Module:Dialogue

--| Creates dialogue definition lists --- For whatever reason, refuses to make blockquotes --- local Dialogue = {}

-- Libraries and Globals

-- Parses invocation and template parameters, trims whitespace, and removes blanks. local getArgs = require('Dev:Arguments').getArgs

-- Local Functions

local function makeInvokeFunc(funcName) return function (frame) local args = getArgs(frame) return Dialogue[funcName](args) end end

-- Public Functions

--% Formats dialogue between multiple speakers --- Intended to replace. --- Syntax compliant with wikipedia:Template:Dialogue --- with portability and citation modifications --@ frame (table) Invokes the frame from. See Template:Dialogue/doc. --: (string) HTML Dialogue.main = makeInvokeFunc('dialogue') --% & crafts the Dialogue definition list --@ args (table) Arguments passed from Module function call  or other Lua Modules function Dialogue.dialogue (args) local block = mw.html.create('dl'):addClass('dialogue-wrapper') for i,v in ipairs(args) do   local next_param = i + 1 local mood_line = next_param / 2 if i == 1 then if v == 'action' then block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd') :tag('small'):attr('data-dialogue','action') :tag('u') :wikitext('['..args[next_param]..']') :done:done:done else local speaker = (args[i] and args[args[i]]) and args[args[i]] or (               type(args[i]) == 'string'                     and mw.text.trim(args[i]):len > 0                ) and args[i] or nil speaker = speaker and string.format("%s", speaker) local mood = args['mood'..mood_line] or nil mood = mood and string.format(" (%s)", mood) if speaker or mood then block:tag('dt'):addClass('custom-dt') :wikitext(             ('%s%s'):format( speaker or , mood or )            ):done end if args[next_param] then block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd'):tag('q') :wikitext(args[next_param]) :done:done else block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd'):wikitext('...'):done end end elseif math.fmod(i, 2) == 1 then if v == 'action' then block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd') :tag('small') :attr('data-dialogue','action') :tag('u') :wikitext('['..args[next_param]..']') :done:done:done else local speaker = (args[i] and args[args[i]]) and args[args[i]] or (               type(args[i]) == 'string'                     and mw.text.trim(args[i]):len > 0                ) and args[i] or nil speaker = speaker and string.format("%s", speaker) local mood = args['mood'..mood_line] or nil mood = mood and string.format(" (%s)", mood) if speaker or mood then block:tag('dt'):addClass('custom-dt') :wikitext(             ('%s%s'):format( speaker or , mood or )            ) :done end if args[next_param] then block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd'):tag('q') :wikitext(args[next_param]) :done:done else block:tag('dd'):addClass('custom-dd'):wikitext('...'):done end end end end block:done if args['cite'] then block:tag('cite'):wikitext(string.format("— %s", args['cite'])):done end return tostring(block) end

-- Output

return Dialogue