MelonLib is a multipurpose Garry's Mod development library that includes a plethora of different utilities.
Documentation can be found above the function declarations, formal documentation is coming soon:tm:
- Tons of development utilities
- Panel Debugger
- Meta-File Interfacing
- Function Attribute System
- Message Logger
- Advanced String Formatting with Filters
- Font System
- Color Manipulation Functions
- Image/Material Caching and Downloading Handler
- Complete Module Loading System
- Many third-party libraries
- And lots more little utilities!
String Formatting System:
melon.string.print("Did you know that {name | capitalize()} are {adjective}?", {
name = "you",
adjective = "bald"
})
-- Did you know that You are bald?
melon.string.print("you are {1}, {2} and {3.1}",
"fat",
"weird",
{
"smelly"
})
-- you are fat, weird and smelly
melon.string.print("Blah blah blah {1:Nick|call($1)}", LocalPlayer())
-- Blah blah blah MelonFont System:
draw.Text({
text = "Some Text",
pos = {},
-- Creates and returns a 25px font
font = melon.Font(25)
})Image/Material System:
surface.SetMaterial(
-- Caches material automatically
melon.Material("icon16/user.png", "smooth")
)
surface.SetMaterial(
-- Downloads and returns inline
melon.Image("https://i.imgur.com/xYWFeyG.jpg")
)