Too long outputChatBox

[kevenvz]

I got a too long outputChatBox string(I think)

local commandsXML = xmlLoadFile("commands.xml") 
  for index,node in pairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(commandsXML)) do 
    if xmlNodeGetName(node) == "command" then 
      checkSound(xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"sound")) 
      commands = commands..colorCode.." /"..xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"commandName")..textColor 
    end 
  end 
  
addCommandHandler("chatcommands", 
  function(player) 
    outputChatBox(colorCode.."# "..textColor.."Available chatcommands:"..commands,player,255,255,255,true) 
  end) 

Does anybody know how to fix it or something? Something like \r\n?

[csiguusz]

Read the commands into a table, and then output them from here, only one command for one outputChatBox.

local commandsTable = {} 
local commandsXML = xmlLoadFile("commands.xml") 
  for index,node in pairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(commandsXML)) do 
    if xmlNodeGetName(node) == "command" then 
      checkSound(xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"sound")) 
      commandsTable[ #commandsTable + 1 ] = colorCode.." /"..xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"commandName")..textColor 
    end 
  end 
  
addCommandHandler("chatcommands", 
  function(player) 
    outputChatBox(colorCode.."# "..textColor.."Available chatcommands:",player,255,255,255,true) 
    for i, v in ipairs ( commandsTable ) do 
        outputChatBox ( v, player, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
    end 
  end) 

[kevenvz]

Read the commands into a table, and then output them from here, only one command for one outputChatBox.

local commandsTable = {} 
local commandsXML = xmlLoadFile("commands.xml") 
  for index,node in pairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(commandsXML)) do 
    if xmlNodeGetName(node) == "command" then 
      checkSound(xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"sound")) 
      commandsTable[ #commandsTable + 1 ] = colorCode.." /"..xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"commandName")..textColor 
    end 
  end 
  
addCommandHandler("chatcommands", 
  function(player) 
    outputChatBox(colorCode.."# "..textColor.."Available chatcommands:",player,255,255,255,true) 
    for i, v in ipairs ( commandsTable ) do 
        outputChatBox ( v, player, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
    end 
  end) 

But I want them to be in a straight line, like when the first line is full it goes to the next line etc..

[csiguusz]

Then you have to brake it into lines by yourself. My solution:

function linebreak ( t ) 
    local line = "" 
    local newTable = {} 
     
    local i = 1 
    while i <= #t do 
    while line:len () <= 120 and i <= #t do -- I'm not sure what is the character limit. You can try changing the value 120. 
            line = line .. t[ i ] 
            i = i + 1 
        end 
        newTable[ #newTable + 1 ] = line 
        line = "" 
    end     
    return newTable 
end 
  
local commandsTable = {} 
local commandsXML = xmlLoadFile("commands.xml") 
  for index,node in pairs(xmlNodeGetChildren(commandsXML)) do 
    if xmlNodeGetName(node) == "command" then 
      checkSound(xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"sound")) 
      commandsTable[ #commandsTable + 1 ] = colorCode.." /"..xmlNodeGetAttribute(node,"commandName")..textColor 
       
    end 
  end 
  commandsTable = linebreak ( commandsTable ) 
   
addCommandHandler("chatcommands", 
  function(player) 
    outputChatBox(colorCode.."# "..textColor.."Available chatcommands:",player,255,255,255,true) 
    for i, v in ipairs ( commandsTable ) do 
        outputChatBox ( v, player, 255, 255, 255, true ) 
    end 
  end) 

[Gallardo9944]

Character limit is 128 characters.