WowLua 

That makes perfect sense, I hadn't used WowLua for a while, but I didn't remember seeing this curious behavior before. It's a fairly minor inconvenience, especially since I can undo things easily.

Thanks again for such a great tool!

I'm have ruRU client and can't use english spell names, but localised names not work 8(

I think it's not an issue with WowLua, rather - with WoW itself.
WoW UI is not unicode-friendly
While printing in chat is done in unicode, writing unicode messages is not possible... this is the issue with spell names when you are to enter them in Lua editor window. They plainly not work. The only possibility is to use spell ID's, but i'm not sure about notation.

Just installed WowLua. In game when I type /lua, I get this error message:

Message: Interface\AddOns\WowLua\WowLua.lua:843: WowLuaFrameEditBoxLineTest:SetText(): Font not set
Time: 10/14/09 18:31:17
Count: 1
Stack: [string "Interface\FrameXML\BasicControls.xml:<Scrip..."]:18: in function <[string "Interface\FrameXML\BasicControls.xml:<Scrip..."]:4>
(tail call): ?
[C]: ?
[C]: in function `SetText'
Interface\AddOns\WowLua\WowLua.lua:843: in function `UpdateLineNums'
[string "*:OnCursorChanged"]:4: in function <[string "*:OnCursorChanged"]:1>

Locals:

The wowlua window opens, but all buttons are green textures. Any help appreciated thx.

That was it. Don't know how but first download didn't have font or image folder. Must have been corrupted or incomplete or ??? working fine now. Appreciate quick response.

Is there a way to copy the contents of the output frame to the windows clipboard?

I was given a lua script to help me generate a list of bag and bank items by item name so that I can do some offline research as to whether or not I need to continue to keep the item or can safely destroy it to free up dwindling inventory space. A link to the official WoW forum post is included below for any one interested in the actual script itself. I know you can't write the information directly to a file due to the sandbox restrictions of WoW. I also know that WoW can interact with the windows clipboard as I have used the windows copy/paste functions to paste text form a web page into a macro and vice versa. So I though that if there was a way to copy the WoWLua output to the windows clipboard buffer I could use it to extract the data in game otherwise I would need an offline Lua interpreter as has been suggested the thread copied below.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...66019453&sid=1

Thanks for the quick reply. I figured that there had to be a reason why the text in the output window was not selectable. It would be a nice feature for a future release whenever you can fit it in.

As much as I hate to admit it my programing/scripting skills have gone a little soft, okay alot soft. The Lua script I was given essentially parses the information in an existing saved variables file for the Possessions addon. So I suppose it would not be too hard to write my own addon that collects just the information I am really interested in, each item's name, then saves that off to a saved variables file. Time to dust of the cobwebs and break out the WD-40 to get the old gears moving again.

Thanks again.

Hi,

I've recently bought the World of Warcraft Programming book and installed the Wowlua addon. However I am quiet puzzled on how to use this addon.

I understand that it allows me to write files in game, but where exactly are these files stored? Does this addon allow me to create the addon in game? When I write a new .xml file in game I cannot save it wherever I want it. How can I make addon files then? Also I cannot open any files that were not created in game.

Or is the addon only to be used as an interpretor, to test bits and pieces of code?

I've been reading the chapters of the book over and over but it's not quiet clear to me how I can use this addon.

That was indeed a good explanation, thank you very much!