopen_string</code></a> (for the string library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_utf8"><code>luaopen_utf8</code></a> (for the UTF8 library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_table"><code>luaopen_table</code></a> (for the table library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_math"><code>luaopen_math</code></a> (for the mathematical library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_io"><code>luaopen_io</code></a> (for the I/O library),
-<a name="pdf-luaopen_os"><code>luaopen_os</code></a> (for the operating system library),
-and <a name="pdf-luaopen_debug"><code>luaopen_debug</code></a> (for the debug library).
-These functions are declared in <a name="pdf-lualib.h"><code>lualib.h</code></a>.
+(e.g., <a href="#pdf-type"><tt>type</tt></a> and <a href="#pdf-getmetatable"><tt>get_metatable</tt></a>);
+others provide access to "outside" services (e.g., I/O).
+
+
+<h3 margin-top="1em"><a name="default_lib">Default Environment</a></h3>
+
+<p>
+These are provided by default as local variables for any Luan code as described in <a href="#env">Environments</a>.
+
+<h4 margin-top="1em"><a name="_ENV"><tt>_ENV</tt></a></h4>
+
+<p>
+This is a table that holds the global variables of a module as described in <a href="#env">Environments</a>.