Displaying images without a file?

So recently I started developing Project Arch (a os in one file) and was wondering how to achieve displaying a image from a table (what paintutils.loadImage("img") puts in a var/table). I had tried it in the past using good ol' [[ and ]] (and it didnt work xD) but still errors out when paintutils.drawImage() tries to draw.

Any suggestions?

Load a paintutils image, then serialise the resulting table to a file. This'll show you the format you're after.

local myImage = paintutils.loadImage("someImage")

local myFile = fs.open("imageTableExample.txt", "w")
myFile.writeLine(textutils.serialize(myImage))
myFile.close()

Bomb Bloke, on 09 July 2015 - 01:06 AM said:

Load a paintutils image, then serialise the resulting table to a file. This'll show you the format you're after.

local myImage = paintutils.loadImage("someImage")

local myFile = fs.open("imageTableExample.txt", "w")
myFile.writeLine(textutils.serialize(myImage))
myFile.close()

Thanks!

Kinda what im looking for, but at the same time, not.
What I was looking for, was it to load a table,
(e.g:)

local img = [[22222
]]

(that makes: █████) //offtopic: If your wondering how i did it, use this █ and play with the colors and size.
then put it into a code that paintutils can understand, then draw it to the screen.

With the code Bomb Bloke provided you'd be able to simply copy-paste the table into your code and use paintutils.drawImage directly with it.

If you specifically want to format your data like that, then term.blit() may be of interest to you.

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term.blit("t","b","b")

boot:42: Arguments must be the same length

Fetchetch, on 09 July 2015 - 06:10 PM said:

term.blit("t","b","b")

boot:42: Arguments must be the same length

That works for me (In CCEmuRedux)

Are you sure that's the 42nd line in 'boot'?

HPWebcamAble, on 09 July 2015 - 06:54 PM said:

Fetchetch, on 09 July 2015 - 06:10 PM said:

term.blit("t","b","b")

boot:42: Arguments must be the same length

That works for me (In CCEmuRedux)

Are you sure that's the 42nd line in 'boot'?

(Using atom for editor btw)
______________________^^ = my stupidity. Never noticed that.

I've posted some code here that may do what you want.