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Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:25 pm**

I'm pretty new to LUA and of course, to LÖVE, but not new to programming at all. What I can't find out is why I still can't load a raw text file...
I've used the Lua IO, the love.filesystem and all, but still can't make it work...
Any help would be greatly appreciated

Here's my latest code, just in case:

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function love.load()

love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(255,255,255)
fontie = love.graphics.newFont(12)
love.graphics.setFont(fontie)

file = love.filesystem.newFile("foo.txt")
s = file:read()
file:close()

end

function love.draw()

love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255,255)
love.graphics.print(typeof(s),100,100)

end

function typeof(var)
    local _type = type(var);
    if(_type ~= "table" and _type ~= "userdata") then
        return _type;
    end
    local _meta = getmetatable(var);
    if(_meta ~= nil and _meta._NAME ~= nil) then
        return _meta._NAME;
    else
        return _type;
    end
end

(The foo.txt exists inside the directory, yes, and it has "Hello world!" inside)

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:36 pm**

I think you need to open the file in a read mode before you can actually read it.

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function love.load()

love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(255,255,255)
fontie = love.graphics.newFont(12)
love.graphics.setFont(fontie)

file = love.filesystem.newFile("foo.txt")
file:open('r')
s = file:read()
file:close()

end

function love.draw()

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:37 pm**

This:

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file = love.filesystem.newFile("foo.txt")
s = file:read()
file:close()

could be replaced with this I think:

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s = love.filesystem.read("foo.txt")

And be sure not to print text the same color as the background!

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function love.draw()

    love.graphics.setColor(0,0,0)
    love.graphics.print(typeof(s),100,100)
    love.graphics.print(s,100,120)

end

Posted: **Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:40 pm**

Santos wrote:And be sure not to print text the same color as the background!

Daaaaamn, I feel incredibly stupid... Thanks guys :/

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