From 2d62ac5b4e39df4be10b37ff3a8633c56011a3f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wuzzy <almikes@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 02:08:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add support for settingtypes.txt

---
 README.md        |  4 ++--
 init.lua         | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 settingtypes.txt |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 settingtypes.txt

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4fc0d6..9c55f44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/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
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index b4482b8..ece6f24 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/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)
diff --git a/settingtypes.txt b/settingtypes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f87e9f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/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)