--[[-- Commands Module - Help - Adds a better help command that allows searching of descriotions and names @commands Help ]] local Commands = require 'expcore.commands' --- @dep expcore.commands local Global = require 'utils.global' --- @dep utils.global require 'config.expcore.command_general_parse' local results_per_page = 5 local search_cache = {} Global.register(search_cache, function(tbl) search_cache = tbl end) --- Searches for a keyword in all commands you are allowed to use. -- @command chelp -- @tparam string keyword the keyword that will be looked for -- @tparam number page the page of help to view, must be in range of pages Commands.new_command('search-help', 'Searches for a keyword in all commands you are allowed to use.') :add_alias('chelp', 'shelp', 'commands') :add_param('keyword', true) :add_param('page', true, 'integer') :set_defaults{keyword='', page=1} :register(function(player, keyword, page) local player_index = player and player.index or 0 -- if keyword is a number then treat it as page number if tonumber(keyword) then page = math.floor(tonumber(keyword)) keyword = '' end -- gets a value for pages, might have result in cache local pages local found = 0 if search_cache[player_index] and search_cache[player_index].keyword == keyword:lower() then pages = search_cache[player_index].pages found = search_cache[player_index].found else pages = {{}} local current_page = 1 local page_count = 0 local commands = Commands.search(keyword, player) -- loops other all commands returned by search, includes game commands for _, command_data in pairs(commands) do -- if the number of results if greater than the number already added then it moves onto a new page if page_count >= results_per_page then page_count = 0 current_page = current_page + 1 table.insert(pages, {}) end -- adds the new command to the page page_count = page_count + 1 found = found + 1 local alias_format = #command_data.aliases > 0 and {'expcom-chelp.alias', table.concat(command_data.aliases, ', ')} or '' table.insert(pages[current_page], { 'expcom-chelp.format', command_data.name, command_data.description, command_data.help, alias_format }) end -- adds the result to the cache search_cache[player_index] = { keyword=keyword:lower(), pages=pages, found=found } end -- print the requested page keyword = keyword == '' and '' or keyword Commands.print({'expcom-chelp.title', keyword}, 'cyan') if pages[page] then for _, command in pairs(pages[page]) do Commands.print(command) end Commands.print({'expcom-chelp.footer', found, page, #pages}, 'cyan') else Commands.print({'expcom-chelp.footer', found, page, #pages}, 'cyan') return Commands.error{'expcom-chelp.out-of-range', page} end -- blocks command complete message return Commands.success end) -- way to access global return search_cache