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io.read waits before any print() output? [message #1008738]

Wed, 13 February 2013 18:47

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Registered: February 2013
Location: Vienna

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I am trying to run my script in the editor which has code something like this:

print('Enter your Name:')
io.read('*line')

When I run it does not print out 'Enter your Name' until after I type something in the console and hit enter. This kind of defeats the point of having a prompt. This applies to all print() functions that I have in code before or after the io.read(). Nothing gets printed until all of the io.read() commands have received input, then everything comes out afterward.

I have run the same code in a different editor (Zerobrane) and it works as I would expect (i.e. prints the prompt then waits for input).

Any suggestions?

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Re: io.read waits before any print() output? [message #1009733 is a reply to message #1008738]

Fri, 15 February 2013 15:57

Marc Aubry

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Registered: August 2012

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Hi Kevin,

First, thanks to take time for feedback.

To work as you expect, the sdtout buffer have to be configured by adding the following line at the top of your file:
io.stdout:setvbuf('no')

As explain in the documentation here: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Koneki/LDT/Developer_Area/User_Guides/User_Guide_0.9#Local_Interpreters (buffer configuration part). You can also execute this line at each launch of your interpreter by adding the option -e "io.stdout:setvbuf('no')" to your interpreter in the configure interpreter preference page.

As other users may have the same expectation as you about the console behavior, I have also open this bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=400938 to set this interpreter argument option by default for JNLua interpreters.

Marc

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