AutoText is an addon for managing whispers, tells and other messages that you send frequently.
You can use it for strats, raid assignments, vent info and many other things.
Each message can be assigned to a category to let you group up messages in whatever way you like. Examples might include Officer, Raid, General, etc. The category is used to group related messages in the configuration UI and in the LibDataBroker tooltip.
The following slash commands are available: Slash Commands
Code:
/autotext Pops up the configuration screen used to create and
manage messages
/at Same as /autotext
/atsay name Sends the message with the given shortcut name
/atlist Lists all configured messages
Message Targets
Each message can be configured to be sent to one of many different
targets:
Target& Equivalent WoW Slash Command
Code:
SAY /say
WHISPER /w (will popup a dialog asking for the target of the whisper)
YELL /y
PARTY /p
GUILD /g
OFFICER /o
RAID /ra
RAID_WARNING /rw
BATTLEGROUND /bg
REPLY /r (will reply to the last person who sent you a whisper)
TARGET Sends the message to your current target
GROUP Automatically determines the correct group (Battleground, Raid or Party)
Token substitution
In the message text, you can use a special token and the addon will replace it with the appropriate
text. The format of the token is:
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r46 | quaiche | 2008-12-22 13:31:47 -0700 (Mon, 22 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Added type attribute to LDB object to be spec-compliant.
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r45 | quaiche | 2008-12-04 13:33:51 -0700 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
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r36 | quaiche | 2008-10-03 10:02:28 -0600 (Fri, 03 Oct 2008) | 1 line
Removed XML comment from the top of Libs.xml
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r35 | quaiche | 2008-10-03 10:01:36 -0600 (Fri, 03 Oct 2008) | 1 line
Updated TOC and Author fields
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r33 | quaiche | 2008-09-30 23:55:32 -0600 (Tue, 30 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Added delayed LOD support
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r29 | quaiche | 2008-09-02 01:08:33 -0600 (Tue, 02 Sep 2008) | 1 line
Just a little cleanup and housecleaning.
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r27 | quaiche | 2008-08-31 15:42:12 -0600 (Sun, 31 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Updated author name to be consistent with my other addons
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r25 | quaiche | 2008-08-22 18:50:01 -0600 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008) | 3 lines
Added LibDataBroker support
Removed direct FuBar support
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r24 | quaiche | 2008-08-22 14:30:29 -0600 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added LibFuBar-3.0 to OptionalDeps in toc
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r22 | quaiche | 2008-08-19 11:40:28 -0600 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added missing FuBar icon
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r21 | quaiche | 2008-08-19 11:32:58 -0600 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Finished repository stuff to remove separate FuBar addon
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r20 | quaiche | 2008-08-19 11:29:32 -0600 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Deleted separate FuBar addon
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r19 | quaiche | 2008-08-19 11:28:44 -0600 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Merged FuBar code back into main addon core.
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r18 | quaiche | 2008-08-17 13:52:45 -0600 (Sun, 17 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added project icon and excluded in pkgmeta
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r16 | quaiche | 2008-08-17 01:16:09 -0600 (Sun, 17 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Fixed a couple of bugs in the FuBar module
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r15 | quaiche | 2008-08-16 19:30:12 -0600 (Sat, 16 Aug 2008) | 2 lines
More work getting the FuBar plugin extracted and packaged correctly
Refactored the main addon and the FuBar plugin into two addons
Updated .pkgmeta to move the addons around right in the package
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r13 | quaiche | 2008-08-16 18:24:07 -0600 (Sat, 16 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added SayMessage to public API for external FuBar support
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r10 | quaiche | 2008-08-15 21:51:56 -0600 (Fri, 15 Aug 2008) | 2 lines
Added support for Battleground in the GROUP pseudo-target
Added license information in preparation for publishing
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r7 | quaiche | 2008-08-11 09:46:07 -0600 (Mon, 11 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Minor tweaks for spacing in category names
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r6 | quaiche | 2008-08-10 01:56:33 -0600 (Sun, 10 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Changed so add is by name, not shortcut.
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r5 | quaiche | 2008-08-09 20:05:42 -0600 (Sat, 09 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Just about ready for V1. Some minor usability tweaks to work out. Need to decide if I need a better UI for commands. (Buttons? FuBar?)
