heptal/FormatLua

Formatting lua to a more readable form by using Lua Development Tools library.

Summary

FormatLua formats lua code to a more readable form by using Lua Development Tools library Paul Kulchenko's perl script because metalua does not work with Lua 5.3.

Require

• Lua Perl

Support System

• MacOSX
• Linux

How to Use

• Select lua code and click menu Selection -> Format -> Format Lua Code
• Select lua code and press alt+l

Configure Setting

Setting lua perl path in FormatLua.sublime-settings

{
    "perl_path": "/usr/bin/perl"
}

Configure Key Binding

Add the following line to keymap settings

{ "keys": ["alt+l"], "command": "format_lua" }

Example

Original:

local a = "你好"
    local b
    function set_text(name, value)
            local doc = document:getElementsByName(name)
        if doc and #doc > 0 then
        doc[1]:setPropertyByName("text", value)
    end
    end
    return b

Formated:

local a = "你好"
local b
function set_text(name, value)
    local doc = document:getElementsByName(name)
    if doc and #doc > 0 then
        doc[1]:setPropertyByName("text", value)
    end
end
return b