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Elephant

Version: 3.7.2

by: pb_ee1 [More]

"Shoot... what did he say again? I just got disconnected."
"Didn't that guy already loot that rare item 10 minutes ago?"
"I really wish I could remember the name of the item linked on the guild chat yesterday at 9:00 PM."
...

Already been in one of these situations? Don't be annoyed anymore, here is the solution!

Solution to chat loss annoyance

Elephant logs the chat for you in the background. It saves the WHISPER & BATTLE.NET, RAID, INSTANCE & BATTLEGROUND, PARTY, GUILD, SAY, YELL and OFFICER chats separately, but also all general chats (General, Trade, LocalDefense, ...), custom chats you are currently on, achievements, loots and finally system messages (auctions, rolls, server going down, ...). You can easily go through all these logs, thanks to a straightforward interface displaying all the access buttons on the right side of the main window. You can access the options of the addon by typing /elephant and also bind a key to pop up the addon.

Elephant gives you the ability to copy up to 100,000 (yes, 100k) characers of logs to another application. A BBCode feature is even included, letting you copy/paste a chat with colors and links to an item database in a very quick and simple way to your favorite forum.

This is THE addon that you should install if you want to never forget what somebody told you in game. Be a pro of managing hell tells, go peacefully AFK for a few minutes, or be an awesome role player. Elephant is also perfectly designed for Guild Leaders, Officers and Raid Leaders particularly because it saves the chats even when you get disconnected.

Main features
* Logs the chats in the background, with a limit of 10,000 lines for each chat (Blizzard's default is 161 lines for everything).
* Saves the logs when you log out or get disconnected.
* Display the chats with timestamps, or using your Prat settings if you have it installed.
* Copy the chat and paste it in other applications (BBCode supported!), up to 100,000 characters.
* Save the chat and combat log in two different files on your computer (using the default Blizzard logging system).

Other features
* Use filters to avoid logging some of the custom channels you join.
* Enable/disable logging for each chat separately.
* Item links in logs are displayed in their proper color and are clickable.
* Player names in the main window are clickable.
* ...and much more!

Community
Report an issue (bug & suggestions): https://www.wowace.com/projects/elephant/issues

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r296 | [email protected] | 2016-11-24 14:37:50 -0600 (Thu, 24 Nov 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Broker.lua
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Options.lua
M /trunk/Structure.lua

Better defaults for chat logs. Also, fixed the minimap icon not showing immediately after a configuration reset.
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r294 | [email protected] | 2016-11-24 04:24:49 -0600 (Thu, 24 Nov 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Interface.lua

Fixing incorrect relocation of ElephantButton when right-clicking
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r292 | [email protected] | 2016-11-24 04:20:11 -0600 (Thu, 24 Nov 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Elephant.xml
M /trunk/Interface.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Options.lua

Adding a way to customize the number of characters shown in the copy window, up to a max of 100,000. This should enable users to copy much larger portions of the logs without having to copy/paste several times.
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r288 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 04:38:39 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.5.1 (from /trunk:287)

Tagging as 3.5.1
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r287 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 04:38:13 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-ruRU.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhCN.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua

Updating locales.
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r286 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 03:43:52 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.5.0 (from /trunk:285)

Tagging as 3.5.0
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r284 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 03:42:15 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.toc

- Fixed the Elephant chat button and moved it back where it belongs; - Added a back button on the copy window to go back to Elephant (instead of having to always close it then reopen it); - Added a tooltip on the BB/text button to warn users that the log length is different for BBCode
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r283 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 03:41:38 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.toc

- Increased the amount of lines shown in the plain text copy window to 500, up from 150; - Increased the amount of lines shown in the BBCode copy window to 250, up from 150
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r282 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-31 03:30:47 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Elephant-Button.xml
M /trunk/Elephant-Copy.xml
M /trunk/Interface.lua

- Now showing which type of log (plain / BBCode) is shown in the copy window.
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r281 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-26 08:22:20 +0000 (Wed, 26 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.4.8 (from /trunk:280)

Tagging as 3.4.8
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r280 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-26 08:20:41 +0000 (Wed, 26 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Structure.lua

redispay --> redisplay, and also updated the TOC in the previous commit :P
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r279 | pb_ee1 | 2016-10-26 08:19:44 +0000 (Wed, 26 Oct 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.toc
M /trunk/Elephant.xml

