While helping Rydekull with an adaptation of the speedwalk function, I decided to flesh it out and offer it up for anyone interested.
function speedwalk (path, reverse, delay, start_delay)
local direction_table = {}
local reverse_table = {
n = "s",
e = "w",
s = "n",
w = "e",
nw = "se",
ne = "sw",
se = "nw",
sw = "ne",
u = "d",
d = "u"
}
for count, direction in rex.gmatch( path, [[([1-9]+)?([newsdu]|\[[\w\W]+?\])]] ) do
count = (type(tonumber(count)) == "number" and count) or 1
direction = direction:gsub( "[%[%]]", "" )
for i=1, count do
direction_table[#direction_table+1] = direction
end
end
local current_delay = start_delay or delay
if not reverse then
for _, direction in ipairs( direction_table ) do
if not delay then
send( direction )
else
tempTimer( current_delay, function () send( direction ) end )
current_delay = current_delay + delay
end
end
else
for i = #direction_table, 1, -1 do
local reversed = reverse_table[direction_table[i]] or direction_table[i]
if not delay then
send( reversed )
else
tempTimer( current_delay, function () send( reversed ) end )
current_delay = current_delay + delay
end
end
end
end
Paths are a single string. No spaces or commas or anything. For instance, this was my test string: "2s[nw]3e[jump][hop]4e[row the boat 10 times]2wn[se]". Basically, any cardinal direction (n, e, s, w, d, u) is passed as a single character. Commands are passed in brackets. Optionally, you can prepend a number to any command to have it repeated that many times.
As you can see, in order to handle diagonals, you need to pass them in []'s. You can add anything you'd like to the reverse_table (like in = "out") and commands will be reversed.
The only real addition to the current, built-in speedwalk function is the ability to pass arbitrary commands. It loses some input flexibility, however.
This can easily be adapted to handle any sort of activity, not just walking.
