From 9a4fd03e424d0341052b7053e610c060963d70b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: expwnent <null@nowhere.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 01:38:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added anonymous-script.lua so item/reaction-trigger commands
 do not have to make a file for every trigger for simple operations

---
 scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua

diff --git a/scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua b/scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eee42845e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/modtools/anonymous-script.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--anonymous-script.lua
+--author expwnent
+--a tool for invoking simple lua scripts without putting them in a file first
+--anonymous-script "print(args[1])" arg1 arg2 # prints "arg1"
+
+local args = {...}
+
+local f,err = load('local args = {...}; ' .. args[1], '=(anonymous lua script)') --,'=(lua command)', 't')
+if err then
+ error(err)
+end
+
+--we don't care about the result even if they return something for some reason: we just want to ensure its side-effects happen and print appropriate error messages
+dfhack.safecall(f,table.unpack(args,2))
+