Fixing ScrollingMessageFrame
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r276 | pb_ee1 | 2016-07-24 00:08:09 +0000 (Sun, 24 Jul 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.4.6 (from /trunk:275)

Tagging as 3.4.6
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r275 | pb_ee1 | 2016-07-24 00:05:49 +0000 (Sun, 24 Jul 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.xml

Fixing wrong UI and updating one icon
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r273 | pb_ee1 | 2016-07-23 22:36:16 +0000 (Sat, 23 Jul 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.toc

New TOC
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r272 | pb_ee1 | 2016-07-23 22:35:12 +0000 (Sat, 23 Jul 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.xml
D /trunk/Icons

New icons for the chat tabs
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r271 | pb_ee1 | 2016-07-23 20:40:06 +0000 (Sat, 23 Jul 2016) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Event.lua
M /trunk/Interface.lua

Fixed long lasting issue with channel not found
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r241 | pb_ee1 | 2013-06-16 02:57:12 +0000 (Sun, 16 Jun 2013) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.3.2 (from /trunk:240)

Tagging as 3.3.2
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r239 | pb_ee1 | 2013-03-07 04:28:16 +0000 (Thu, 07 Mar 2013) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.3.1 (from /trunk:238)

Tagging as 3.3.1
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r237 | pb_ee1 | 2013-03-07 04:17:59 +0000 (Thu, 07 Mar 2013) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua

Fixing erroneous '=='
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r236 | pb_ee1 | 2012-12-17 05:01:16 +0000 (Mon, 17 Dec 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.3 (from /trunk:235)

Tagging as 3.3
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r235 | pb_ee1 | 2012-12-17 04:49:29 +0000 (Mon, 17 Dec 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Core.lua
M /trunk/Elephant.xml
M /trunk/Event.lua
A /trunk/Icons
A /trunk/Icons/Instance.tga
A /trunk/Icons/Party.tga
A /trunk/Icons/Raid.tga
A /trunk/Icons/Whisper.tga
M /trunk/Interface.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-deDE.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-enUS.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-frFR.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-ruRU.lua
M /trunk/Locales/Locale-zhTW.lua

Now handling INSTANCE chats. New icons for right-side menu.
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r234 | pb_ee1 | 2012-12-16 06:30:30 +0000 (Sun, 16 Dec 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Elephant.toc

Updated TOC version

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r225 | pb_ee1 | 2012-03-27 03:08:24 +0000 (Tue, 27 Mar 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
A /tags/3.1.2.1 (from /trunk:224)

Tagging as 3.1.2.1
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r224 | pb_ee1 | 2012-03-27 03:07:35 +0000 (Tue, 27 Mar 2012) | 1 line
Changed paths:
M /trunk/Bindings.xml
M /trunk/Core.lua

- fixing toggle binding not always showing in key bindings
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3.1.0 (TOC 40000)
- Now using Ace3! Woo!
- Class colors in logs.
- Supports last version of Prat.
- Enhanced, more comprehensible and better documented options.
- New icon.
- Added a minimap icon (you can disable it in options).

Beta 2.9.5 (TOC 30300)
- Fixing party leader messages not being logged
- A few stability fixes.
- Fixing missing local variable.
- TOC Update
- Removing Ace2 in title
- Fixing custom channel colors.

Beta 2.5.7 (TOC 30100)
- Fixing custom channel colors.
- A few stability fixes, Elephant *should* not display any error when having more than 6 channels in your chat window.

Beta 2.5.6 (TOC 30100)
- Removing Ace2 in title, cause we don't care anyway.

Beta 2.5.5 (TOC 30000)
- The message catchers button will be disabled when needed.
- Adding looking for group channel to General Chats.
- Prevent too much processing when scrolling before the start of the log or after its end.
- Adding "Force timestamps" option, used to force timestamps in logs when using Prat.
- New color for timestamps.
- Fixing Prat enabling/disabling bug.
- Adding help message for moving the window.
- Nicer copy window.
- Adding BBCode support into Copy Window (= copy/paste directly into a forum!).

Beta 2.5.4 (TOC 30000)
- Channel logs should now be the same color than the ones chosed by the user.
- New icons for the chats.
- Headers are no more created at login when no message has been received in the log since the last header ; header timestamp is however saved.
- New scroll buttons graphics.
- Copyframe now uses roth.

