unicode support port wip

code/modules/mob/living/blood.dm

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 			var/datum/disease/D = thing
 			blood_data["viruses"] += D.Copy()
 
-		blood_data["blood_DNA"] = copytext(dna.unique_enzymes,1,0)
+		blood_data["blood_DNA"] = dna.unique_enzymes
 		blood_data["bloodcolor"] = bloodtype_to_color(dna.blood_type)
 		if(disease_resistances && disease_resistances.len)
 			blood_data["resistances"] = disease_resistances.Copy()
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 
 		if(!suiciding)
 			blood_data["cloneable"] = 1
-		blood_data["blood_type"] = copytext(dna.blood_type,1,0)
+		blood_data["blood_type"] = dna.blood_type
 		blood_data["gender"] = gender
 		blood_data["real_name"] = real_name
 		blood_data["features"] = dna.features

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien.dm

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ Des: Removes all infected images from the alien.
 /mob/living/carbon/alien/proc/RemoveInfectionImages()
 	if (client)
 		for(var/image/I in client.images)
-			if(dd_hasprefix_case(I.icon_state, "infected"))
+			var/searchfor = "infected"
+			if(findtext(I.icon_state, searchfor, 1, length(searchfor) + 1))
 				qdel(I)
 	return
 

code/modules/mob/living/carbon/alien/special/alien_embryo.dm

@@ -135,5 +135,6 @@ Des: Removes all images from the mob infected by this embryo
 	for(var/mob/living/carbon/alien/alien in GLOB.player_list)
 		if(alien.client)
 			for(var/image/I in alien.client.images)
-				if(dd_hasprefix_case(I.icon_state, "infected") && I.loc == C)
+				var/searchfor = "infected"
+				if(I.loc == owner && findtext(I.icon_state, searchfor, 1, length(searchfor) + 1))
 					qdel(I)

code/modules/mob/living/emote.dm

@@ -411,17 +411,10 @@
 	message = null
 
 /datum/emote/living/custom/proc/check_invalid(mob/user, input)
-	. = TRUE
-	if(copytext(input,1,5) == "says")
+	if(stop_bad_mime.Find(input, 1, 1))
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Invalid emote.</span>")
-	else if(copytext(input,1,9) == "exclaims")
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Invalid emote.</span>")
-	else if(copytext(input,1,6) == "yells")
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Invalid emote.</span>")
-	else if(copytext(input,1,5) == "asks")
-		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>Invalid emote.</span>")
-	else
-		. = FALSE
+		return TRUE
+	return FALSE
 
 /datum/emote/living/custom/run_emote(mob/user, params, type_override = null)
 	if(jobban_isbanned(user, "emote"))
@@ -433,7 +426,7 @@
 		to_chat(user, "You cannot send IC messages (muted).")
 		return FALSE
 	else if(!params)
-		var/custom_emote = copytext(sanitize(input("Choose an emote to display.") as message|null), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN) //CIT CHANGE - expands emote textbox
+		var/custom_emote = stripped_multiline_input("Choose an emote to display.", "Custom Emote", null, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
 		if(custom_emote && !check_invalid(user, custom_emote))
 			var/type = input("Is this a visible or hearable emote?") as null|anything in list("Visible", "Hearable")
 			switch(type)

code/modules/mob/living/say.dm

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	var/static/list/one_character_prefix = list(MODE_HEADSET = TRUE, MODE_ROBOT = TRUE, MODE_WHISPER = TRUE)
 
 	if(sanitize)
-		message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
+		message = trim(copytext_char(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	if(!message || message == "")
 		return
 
@@ -99,11 +99,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	var/in_critical = InCritical()
 
 	if(one_character_prefix[message_mode])
-		message = copytext(message, 2)
+		message = copytext_char(message, 2)
 	else if(message_mode || saymode)
-		message = copytext(message, 3)
-	if(findtext(message, " ", 1, 2))
-		message = copytext(message, 2)
+		message = copytext_char(message, 3)
+	message = trim_left(message)
 
 	if(message_mode == MODE_ADMIN)
 		if(client)
@@ -135,11 +134,10 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 		// No, you cannot speak in xenocommon just because you know the key
 		if(can_speak_in_language(message_language))
 			language = message_language
-		message = copytext(message, 3)
+		message = copytext_char(message, 3)
 
 		// Trim the space if they said ",0 I LOVE LANGUAGES"
-		if(findtext(message, " ", 1, 2))
-			message = copytext(message, 2)
+		message = trim_left(message)
 
 	if(!language)
 		language = get_default_language()
@@ -167,8 +165,8 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 		if(fullcrit)
 			var/health_diff = round(-HEALTH_THRESHOLD_DEAD + health)
 			// If we cut our message short, abruptly end it with a-..
-			var/message_len = length(message)
-			message = copytext(message, 1, health_diff) + "[message_len > health_diff ? "-.." : "..."]"
+			var/message_len = length_char(message)
+			message = copytext_char(message, 1, health_diff) + "[message_len > health_diff ? "-.." : "..."]"
 			message = Ellipsis(message, 10, 1)
 			message_mode = MODE_WHISPER_CRIT
 			succumbed = TRUE
@@ -326,13 +324,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(department_radio_keys, list(
 	return 1
 
 /mob/living/proc/get_key(message)
-	var/key = copytext(message, 1, 2)
+	var/key = message[1]
 	if(key in GLOB.department_radio_prefixes)
-		return lowertext(copytext(message, 2, 3))
+		return lowertext(message[1 + length(key)])
 
 /mob/living/proc/get_message_language(message)
-	if(copytext(message, 1, 2) == ",")
-		var/key = copytext(message, 2, 3)
+	if(message[1] == ",")
+		var/key = message[1 + length(message[1])]
 		for(var/ld in GLOB.all_languages)
 			var/datum/language/LD = ld
 			if(initial(LD.key) == key)