I'm relatively new to Lua and so this is probably an issue of ignorance but I can't seem to get to the bottom of this one:

I would like a simple means of getting user text input and storing it in a variable. I have seen Small_g's password script which works just fine but I wonder if it is possible to do this with much less coding similar to BASIC style, Input A$.

I've tried using:
io.write("Input some text:")
text = io.read()
io.write(text)

or print(text) or Prompt(text)

but in the context of GameGuru this didn't seem to do anything and the 'text' variable remained null.

I suspect my misconception of how GameGuru handles these commands and text input in general is to blame here, but it would be so much more convienient if I could find a simple way of reading user input. Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Basic answer is that no, there is no simple way to redirect the keyboard input in the way you describe.

Hmm. That's a shame as it appears to be a fairly standard deal in Lua itself. Maybe it could be considered in a future revision of GG ? It would be quite handy to have a simple input for user typed data.

Many thanks for clearing it up for me though AmenMoses !