MineDown

A library that adds the ability to use a MarkDown inspired markup to write Minecraft chat components!

It provides a custom mark up syntax which is loosely based on MarkDown that adds the ability to use the full power of component messages with the same simplicity as legacy formatting codes. (Which it can still support!) It also includes a way to directly replace placeholders in the messages, both string based and component based ones!

See this plugin for a simple implementation.

Syntax

Inline Formatting

Description	Syntax	More Info	Preview
Color legacy	&6Text	Formatting codes
Color	&gold&Text	Color names
RGB Hex Color	&#ff00ff&Text	Full hexadecimal format
RGB Hex Color	&#f0f&Text	Short format (equivalent to long one)
Gradient	&#f0f-#fff&Text	Inline gradients
Rainbow	&rainbow&Text	Inline Rainbow
Rainbow Phase	&rainbow:20&Text	Inline Rainbow with a phase
Bold	**Text**
Italic	##Text##
Underlined	__Text__
Strikethrough	~~Text~~
Obfuscated	??Text??

Events

You can define click and hover events with the commonly used MarkDown link syntax as well as specify formatting, font and colors that way.

Simple Syntax

Description	Syntax
General syntax	[Text](text-color text-formatting... link hover text)
Simple Link	[Text](https://example.com)
Simple Command	[Text](/command to run)
Link + Hover	[Text](https://example.com Hover Text)
Text formatting	[Text](blue underline !bold)
Gradient	[Text](#fff-#000)
Rainbow	[Text](rainbow)
Phased Rainbow	[Text](rainbow:20)
Text formatting + Link + Hover	[Text](#0000ff underline https://example.com Hover Text)

Advanced Syntax

Description	Syntax	More Info
General syntax	[Text](action=value)	ClickEvent.Action, HoverEvent.Action
Link	[Text](open_url=https://example.com)
Color	[Text](color=red)	Color names
RGB Hex Color	[Text](color=#ff00ff)	Full hexadecimal format
RGB Hex Color	[Text](color=#f0f)	Short format (equivalent to long one)
RGB Color Gradient	[Text](color=#fff-#000)	Gradient of two colors. (Supports all color forms)
RGB Color Gradient	[Text](color=#fff-#333-#222)	Gradient of three colors.
RGB Rainbow	[Text](color=rainbow)	An RGB rainbow.
Phased RGB Rainbow	[Text](color=rainbow:50)	An RGB rainbow with a specific phase.
Formatting	[Text](format=underline,bold)	Specify formatting
Disable Formatting	[Text](format=!underline)	Disable the specific formatting with a ! prefix
Font	[Text](font=custom_font)	Set a custom font from a resource pack
Run Command	[Text](run_command=/command string)	Run command on click
Suggest Command	[Text](suggest_command=/command)	Suggest a command on click
Simple Hover	[Text](hover=Hover Text)	Show hover text
Hover Text	[Text](show_text=Hover Text)	Show hover text
Hover Entity Info	[Text](show_entity=uuid:pig Name)	Show entity information.
Hover Item Info	[Text](show_item=stone*2 nbt...)	Show item information, additional information needs to be provided as a string of the nbt in json
Insertion	[Text](insert=insert into input)	Insert into input on shift click, can be combined with other events

All advanced settings can be chained/included in a event definition. You can't however add multiple different colors or click and hover actions!

How to use it

The library's main API access is through the MineDown.class and its parse methods.

E.g. you can use it like this in your Spigot plugin:

player.spigot().sendMessage(new MineDown(rawMessage).replace(replacements).toComponent());

or with a static approach:

player.spigot().sendMessage(MineDown.parse(rawMessage, replacements));

Take a look at the MineDown JavaDocs for more detailed info on the library and the included classes.

Include it into your plugin

You can easily include this library into your plugin by using maven. Make sure to relocate it into your plugin's package!

Repository

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>minebench-repo</id>
        <url>https://repo.minebench.de/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

Artifact

To be used with bungeecord-chat in BungeeCord and Spigot-based servers:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>de.themoep</groupId>
        <artifactId>minedown</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

For usage in any platform that is supported by kyori-adventure:

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>de.themoep</groupId>
        <artifactId>minedown-adventure</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
        <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Please note that you need to provide an adventure platform library yourself in that case.

Relocation

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0</version>
            <configuration>
                <relocations>
                    <relocation>
                        <pattern>de.themoep.minedown</pattern>
                        <shadedPattern>your.package.path.libraries.minedown</shadedPattern>
                    </relocation>
                </relocations>
            </configuration>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>package</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>shade</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Alternative to shading

Alternatively you can also directly depend on my MineDownPlugin instead of shading in this library! MineDownPlugin includes a non-relocated version of this library.

License

MineDown is licensed under the MIT open source license:

Copyright (c) 2017 Max Lee (https://github.com/Phoenix616)

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