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code/_helpers/lists.dm

@@ -662,3 +662,13 @@ proc/dd_sortedTextList(list/incoming)
 			L.Swap(start++,end--)
 
 	return L
+
+//Copies a list, and all lists inside it recusively
+//Does not copy any other reference type
+/proc/deepCopyList(list/l)
+	if(!islist(l))
+		return l
+	. = l.Copy()
+	for(var/i = 1 to l.len)
+		if(islist(.[i]))
+			.[i] = .(.[i])

code/_helpers/text.dm

@@ -331,4 +331,61 @@ proc/TextPreview(var/string,var/len=40)
 /proc/strip_improper(var/text)
 	return replacetext(replacetext(text, "\proper", ""), "\improper", "")
 
+//Used for applying byonds text macros to strings that are loaded at runtime
+/proc/apply_text_macros(string)
+	var/next_backslash = findtext(string, "\\")
+	if(!next_backslash)
+		return string
+
+	var/leng = length(string)
+
+	var/next_space = findtext(string, " ", next_backslash + 1)
+	if(!next_space)
+		next_space = leng - next_backslash
+
+	if(!next_space)	//trailing bs
+		return string
+
+	var/base = next_backslash == 1 ? "" : copytext(string, 1, next_backslash)
+	var/macro = lowertext(copytext(string, next_backslash + 1, next_space))
+	var/rest = next_backslash > leng ? "" : copytext(string, next_space + 1)
+
+	//See http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/DM/text/macros
+	switch(macro)
+		//prefixes/agnostic
+		if("the")
+			rest = text("\the []", rest)
+		if("a")
+			rest = text("\a []", rest)
+		if("an")
+			rest = text("\an []", rest)
+		if("proper")
+			rest = text("\proper []", rest)
+		if("improper")
+			rest = text("\improper []", rest)
+		if("roman")
+			rest = text("\roman []", rest)
+		//postfixes
+		if("th")
+			base = text("[]\th", rest)
+		if("s")
+			base = text("[]\s", rest)
+		if("he")
+			base = text("[]\he", rest)
+		if("she")
+			base = text("[]\she", rest)
+		if("his")
+			base = text("[]\his", rest)
+		if("himself")
+			base = text("[]\himself", rest)
+		if("herself")
+			base = text("[]\herself", rest)
+		if("hers")
+			base = text("[]\hers", rest)
+
+	. = base
+	if(rest)
+		. += .(rest)
+
+
 #define gender2text(gender) capitalize(gender)