Structuring the code in the LUA files

[LiX]

Hey Facepunchers!

I'm trying to edit some LUA files that I got from a gamemode just for fun but I find it really hard to get a nice structure on the code since all of it is just moshed together in a big mess.
Is there any way to structure the code in the LUA files easily?

[DarKSunrise]

If you're talking about how you should whitespace your code, this is how I do it. If you're going to structure already existing code, you need to probably use search & replace.

[lua]
function SomeFunction(args, stuff, moar)
if(stuff == true) then
print(args, stuff, moar);
else
print("Too bad");
end

player.GetAll()[1]:ChatPrint("Hey");
end

SomeFunction("I", true, "like pie");
[/lua]

[commander204]

[QUOTE=DarKSunrise;17002521]If you're talking about how you should whitespace your code, this is how I do it. If you're going to structure already existing code, you need to probably use search & replace.

[lua]
function SomeFunction(args, stuff, moar)
if(stuff == true) then
print(args, stuff, moar);
else
print("Too bad");
end

player.GetAll()[1]:ChatPrint("Hey");
end

SomeFunction("I", true, "like pie");
[/lua][/QUOTE]

You forgot Tabs!
[lua]
function SomeFunction(args, stuff, moar)
if(stuff == true) then
print(args, stuff, moar);
else
print("Too bad");
end

player.GetAll()[1]:ChatPrint("Hey");
end

SomeFunction("I", true, "like pie");
[/lua]

[ioc]

[QUOTE=DarKSunrise;17002521]If you're talking about how you should whitespace your code, this is how I do it. If you're going to structure already existing code, you need to probably use search & replace.

[lua]
function SomeFunction(args, stuff, moar)
if(stuff == true) then
print(args, stuff, moar);
else
print("Too bad");
end

player.GetAll()[1]:ChatPrint("Hey");
end

SomeFunction("I", true, "like pie");
[/lua][/QUOTE]
i hope this isn't the way you indent your code

[DarKSunrise]

Ugh, my browser messed that up.

[LiX]

[QUOTE=DarKSunrise;17002521]If you're talking about how you should whitespace your code, this is how I do it. If you're going to structure already existing code, you need to probably use search & replace.

[lua]
function SomeFunction(args, stuff, moar)
if(stuff == true) then
print(args, stuff, moar);
else
print("Too bad");
end

player.GetAll()[1]:ChatPrint("Hey");
end

SomeFunction("I", true, "like pie");
[/lua][/QUOTE]

Hey, thanks for the reply!
I'm very new with this, I just want to add some things to the code of a gamemode but I can't really find a pattern in the code since it's just messed up. I'm trying to edit the init.lua file but the code is really long in a very few rows, I want to get the code easier to read somehow.
Can I ask what program are you using when you're editing code etc? I just use the notepad lol, I guess you're using something else xD As I said, I'm a big newbie to this.

[Retirsch]

Notepad ++

[ninjerss]

Use Notepad++ with the GM10Lua plugin and don't indent your code like DarKSunrise. Do it like Commander204.

edit: but don't put ;'s after each line that is fucking gay

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Retirsch;17002659]Notepad ++[/QUOTE]

Okay, thanks! I'll try it now.

[editline]04:28PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=ninjerss;17002678]Use Notepad++ with the GM10Lua plugin and don't indent your code like DarKSunrise. Do it like Commander204.

edit: but don't put ;'s after each line that is fucking gay[/QUOTE]

Haha okay! Thaks a lot guys, I'll start googlin' right away! ^^

[Gmod4ever]

Whenever someone asks me about coding ethics, I always tell them the ten commandments of Lua scripting that I follow:

[b]1.) For every function, thoust must end it.
2.) For every if-statement, thoust must end it.
3.) For every do-statement, thoust must end it.
4.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a function.
5.) Thoust shall tab everything inside an if-statement.
6.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a do-statement.
7.) Thoust shall leave a blank spot between function blocks
8.) Thoust shall block code of a similar intent
9.) Thoust shall keep simple statements in a single line (if not Var then Var = Value end)
10.) Thoust shall always optimize[/b]

[ninjerss]

[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;17002906]Whenever someone asks me about coding ethics, I always tell them the ten commandments of Lua scripting that I follow:

[b]1.) For every function, thoust must end it.
2.) For every if-statement, thoust must end it.
3.) For every do-statement, thoust must end it.
4.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a function.
5.) Thoust shall tab everything inside an inf-statement.
6.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a do-statement.
7.) Thoust shall leave a blank spot between function blocks
8.) Thoust shall block code of a similar intent
9.) Thoust shall keep simple statements in a single line (if not Var then Var = Value end)
10.) Thoust shall always optimize[/b][/QUOTE]

how does it feel being a giant tool

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;17002906]Whenever someone asks me about coding ethics, I always tell them the ten commandments of Lua scripting that I follow:

