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Diffstat (limited to 'src')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/lua/executor.c | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/lua/vim.lua | 19 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c index c814974fe7..cfdbe7b344 100644 --- a/src/nvim/lua/executor.c +++ b/src/nvim/lua/executor.c @@ -1131,12 +1131,12 @@ void ex_lua(exarg_T *const eap) } // When =expr is used transform it to print(vim.inspect(expr)) if (code[0] == '=') { - len += sizeof("print(vim.inspect())") - sizeof("="); + len += sizeof("vim.pretty_print()") - sizeof("="); // code_buf needs to be 1 char larger then len for null byte in the end. // lua nlua_typval_exec doesn't expect null terminated string so len // needs to end before null byte. char *code_buf = xmallocz(len); - vim_snprintf(code_buf, len+1, "print(vim.inspect(%s))", code+1); + vim_snprintf(code_buf, len+1, "vim.pretty_print(%s)", code+1); xfree(code); code = code_buf; } diff --git a/src/nvim/lua/vim.lua b/src/nvim/lua/vim.lua index e5a5ae799b..731e7d8d36 100644 --- a/src/nvim/lua/vim.lua +++ b/src/nvim/lua/vim.lua @@ -689,4 +689,23 @@ vim._expand_pat_get_parts = function(lua_string) return parts, search_index end +---Prints given arguments in human-readable format. +---Example: +---<pre> +--- -- Print highlight group Normal and store it's contents in a variable. +--- local hl_normal = vim.pretty_print(vim.api.nvim_get_hl_by_name("Normal", true)) +---</pre> +---@see |vim.inspect()| +---@return given arguments. +function vim.pretty_print(...) + local objects = {} + for i = 1, select('#', ...) do + local v = select(i, ...) + table.insert(objects, vim.inspect(v)) + end + + print(table.concat(objects, ' ')) + return ... +end + return module |