love.event.quit

Available since LÖVE 0.8.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Adds the quit event to the queue.

The quit event is a signal for the event handler to close LÖVE. It's possible to abort the exit process with the love.quit callback.

love.event.quit( )

None.

Nothing.

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

love.event.quit( exitstatus )

number exitstatus (0): The program exit status to use when closing the application.

Nothing.

Available since LÖVE 0.10.2
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Restarts the game without relaunching the executable. This cleanly shuts down the main Lua state instance and creates a brand new one.

love.event.quit( "restart" )

string "restart": Tells the default love.run to exit and restart the game without relaunching the executable.

Nothing.

function love.keypressed(k)
   if k == 'escape' then
      love.event.quit()
   end
end