From f052b00bd2658dafd4d61209e9fa3e8b328126f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iamcheeseman <dev@iamcheeseman.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:45:50 -0400
Subject: add a function to export to lua

---
 src/export.lua | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/init.lua   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/export.lua

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/export.lua b/src/export.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3713af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/export.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+local INDENT_STR = "  "
+
+local function str_to_source(str)
+  return "\"" .. str .. "\""
+end
+
+local function table_to_str(tbl, indent)
+  indent = indent or 1
+
+  -- to prevent people doing stuff that this function doesn't expect
+  assert(not getmetatable(tbl), "cannot export a table with a metatable")
+
+  local src = "{"
+  for k, v in pairs(tbl) do
+    print(k, v)
+    if type(k) == "function" or type(v) == "function" then
+      error("Cannot export function " .. tostring(k) .. " = " .. tostring(v))
+    end
+    if type(k) ~= "number" then
+      src = src .. "["
+
+      if type(k) == "string" then
+        src = src .. str_to_source(k)
+      elseif type(k) == "table" then
+        error("Tables as keys aren't supported for exporting")
+      else
+        src = src .. tostring(k)
+      end
+
+      src = src .. "]="
+    end
+
+    if type(v) == "table" then
+      src = src .. table_to_str(v, indent + 1)
+    elseif type(v) == "string" then
+      src = src .. str_to_source(v)
+    else
+      src = src .. tostring(v)
+    end
+
+    src = src .. ","
+  end
+
+  src = src .. "}"
+
+  return src
+end
+
+function export_to_source(tbl, file_name)
+  local src = table_to_str(tbl)
+  src = "return " .. src
+  local file = io.open(file_name, "w")
+  if file == nil then
+    error("could not open file '" .. file_name "'")
+  end
+  file:write(src)
+  file:close()
+end
diff --git a/src/init.lua b/src/init.lua
index ec71521..9ecda05 100644
--- a/src/init.lua
+++ b/src/init.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require "src.sprite"
 require "src.state_machine"
 require "src.im"
 require "src.room_editor"
+require "src.export"
 
 SCR_WIDTH = 320
 SCR_HEIGHT = 180
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