Reworked require with dofile

displayword.lua

@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 -- Module filling a buffer, sent to the LEDs
-
-local moduleName = ...
-local M = {} -- public interface
-_G[moduleName] = M
-
-
-function M.updateColor(data, inverseRow)
+local M
+do
+local updateColor = function (data, inverseRow)
     --FIXME magic missing to start on the left side
     return data.colorFg
 end
 
-function M.drawLEDs(data, numberNewChars, inverseRow)
+local drawLEDs = function(data, numberNewChars, inverseRow)
     if (inverseRow == nil) then
          inverseRow=false
     end
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ function M.drawLEDs(data, numberNewChars, inverseRow)
 end
 
 -- Utility function for round
-function M.round(num)
+local round = function(num)
     under = math.floor(num)
     upper = math.floor(num) + 1
     underV = -(under - num)
@@ -47,7 +43,7 @@ local briPercent=50
 local data={}
 
 -- Module displaying of the words
-function M.generateLEDs(words, colorForground, colorMin1, colorMin2, colorMin3, colorMin4)
+local generateLEDs = function(words, colorForground, colorMin1, colorMin2, colorMin3, colorMin4)
  -- Set the local variables needed for the colored progress bar
  data={}
  
@@ -248,3 +244,11 @@ if (words.fiveMin== 1) then
   collectgarbage()
   return buf
 end
+M = {
+    generateLEDs = generateLEDs,
+    round        = round,
+    drawLEDs     = drawLEDs,
+    updateColor  = updateColor,
+}
+end
+return M

main.lua

@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ function displayTime()
      local time = getTime(sec, timezoneoffset)
      local words = display_timestat(time.hour, time.minute)
      print(package.path)
-     dp = require("displayword")
-
+     dp = dofile("displayword.lc")
+     if (dp ~= nil) then
         ledBuf = dp.generateLEDs(words, color, color1, color2, color3, color4)
-     
         print("Local time : " .. time.year .. "-" .. time.month .. "-" .. time.day .. " " .. time.hour .. ":" .. time.minute .. ":" .. time.second .. " char: " .. tostring(dp.data.drawnCharacters))
+     end
      dp = nil
+     if (ledBuf ~= nil) then
      --if lines 4 to 6 are inverted due to hardware-fuckup, unfuck it here
 	  if ((inv46 ~= nil) and (inv46 == "on")) then
 		  tempstring = ledBuf:sub(1,99) -- first 33 leds
@@ -72,9 +73,7 @@ function displayTime()
 		  ws2812.write(ledBuf)
 		  ledBuf=nil
 	  end
-	  
-	  
-    
+	end
      -- Used for debugging
      if (clockdebug ~= nil) then
          for key,value in pairs(words) do