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Won't kill me to lose the ability to change them but just something else to throw out if we'll lose the ability to change default textures.

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You could write some code to scan all global symbols for Font objects, check if the current font is Friz Quadrata, and if it is, change it to something else.

That wouldn't be too tricky, and would run extremely quickly.

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Currently, if a player with no macros uses the CreateMacro command and then opens the MacroFrame, it gives a lua error stating that selectedMacro is nil and cannot be compared with a number. For some reason it seems that the MacroUI frame isn't properly setting the selectedMacro when it's initialized. I got around this issue by calling the MacroFrame_LoadUI() function and setting MacroFrame.selectedMacro myself, but I would prefer not to load the MacroFrame into memory every time my mod loads. Can you fix this?

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It's ChatFrame1 you should call it with, though it does appear that in 1.9 at least, SetFadeDuration is broken. Hopefully slouken spots these posts and can look into it.

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At the moment there doesn't appear to be a way to get or set the "alphaMode" of a texture from lua. It would be nice to have methods for this epsecially with the new dynamic frames. This could be an issue for dynamicly created buttons particularly.

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By "in addition to" do you mean it's either-or as in:

Button:SetNormalTexture("Interface\\....");
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Button:SetNormalTexture(MyNormalTexture);

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I know this gets requested alot, but it'd save a lot of fussing around in macros and the same question every few days, can we get an OnSelf flag added to CastSpellByName, like the one for UseAction?

i.e.

CastSpellByName("spell name"); -- Normal
CastSpellByName("spell name", 1); -- On self

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Will this also affect Data/FrameXML, and the Blizzard_* addons?

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And what would happen if someone tries to package a custom Fonts.xml into the MPQ?

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And any chance of a
## SavedVariablesPerRealm:
which saves to WTF/Account/<account>/<realm>/SavedVariables?

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With the addition of Texture and FontString Set and GetParent methods, does this mean that Frame:GetChildren() will now include them in the table it returns?

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If not, would it be possible to have some other way to determine what frame a texture or fontstring is related to?

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This may be far too abstract a question to be useful, but is there a lua-side repository of all of the lua-ized frame objects, I'd imagine there has to be something along those lines since GetParent knows where to find the appropriate parent object. If such a beast exists, theoretically some kind of GetNextFrame(prevFrame) method could allow for the kind of analysis that Tem's proposing (input of nil means return first frame, returns nil if input was the last frame, just like the table next method).

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Maybe a brief explanation of what I'm trying to accomplish will clear this up. I'm trying to present a list of frames similar to Firefox's DOM Inspector.

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One thing I would very much like is a GetAnchorPoint() function to find out where a frame is currently anchored (BOTTOMLEFT, TOP, etc.)

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Is it the same setting as controlled by alphaMode attribute of the texture element in XML?

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Could someone list the acceptable values for "mode", and what they do? The only value for alphaMode in Blizzard files seems to be "ADD"

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One thing I would very much like is a GetAnchorPoint() function to find out where a frame is currently anchored (BOTTOMLEFT, TOP, etc.)

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Is it the same setting as controlled by alphaMode attribute of the texture element in XML?

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Could someone list the acceptable values for "mode", and what they do? The only value for alphaMode in Blizzard files seems to be "ADD"

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I have to ask, are you sitting at your desk just thinking of ways to make my task easier? It sure seems that way :)

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Another Question: If I did Button:GetRegions() and called GetObjectType on all the texture elements it returned, would I be able to tell which was the NormalTexture, HighlightTexture, ect... ? Similarly, how do the NormalText, HighlightText, ect... objects work? Are they all the same object or are they very similar to the texture elements?

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Should I document the old functions as deprecated in favor of the new ones?

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Anyway, i'm content with what we have so far, which is that:

1) You should use the 'Object' versions if you want something that works with all widget types (Frames, or Regions)
2) For Frames the two versions are functionally identical.

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Does GetNormalTexture return an actual texture object or does it have the same returns as Texture:GetTexture? (There doesn't seem to be any reference to such a method even existing... Maybe you made it and didn't tell us about it?)

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Would there also be methods to query stuff like the blend mode? I could see that being useful for implementing object-copy style templating in lua.

