text length proxy functions + text event

required to make a basic but proper typing system that plays a sound when letters appear using the truncate mode or with the chat typing input, for example

Author: pingu7867

lua/pac3/core/client/parts/event.lua

@@ -3037,6 +3037,25 @@ PART.OldEvents = {
 			return string.format("steamid: [%s %s]", self.Operator, idSumm)
 		end
 	},
+
+	text = {
+		operator_type = "string",
+		tutorial = "compares a text part's text\nthis can be useful with the changed operator",
+		arguments = {{uid = "string"}, {compare = "string"}, {truncated = "boolean"}},
+		callback = function(self, ent, uid, compare, truncated)
+			local part = self:GetOrFindCachedPart(uid)
+			if part and part:IsValid() and part.ClassName == "text" then
+				if not truncated then
+					return self:StringOperator(part.DisplayTextPreTruncate, compare)
+				else
+					return self:StringOperator(part.DisplayTextPostTruncate, compare)
+				end
+			end
+			return false
+		end,
+	},
+
+
 }
 
 

lua/pac3/core/client/parts/proxy.lua

@@ -1603,6 +1603,33 @@ end
 
 PART.Inputs.healthmod_bar_remaining_bars = PART.Inputs.pac_healthbar_remaining_bars
 
+PART.Inputs.text_length_raw = function(self, uid)
+	local part = self:GetOrFindCachedPart(uid)
+	if not IsValid(part) then return 0 end
+	if part.ClassName ~= "text" then return 0 end
+	return part.DisplayTextLengthPreTruncate or 0
+end
+PART.Inputs.text_length_raw_nospaces = function(self, uid)
+	local part = self:GetOrFindCachedPart(uid)
+	if not IsValid(part) then return 0 end
+	if part.ClassName ~= "text" then return 0 end
+	if not part.DisplayTextPreTruncate then return 0 end
+	local chars = 0
+	for c=1,#part.DisplayTextPreTruncate do
+		if part.DisplayTextPreTruncate[c] ~= " " then
+			chars = chars + 1
+		end
+	end
+	return chars
+end
+PART.Inputs.text_length_truncated = function(self, uid)
+	local part = self:GetOrFindCachedPart(uid)
+	if not IsValid(part) then return 0 end
+	if part.ClassName ~= "text" then return 0 end
+	return part.DisplayTextLengthPostTruncate or 0
+end
+
+
 
 local proxy_verbosity = CreateConVar("pac_proxy_verbosity", 1, FCVAR_ARCHIVE, "whether to print info when running pac_proxy")
 net.Receive("pac_proxy", function()

lua/pac3/core/client/parts/text.lua

@@ -626,7 +626,10 @@ function PART:OnDraw()
 		end
 	end
 
+	DisplayText = tostring(DisplayText)
 	::DRAW::
+	self.DisplayTextLengthPreTruncate = #DisplayText
+	self.DisplayTextPreTruncate = DisplayText
 	if self.Truncate then
 
 		if self.TruncateSkipCharacters_tbl then
@@ -665,7 +668,9 @@ function PART:OnDraw()
 		DisplayText = string.Replace(DisplayText,"! ","!\n")
 		DisplayText = string.Replace(DisplayText,"? ","?\n")
 	end
-
+	self.DisplayTextPostTruncate = DisplayText
+	self.DisplayTextLengthPostTruncate = #DisplayText
+	
 	if self.Wrap or self.ForceNewline then
 		if (self.lines == nil) or (self.previous_str ~= DisplayText) or self.request_line_recalculation then
 			self.lines = self:WrapString(DisplayText, self.WrapWidth)