fix some broken aliases,

add some corresponding ones (unifieddyes:* vs. dye:*)

API.md

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ When given a `color` string (in the form of "dye:foo" or "unifieddyes:foo") and
 
 This function, called in your node definition's on_construct, just sets the `palette = "ext"` metadata key for the node after it's been placed. This can then be read in an LBM to determine if this node needs to be converted from the old 89-color palette to the extended 256-color palette. Although it is good practice to call this for any node that uses the 256-color palette, it isn't actually necessary as long as the node has never used the 89-color palette, and won't be subjected to an LBM that changes its color.
 
+**`unifieddyes.make_colored_itemstack(itemstack, palette, color)`**
+
+Makes a colored itemstack out of the given `itemstack` and `color` (as a dye, e.g. "dye:dark_red_s50", setting the correct index per the `palette` field, which works as described above for `unifieddyes.getpaletteidx()`.  Said itemstack is returned as a string suitable for use as the output field of a craft recipe, equal in size to the itemstack passed into the function (e.g. if you give it "mymod:colored_node 7", it'll return a stack of 7 colored items).
+
 #### Tables
 
 In addition to the above API calls, Unified Dyes provides several useful tables

init.lua

@@ -153,6 +153,36 @@ local default_dyes = {
 	"yellow"
 }
 
+-- if a node with a palette is placed in the world,
+-- but the itemstack used to place it has no palette_index (color byte),
+-- create something appropriate to make it officially white.
+
+minetest.register_on_placenode(
+	function(pos, newnode, placer, oldnode, itemstack, pointed_thing)
+		local def = minetest.registered_items[newnode.name]
+		if not def or not def.palette then return false end
+		if string.find(itemstack:to_string(), "palette_index") then
+			minetest.swap_node(pos, {name = newnode.name, param2 = newnode.param2})
+			return
+		end
+
+		local param2 = 0
+		local color = 0
+
+		if def.palette == "unifieddyes_palette_extended.png" then
+			param2 = 240
+			color = 240
+		elseif def.palette == "unifieddyes_palette_colorwallmounted.png" then
+			param2 = newnode.param2 % 8
+		elseif def.palette ~= "unifieddyes_palette.png" then -- it's a split palette
+			param2 = newnode.param2 % 32
+		end
+
+		minetest.swap_node(pos, {name = newnode.name, param2 = param2})
+		minetest.get_meta(pos):set_int("palette_index", color)
+	end
+)
+
 -- just stubs to keep old mods from crashing when expecting auto-coloring
 -- or getting back the dye on dig.
 
@@ -168,7 +198,7 @@ function unifieddyes.make_colored_itemstack(item, palette, color)
 	local paletteidx = unifieddyes.getpaletteidx(color, palette)
 	local stack = ItemStack(item)
 	stack:get_meta():set_int("palette_index", paletteidx)
-	return stack:to_string()
+	return stack:to_string(),paletteidx
 end
 
 -- if your node was once 89-color and uses an LBM to convert to the 256-color palette,
@@ -569,7 +599,20 @@ function unifieddyes.getpaletteidx(color, palette_type)
 			color = "red"
 			shade = "light"
 		end
-		if palette_type == true then -- it's colorfacedir
+		if palette_type == true then -- it's colorfacedir, so "split" 89-color palette
+
+			-- If using this palette, translate new color names back to old.
+
+			if shade == "" then
+				if color == "spring" then
+					color = "aqua"
+				elseif color == "azure" then
+					color = "skyblue"
+				elseif color == "rose" then
+					color = "redviolet"
+				end
+			end
+
 			if hues[color] and shades[shade] then
 				return (shades[shade] * 32), hues[color]
 			end
@@ -577,10 +620,7 @@ function unifieddyes.getpaletteidx(color, palette_type)
 			if hues_extended[color] and shades_extended[shade] then
 				return (hues_extended[color] + shades_extended[shade]*24), hues_extended[color]
 			end
-		else -- it's the 89-color palette
-
-			-- If using this palette, translate new color names back to old.
-
+		else -- it's the regular 89-color palette, do the same translation if needed
 			if shade == "" then
 				if color == "spring" then
 					color = "aqua"
@@ -908,10 +948,16 @@ minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:carbon_black", "dye:black")
 -- note that technically, lime should be aliased, but can't be (there IS
 -- lime in the new color table, it's just shifted up a bit)
 
-minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:aqua", "unifieddyes:spring")
-minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:skyblue", "unifieddyes:azure")
-minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:redviolet", "unifieddyes:rose")
-minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:brown", 	  "dye:brown")
+minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:aqua", "dye:spring")
+minetest.register_alias("dye:aqua", "dye:spring")
+
+minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:skyblue", "dye:azure")
+minetest.register_alias("dye:skyblue", "dye:azure")
+
+minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:redviolet", "dye:rose")
+minetest.register_alias("dye:redviolet", "dye:rose")
+
+minetest.register_alias("unifieddyes:brown", "dye:brown")
 
 print(S("[UnifiedDyes] Loaded!"))