Hello, devs. I want to make custom output window. But, after some progress, I realized that I can’t get source of script. So, I’m now trying to find a way to either overwrite built-in functions globally (like print), or find way to get script source.
The only way to find script source I found can cover only 1/3 of my needs, and it’s ScriptContext.Error, which works well only for error function, and not for warn and print.
there isn’t really a way to overwrite a global function (sadly)
the best you can do is either making a module with your function or just putting it at the top of your script
local old = print
local print = function(...)
warn("Called print", ...)
old(...)
end
There’s comes my main problem - I need such things for plugin, which should act as output for every script. So, putting this thing in every script won’t be comfortable for people.
Here’s something quick little bootleg fix I made that might help
local Gloabls = [[
local function print(...)
warn(debug.info(2, "n"), "|", ...)
end
]]
local ScriptEditor = game:GetService("ScriptEditorService")
local function initscript(Script)
Script = Script:GetScript()
if Script and not Script:GetAttribute("AddedGlobals") then
Script:SetAttribute("AddedGlobals", true)
ScriptEditor:UpdateSourceAsync(Script, function(CurrentSource : string)
return `{Gloabls}\n{CurrentSource}`
end)
end
end
ScriptEditor.TextDocumentDidOpen:Connect(initscript)
for i,v in ScriptEditor:GetScriptDocuments() do
initscript(v)
end
you can initialize it in command bar if you really want to
But this solution won’t cover scripts like CoreScript and Plugin ones. (CoreScripts can send messages sometimes)
I’m already using it to get content of message. But, I need get LINE and SCRIPT which printed message, and I can’t find any way to get them.
IIRC, the following library might be useful for this:
