Modify paginator

exts/imports/utils.py

@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ def to_list_of_str(items, out: list=list(), level=1, recurse=0):
     return out
 
 
+def format_output(text):
+    if type(text) == list:
+        text = to_list_of_str(text)
+    elif type(text) == dict:
+        text = to_list_of_str(text)
+    return text
+
+
 def replace_text_ignorecase(in_str: str, old: str, new: str='') -> str:
     re_replace = re.compile(re.escape(old), re.IGNORECASE)
     return re_replace.sub(f'{new}', in_str)
@@ -194,13 +202,3 @@ class Paginator:
                 self._parts.insert(0, item)
             else:
                 self._parts.append(item)
-
-
-def paginate(text):
-    paginator = Paginator()
-    if type(text) == list:
-        text = to_list_of_str(text)
-    elif type(text) == dict:
-        text = to_list_of_str(text)
-    paginator.add(text)
-    return paginator.pages()

exts/repl.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import inspect
 import textwrap
 from contextlib import redirect_stdout
 import io
-from .imports.utils import paginate, run_command
+from .imports.utils import run_command, format_output, Paginator
 
 ownerids = [351794468870946827, 275280442884751360]
 ownerid = 351794468870946827
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ class Repl:
                 await ctx.message.add_reaction('✅')
             except Exception:
                 pass
-            output = f'{value}\nReturned: {ret}'
+            value = format_output(value)
-            for page in paginate(output):
+            pag = Paginator()
+            pag.add(value)
+            pag.add(f'\nReturned: {ret}')
+            for page in pag.pages():
                 await ctx.send(page)
 
     @commands.command(hidden=True)