Archived Files (15)

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
Elephant	3.5.1	163kB	pb_ee1	10-30-16 10:52 PM
Elephant	3.5.0	162kB	pb_ee1	10-30-16 10:00 PM
Elephant	3.4.8	161kB	pb_ee1	10-26-16 12:22 PM
Elephant	3.4.6	161kB	pb_ee1	07-23-16 06:11 PM
Elephant	3.4.1	167kB	pb_ee1	01-23-15 04:03 AM
Elephant	3.3.2	169kB	pb_ee1	06-29-13 02:51 PM
Elephant	3.3.1	165kB	pb_ee1	03-08-13 09:37 PM
Elephant	3.3	166kB	pb_ee1	12-28-12 03:53 AM
Elephant	3.1.2.1	158kB	pb_ee1	03-28-12 03:08 PM
Elephant	3.1.0	161kB	pb_ee1	11-02-10 02:52 PM
Elephant	2.9.5-beta	190kB	pb_ee1	12-14-09 09:56 AM
Elephant	2.5.7-beta	190kB	pb_ee1	05-18-09 02:32 AM
Elephant	2.5.6-beta	194kB	pb_ee1	05-03-09 11:43 AM
Elephant	2.5.5-beta	194kB	pb_ee1	01-11-09 01:15 PM
Elephant	2.5.4-beta	192kB	pb_ee1	11-06-08 11:56 AM

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09-06-07, 03:22 AM
Osborn A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 2 Uploads: 0	combat log hallo, thank you for your addon, its very nice. can you plz support the ace addon SimpleCombatLog? Your Combat Log logs every default combat log event and i cant change this setting. osborn

09-18-07, 01:51 AM

pb_ee1

A Defias Bandit

Forum posts: 3

File comments: 20

Uploads: 4

Re: combat log

Originally posted by Osborn
hallo,

thank you for your addon, its very nice. can you plz support the ace addon SimpleCombatLog? Your Combat Log logs every default combat log event and i cant change this setting.

osborn

Hey Osborn, I'm surely going to do this, but I don't have any ETA at the moment. I'd also like to have this functionnality cause I use SimpleCombatLog too

08-06-08, 10:02 AM
Civrock A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 4 File comments: 53 Uploads: 0	Any chance of a WotLK compatibility update?

08-24-08, 08:51 AM
pb_ee1 A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 20 Uploads: 4	Just released today: http://www.wowinterface.com/download...o.php?id=10586

10-09-08, 12:10 AM
passionfly A Deviate Faerie Dragon Forum posts: 14 File comments: 31 Uploads: 0	Getting this error at login... Date: 2008-10-09 02:05:08 ID: 54 Error occured in: Global Count: 1 Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event-Handle.lua line 23: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) Debug: Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:303: TriggerEvent() Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:910: Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:903 It seems to work fine tho, just wonderin whether this is bad... Last edited by passionfly : 10-09-08 at 12:11 AM.

10-21-08, 05:40 AM
Auraka A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 78 Uploads: 0	Would there be a way to toggle it to save across all my toons? See the thing is, I have many alts, and sometimes need to switch mid conversation. So... yeah. That'd help a ton!

10-21-08, 11:45 PM
khurzog A Frostmaul Preserver Forum posts: 263 File comments: 199 Uploads: 0	this post is quite an abundant feature request, but i figure i might as well throw in my ideas. i just discovered elephant, like 30 minutes ago... and its amazing! i like it so much that i wish i could customize it down to be my chat frame. you see i like my chats tabbed out, and every time i make my own custom chat, things get extremely buggy. one of the things i hate the most is that when i lock my chat i completely lose my tabs :-X ive tried customchat, trinity chat, phanx, prat, chatter and more and have not been happy. something else im looking for is tab flashing so when im looking at my party chat, and someone says something guild id be alerted. so what id like to see is a way to resize elephant and streamline the look so it can serve as a chat frame, then the icons would function as tabs (with hopefully some sort of flashing) i know this basically changes the entire mod and its unlikely you want to do that, but from what ive seen from elephant, i would be amazing to use it in that capacity thanx again for this, of course ill use it however it comes __________________ Khurzog/Rubysoho/Goodwill/Outerspace/Untamed/Didimydoe/Lightweight/Brassmonk/Brandnew/Dontpush/Anesthesia/Sudoku/Cowchpotato

11-06-08, 11:46 AM
pb_ee1 A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 20 Uploads: 4	Thanks for your suggestions, Khurzog, you gave me at least one idea for the next release (I'll put one on Wowinterface today but not containing the idea I just got). I'm not pretty sure however i'll make Elephant resizable: the aim of this addon isn't to replace the chatframe but to be an useful addition to it. @ Auraka: You are not the first person to ask for this. I'll see if I'll implement this in Elephant. It's not as simple as it seems.

