SimpleSignEdit
Not satisfied with the mechanics of other sign edit tools, such as requiring the use of commands, I went and threw together a plugin that lets you edit signs simply by right-clicking them with another sign in hand.
Download here. (Older versions available here.)
If you are upgrading from 1.6 or earlier, be sure to set up your database info in the config before you start up your server with the updated plugin.
When you right-click to edit a sign, you can then view and edit the text of the sign just as you would when creating it. You can only edit signs if you are the owner or if they are owned by everyone. To include colours on the sign, use the & character followed by a digit or a letter from A to F. This works both when placing and when editing. If you want to include an & character on the sign, and the plugin interprets it as a colour code, simply double it and the plugin will realize that you don't want it to be converted.
To see who owns a sign, hold a stick in your hand (you can change this to any item in the config file), and right-click the sign. To change who owns a sign if you have permission, hold a feather in your hand (you can change this to any item in the config file), and right-click the sign. Then either type the new owner name into chat, or walk over and punch them. You can also enter the symbols @, #, and * into chat to set the owner to yourself, no-one, or everyone, respectively. You could also edit ownership by editing the config file, but since signs are stored by their location that would not be an easy task.
To configure the items used for setting/viewing the owner of the sign, simply set the "view-owner" or "set-owner" values in the config file to the ID of the item you want to use. You can also change the "allow-stacking" and "break-protect" values if you wish. It's probably a good idea to leave the "signs" section alone since that keeps track of who owns which sign. You can also configure it so that you need to be sneaking (or not sneaking) to edit signs.
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List of things to maybe do:
- None right now
@Maino2k
it writes nothing to the config.yml its 100% pure empty there is a signs.db that has text in there.
clean install with some extra restarts (using latest bukkit) no go.
no errors ingame when trying to edit a sign. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/8imIK.jpg
@xsonarx
It's a known issue, I'll try to fix that but it won't be easy, maybe it's impossible but i'll give it a try. Edit: The config file isn't empty for me:o
R: v2.0.1 for CB 1.3.1-R1.0
Works 50%, you can edit signs with another sign but it doesn't pull the text onto the new sign your trying to edit it with. I hope you can fix it :)
config file is empty - is there meant to be stuff inside there?
1.3.1 cb 2320+
@ccman972
well i see an update :) he kept to his word. im just about to download and see if it works :)
Give this guy some time, Sign edit plugins seem to be one of the harder plugins to do, as theres not many around. Good luck with updating, hope you can do it :)
@Scrayos
Dunno, still waiting for an update... no idea if Celtic_Minstrel checked things out since 1.3.1.
Btw. Is there a Way now, to reAdd the Editing of Signs?
Heyho, an Update would be great.
1.3.1 #2305 the org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerChatEvent problem ;)
So if there is any plugin I'm waiting to see updated now with 1.3.1 out.. its this... *cough* Celtic_Minstrel
yes 1.3 soon, hopefully this will be updated and working soon ????
soon? soon soon? :D
@Aterruit Read below, this doesnt work right. It sucks that it doesnt but hopefully after 1.3 drops it will ><
I am runnig a 1,2,5 Tekkit server. I installed your plugin because I really needed it. However, when I left click on my signs, a blank sign appears. Not the sign that I need to edit. How can I fix this?
Hi Celtic, thanks for letting us know that your going to update after 1.3. its probably a 5 minutes job for some one knows what there doing to put this into minecraft its self, instead of needing a mod :-(. Maybe the future of minecraft will bring sign editing. just a quick question.
If there's a debate about that, there doesn't need to be. I expect to update it after 1.3 comes out.
Sorry, are we debating whether this should have a comeback? If we are you have me fully backing you, this is such an essential plugin that I (and many others) don't understand why it isn't built into Minecraft itself... :S
@XeonG8
yes i agree with u
Maybe in MC1.3
It would be entirely awesome if this plugin made a comeback somehow :)
(damn you all-breaking 1.2.4 update!)
I'm a bit out of Bukkit stuff at the moment, but if someone made a pull request on github to fix this, I would most likely accept it.
If not, I'll eventually come back and fix it myself, but no promises when that'll be.
If it is indeed a Bukkit/Minecraft bug, I expect the next Minecraft update, with better separation of client and server, would fix that, though probably not in such a way as to make this work without tweaking.
@cjc343
"Fixed an old bug with signs clearing text while you’re editing them in multiplayer." Yes that's the problem :(