parsav  load.lua at [419d1a1ebe]

File view/load.lua artifact 53cfafaa7c part of check-in 419d1a1ebe


-- because lua can't scan directories, we need a
-- file that indexes the templates manually, and
-- copies them into a data structure we can then
-- create templates from when we return to terra
local path = ...
local sources = {
	'docskel';
	'tweet';
	'profile';
}

local ingest = function(filename)
	local hnd = io.open(path..'/'..filename)
	local txt = hnd:read('*a')
	io.close(hnd)
	txt = txt:gsub('([^\\])!%b[]', '%1')
	txt = txt:gsub('([^\\])!!.-\n', '%1')
	txt = txt:gsub('\\(!%b[])', '%1')
	txt = txt:gsub('\\(!!)', '%1')
	return txt
end


local views = {}
for _,n in pairs(sources) do views[n] = ingest(n .. '.tpl') end
return views