11-06-08, 12:38 PM

Civrock

A Murloc Raider

Forum posts: 4

File comments: 53

Uploads: 0

Code:

[2008/11/06 13:37:31-3092-x1]: Elephant-2.5\Core-Interface.lua:128: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)
Elephant-2.5\Core-Interface.lua:13: in function `ShowCurrentLog'
Elephant-2.5\Core-Interface.lua:7: in function `ChangeLog'
Elephant-2.5\FuBar-Dropdown.lua:26: in function `func'
Dewdrop-2.0-90320 (FuBar):732: in function <...erface\AddOns\FuBar\libs\Dewdrop-2.0\Dewdrop-2.0.lua:671>

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11-26-08, 12:07 AM
Crazytoo A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 1 File comments: 35 Uploads: 0	Date: 2008-11-25 21:46:44 ID: 4 Error occured in: Global Count: 3 Message: ..\AddOns\Elephant\Event-Handle.lua line 24: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) Debug: (tail call): ? Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:303: TriggerEvent() Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:910: Ace2\AceEvent-2.0\AceEvent-2.0.lua:903 AddOns: DebugLib, v5.1.DEV.130 Deformat, v1.0 $Revision: 3817 $ DewdropLib, v DrDamage, v1.6.0b Elephant, v2.5

01-12-09, 04:38 PM
affix A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 103 Uploads: 0	Any plan to include a text search feature? It'd be nice to be able to search your own logs for a string. Great addon! Last edited by affix : 01-12-09 at 04:39 PM.

01-31-09, 06:10 PM
nickyjean Premium Member Forum posts: 283 File comments: 117 Uploads: 0	I was wondering if there was a way to access the combat log. I like to look it every now and then. I can't tell if I'm just missing it or if it might be a feature you could add.

03-24-09, 10:54 AM

Everdreamer

A Kobold Labourer

Forum posts: 0

File comments: 25

Uploads: 0

The coloring of custom channels is wrong

The coloring of custom channels is wrong, for more information please check the documentation of API GetChannelList on WoWWiki

Here is my not-so-pretty fix (in Core-Interface.lua)

Code:

	else
		typeInfo = "CHANNEL1"
		
		local chlist = { GetChannelList() }
		local chindex,chname
		local t = {}
		for i,v in ipairs(chlist) do
			if math.fmod(i,2) == 1 then
				chindex = v
			else -- math.fmod(i,2) == 0
				chname = v
				t[chindex] = chname
			end
		end

		for k,v in pairs(t) do
			if string.lower(v) == string.lower(self.db.char.logs[self.db.char.currentlogindex].name) then
				typeInfo = "CHANNEL" .. k
				break
			end
		end

05-14-09, 06:53 AM

Nastarria

A Fallenroot Satyr

Forum posts: 27

File comments: 6

Uploads: 0

I really like this addon, but I seem to be having some issues.

1: dose this addon make a log readable outside of the game? if so, where can it be located? and dose it only log the channels You tell it to? (IE just guild and Officer channels.)

2: With the Copy, I couldn't copy the full days chat, even though it is under the line limit.

3: All the lines are done in 3 last time I looked... as in, everything would be tripled.

Bob look at that
Bob look at that
Bob look at that

... you get the idea...

I really love this addon, it helps... or would help me with being an officer in my guild...
Thanks.

__________________
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05-17-09, 10:40 AM
pb_ee1 A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 20 Uploads: 4	1: Just check you WoW/Logs folder. Everything should be there. 2: The copy window is also limited in size, since it is not able to contain an unlimited number of characters (UI limitation). So you'll have to copy everything in more than one step by scrolling into the logs and displaying the copy window each time. 3: D'oh. Never happened. Maybe an interference of another addon. Did you try to reset all settings just to see if it fixes the problem?

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