For this example I'll make two files, text.txt and writeIndented.lua
text.txt> This is text in a file, contained in a markdown blockquote.
-and this text is not in a blockquote!
-- Get the terminal width so that we can wrap text in blockquotes.
local termX, termY = term.getSize()
-- Make an empty table for all of the lines from the text file to be stored.
local lines = {}
-- Reads the text file and stores all lines in our table.
for line in io.lines("text.txt") do
table.insert(lines, line)
end
-- Reads each of the lines and performs an action depending on the syntax.
for i, str in pairs(lines) do
if str:find(">") and str:sub(1,1) == ">" then
-- The 'pos' variable is created so that it can parse text that is written >like this and > like this.
local pos = 2
if str:find("> ") then pos = 3 end
str = str:sub(pos)
-- If the string is longer than the terminal width it will cut it down and re-add entries to the table.
if #str > termX - 3 then
table.insert(lines, i+1, ">"..str:sub(termX - 3))
str = str:sub(0,(termX - 3))
end
-- Adds a unicode symbol and two spaces in front of formatted text.
str = "\149 "..str
end
print(str)
end
Output:
https://i.imgur.com/OiTVt0I.png (https://i.imgur.com/OiTVt0I.png)