From 7e8f8cff18c4e0bcef4d0fca7bf89b012ded1158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim I Hely <tim@axolstudio.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:04:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update `FlxBitmapText.hx` to make `appendGlyphs` work

---
 flixel/text/FlxBitmapText.hx | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/flixel/text/FlxBitmapText.hx b/flixel/text/FlxBitmapText.hx
index 977d028b58..34ae9e3f69 100644
--- a/flixel/text/FlxBitmapText.hx
+++ b/flixel/text/FlxBitmapText.hx
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ class FlxBitmapText extends FlxSprite
 
 	function set_text(value:String):String
 	{
+		value = parseExtraGlyphs(value);
 		if (value != text)
 		{
 			text = value;
@@ -579,6 +580,19 @@ class FlxBitmapText extends FlxSprite
 		return value;
 	}
 
+	function parseExtraGlyphs(?value:String = ""):String
+	{
+		var regex:EReg = new EReg("{{([a-zA-Z0-9 ]+)}}", "g");
+		
+		return regex.map(value, (r) ->
+		{
+			var unicode:String = font.lookupTable.get(r.matched(1));
+			if (unicode == null)
+				unicode = "!";
+			return unicode;
+		});
+	}
+
 	function updateText():Void
 	{
 		var tmp:String = (autoUpperCase) ? text.toUpperCase() : text;