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Posted by Maxhrk   USA  (76 posts)  Bio
Date Sun 15 Apr 2007 05:57 PM (UTC)

Amended on Sun 15 Apr 2007 05:59 PM (UTC) by Maxhrk

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I try to find a way to make my helpfile look elegant or whatever you call it.. like with tab. example below:


HELP
----------------------------------

    1) Start
    ...
    00) Credits

----------------------------------



well i have read about <ESC>H is tab right? athough AnsiNote dont have it since i have look all over the document already. :)

any suggestion? thanks.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Sun 15 Apr 2007 09:21 PM (UTC)
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It is Ctrl+I (hex 0x09).

In Lua you could do it like this:


tab = string.char (9)
print (tab .. "hello" .. tab .. "world")


- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Maxhrk   USA  (76 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #2 on Sun 15 Apr 2007 09:22 PM (UTC)
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ah string.char..


okay thanks you very much for help, Nick Gammon.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #3 on Sun 15 Apr 2007 09:23 PM (UTC)
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If you are using Lua another approach is to look up string.format, and use fixed-width text fields.

For example:


print (string.format ("%-10s %-10s", "hello", "world"))

-->

hello      world


If you say %10s, then you have a string that takes at least 10 positions (more if it is wider), and the "-" makes it left-justified.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,133 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #4 on Sun 15 Apr 2007 10:40 PM (UTC)
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Of course, a simpler way in Lua is to use the \t character. For example:


print ("hi \t there")


- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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Posted by Maxhrk   USA  (76 posts)  Bio
Date Reply #5 on Sun 15 Apr 2007 11:52 PM (UTC)
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thanks again, Nick.. Yeah I do use Lua, i think it is awesome anyway. :)
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