ldmud-efuns 0.0.5

Python Efun package for LDMud

Python Efun package for LDMud

These are python efuns to be used with LDMud 3.5 and later.

This package contains the following efuns:

• strings module:
  • string wrap(string str [, int len [, int left]])
  • string wrap_say(string intro, string text [, int len [, int left]])
  • string left(string text, int len [,string pattern])
• json module:
  • mixed json_parse(string jsonstring)
  • string json_serialize(mixed data)
• reload module:
  • void python_reload()
• help module:
  • string python_efun_help(string efunname)

Usage

Install from the python package index

The efun package can be downloaded from the python package index:

pip3 install --user ldmud-efuns

Build & install the package yourself

You can build the package yourself.

First clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/ldmud/python-efuns.git

Install the package

cd python-efuns
python3 setup.py install --user

Automatically load the modules at startup

Use startup.py as the Python startup script for LDMud. It will automatically detect the installed python efuns and load them.

You can deactivate single efuns with a configfile .ldmud-efuns in your home directory, with the following contents

[efuns]
name_of_the_efun = off

Manually load the modules at startup

Add the following lines to your startup script:

import ldmudefuns.strings
import ldmudefuns.json
import ldmudefuns.reload

ldmudefuns.strings.register()
ldmudefuns.json.register()
ldmudefuns.reload.register()
ldmudefuns.help.register()

Have fun!