From 1bae82e6c4ee6242dee0f87aa2f2575331861770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ShadowNinja <noreply@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:37:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add private messaging with /msg

---
 builtin/chatcommands.lua | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/builtin/chatcommands.lua b/builtin/chatcommands.lua
index 4b09f7b2b..9f14749f4 100644
--- a/builtin/chatcommands.lua
+++ b/builtin/chatcommands.lua
@@ -665,3 +665,23 @@ minetest.register_chatcommand("clearobjects", {
 		minetest.chat_send_all("*** Cleared all objects.")
 	end,
 })
+
+minetest.register_chatcommand("msg", {
+	params = "<name> <message>",
+	description = "Send a private message",
+	privs = {shout=true},
+	func = function(name, param)
+		local found, _, sendto, message = param:find("^([^%s]+)%s(.+)$")
+		if found then
+			if minetest.env:get_player_by_name(sendto) then
+				minetest.log("action", "PM from "..name.." to "..sendto..": "..message)
+				minetest.chat_send_player(sendto, "PM from "..name..": "..message)
+				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Message sent")
+			else
+				minetest.chat_send_player(name, "The player "..sendto.." is not online")
+			end
+		else
+			minetest.chat_send_player(name, "Invalid usage, see /help msg")
+		end
+	end,
+})