Alternate optional parsing mechanism

steles/init.lua

@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ steles.path = minetest.get_modpath(steles.name)
 -- Load support for intllib.
 local S, NS = dofile(steles.path.."/intllib.lua")
 steles.intllib = S
+-- Load support for utfparse
+local UParse
+if minetest.global_exists("utfparse") then
+	UParse = function(...) return utfparse.parse(...) end
+else
+	UParse = function(...) return ... end
+end
+steles.utfparse = UParse
 
 dofile(steles.path.."/config.lua")
 dofile(steles.path.."/nodes.lua")

steles/mod.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name=steles
 description=Stone steles with text display on them
 depends=default,display_api,font_api
-optional_depends=intllib,technic
+optional_depends=intllib,technic,utfparse

steles/nodes.lua

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     along with steles.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 --]]
 
+local UParse = steles.utfparse
 local S = steles.intllib
 local F = function(...) return minetest.formspec_escape(S(...)) end
 
@@ -79,8 +80,8 @@ for i, material in ipairs(steles.materials) do
 					if not minetest.is_protected(pos, player:get_player_name()) then
 						local meta = minetest.get_meta(pos)
 						if fields.ok or fields.font then
-							meta:set_string("display_text", fields.display_text)
-							meta:set_string("infotext", "\""..fields.display_text.."\"")
+							meta:set_string("display_text", UParse(fields.display_text))
+							meta:set_string("infotext", "\""..UParse(fields.display_text).."\"")
 							display_api.update_entities(pos)
 						end
 						if fields.font then