nomsu/core/text.nom

#!/usr/bin/env nomsu -V2.5.4.3
#
    This file contains some definitions of text escape sequences, including ANSI console
    color codes.

use "core/metaprogramming.nom"

# Text functions
action [%texts joined with %glue] (..)
    lua> ".."
        local text_bits = {}
        for i,bit in ipairs(\%texts) do text_bits[i] = stringify(bit) end
        return table.concat(text_bits, \%glue)

parse [joined %texts, %texts joined] as (%texts joined with "")
compile [capitalized %text, %text capitalized] to (..)
    Lua value "((\(%text as lua expr)):gsub('%l', string.upper, 1))"

compile [..]
    %text with %sub instead of %patt, %text with %patt replaced by %sub
    %text s/ %patt / %sub
..to (..)
    Lua value ".."
        ((\(%text as lua expr)):gsub(\(%patt as lua expr), \(%sub as lua expr)))

action [lines in %text, lines of %text] (..)
    lua> ".."
        local result = list{}
        for line in (\%text):gmatch('[^\\n]+') do
            result[#result+1] = line
        end
        return result

compile [for %match in %text matching %patt %body] to (..)
    Lua ".."
        for \(%match as lua expr) in \(%text as lua expr):gmatch(\(%patt as lua expr)) do
            \(%body as lua statements)
            \(compile as (===next %match ===))
        end
        \(compile as (===stop %match ===))

compile [%expr for %match in %text matching %patt] to (..)
    Lua value ".."
        (function()
            local ret = list{}
            for \(%match as lua expr) in \(%text as lua expr):gmatch(\(%patt as lua expr)) do
                ret[#ret+1] = \(%expr as lua statements)
            end
            return ret
        end)()

compile [%text matches %pattern] to (..)
    Lua value ".."
        (\(%text as lua expr):match(\(%pattern as lua expr)) and true or false)

compile [%text matching %pattern] to (..)
    Lua value "\(%text as lua expr):match(\(%pattern as lua expr))"

# Text literals
lua> ".."
    do
        local escapes = {
            nl="\\\\n", newline="\\\\n", tab="\\\\t", bell="\\\\a", cr="\\\\r",
            ["carriage return"]="\\\\r", backspace="\\\\b", ["form feed"]="\\\\f",
            formfeed="\\\\f", ["vertical tab"]="\\\\v",
        };
        for name, e in pairs(escapes) do
            local lua = "'"..e.."'"
            nomsu.COMPILE_ACTIONS[name] = function(nomsu, tree)
                return LuaCode.Value(tree.source, lua)
            end
        end
    end