Simple 9patch library for LÖVE

local patchy = require "patchy"
function love.load()
	-- load up the 9patch image
	button = patchy.load("button.9.png")
end
function love.draw()
	-- draw button, store returned content box (defined by 9patch padding)
	-- you can also access the content box by calling button:get_content_box()
	love.graphics.setColor(255, 255, 255, 255)
	local cx, cy, cw, ch = button:draw(50, 50, 150, 50)
	-- ...and draw some text over it, or whatever else you might want to do!
	love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 0, 255)
	love.graphics.printf("Hello World", cx, cy, cw, "center")
end

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2015 Pablo Mayobre, Colby Klein, Landon Manning

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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