Editing in a program [lua] [help]

Hi, I was wondering if i could make a program that could edit files within itself, and save those files. like.. microsoft word type thing, You could make a file, type some words, save the files, and view them later. How could i do that?

How would this be different from edit?

copy rom/programs/edit to somewhere else and edit it.

Look in the wiki for the fs API.

kazagistar, on 07 November 2012 - 06:15 AM said:

How would this be different from edit?

I suppose it wouldn't be…

Just do something like:

--Write a file
hWrite = fs.open("fileName","w")
text = io.read()
hWrite.write(text)
hWrite.close() --This line is very important

-Read a file
hRead = fs.open("fileName","r")
text = hWrite.readLine()
hWrite.close() --It won't work if you don't close the file.
print(text)

This is the basic concept. If you want to know more, check the fs API in the wiki.

diegodan1893, on 07 November 2012 - 10:16 AM said:

Just do something like:

--Write a file
hWrite = fs.open("fileName","w")
text = io.read()
hWrite.write(text)
hWrite.close() --This line is very important

-Read a file
hRead = fs.open("fileName","r")
text = hWrite.readLine()
hWrite.close() --It won't work if you don't close the file.
print(text)

This is the basic concept. If you want to know more, check the fs API in the wiki.

Alright, Thanks!