Time  Nick               Message
09:43 repetitivestrain   calling core.generate_decorations appears to generate all registered decorations without regard for the biomemap
09:43 repetitivestrain   is this expected?
09:50 repetitivestrain   Apparently this is
09:51 repetitivestrain   https://paste.debian.net/1390289/
09:52 repetitivestrain   Is there any reason in particular why this behavior is not the default
09:52 repetitivestrain   or at least available to modders?
09:53 sfan5              the answer is almost always: because it wasn't implemented, because of an oversight, because nobody thought of it
09:53 sfan5              very rarely are limitations intentional
09:54 repetitivestrain   hmm... in any event, is it possible by any other means for an on_generate function in the emerge environment to precede decoration placement?
09:54 repetitivestrain   since disabling decorations in mg_flags and invoking core.generate_decorations manually doesn't cut it
09:57 sfan5              no
09:57 * repetitivestrain sighs in exasperation
09:57 repetitivestrain   are there any existing lua implementations of decoration placement
09:58 sfan5              why would there be
09:58 repetitivestrain   custom/lua mapgens, i imagine?
09:58 sfan5              they would implement their own decoration systems according to their own needs
09:58 sfan5              and not build a reimplementation of the engine one, I imagine
10:00 repetitivestrain   sure but in my case i'm trying to adapt my minecraft-derived structure generation system to mgv7, and this requires compatibility with luanti-style decoration definitions
10:01 repetitivestrain   hmm this gives me a handful of new keywords for Google search
10:01 repetitivestrain   Aha!!
10:01 repetitivestrain   https://gitlab.com/gaelysam/biomegen/
10:02 sfan5              seems easier to contribute the fix to the engine tho?
10:02 repetitivestrain   yeah, but it won't appear until 5.14 at the earliest
10:03 repetitivestrain   and this would still be required for earlier releases
10:03 repetitivestrain   https://paste.debian.net/1390289/ <-- like i might have neglected to say, i'll reformat this and place it behind an option in a bit
12:55 erle_on_ic         hey, anyone of you on WHY2025?
14:38 repetitivestrain   sfan5: would you mind reviewing this patch?  attached is a ticket template if that's necessary https://paste.debian.net/1390337/ https://codeberg.org/halon/Minetest/commit/98be83d8486355185265ced68dfa0f84f2a1311c
15:44 [MatrxMT]          <birdlover32767> how do you remove translation sequences?
16:38 [MatrxMT]          <birdlover32767> nvm ```string.gsub(string.gsub(str, ".+%)", ""), string.char(27).."E", "")``` worked
16:49 wrrrzr             Hello, can i don't change Minetest directory in android
16:49 wrrrzr             This is very hard for me
16:51 wrrrzr             sorry, not this topic
16:56 [MatrxMT]          <y5nw> birdlover32767: you can also consider `core.get_translated_string` depending on what you want to do with the resulting string
16:57 [MatrxMT]          <birdlover32767> i want to save the item's description to be viewed in an external application
16:57 [MatrxMT]          <birdlover32767> but having \u0027 in the descriptions messes it up
16:58 [MatrxMT]          <birdlover32767> also, is there a global table of craft recipes? i cant seem to find it in the lua api
16:59 [MatrxMT]          <y5nw> core.get_translated_string then. It also places the parameters (@1, @2, etc) correctly if you have such items
17:18 rubenwardy         @birdlover32767 you should definitely use get translated string ^
18:25 gideonstar         minetest-server 5.6 debian -> luanti-server 5.13 alpine docker -> success! :-)
18:30 sfan5              the following works to strip escapes too https://github.com/Uberi/Minetest-WorldEdit/blob/bf154b12c7099fb2a7ca0810a0ca729e65df950b/worldedit_commands/nodename.lua#L3-L27
18:30 sfan5              note that the parameters will be placed correctly even with this