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I would find it more useful for it to return the Texture object. Once I had the texture object I could then call all the nice Texture methods you have for us to find out anything I need to know.

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Is that only applicable for named textures?

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Is this actually SetAllPoints("frame") like the method on exist frames, or is this a new version (and is frame optional, defaulting to parent?)

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Not that I really have a problem in using any of the work-arounds, it still puzzles me, why this function is "static referenced".

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Since 'all the cool kids are doing it' by replacing files, can we get

Minimap:SetAlphaTexture(path)

To set the texture from which the minimap's alpha is obtained?

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While we're getting dynamically-created frames can we also get a way to create additional keybindings without having to edit Bindings.xml?

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Slouken - how much work would it to be to make it so that the event / other dispatchers pass parameters when calling the handler scripts, so that we'd get:

OnEvent(this, event, arg1, arg2, ...)
OnLoad(this)
OnShow(this)
OnHide(this)
OnUpdate(this, elapsed)

etc. ?

That would let those of us who write very OO code make those handlers actual methods, without having to do things like

<OnLoad>this:OnLoad()</OnLoad>

without sacrificing backward compatibility with the current globals-based approach?

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I'm not sure if that's doable either, but if the globals were still set the way they are now, code written in On* blocks could stay as it is today, and code that wishes to take advantage of parameters in the XML could call this:SetScript in the OnLoad block.

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Small bug: Turning on the self-cast toggle in the UseAction function causes a UI error, "Your main hand is empty", when you try to cast a weapon enchant. Windfury is action ID 27 for me and I tested it with some macros:

/script UseAction(27); -- works
/script UseAction(27, 1); -- works
/script UseAction(27, nil, 1); -- says my main hand's empty
/script UseAction(27, 1, 1); -- says my main hand's empty

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Does the texture still change to the jolly green square if the file wasn't found?

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EDIT: Also, does Font:SetFont() do the check as well?

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Does that mean all of the SetFontObject calls have this return as well?

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What happens with a font object if the file is bad? Do NONE of the properties stick? Or does everything BUT the font path stick?

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With a FontString, if I specify file, size, and flags, and the file is bad, is it all or nothing? or do size and flags always stick?

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I don't meant to nitpick here, but it's a matter of some consequence. It's a conflict with the macro id number not the name. So, naming all your macros uniquely is *not* a workaround. Your per-character macros can still be deleted.

I believe either using global macros only or using per-character macros only is a safe workaround. It would be best to back up your macros anyway, in case I'm wrong.

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I think you and Slouken are referring to different issues. He fixed the issue where if you have a macro named "Maul" on your actionbar, and you learn a new rank of Maul, then macro on the button is replaced with the new version of Maul.. removing the macro entirely from the buton.

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Cool. ^_^

From 1.9 patch notes:


Sorry to post on this again, but I'd rather be on the safe side. =] Assuming these are the correct id spaces, account-wide macros may need to be remapped as well. Some of my existing account-wide macros have IDs as large as 33.

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Seeing how FramXML will no longer be overwriteable... can we please Please PLEASE have an option to enable doskey style settings on the chat frame? i.e. left and right arrow keys move the cursor (without holding alt) and forward/back show previous lines? That would be amazing...

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Totally not a big deal but thought I'd pass along in case it merits a fix: On 1.10 PTR, it appears that the minimap mask texture is applied after PLAYER_ENTERING_WORLD.

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The minimap methods are awesome. Thanks for adding those!

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Because of the removal of hooking into movement functions, could we at least get a couple of functions to let us know if the player is moving or swimming?

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Another Dynamic Frame related request:
Can we get a CreateScrollFrame and a SetScrollChild/GetScrollChild so we can create dynamic scrolling frames?

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So I ask that you give us the last piece to the puzzle here. Honestly I don't see what harm can come of giving us these two bits of information. If you've got a concern by all means tell us, but in the end we're already 2/3 of the way there.

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In case you didn't catch this thread, Slouken: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-interface-customization&t=332783

On test, RunBinding on movement bindings is possible from macros, ie /script RunBinding("JUMP")

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On 1.10 it appears the wraparound bug in multiline edit boxes is back. Quick test: log in and go to macro edit window and type:

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwetc

into the macro window. It ends in ... and lines after don't display.

(btw the dynamic frames are awesome)

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