Finally functional version.0.2.0

1 files changed, 31 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 42cb0a3..3725520 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ local function dump(o, tbs, tb)
     end
 end
 
--- fp = io.popen("foo >/tmp/unique", "w")
--- fp:write(anything)
--- fp:close()
--- fp = io.open("/tmp/unique")
--- x = read("*a")
--- fp:close()
-
 local supress_stdout = " >/dev/null"
 local supress_stderr = " 2>/dev/null"
 local supress_output = supress_stdout .. supress_stderr
@@ -54,30 +47,32 @@ local supress_output = supress_stdout .. supress_stderr
 -- If a string was passed we call the spellchecker ourself and redirect its stdout
 -- to a temporary file. See http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2007-10/msg00189.html.
 -- The returned string consists of each misspell followed by a newline.
-local function run_par(cmd, params, inp)
+local function run_shell_cmd(cmd, params, inp)
     local out
     print("cmd = " .. cmd .. ", params = " .. params .. ", inp = " .. inp .. ", (" .. type(inp) .. ")")
 
     if type(inp) == "string" then
-        -- local full_cmd = cmd .. " " .. params .. " > " .. tmp_name
-        -- print("full_cmd = " .. full_cmd)
-        -- local tmp_name = os.tmpname()
-        -- local proc = assert(io.popen(full_cmd, "w"))
-        -- print("proc = " .. type(proc))
-        -- proc:write(inp)
-        -- -- this error detection may need lua5.2
-        -- proc:flush()
-        -- local exit_code = proc:close()
-        -- 
-        -- local tmp_file = assert(io.open(tmp_name, "r"))
-        -- out = tmp_file:read("*a")
-        -- tmp_file:close()
-        -- print("out = " .. out)
-        -- -- os.remove(tmp_name)
-        out = vis:pipe(vis.win.file, inp, cmd .. params)
-
-        if exit_code then
-            print(tostring(exit_code))
+        local full_cmd = cmd .. " " .. params
+        local tmp_name = os.tmpname()
+        print("tmp_name = " .. tmp_name)
+        full_cmd = full_cmd  .. " > " .. tmp_name
+        print("full_cmd = " .. full_cmd)
+        local proc = assert(io.popen(full_cmd, "w"))
+        print("proc = " .. type(proc))
+        proc:write(inp)
+        -- this error detection may need lua5.2
+        proc:flush()
+        local exit_code = proc:close()
+        print("exit_code = " .. tostring(exit_code))
+        
+        local tmp_file = assert(io.open(tmp_name, "r"))
+        out = tmp_file:read("*a")
+        tmp_file:close()
+        print("out = " .. out)
+        os.remove(tmp_name)
+        -- out = vis:pipe(vis.win.file, inp, cmd .. params)
+
+        if not exit_code then
             print("calling " .. full_cmd .. " failed (" .. out .. ")")
             return nil
         end
@@ -108,14 +103,18 @@ end
 getmetatable(_VERSION).__index.lines = lines
 
 function hanging_symbol(line, nspc)
+    local beg, fin = 0, 0
     -- itemized list
-    if line:find("^[-+*] ", nspc) then
-        return nspc + 1 -- one for space
+    beg, fin = line:find("^[-+*] ", nspc)
+    if beg then
+        print("item beg = " .. beg .. ", fin = " .. fin)
+        return fin
     end
 
     local beg, fin = line:find("^%d+%. ", nspc)
     if beg then
-        return fin + 1
+        print("enum beg = " .. beg .. ", fin = " .. fin)
+        return fin
     end
 
     return nspc -- no hanging idennt
@@ -144,11 +143,11 @@ vis:operator_new(
                 table.insert(segment, line)
             else -- this is an empty line, so do whole circus FIXME
                 if next(segment) then
-                    local new_text = run_par(par_prg, ex_args .. p_arg,
+                    local new_text = run_shell_cmd(par_prg, ex_args .. p_arg,
                                              table.concat(segment, "\n"))
                     segment = {}
                     p_arg = 0
-                    out = out .. new_text .. "\n\n"
+                    out = out .. new_text
                 end
             end
         end