Add a module to fix compability with starfall

lua/easychat/easychat.lua

@@ -742,16 +742,15 @@ if CLIENT then
 	end
 	EasyChat.Close = close_chatbox
 
+	local url_patterns = {
+		"https?://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
+		"ftp://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
+		"steam://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
+		"www%.[^%s%\"]+%.[^%s%\"]+",
+		"STEAM_%d%:%d%:%d+"
+	}
 	function EasyChat.IsURL(str)
-		local patterns = {
-			"https?://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
-			"ftp://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
-			"steam://[^%s%\"%>%<]+",
-			"www%.[^%s%\"]+%.[^%s%\"]+",
-			"STEAM_%d%:%d%:%d+"
-		}
-
-		for _, pattern in ipairs(patterns) do
+		for _, pattern in ipairs(url_patterns) do
 			local start_pos, end_pos = str:find(pattern, 1, false)
 			if start_pos then
 				return start_pos, end_pos
@@ -1511,6 +1510,8 @@ if CLIENT then
 			return { ... }
 		end
 
+		safe_hook_run("ECPreAddText", ...)
+
 		local data = {}
 
 		if EC_HUD_CUSTOM:GetBool() then
@@ -1579,6 +1580,8 @@ if CLIENT then
 			chat.PlaySound()
 		end
 
+		safe_hook_run("ECPostAddText", ...)
+
 		return data
 	end
 

lua/easychat/modules/client/starfall_compat.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+-- this module is a hack for fixing the following issue:
+-- https://github.com/Earu/EasyChat/issues/79
+-- https://github.com/thegrb93/StarfallEx/issues/1232
+-- thanks for nothing thegrb93
+
+local TAG = "EasyChatModuleSFCompat"
+
+local function is_starfall()
+	return _G.SF ~= nil and _G.SF.runningOps ~= nil and _G.SF.SafeStringLib ~= nil
+end
+
+local previous_ops_state = false
+hook.Add("ECPreAddText", TAG, function()
+	if not is_starfall() then return end
+	previous_ops_state = _G.SF.runningOps
+end)
+
+hook.Add("ECPostAddText", TAG, function()
+	_G.SF.runningOps = previous_ops_state
+end)
+
+return "SF Compat"