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r4 | quaiche | 2008-08-09 16:24:46 -0600 (Sat, 09 Aug 2008) | 1 line
First Ace3 version. Still needs the FuBar plugin.
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r3 | quaiche | 2008-08-08 16:19:29 -0600 (Fri, 08 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added old AutoText files.
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r2 | quaiche | 2008-08-08 15:40:05 -0600 (Fri, 08 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Added readme file
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r1 | root | 2008-08-08 15:33:00 -0600 (Fri, 08 Aug 2008) | 1 line
Originally posted by celebros This is caused because Docking Station is being a stickler about the 'type' key in the LDB Data Object. I've gotten autotext to show up for me, but I've hacked a default value into the latest version of DockingStation.
You might make sure that the 'type' key is set to 'data source' when you create the LDB data object.
Actually, mine is set to "launcher" which is valid per the LDB spec. Check your AutoText-LDB.lua file to see if you see that there.
Originally posted by PProvost Interesting. I've tried two or three different LDB hosts and not had any issues. Perhaps it is Docking Station?
This is caused because Docking Station is being a stickler about the 'type' key in the LDB Data Object. I've gotten autotext to show up for me, but I've hacked a default value into the latest version of DockingStation.
You might make sure that the 'type' key is set to 'data source' when you create the LDB data object.
Originally posted by xtoq When oh when will custom channel and special system channel support be coming? (Trade, LFG, GuildRecruit, etc) This is the only reason I'm still using AnnounceIt, even though it has a slew of problems, because I can use it for my guild recruitment message. Love this addon though, even if I do have to run two to get the functionality I need. Great work, thanks so much.
When oh when will custom channel and special system channel support be coming? (Trade, LFG, GuildRecruit, etc) This is the only reason I'm still using AnnounceIt, even though it has a slew of problems, because I can use it for my guild recruitment message. Love this addon though, even if I do have to run two to get the functionality I need. Great work, thanks so much.
I guess I got bored the other day, and decided to hack in support for substituting unit names into the texts.
First I was going to code something like '%t' for target, '%n' for name, etc.
But that wasn't very flexible considering all the different unit names the WoW API can resolve. So instead, I used a syntax such as '${unitid}' where 'unitid' is a UnitID as defined by this article: http://www.wowwiki.com/UnitId
So for example if I want my target name to appear in the text I can use ${target}, or if I want the target of my target I can do ${targettarget}.
Party and Raid members can be used such as ${party1} or ${raid10}.
I guess that a meta-group form could be added so that you could do ${groupX} so that it would auto-distinguish.
I'm PM'ing the changes to PProvost, in case he wants to include them.
Originally posted by Craker
I can go in to the options just fine and setup all my messages and fire them from there using the test button. But when I go to mouse over the icon in the LDB it will show the pop up just once and then cannot be shown again until restarting the game (I can still fire from the test button in the options after this happens).
Thanks. A fellow guildie reported this the other day. I will dig into it tonight.
I was very excited to hear about this addon as it sounds like a great idea and could be very helpful.
I was due to make the switch to a data broker anyway so with a clean interface folder (no other addons) I installed a data broker and Auto Text and had quite a few troubles getting it to work.
I can go in to the options just fine and setup all my messages and fire them from there using the test button. But when I go to mouse over the icon in the LDB it will show the pop up just once and then cannot be shown again until restarting the game (I can still fire from the test button in the options after this happens).
Thinking it may have been an issue with the data broker I was using I went and tried every other LDB I was aware of and all had the same problem. I even tried all the older versions of Auto Text and the unreleased beta versions and none of them had any success. I don't believe I am doing anything wrong here so could this be a bug?
About using aliases (on the to-do list), perhaps the author could ensure compatibility with Chat Alias Lite?
FYI: This is not an endorsement for Chat Alias Lite since I've just started to use that as well and I'm not very familiar with it. It seems to me these two add-ons would go great together.
Also, the addon is not listed (and thus, not visibile) for users of Broker2Fubar. The addon however is configurable within the in-game Interface/Addons options section, so it;s definitely enabled and functioning.
It looks nice, but the option "Reply to whisper" wont work. Tried it on several characters and all i get is "Unable to reply", even tho i asked ppl around to whisper me.