--setup lib env
local print = minetest and minetest.debug or print 
--context is always -eq to the highest possible subfolder in the mods dir, this can be ether the mod or modpack root folder.
local context = debug and debug.getinfo(1, "S").source:match("mods[/\\][/\\]?([^/]*)") or "pack"


function string:basename ()
	return self:match("(.+)%..+")
end

function string:trim()
	return self:match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
end
--[[
function string:split (p2Sep, p3Patern)
	if p2Sep == nil then
		p2Sep = "%s"
	end
	if p3Patern == nil then
		p3Patern = table.concat({"([^", p2Sep, "]+)"}, "")
	end	
	local returns = {}
	for _ in string.gmatch(self, p3Patern) do
		table.insert(returns, _)
	end
	return returns
end
--]]
function string:startsWith(p2Needle) -- self == haystack
	return self:sub(1, #p2Needle) == p2Needle
end

function string:endsWith(p2Needle) -- self == haystack
	return p2Needle == "" or self:sub(-#p2Needle) == p2Needle
end

function string:charCount(p2Char)
	local count = 0
	for _ in string.gmatch(self, p2Char) do
		count = count + 1
	end
	return count
end
_G[context]=_G[context] or {}
_G[context].colors=_G[context].colors or {}
_G[context].colors.linux={
	reset = "\27[0m",
	red = "\27[31m",
	green = "\27[32m",
	yellow = "\27[33m",
	blue = "\27[34m",
	magenta = "\27[35m",
	cyan = "\27[36m",
	white= "\27[37m"
}

--some string function required by other modues and so is always loaded first, as load order is random. 
--should not effect anything that depends on this library.