hivemind/init.lua

local path = minetest.get_modpath("hivemind")

--set namespace for hivemind functions
hivemind = {}
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---hivemind Copyright 2020 Francisco "FreeLikeGNU" Athens
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hivemind.version = "20200528"

--https://notabug.org/freelikegnu/hivemind

-- Strips any kind of escape codes (translation, colors) from a string
-- https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/53dd7819277c53954d1298dfffa5287c306db8d0/src/util/string.cpp#L777
function hivemind.strip_escapes(input)
  local s = function(idx) return input:sub(idx, idx) end
  local out = ""
  local i = 1
  while i <= #input do
    if s(i) == "\027" then -- escape sequence
      i = i + 1
      if s(i) == "(" then -- enclosed
        i = i + 1
        while i <= #input and s(i) ~= ")" do
          if s(i) == "\\" then
            i = i + 2
          else
            i = i + 1
          end
        end
      end
    else
      out = out .. s(i)
    end
    i = i + 1
  end
  --print(("%q -> %q"):format(input, out))
  return out
end
local function strip_escapes(input)
  hivemind.strip_escapes(input)
end

local function print_s(input)
  print(hivemind.strip_escapes(input))
end

local S = minetest.get_translator("hivemind")

local hivemind_version = hivemind.version

minetest.log("action", "the [MOD] hivemind " ..hivemind_version.. " is awakened....")
print_s(S("Please report issues at https://notabug.org/freelikegnu/hivemind/issues "))
print_s(S("  The heart of hivemind beats with the rhythm of encounters, the mind is shared among entities."))
dofile(path .. "/hivemind.lua")