love2d-console

A console for any Love2D project

Features (subject to change)

• basic REPL
• basic utf8 support
• basic text editor functionality
  • copy/paste/cut/select all (ctrl + respective keys)
  • selecting text (shift + left/right arrow)
  • jump to begining/end of a word (ctrl + left/right arrow)
  • jump to home/end (Home/End)
• history of executed commands (up/down arrows) (persistant between runs)
• color printing (|cRRGGBBAATEXT|r syntax or use cprint("rrggbb", text))

Special commands

• qqq closes Love2D
• $exit closes console
• $clear clears output and history
• $git prints link to this repo

Installation

• Copy console folder next to your main.lua:

  /
  | -- main.lua
  | -- console
  |  | -- console.lua
  |  | -- <other console files>.lua
  |  ` -- font

• On top of your main file add:

  local console_toggle = require("console.console")

• In the love.textinput function add the following line, text should be replaced with whatever is your 1st argument name in love.textinput
  

  console_toggle(text)

• Use ` to open console