dev_print_unitdefs.lua

function widget:GetInfo()
  return {
        name        = "zzz print unitdefs",
        desc        = "write to file unit definitions",
        author      = "Svatopluk",
        date        = "11/12/2015",
        license     = "Hail Svatopluk 3x",
        layer       = 100,
        enabled   = true  --  loaded by default?
  }
end



-- local function repeatString(str, times)
    -- local result = ""
    -- local i=1
    -- while i < level do
        -- result = result .. str
        -- i = i + 1
    -- end
    -- return result
-- end

local function toStringRecursive(value, level)
    local valType = type(value)
    local valStr = ""
    if valType == "table" then
        valStr = "table {\n"
        for tableKey,tableValue in pairs(value) do
            valStr = valStr .. string.rep("\t", level + 1) .. tostring(tableKey) .. "=" .. toStringRecursive(tableValue, level + 1) .. "\n"
        end
        valStr = valStr.. string.rep("\t", level) .. "}"
    else
        valStr = tostring(value)
        -- valStr = "other (type " .. valType .. ")"if valType == "string" then
        -- valStr = value
    -- elseif valType == "number" then
        -- valStr = "" .. value
    -- elseif valType == "boolean" then
        -- if value == true then
            -- valStr = "true"
        -- else
            -- valStr = "false"
        -- end
    -- elseif valType == "function" then
        -- valStr = "function()"
    -- else
    end
    return valStr
end



function writeFileLine(f, msg)
    f:write(msg)
    f:write("\n")
    f:flush()
end


function widget:Initialize()
    local myOutFile
    myOutFile = io.open("./LuaUI/Widgets/dev_print_unitdefs.lua.txt", "w")
    writeFileLine(myOutFile, "Unit definitions:")
    for id,unitDef in pairs(UnitDefs) do
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "id=" .. id .. " {")
        for name,param in unitDef:pairs() do
            writeFileLine(myOutFile, "\t" .. tostring(name) .. "=" .. toStringRecursive(param, 1))
        end
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "}")
    end
    myOutFile:close()

    myOutFile = io.open("./LuaUI/Widgets/dev_print_unitdefs.lua.names.txt", "w")
    writeFileLine(myOutFile, "Unit definitions:")
    for id,unitDef in pairs(UnitDefs) do
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "id=" .. id .. " {")
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "\t" .. "name" .. "=" .. unitDef.name)
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "\t" .. "humanName" .. "=" .. unitDef.humanName)
        writeFileLine(myOutFile, "}")
    end
    myOutFile:close()
    --note: if you have unit name, u can get unitdef with UnitDefNames["unitname"]
end