ChatCommands

Chat Commands

See This link for the NexusMods mod page, which has a description, screenshots, and a download of the built mod.

How it works

The mod

• Replaces the default chat box with one that passes input to my mod before it is proccessed.
• Replaces the default Console.Out stream with one that passes input to my mod before it is written to the original Console.Out.
• Detects when the input is a valid SMAPI command.
• If it is valid, it runs the command, copies the output the command made, and writes that back to the chat box.
• Otherwise it lets the game handle the input.

It also

• Adds the ability to scroll by not actually deleting messages over the limit, and instead only displaying a subset of messages.
• Piggybacks off the existing history system to add history for messages the user sent.
• Dynamically changes the message limit based on the user's window size, so larger screens see more messages.
• Rewrites how text entry works so players can use the left/right arrow keys how they'd expect to edit any part of their message.
• Emulates a monospace font by drawing characters in fixed width slots for console output.