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Paginate helper library in Lua (for the Playdate)
Paginate = {}
function Paginate.read(filename)
local lines = {}
local file = File.open(filename, File.kFileRead)
local line = file:readline()
while line do
table.insert(lines, line)
line = file:readline()
end
file:close()
return lines
end
function Paginate.wrap(lines, width)
local font = Graphics.getFont()
local spaceWidth = font:getTextWidth(" ")
local result = {}
for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
local currentWidth = 0
local currentLine = ""
if line == "" then
table.insert(result, line)
else
for word in line:gmatch("%S+") do
local wordWidth = font:getTextWidth(word)
if currentWidth == 0 then
currentWidth = wordWidth
currentLine = word
else
local newLine = currentLine .. " " .. word
local newWidth = font:getTextWidth(newLine)
if newWidth >= width then
table.insert(result, currentLine)
currentWidth = wordWidth
currentLine = word
else
currentWidth += newWidth
currentLine = newLine
end
end
end
if currentWidth ~= 0 then
table.insert(result, currentLine)
end
end
end
return result
end
function Paginate.window(text, start_index, rows)
local result = {}
for index = 0, rows do
if start_index + index > #text then
break
end
table.insert(result, text[start_index + index])
end
return table.concat(result, "\n")
end
function Paginate.paginate(lines, rows)
local result = {}
local currentLine = {}
for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
if line == "" then
if #currentLine ~= 0 then
table.insert(result, table.concat(currentLine, "\n"))
currentLine = {}
end
else
if #currentLine >= rows then
table.insert(result, table.concat(currentLine, "\n"))
currentLine = {line}
else
table.insert(currentLine, line)
end
end
end
if #currentLine ~= 0 then
table.insert(result, table.concat(currentLine, "\n"))
currentLine = {}
end
return result
end
function Paginate.process(text, width, height)
local lines = {}
for line in text:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do
table.insert(lines, line)
end
local wrapped = Paginate.wrap(lines, width)
return Paginate.paginate(wrapped, Paginate.getRows(height))
end
function Paginate.getRows(height)
local font = Graphics.getFont()
local leading = font:getLeading()
return height // (font:getHeight() + leading)
end
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