os.clock -> ly.clock

res/example.lua

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 -- {
 --	height: number -- The height of the terminal
 --	width: number -- The width of the terminal
---	frame_delay: number -- The amount of frames to delay an update to the animation
 --	putCell(byte, fg, bg, x, y) -- Put the cell a buffer. This buffer will be drawn
 --                                 on screen after draw() is called. It will not clear
 --                                 itself automatically, see `ly.clear()`.
 --                                 All arguments to this function are numbers, and 
 --                                 must be in the unsigned 32-bit integer range: 0 to 2^32-1.
 --  clear() -- Clear the buffer.
+--  clock() -- The time, in microseconds.
 -- }
 --
 -- A function named `draw()` must be declared in the script. This is ran every frame.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ local SQUARE_HEIGHT = 5
 
 local SQUARE_COUNT = 25
 
-local FPS = 120
+local FPS = 60
 
 local squares = {}
 
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ for i = 0, SQUARE_COUNT-1 do
 	}
 end
 
-local timer = os.clock()
+local timer = ly.clock()
 
 function draw()
 	-- Rather than progressing the animation by frame, do it based on
-	-- seconds, like from os.clock(). 
-	if timer + (1/FPS) < os.clock() then
+	-- seconds, like from ly.clock(). 
+	if timer + ((1/FPS)*1000000)< ly.clock() then
 		ly.clear()
 		for i, v in ipairs(squares) do
 			v.x = v.x + v.vx
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ function draw()
 			if v.y <= 0 then v.vy = 1; v.color = math.random(0xFFFFFF) end
 			if v.y + SQUARE_HEIGHT >= ly.height-1 then v.vy = -1; v.color = math.random(0xFFFFFF) end
 		end
-		timer = os.clock()
+		timer = ly.clock()
 	end
 end

src/animations/Lua.zig

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const TerminalBuffer = ly_ui.TerminalBuffer;
 const Cell = ly_ui.Cell;
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const InfoLine = @import("../components/InfoLine.zig");
+const Lang = @import("../config/Lang.zig");
 
 const zlua = @import("zlua");
 
@@ -28,6 +29,8 @@ info_line: *InfoLine,
 fg: u32,
 bg: u32,
 
+lang: *Lang,
+
 lua_error: bool = false,
 lua_error_logged: bool = false,
 lua_str: ?[:0]const u8 = null,
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ pub fn init(
     info_line: *InfoLine,
     fg: u32,
     bg: u32,
+    lang: *Lang,
 ) !Lua {
     var self: Lua = .{
         .lua = try zlua.Lua.init(alloc),
@@ -58,13 +62,13 @@ pub fn init(
         .info_line = info_line,
         .fg = fg,
         .bg = bg,
+        .lang = lang,
     };
 
     // exclude IO and debug libraries
     self.lua.openBase();
     self.lua.openBit();
     self.lua.openMath();
-    self.lua.openOS();
     self.lua.openString();
     self.lua.openTable();
 
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ pub fn init(
         const zf = std.mem.concatWithSentinel(alloc, u8, &[1][]const u8{file}, 0) catch |e| {
             self.log.err(self.io, "lua", "failed to allocate file path: {}", .{e}) catch unreachable;
             self.lua_str = "failed to allocate file path!";
+            self.info_line.addMessage(lang.err_alloc, self.bg, self.fg) catch {};
             self.lua_error = true;
             break :file_loading;
         };
@@ -85,6 +90,11 @@ pub fn init(
             break :file_loading;
         };
         self.propogateTerminalBounds();
+        _ = self.lua.getGlobal("ly");
+        _ = self.lua.pushString("clock");
+        self.lua.pushFunction(luaLyClock);
+        self.lua.setTable(-3);
+        self.lua.setGlobal("ly");
         self.lua.doFile(zf) catch {
             const errorStr = self.lua.toString(-1) catch unreachable;
             self.lua_str = try self.allocator.dupeSentinel(u8, errorStr, 0);
@@ -93,6 +103,7 @@ pub fn init(
             break :file_loading;
         };
     }
+
     return self;
 }
 
@@ -255,3 +266,10 @@ fn propogateTerminalBounds(self: *Lua) void {
         self.lua.setGlobal("ly");
     }
 }
+
+fn luaLyClock(state: ?*zlua.LuaState) callconv(.c) c_int {
+    var threaded = std.Io.Threaded.init_single_threaded;
+    const lua: *zlua.Lua = @ptrCast(@alignCast(state orelse unreachable));
+    lua.pushInteger(std.Io.Timestamp.now(threaded.io(), .real).toMicroseconds());
+    return 1;
+}

src/animations/ly.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ly = {
-	frame_delay = 0,
 	width = 0,
 	height = 0,
 }

src/main.zig

@@ -1111,6 +1111,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
                 &state.info_line,
                 state.config.error_fg,
                 state.config.error_bg,
+                &state.lang,
             );
             animation = lua.widget();
         },