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How do I change the text of a script with a plugin?
I develop plugins, and one of the ideas I like the most is the ability to change a default script text into something else. However, I have no idea how to accomplish this.
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I don't know how you'd do this with a plugin, but there is an area in Settings that allows you to change the font. Perci1 4988 — 10y
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So do you want to change the actual source of the script, or just the font etc.? There might be some APIs for the latter. juzzbyXfalcon 155 — 10y
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Assuming it's the Source of the script you wish to edit, not the actual font of the script-editor.
You can edit the Source of a script by accessing it through the Source-property (script.Source). It's important to note that regular scripts do not have the security clearance to set .Source anymore, but plugins (and commandline(?)) do.
I assume you want to replace the default "Hello world!"-print, so I made an example of how you could achieve that.
01 | mySource = "-- This script was edited with ChipioIndustries' plugin. " |
02 | replaceTemplate = [[print 'Hello world!'\n]] -- This is the default template. |
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04 | -- Adding a ChildAdded-event to ServerScriptService, so this can be applied to all newly created children (or newly re-parented) |
05 | game:GetService("ServerScriptService").ChildAdded:connect(function(child) |
06 | if child:IsA("BaseScript") or child:IsA("ModuleScript") then -- Makes sure it's a script |
07 | if child.Source == replaceTemplate then -- Checks if source matches template |
08 | child.Source = mySource -- replaces source. |
09 | end |
10 | end |
11 | end) |
HOWEVER, if you did mean to edit the font, you can take use of settings(). I'll post back with results if I find anything further.
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No, I didn't mean the font. Thanks a ton! ChipioIndustries 454 — 10y