The settings library allows addons to manage json settings files with ease.

The following functions are exposed by this library:

string file.normalize_path(string path);

• Parameters
  • path - The path to normalize the slashes of.
• Returns
  • The normalized path string.

string file.path_from_dir(string dir);

• Parameters
  • dir - The directory to obtain the path from.
• Returns
  • The path pulled from the given directory.

boolean settings:save(string name, table settings);

• Parameters
  • name - The full path and file name of the settings file to save.
  • settings - A table containing the settings to save.
• Returns
  • True on success, false otherwise.

table settings:load(string name);

• Parameters
  • name - The full path and file name of the settings file to load.
• Returns
  • The table of settings on success, nil otherwise.