your-land/bugtracker#4668 .27 /movies_list shows table including itemstring

config.lua

@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ yl_cinema.settings.enable_craft_bigscreen = minetest.settings:get("yl_cinema.ena
 
 yl_cinema.settings.enable_craft_bigscreen_recipe = minetest.settings:get("yl_cinema.enable_craft_bigscreen_recipe") or
 "wool:grey,wool:grey,wool:grey,wool:grey,wool:grey,wool:grey,wool:black,,wool:black"
+
+yl_cinema.settings.movie_item_name = minetest.settings:get("yl_cinema.movie_item_name") or "yl_cinema:movie"

feature_bigscreen_items.lua

@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
-if yl_cinema.settings.enable_movieitems ~= true then
-    return
-end
+if yl_cinema.settings.enable_movieitems ~= true then return end
 
-local function remove_forbidden_characters(str)
-    local pattern = "[^%w_]"
-    return string.gsub(str, pattern, "_")
-end
-
-local movie_item_name = "yl_cinema:movie"
 local movie_item_definition = {
-    groups = {
-        movie = 1,
-        not_in_creative_inventory = 1,
-        media = 1
-    },
+    groups = {movie = 1, not_in_creative_inventory = 1, media = 1},
     inventory_image = "yl_cinema_icon_movie_inv.png",
     wield_image = "yl_cinema_icon_movie_inv.png",
     stack_max = 1,
@@ -25,9 +13,12 @@ for movie_id, movie in pairs(yl_cinema.movies) do
     if movie.item and (movie.item == true) then
         local item_definition = movie_item_definition
         item_definition._yl_cinema_movie_id = movie_id
-        core.log("action", "item_definition._yl_cinema_movie_id=" .. item_definition._yl_cinema_movie_id)
+        core.log("action", "item_definition._yl_cinema_movie_id=" ..
+                     item_definition._yl_cinema_movie_id)
         item_definition.short_description = minetest.formspec_escape(movie.name)
-        item_definition.description = minetest.formspec_escape(movie.description)
-        minetest.register_craftitem(movie_item_name .. "_" .. remove_forbidden_characters(movie_id), item_definition)
+        item_definition.description =
+            minetest.formspec_escape(movie.description)
+        local item_string = yl_cinema.get_itemstring(movie_id)
+        minetest.register_craftitem(item_string, item_definition)
     end
 end

internal.lua

@@ -24,6 +24,47 @@ end
 
 -- internal functions
 
+local function format_table(t)
+    -- Format of t must be {{row1,row2,row3, ...},{row1,row2,row3, ...},...}
+    local blanks_between_rows = 3
+    local max_row_length = {}
+    for linenumber = 1, #t do
+        for rownumber = 1, #t[linenumber] do
+            local row_length = #tostring(t[linenumber][rownumber])
+            if (max_row_length[rownumber] or 0) < row_length then
+                max_row_length[rownumber] = row_length
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+    local ret = {}
+
+    for linenumber = 1, #t do
+        local line_s = ""
+        for rownumber = 1, #t[linenumber] do
+            local text = t[linenumber][rownumber]
+            local text_length = #tostring(text)
+            local add_blanks = max_row_length[rownumber] - text_length
+            local newtext = t[linenumber][rownumber]
+            for add = 1, (add_blanks + blanks_between_rows) do
+                newtext = newtext .. " "
+            end
+            line_s = line_s .. newtext
+        end
+        table.insert(ret,line_s)
+    end
+    return table.concat(ret, "\n")
+end
+
+local function remove_forbidden_characters(str)
+    local pattern = "[^%w_]"
+    return string.gsub(str, pattern, "_")
+end
+
+local function get_itemstring(movie_id)
+    return yl_cinema.settings.movie_item_name .. "_" .. remove_forbidden_characters(movie_id)
+end
+
 local function remove_invisible_folders(folder_list)
     local filtered_list = {}
     for _, folder in ipairs(folder_list) do
@@ -149,7 +190,11 @@ local function search_movies(movies, search_term)
     for movie_id, movie in pairs(movies) do
         if string.match(movie_id, search_term) or string.match(movie.name, search_term) or
             string.match(movie.description, search_term) then
-            table.insert(results, movie_id)
+                local item_string = ""
+                if movie.item == true then
+                    item_string = get_itemstring(movie_id)
+                end
+            table.insert(results, {movie_id, movie.name, item_string or ""})
         end
     end
     if #results > 0 then
@@ -269,10 +314,18 @@ function yl_cinema.cmd_list_movies(name, param)
 
     minetest.log("action", "[yl_cinema] Player " .. name .. " searches for movie " .. searchterm)
 
-    local success, msg = yl_cinema.listmovies(searchterm)
+    local display_table = {{"movie_id","name","itemstring"}}
+
+    local success, t = yl_cinema.listmovies(searchterm)
+
+    for _,movies in ipairs(t) do
+        table.insert(display_table, movies)
+    end
+
+    local nice_format = format_table(display_table)
 
     if success then
-        return true, dump(msg)
+        return true, nice_format
     else
         return false, "No movies matching your criteria were found."
     end
@@ -353,5 +406,9 @@ function yl_cinema.orderpages(a, b, ...)
     return orderpages(a, b, ...)
 end
 
+function yl_cinema.get_itemstring(movie_id, ...)
+    return get_itemstring(movie_id, ...)
+end
+
 yl_cinema.action = action
 yl_cinema.warn = warn