Module:Dialogue

Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Dialogue/doc

--| Creates dialogue definition lists
--- For whatever reason, refuses to make blockquotes
--- <nowiki>
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, { removeBlanks = false })

		return Dialogue[funcName](args)
	end
end

----
-- Public Functions
----
--% Formats dialogue between multiple speakers
--- Intended to replace {{Dialogue}}.
--- Syntax compliant with [[wikipedia:Template:Dialogue]]
--- with portability and citation modifications
--@ frame (table) Invokes the frame from {{Dialogue}}. See [[Template:Dialogue/doc]].
--: (string) HTML <dl />
Dialogue.main = makeInvokeFunc("dialogue")
--% & crafts the Dialogue definition list
--@ args (table) Arguments passed from Module function call <code>[.main]</code> 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")
: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("&nbsp;''(%s)''", mood)

				if speaker or mood then
					block
						:tag("dt")
						:wikitext(("%s%s"):format(speaker or "", mood or "")
)
						:done()
				end

				if args[next_param] then
					block:tag("dd"):tag("q")
:wikitext(args[next_param])
:done():done()
				else
					block:tag("dd"):wikitext("..."):done()
				end
			end
		elseif math.fmod(i, 2) == 1 then
			if v == "action" then
				block:tag("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("&nbsp;''(%s)''", mood)

				if speaker or mood then
					block
						:tag("dt")
						:wikitext(("%s%s"):format(speaker or "", mood or "")
)
						:done()
				end

				if args[next_param] ~= "" then
					block:tag("dd"):tag("q")
:wikitext(args[next_param])
:done():done()
				else
					block:tag("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