scube and vector population

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ It's about time I started a changelog! This will serve from now on as the main c
 Note to self: See the bottom of this file for the release template text.
 
 ## v1.12 (unreleased)
- - Add `//srect` (_select rectangle_) - thanks, @VorTechnix!
+ - Add `//srect` (_select rectangle_), `//scol` (_select column_), `//scube` (_select cube_) - thanks, @VorTechnix!
  - Add `//spush`, `//spop`, and `//sstack`
  - `//overlay`: Don't place nodes above water
 

Chat-Command-Reference.md

@@ -482,6 +482,14 @@ Executes the given command, and then clips the result to the largest ellipsoid t
 //ellipsoidapply layers desert_sand sand 2 desert_sandstone 4 sandstone 10
 ```
 
+## `//scol [<axis1> ] <length>`
+Short for _select column_. Sets the pos2 at a set distance along 1 axis from pos1. If the axis isn't specified, defaults the direction you are facing. Implementation thanks to @VorTechnix.
+
+```
+//scol 10
+//scol x 3
+```
+
 ## `//srect [<axis1> [<axis2>]] <length>`
 Short for _select rectangle_. Sets the pos2 at a set distance along 2 axes from pos1. If the axes aren't specified, defaults to positive y and the direction you are facing. Implementation thanks to @VorTechnix.
 
@@ -491,6 +499,16 @@ Short for _select rectangle_. Sets the pos2 at a set distance along 2 axes from
 //srect -z y 25
 ```
 
+## `//scube [<axis1> [<axis2> [<axis3>]]] <length>`
+Short for _select cube_. Sets the pos2 at a set distance along 3 axes from pos1. If the axes aren't specified, defaults to positive y, the direction you are facing and the axis to the left of facing. Implementation thanks to @VorTechnix.
+
+```
+//scube 5
+//scube z a y 12
+//scube x z 3
+//scube -z 12
+```
+
 ## `//sstack`
 Displays the contents of your per-user selection stack. This stack can be pushed to and popped from rather like a stack of plates. See also `//spush` (for pushing to the selection stack) and `//spop` (for popping from the selection stack).
 

worldeditadditions_commands/commands/selectors/scol.lua

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ worldedit.register_command("scol", {
 		
 		tmp.len = tonumber(len)
 		-- If len == nill cancel the operation
-		if tmp.len == nil then return false, "No length specified." end
+		if not tmp.len then return false, "No length specified." end
 		-- If ax1 is bad send "get" order
 		if ax1 == "g" then tmp.get = true
 		else vec[ax1] = sn1 * tmp.len end

worldeditadditions_commands/commands/selectors/scube.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+-- ███████  ██████ ██    ██ ██████  ███████
+-- ██      ██      ██    ██ ██   ██ ██
+-- ███████ ██      ██    ██ ██████  █████
+--      ██ ██      ██    ██ ██   ██ ██
+-- ███████  ██████  ██████  ██████  ███████
+worldedit.register_command("scube", {
+	params = "[<axis1> [<axis2> [<axis3>]]] <length>",
+	description = "Set WorldEdit region position 2 at a set distance along 3 axes.",
+	privs = { worldedit = true },
+	require_pos = 1,
+	parse = function(params_text)
+		local wea, vec, tmp = worldeditadditions, vector.new(0, 0, 0), {}
+		local find = wea.split(params_text, "%s", false)
+		local ax1, ax2, ax3 = (tostring(find[1]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1), (tostring(find[2]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1),
+		(tostring(find[3]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1)
+		local sn1, sn2, sn3, len  = wea.getsign(find[1]), wea.getsign(find[2]), wea.getsign(find[3]), find[table.maxn(find)]
+		
+		tmp.len = tonumber(len)
+		-- If len is nill cancel the operation
+		if not tmp.len then return false, "No length specified." end
+		-- If axis is bad send "get" order
+		if ax1 == "g" then tmp.get = true
+		else vec[ax1] = sn1 * tmp.len end
+		if ax2 == "g" then tmp.get = true
+		else vec[ax2] = sn2 * tmp.len end
+		if ax3 == "g" then tmp.get = true
+		else vec[ax3] = sn3 * tmp.len end
+		
+		tmp.axes = ax1..","..ax2..","..ax3
+		return true, vec, tmp
+	end,
+	func = function(name, vec, tmp)
+		if tmp.get then
+			local ax, dir = worldeditadditions.player_axis2d(name)
+			local _, left, sn = worldeditadditions.axis_left(ax,dir)
+			if not tmp.axes:find("x") then vec.x = tmp.len * (ax == "x" and dir or sn) end
+			if not tmp.axes:find("z") then vec.z = tmp.len * (ax == "z" and dir or sn) end
+			if not tmp.axes:find("y") then vec.y = tmp.len end
+		end
+		
+		local p2 = vector.add(vec,worldedit.pos1[name])
+		worldedit.pos2[name] = p2
+		worldedit.mark_pos2(name)
+		return true, "position 2 set to " .. minetest.pos_to_string(p2)
+	end,
+})
+
+-- Tests
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube 5
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube z 5
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube a z 5
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube z a y 5
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube -z y a 5
+-- /multi //fp set1 -63 19 -20 //scube z z 5
+-- /lua print()

worldeditadditions_commands/commands/selectors/srect.lua

@@ -11,23 +11,26 @@ worldedit.register_command("srect", {
 	parse = function(params_text)
 		local wea, vec, tmp = worldeditadditions, vector.new(0, 0, 0), {}
 		local find = wea.split(params_text, "%s", false)
-		local ax1, ax2 = (tostring(find[1]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1), (tostring(find[2]):match('[xyz]') or "y"):sub(1,1)
+		local ax1, ax2 = (tostring(find[1]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1), (tostring(find[2]):match('[xyz]') or "g"):sub(1,1)
 		local sn1, sn2, len  = wea.getsign(find[1]), wea.getsign(find[2]), find[table.maxn(find)]
 		
 		tmp.len = tonumber(len)
 		-- If len == nill cancel the operation
-		if tmp.len == nil then return false, "No length specified." end
+		if not tmp.len then return false, "No length specified." end
-		-- If ax1 is bad send "get" order
+		-- If axis is bad send "get" order
 		if ax1 == "g" then tmp.get = true
 		else vec[ax1] = sn1 * tmp.len end
-		vec[ax2] = sn2 * tmp.len
+		if ax2 == "g" then tmp.get = true
+		else vec[ax2] = sn2 * tmp.len end
 		
+		tmp.axes = ax1..","..ax2
 		return true, vec, tmp
 	end,
 	func = function(name, vec, tmp)
 		if tmp.get then
 			local ax, dir = worldeditadditions.player_axis2d(name)
-			vec[ax] = tmp.len * dir
+			if not tmp.axes:find("[xz]") then vec[ax] = tmp.len * dir end
+			if not tmp.axes:find("y") then vec.y = tmp.len end
 		end
 		
 		local p2 = vector.add(vec,worldedit.pos1[name])

worldeditadditions_commands/init.lua

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/meta/ellipsoidapply.lua")
 
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/scol.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/srect.lua")
--- dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/scube.lua")
+dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/scube.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/sstack.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/spush.lua")
 dofile(we_c.modpath.."/commands/selectors/spop.lua")