1 -- string localization function

2 function _(text, replacements)

3 local text = locale._get_translation_table()[text] or text

4 if replacements then

5 return (

6 string.gsub(

7 text,

8 "#{(.-)}",

9 function (placeholder)

10 return replacements[placeholder]

11 end

12 )

13 )

14 else

15 return text

16 end

17 end

18

19 --[[--

20 cloned_table = -- newly generated table

21 table.new(

22 table_or_nil -- keys of a given table will be copied to the new table

23 )

24

25 If a table is given, then a cloned table is returned.

26 If nil is given, then a new empty table is returned.

27

28 --]]--

29 function table.new(tbl)

30 local new_tbl = {}

31 if tbl then

32 for key, value in pairs(tbl) do

33 new_tbl[key] = value

34 end

35 end

36 return new_tbl

37 end

38 --//--

39

40 -- load libraries

41 extos = require 'extos'

42 nihil = require 'nihil'

43 --multirand = require 'multirand' -- TODO: load after forking

44 mondelefant = require 'mondelefant'

45 mondelefant.connection_prototype.error_objects = true

46 atom = require 'atom'

47 json = require 'json'

48 require 'mondelefant_atom_connector'

49

50 --[[--

51 app -- table to store an application state

52

53 'app' is a global table for storing any application state data

54 --]]--

55 app = {}

56 --//--

57

58 --[[--

59 config -- table to store application configuration

60

61 'config' is a global table, which can be modified by a config file of an application to modify the behaviour of that application.

62 --]]--

63 config = {}

64 --//--

65