[b]1.) For every function, thoust must end it.
2.) For every if-statement, thoust must end it.
3.) For every do-statement, thoust must end it.
4.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a function.
5.) Thoust shall tab everything inside an inf-statement.
6.) Thoust shall tab everything inside a do-statement.
7.) Thoust shall leave a blank spot between function blocks
8.) Thoust shall block code of a similar intent
9.) Thoust shall keep simple statements in a single line (if not Var then Var = Value end)
10.) Thoust shall always optimize[/b][/QUOTE]

Sounds great! Thanks for the advice! :D

[Gmod4ever]

[QUOTE=ninjerss;17002924]how does it feel being a giant tool[/QUOTE]

How does it feel being a giant cunt?

To answer your question, great. Whenever someone needs help tightening a bolt, I don't even need to go grab my toolbox.

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;17002944]How does it feel being a giant cunt?

To answer your question, great. Whenever someone needs help tightening a bolt, I don't even need to go grab my toolbox.[/QUOTE]

Haha, n1.

[editline]04:46PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=ninjerss;17002924]how does it feel being a giant tool[/QUOTE]

Come on, he just tried to help ^^

[Missing User]

Don't use any kind of NP++ plugin that shows you the functions, I have never have. You don't really need to... or maybe I've just been coding Lua for GMod for so long that I know everything off by heart... oh how sad.

[Retirsch]

[QUOTE=Conna Wiles;17003670]Don't use any kind of NP++ plugin that shows you the functions, I have never have. You don't really need to... or maybe I've just been coding Lua for GMod for so long that I know everything off by heart... oh how sad.[/QUOTE]

I've never bothered with it either. If you're unsure of a function, just look it up on the wiki...

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Conna Wiles;17003670]Don't use any kind of NP++ plugin that shows you the functions, I have never have. You don't really need to... or maybe I've just been coding Lua for GMod for so long that I know everything off by heart... oh how sad.[/QUOTE]

Haha lol, okay :P I don't use any plugins at all.

[editline]05:41PM[/editline]

[QUOTE=Retirsch;17004018]I've never bothered with it either. If you're unsure of a function, just look it up on the wiki...[/QUOTE]

Okay, I'll do that! Thanks.

[Jawalt]

[QUOTE=Retirsch;17004018]I've never bothered with it either. If you're unsure of a function, just look it up on the wiki...[/QUOTE]

Or use Overv's awesome search thing. I love it because it shows the arguments, in the search itself.

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Jawalt;17004341]Or use Overv's awesome search thing. I love it because it shows the arguments, in the search itself.[/QUOTE]

Okay, I'll check it out. Thanks!

[Crazy Quebec]

[QUOTE=LiX;17004037]Haha lol, okay :P I don't use any plugins at all.[/QUOTE]

I really suggest you use this plugin [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=477505[/url]

It will make finding syntax errors and reading your code much more easier.

[LiX]

[QUOTE=Crazy Quebec;17004738]I really suggest you use this plugin [url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=477505[/url]

It will make finding syntax errors and reading your code much more easier.[/QUOTE]

Allright, looks nice. Thanks! :D

[JSharpe]

Don't forget good old auto complete built into np++, very handy at times:
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=588255[/url]

[LiX]

[QUOTE=JSharpe;17005161]Don't forget good old auto complete built into np++, very handy at times:
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=588255[/url][/QUOTE]

Allrighty, thx!

[Overv]

[QUOTE=JSharpe;17005161]Don't forget good old auto complete built into np++, very handy at times:
[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=588255[/url][/QUOTE]

Does it complete automatically instead of needing CTRL-SPACE?

[JSharpe]

[QUOTE=Overv;17006022]Does it complete automatically instead of needing CTRL-SPACE?[/QUOTE]

Near the bottom of the 1st post i quoted SteveUK with his Listen Up tip.

[Missing User]

That's just lazy, JSharpe.

[JSharpe]

[QUOTE=Conna Wiles;17021678]That's just lazy, JSharpe.[/QUOTE]

So is driving a car to the shop around the corner. But people still do it.

[Kogitsune]

[QUOTE=Conna Wiles;17021678]That's just lazy, JSharpe.[/QUOTE]

I don't know about you, but I'd absolutely lovely Visual Studio-styled intellisense / auto-complete. Would make my life so much easier.

[JSharpe]

[QUOTE=Kogitsune;17021749]I don't know about you, but I'd absolutely lovely Visual Studio-styled intellisense / auto-complete. Would make my life so much easier.[/QUOTE]

It's just a shame parameter hinting within NP++ doesn't fully support the lua language syntax.

[CowThing]

It would be nice if all those Gmod Lua specific editors that have been started would actually finish.