[Denizen] MessageConstructorLibrary

About:

This library provides a set of utilities to make displaying text pretty, uniform, and easy. Use nearly anywhere you need text formatting (chat box, GUIs, scoreboards, item lore...)

Features:

• Message Prefixer
  • Pop-Up on hover shows your script title and 'Click for Help'
  • Clicking the prefix runs /%title% help
  • Long messages are automatically linewrapped
• Boxed Message
  • Encapsulate your messages in a neat and tidy box format
  • Messages sent through will be line wrapped and given a header and footer
  • Header displays specified script title, page title, and page number(s)
  • Titles support internal JSON implementation
  • Page numbers are clickable to ease navigation
  • Footer can show version info and button to updates when applicable
  • Footer can display clickable buttons for your script authors
• Line Wrapping
  • Turn a long string into a list of smaller strings limited in length
  • Treats the <&nl> symbol as intended
  • Supports internal JSON implementation
  • Preserves the last color used from the previous line
• Pagination
  • Return a list of entries for display on a specific page
  • Specify page height
• Paragraphs
  • Line wrap multiple strings
  • Useful if you want to limit total page width not just entries per page.
• Center Justified
  • Center your text
• Trimmed
  • Trim strings to a max length and show an ellipsis
• JSON Support
  • Adds simple tag based JSON support to chat, narrate, and announce messages
  • Commands
  • Hints
  • Hovers
  • Chats

Installation:

1. Extract MessageConstructors.yml from the downloaded zip file and place it in your plugins/Denizen/scripts folder.
2. Reload your scripts /denizen reload scripts

Usage:

If another script you have installed requires MessageConstructorLibrary as a dependency, simply installing it will be enough.
Detailed usage examples are included in the source for those scripters who wish to implement this in their own scripts.

Dependencies:

This script is written for use with the Denizen Scripting Engine.

Support:

For bleeding-edge code, bug reports, code contributions, and feature requests, visit the GitHub project.

You can also find me |Anthony| on irc.esper.net #denizen-dev

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