info.lua question

[tryy3]

Hi I got a question about info.lua.

Do I just have to register the commands in the info.lua or do I need to register the commands using the BindCommand function and the info.lua is just a info table?

Another question releated to info.lua, the Alias var in commands, can it be an array or is it only a string?

[xoft]

Note that Info.lua needs to have a capital I, otherwise it won't work on case-sensitive filesystems, such as on most Linuxes.

You either use the Info.lua file or the BindCommand function; usually not both at the same time.

Note that Info.lua is really just a descriptor table, in order to register the commands, you need to do this:

	-- Load the InfoReg shared library:
	dofile(cPluginManager:GetPluginsPath() .. "/InfoReg.lua")
	
	-- Bind all the commands:
	RegisterPluginInfoCommands();
	
	-- Bind all the console commands:
	RegisterPluginInfoConsoleCommands();

This will load an aux library that provides the actual guts to Info.lua command handling, and can register the commands and console commands for you.

The Alias can be either a single string, or an array-table of strings.

[tigerw]

Can we get the server to do this automatically?

[xoft]

We could, theoretically, when it finds out that the plugin has the Info.lua file, it could process it this way. But when should the server do that? Before calling Initialize()? Or after?

[tryy3]

Hmm... after checking the Article on the Info.lua I got two questions,
1) When/where is AdditionalInformation displayed? is it only for external services, like if you want to use it on a website or can you actually see the text in a command or something?

2) Can you have multiple lines in AdditionalInformation Table? like if you add a \n will that make it a new line?

Maybe add Author property too?

[NiLSPACE]

[xoft]

[tryy3]

Ah thanks
And hmm... Maybe I'll add a Contributors property in my lua files instead, I prefer to keep everything in 1 place, but yeah you are right about the Author stuff.
Thanks for the help
I might do some PR on that article, found a few things that a newbie like me might want to know.