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<h2><a name="overview"></a>Overview</h2>

<p>LuaExpat is a <a href="http://www.saxproject.org/">SAX</a> XML parser based on the
<a href="http://www.libexpat.org/">Expat</a> library.</p>

<p>LuaExpat is free software and uses the same <a href="license.html">license</a>
as Lua 5.1.</p>

<h2><a name="status"></a>Status</h2>

<p>Current version is 1.3.0. It was developed for both Lua 5.1 and Lua 5.2, and has been tested on
Linux, Windows (XP) and MacOS X with Expat 2.1.0.</p>

<h2><a name="download"></a>Download</h2>

<p>The latest LuaExpat release is 1.3.0.</p>

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  <li><a href="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/luaexpat-1.3.0.tar.gz">luaexpat-1.3.0.tar.gz</a> <a href="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/luaexpat-1.3.0.tar.gz.asc">(signature)</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/luaexpat-1.2.0.tar.gz">luaexpat-1.2.0.tar.gz</a> <a href="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/luaexpat-1.2.0.tar.gz.asc">(signature)</a></li>
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<p>Older LuaExpat releases can be downloaded from 
<a href="http://files.luaforge.net/releases/luaexpat/LuaExpat">LuaForge</a>
page.</p>

<p>Binaries for Windows are bundled with the <a href="https://code.google.com/p/luaforwindows/">Lua
for Windows</a> project.</p>

<p>LuaExpat is also available from the main <a href="http://luarocks.org/">LuaRocks</a> repository, as 'luaexpat'.</p>

<h2><a name="history"></a>History</h2>

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    <dt><strong>Version 1.3.0</strong> [02/Apr/2014]</dt>
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        <li>Lua 5.2 support (thanks Tomás Guisasola Gorham)</li>
        <li>support for the XmlDecl handler</li>
        <li>add parser:getcurrentbytecount() (XML_GetCurrentByteCount)</li>
        <li>ability to disable CharacterData merging</li>
        <li>Makefile improvements (thanks Vadim Misbakh-Soloviov)</li>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.2.0</strong> [02/Jun/2011]</dt>
    <dd>
      <em>New maintainer: Matthew Wild</em>
      <ul>
        <li>support for the StartDoctypeDecl handler</li>
        <li>add parser:stop() to abort parsing inside a callback</li>
      </ul>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.1.0</strong> [05/Jun/2007]</dt>
    <dd>
      <ul>
        <li>adapted to work on both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1</li>
        <li>updated to use Expat 2.0.0</li>
      </ul>
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    <dt><strong><a href="http://www.keplerproject.org/luaexpat/1.0">Version 1.0.2</a></strong> [23/Mar/2006]</dt>
    <dd>
      <ul>
        <li>minor bugfix, <code>lom</code> correct module name is <code>lxp.lom</code></li>
      </ul>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0.1</strong> [06/Jun/2005]</dt>
    <dd>
      <ul>
        <li>minor changes for compatibility with Expat version 1.95.8</li>
      </ul>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0</strong> [2/Dec/2004]</dt>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Beta</strong> [4/Apr/2004]</dt>
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    <dt><strong>Version 1.0 Alpha</strong> [10/Dec/2003]</dt>
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<h2><a name="references"></a>References</h2>

<p>LuaExpat uses the
<a href="http://www.libexpat.org/">Expat</a> library.
For details on the C API please refer to the article
<a href="http://www.xml.com/pub/a/1999/09/expat/index.html?page=1">"Using Expat"</a>.</p>

<p>LuaExpat implements the <a href="http://www.saxproject.org/">SAX</a> API.</p>

<h2><a name="credits"></a>Credits</h2>

<p>Version 1.0 was designed by Roberto Ierusalimschy, Andr&eacute;
Carregal and Tom&aacute;s Guisasola as part of the Kepler Project
which holds its copyright. The implementation was coded by
Roberto Ierusalimschy, based on a previous design by
<a href="http://www.place.org/~nop/lua">Jay Carlson</a>.</p>

<p>LuaExpat development was sponsored by
<a href="http://www.fabricadigital.com.br">F&aacute;brica Digital</a> and
FINEP.</p>

<h2><a name="contact"></a>Contact</h2>

<p>For more information please
<a href="mailto:info-NO-SPAM-THANKS@keplerproject.org">contact us</a>.
Comments are welcome!</p>

<p>You can also reach other Kepler developers and users on the Kepler Project
<a href="http://luaforge.net/mail/?group_id=104">mailing list</a>.</p>

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