-- concatenate a space to avoid the text being parsed as valve string
local function safeText(text)
	return string.match(text, "^#([a-zA-Z_]+)$") and text .. " " or text
end

DarkRP.deLocalise = safeText

function draw.DrawNonParsedText(text, font, x, y, color, xAlign)
	return draw.DrawText(safeText(text), font, x, y, color, xAlign)
end

function draw.DrawNonParsedSimpleText(text, font, x, y, color, xAlign, yAlign)
	return draw.SimpleText(safeText(text), font, x, y, color, xAlign, yAlign)
end

function draw.DrawNonParsedSimpleTextOutlined(text, font, x, y, color, xAlign, yAlign, outlineWidth, outlineColor)
	return draw.SimpleTextOutlined(safeText(text), font, x, y, color, xAlign, yAlign, outlineWidth, outlineColor)
end

function surface.DrawNonParsedText(text)
	return surface.DrawText(safeText(text))
end

function chat.AddNonParsedText(...)
	local tbl = {...}
	for i = 2, #tbl, 2 do
		tbl[i] = safeText(tbl[i])
	end
	return chat.AddText(unpack(tbl))
end