From 54f9ec26fd76b483a96bd072c5aafbe415d73897 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mckaygerhard <mckaygerhard@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:17:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] adapt to work with older engines also

* backguard compatibility for translation functions
---
 coralnodes.lua |  2 +-
 crafting.lua   |  2 +-
 init.lua       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 plants.lua     |  2 +-
 reefstuff.lua  |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/coralnodes.lua b/coralnodes.lua
index 27cef4f..718c07e 100644
--- a/coralnodes.lua
+++ b/coralnodes.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local S = minetest.get_translator("marinara")
+local S = marinara.S
 
 minetest.register_node("marinara:hardcoral_brown", {
 	description = S("Brown Hard Coral"),
diff --git a/crafting.lua b/crafting.lua
index d01c6b1..1a96c89 100644
--- a/crafting.lua
+++ b/crafting.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local S = minetest.get_translator("marinara")
+local S = marinara.S
 
   stairs.register_stair_and_slab(
       "marinara_reed_node",
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index fa10801..19a0034 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,29 @@ if marinara.settings.clear_ores then
 	minetest.clear_registered_ores()
 end
 
+if minetest.get_translator ~= nil then
+	S = minetest.get_translator("skins")
+else
+	if minetest.get_modpath("intllib") then
+		dofile(minetest.get_modpath("intllib").."/init.lua")
+		if intllib.make_gettext_pair then
+			gettext, ngettext = intllib.make_gettext_pair() -- new gettext method
+		else
+			gettext = intllib.Getter() -- old text file method
+		end
+		S = gettext
+	else -- boilerplate function
+		S = function(str, ...)
+			local args = {...}
+			return str:gsub("@%d", function(match)
+				return args[tonumber(match:sub(2))]
+			end)
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+marinara.S = S
+
 local path = minetest.get_modpath(minetest.get_current_modname()) .. "/"
 
 -- plants
diff --git a/plants.lua b/plants.lua
index afd1302..4f4016f 100644
--- a/plants.lua
+++ b/plants.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local S = minetest.get_translator("marinara")
+local S = marinara.S
 
 minetest.register_node("marinara:reed_root", {
 	description = S("Reed Root"),
diff --git a/reefstuff.lua b/reefstuff.lua
index 7bff2ed..d19562e 100644
--- a/reefstuff.lua
+++ b/reefstuff.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-local S = minetest.get_translator("marinara")
+local S = marinara.S
 
 -- soft corals