fix: /plot info escapes MiniMessage colors #3911

[Leviaria]

Overview

#3911 Fix MiniMessage formatting being escaped in /plot info command

Description

Fixed an issue where MiniMessage formatting in plot flags (greeting, farewell, description, plot-title) was being displayed as escaped/literal text in the /plot info command instead of being properly rendered with formatting.

Problem: When setting flags with MiniMessage formatting like:

/plot flag set greeting <rainbow>Welcome to my plot</rainbow>

The /plot info command would display:

Flags: greeting: <rainbow>Welcome to my plot

Instead of showing the text with proper rainbow formatting.

Root Cause: The flag display logic in Plot.java was using Component.text() for all flag values, which treats MiniMessage markup as literal text instead of parsing it as formatting.

Solution:

1. Added isMiniMessageFlag() method in CaptionUtility.java to identify flags that should be parsed as MiniMessage (greeting, farewell, description, plot-title)
2. Enhanced flag display logic in Plot.java to conditionally parse MiniMessage flags using MINI_MESSAGE.deserialize() while keeping other flags as plain text
3. Added error handling with fallback to plain text if MiniMessage parsing fails

Benefits:

• ✅ MiniMessage flags now display with proper formatting in /plot info
• ✅ Non-MiniMessage flags continue to work exactly as before
• ✅ Robust error handling prevents crashes from malformed MiniMessage
• ✅ Backward compatibility maintained

Test Cases:

• /plot flag set greeting <rainbow>Welcome!</rainbow> → displays with rainbow formatting
• /p flag set greeting <gradient:red:blue>Cool plot</gradient> → displays with correct formatting

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[SirYwell]

Hm, this might be a conflict of interests. An admin might want to see e.g., hyperlinks, clickable commands, etc. that are part of the message.

[Leviaria]

Hm, this might be a conflict of interests. An admin might want to see e.g., hyperlinks, clickable commands, etc. that are part of the message.

I can add -raw as well, no problem — but I’d open that as a separate enhancement, since this issue is mainly about fixing the 'bug', right? Or did I get that wrong?

[dordsor21]

I can add -raw as well, no problem — but I’d open that as a separate enhancement, since this issue is mainly about fixing the 'bug', right? Or did I get that wrong?

It's probably best to add the option in this PR, as the old behaviour is effectively established now, so we should continue to support it

[Leviaria]

Like this?

[dordsor21]

FWIW I'd really recommend learning how to use git... It'll make everything a lot easier than copy-pasting files into GitHub from (ngl what I assume to be vibe-coded) local changes.

Otherwise, surely it's easier to just add an overload to the Plot#format method and add a new boolean for rawOutput than using metadata (which just feels janky)