improve printing

it/src/buffer.py

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import importlib
-import sys
-from parse_command import parse_command
 
 class Buffer: # all the information about the current file
 	def carat(self):
@@ -51,15 +49,25 @@ class Buffer: # all the information about the current file
 		self.filename = ""        # name of where we'll save the file
 		self.index = 0            # indexing of dot
 		self.dot = self.index - 1 # invalid position to start
-		self.modules = {}
-		self.saved = 1 # bool that says whether or not we have saved the file
+		self.modules = {}         # see it.py
+		self.saved = 1            # is buffer saved?
 
 def main(buffer, command):
 	if len(command) == 1:
-		command = command + list(vars(buffer))
+		command += list(vars(buffer))
 	for attrib in command[1:]:
 		if attrib in list(vars(buffer)):
-			print("%s:\t%s" % (attrib, vars(buffer)[attrib]))
+			val = vars(buffer)[attrib]
+			# so self.modules shows as <class 'dict'>
+			if not(type(val) is int or type(val) is str):
+				val = str(type(val))
+			# special case usually for self.delimiter
+			elif val == "\n":
+				val = "<newline>"
+			# only affects it if type(val) is int
 			else:
-			print("No attribute: %s" % attrib)
+				val = str(val)
+			print("%s:\t%s" % (attrib, val))
+		else:
+			print("No attribute: %s\n" % attrib, end='')
 	return buffer