Add support for settingtypes.txt

README.md

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ This mod can be configured via `minetest.conf`.
 
 Currently, these settings are recognized:
 
-* `central_message_max`: Limit the number of messages displayed at once, by providing a number. Use `inf` here for no limit. Default: 7
-* `central_message_color`: Set the message color of all messages. Value must be `ColorString` (see `lua_api.txt`). Default: `0xFFFFFF` (white)
+* `central_message_max`: Limit the number of messages displayed at once, by providing a number. Use 0here for no limit. Default: 7
+* `central_message_color`: Set the message color of all messages. Value must be of format `(R,G,B)`. Default: `(255,255,255)` (white).
 
 
 ## API

init.lua

@@ -7,15 +7,27 @@ cmsg.next_msgids = {}
 cmsg.settings.max_messages = 7
 local setting = minetest.setting_get("central_message_max")
 if type(tonumber(setting)) == "number" then
-	cmsg.settings.max_messages = tonumber(setting)
-elseif setting == "inf" then
-	cmsg.settings.max_messages = nil
+	if tonumber(setting) == 0 then
+		-- Infinite messages
+		cmsg.settings.max_messages = nil
+	else
+		cmsg.settings.max_messages = tonumber(setting)
+	end
 end
 
 cmsg.settings.color = 0xFFFFFF
 setting = minetest.setting_get("central_message_color")
-if type(tonumber(setting)) == "number" then
-	cmsg.settings.color = tonumber(setting)
+if setting then
+	local r, g, b = string.match(setting, "%((%d+),(%d+),(%d+)%)")
+	r = tonumber(r)
+	g = tonumber(g)
+	b = tonumber(b)
+	if type(r) == "number" and type(g) == "number" and type(b) == "number" and
+		r >= 0 and r <= 255 and g >= 0 and g <= 255 and b >= 0 and b <= 255 then
+		cmsg.settings.color = r * 0x10000 + g * 0x100 + b
+	else
+		minetest.log("error", "[central_message] Invalid syntax of central_message_color setting!")
+	end
 end
 
 local function update_display(player, pname)

settingtypes.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#Maximum number of messages displayed at once. Use 0 for no limit.
+central_message_max (Maximum message count) int 7 0
+
+#Message color of all messages (R,G,B).
+central_message_color (Message color) string (255,255,255)