Re: Looking for a table pretty printer

[Tim Hill <drtimhill@...>]

On Mar 13, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Paul Merrell <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all,
> 
> In expanding a suite of scripting aids for NoteCase Pro scripts that
> are embedded in documents, I'm looking for a table pretty printer and
> solicit some recommendations to test.
> 
> Requirements:
> 
> -- must be pure Lua for portability and embedding purposes.
> 
> -- no dependencies that cannot be loaded with require or dofile (we
> have a do-node equivalent) (extra points for no dependencies).
> 
> -- needs to handle nested tables gracefully.
> 
> -- results need to render in a GTK2 Textview window (HTML) rather than
> being strictly dependent on Lua's print (we have no command line) (but
> note that if it can be edited to substitute a call to the GTK window
> rather than print, that works for me).
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Paul
> 

Does it need to handle cycles? If the same nested table is referenced multiple times does it need to somehow show this?

—Tim