language-candran/README.md

Lua language support in Atom

Add syntax highlighting and snippets to Lua files in Atom.

Common snippets

Trigger	Name	Body
-[	multiline comment	-- comment...
=[	nested multiline comment	--[=[ comment... ]=]
afun	anon function	functionName = function (args) -- body... end
for	for i=1,10	for i = 1, 10 do -- body... end
fori	for i,v in ipairs()	for i,v in ipairs(table_name) do -- body... end
forp	for k,v in pairs()	for k,v in pairs(table_name) do -- body... end
fun	function	function functionName (args) -- body... end
if	if conditional	if value then --body... end
ife	if else conditional	if value then --body... else --body... end
ifn	if not conditional	if not value then --body... end
ifne	if not else conditional	if not value then --body... else --body... end
loc	local variable definition shortcut	local x = 1
local	local variable definition	local x = 1
log	log	print("logging")
ltab	local table definition	local name = {}
rep	repeat loop shortcut	repeat -- body... until condition
repeat	repeat loop	repeat -- body... until condition
req	require shortcut	local name = require "module"
require	require	local name = require "module"
ret	return definition shortcut	return value
return	return definition	return value
tab	table definition	name = {}
whi	while loop shortcut	while condition do -- body... end
while	while loop shortcut	while condition do -- body... end

Table function snippets

Trigger	Name	Body
tabc	table.concat	table.concat(tableName, " ", start_index, end_index)
tabf	table.foreach	table.foreach(tableName, function)
tabi	table.insert	table.insert(tableName, data)
tabs	table.sort	table.sort(tableName, sortfunction)

Author

Jorge Garrido Oval

• https://github.com/FireZenk

Contributors

Contributions are greatly appreciated. Please fork this repository and open a pull request to add snippets, make grammar tweaks, etc.

License

Bigot is released under the MIT license.

Originally converted from the Lua TextMate bundle.