in that topic about an  e-book reader for the nspire, they came up with the idea to read from xml files within lua.
I thought of it, and designed somehow a construction that is similar to xml (tags) but readable for lua.

this is the format:
xml = {
"<ttl>Hello",
"<txt>this is a test to show you the possibilities of xml in Nspire lua",
"<txt>It's very simple, just type a tag like <ttl> and than your title",
"<img>\030\000\000\000\030\000\000\037\/*find yourself a pic to insert, it would be too long to post */137\194\137\194\137\198\207\210x\235\000\000\000\000",
"<txt>and it automatically scrolls down to the next line after the image",
"<txt>this is the last sentence!"
}as you can see, it's not xml at all, but you can give text a separate font by just using my script.
it's very simple, but untill now only <ttl> (title), <txt> (normal text) and <img> (image) are implemented.

Please give comments/suggestions to make this better, it could be very useful!

of course it ain't possible to read from real XML, so it's still not that usable for that e-book reader, since you have to write/let a program write it to the lue xml format..
as you can see no endtags are used,it is just not required...



you can find the source here: https://github.com/NickSteen/Lua-XML-reader/
thanks to adriweb and excale

because i (well, not i, just the calc xp) read the line, and seperate the tags, i can easely add them if you want to, it's 2 seconds of work, i just thought it would be easier to not use them as it work per line (the tag ends at the end of the string).

and i'm having a look at that github, it would be a good idea to post it there, for having the most recent version every time

i think i'll just upload them to my own site and refer to that page, since i don't manage to get the github working xs i followed the tutorial to install it, and i did everything required, but it does not work xs

Good idea, Extended, though the xml syntax itself tends to disappear now...

Anyway, Nick succeded to set up his GitHub account !

Here's this project :

https://github.com/NickSteen/Lua-XML-reader/

here's an even more improved version :

-- Adriweb
-- TI-Planet

-- Original Idea by Nick Steen, Some things added by Extended

platform.apilevel = '1.0'

count = 0

markup = {
 {ttl = "hello"},
 {txt = "hallo"},
 {center = {txt = "centered text"} },
 {txt = "goodbye"},
 {bold = {txt = "oh wait ! bold text !!"} },
 {img = "\016\000\000\000\018\000\000\000\000\000\000\000 \000\000\000\016\000\001\000\156\243\156\243\156\243\189\247\213\222\235\193\136\181g\181\135\181g\181\137\185O\202\189\247\156\243\156\243\156\243\156\243\156\243{\239O\206\168\222F\243D\243d\247d\247#\243\004\235E\214\170\1858\231\156\243\156\243\156\243\213\222m\210\231\230d\247\132\251\195\255\131\255\131\255\131\255C\251\003\247\132\226\233\193r\210z\239\156\243\204\189\198\226\132\247\166\218\007\198\198\226\195\255\131\255#\243\231\197\007\198\002\251\131\230\135\185\246\222\212\218g\210D\243\166\218\166\218\197\226D\239\131\255\131\255C\247\165\218d\222\006\206\194\242\196\205O\206\170\185\005\239\131\255\197\226D\239\131\255\131\255\131\255\131\255C\251\034\255\002\255E\218\226\250b\234\167\193G\173C\247\131\255\131\255\130\218\001\198\162\222\131\255c\251\002\243\161\197\161\197\226\250\226\250\162\246\133\193f\181#\243C\251\131\255\194\193\194\156\002\202C\251\034\255\162\234\194\156\194\156\193\250\193\254\193\254\133\193g\181\003\247c\251\034\255\196\230e\218\196\234\034\255\034\255\226\242%\218%\218\226\250\226\250\161\254\133\193&\169\226\242\034\255\034\255\034\255\034\255\034\255\002\255\002\255\193\254\193\254\226\250\161\254\161\254\161\254d\189G\173\163\234\002\255\226\242\194\242\163\234\162\242\162\242\162\242\130\238\130\242B\242\130\242\162\246B\242\133\193\014\198E\214\194\242f\181\198\156\231\156\231\156\231\156\231\156\231\156\231\156\198\156\231\156B\242\227\213\235\197Y\235\136\185\130\238\193\254\132\189s\206\222\251\222\251\222\251\222\251{\239\198\156\130\242\129\254d\189\179\214\156\243\237\193\196\205\162\242\162\242\198\201)\165)\165)\165)\165H\173B\242\129\254\227\213\169\193\023\227\156\243z\239\137\185\034\226\162\246\130\242B\234\034\230\034\230B\234\034\234\129\254\130\242D\181\213\222\156\243\156\243\156\243\023\227\201\197\002\222\162\246\161\254\129\254\161\254\129\254\129\250\034\234d\189\147\214\156\243\156\243\156\243\156\243\156\243\246\222\011\206\196\205\002\222B\238\034\238\034\230\196\209\165\197\147\214{\239\156\243\156\243\156\243\189\247\156\243\156\243\023\227p\210\011\206\198\205\198\205\232\205O\210\147\214\156\243\156\243\156\243\156\243"},
 {txt = "really, goodbye"}
}

function on.paint(gc)
   if go then
       go = false
       print("----")
       Parse(gc, markup, {centered=false})
       count = 0
   end
end

function Parse(gc, data, options)
    for i, v in ipairs(data) do
        local t = type(v)
        if t == "table" then
            if v.ttl then count = count + 1 gc:setFont("serif","b",18) myPrint(gc, v.ttl, count-1, {})
            elseif v.txt then gc:setFont("serif","r",12) myPrint(gc, v.txt, count, options)
            elseif v.img then local tmpImg = image.new(v.img) gc:drawImage(tmpImg,0,image.height(tmpImg)*(count-2)) print('Image displayed')
            elseif v.center then Parse(gc, {v.center}, {centered=true})
            elseif v.bold then Parse(gc, {v.bold}, {bold=true})
            end
            count = count + 1
        else
            print("what's going on here ?")
            myPrint(gc, v, count, {centered=false})
        end
    end
end

function drawXCenteredString(gc,str,y)
    gc:drawString(str, (pww() - gc:getStringWidth(str)) / 2, y, "top")
end

function myPrint(gc, string, y, options)
    if options.centered then
        drawXCenteredString(gc,string,14*y)
    elseif options.bold then
        gc:setFont("serif","b",12)       
        gc:drawString(string,1,14*y,"top")
    else
        gc:drawString(string,1,14*y,"top")
    end
    print(string)
end
 
function pww()
    return platform.window:width()
end

function pwh()
    return platform.window:height()
end

function on.enterKey()
    go = true
end



It does that :



from :

markup = {
 {ttl = "hello"},
 {txt = "hallo"},
 {center = {txt = "centered text"} },
 {txt = "goodbye"},
 {bold = {txt = "oh wait ! bold text !!"} },
 {img = //image-string//},
 {txt = "really, goodbye"}
}


Good for me

Good for me

Thx

Well, thanks for your comments, but I don't have time right now...

Maybe later

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