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MOTDstripper

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Addon Information

Works with 3.3

Author:	Contiki [More]
Version:	beta-r22
Date:	01-02-2010 05:50 PM
Size:	103.97 Kb
Downloads:	180
Favorites:	6
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MOTDstripper

About MOTDstripper

MOTDstripper strips the guild and system message of the day from your chat frame, freeing up precious screen real estate and making your chat frame cleaner upon logging in to the game. Messages of the day are only shown if they've changed since your last login.

Usage

You can change MOTDstripper's behavior through the AddOn Options in-game. By default, if MOTDstripper has seen either the current guild message of the day or the current system message of the day (or both), it will strip them from your chat frame when you log in to the game. Messages of the day only show up if they've changed since your last login. The AddOn Options menu allows you to specify which one of the two messages you want stripped. Options are saved on a per-character basis instead of globally for all your characters.

Bugs and suggestions

Please post bugs and suggest improvements at the ticket tracker.

In case of new features please note that I'm not particularly inclined to add unnecessary bloat to the add-on. Features I'm considering are pop-up notifications upon changed messages of the day and being able to review past messages of the day. One thing at a time though, don't hold your breath.

Development Progress

The add-on is in its testing phase. At least on my machine it gets the job done. However, while it is unlikely, the add-on may very well melt your computer or show other unwanted behavior.

You can always find the latest alpha versions at the MOTDstripper WoWAce home page where I maintain the add-on. Alpha versions may melt your computer even faster than beta and stable versions.

If you can, please review the source code and point out any obvious mistakes I made. For me MOTDstripper is a means of applying what little Lua knowledge I have to a real-world project. I'm fully aware that the source code must have plenty of room for improvement. I'm willing to learn and I'll gladly accept any hints you can provide.

Coming up Next

Haven't decided yet.

Change Log - MOTDstripper

The five latest change log entries. Find the full change log at the MOTDstripper WoWAce home page.

r22: Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 10:37 pm GMT

Tagged as beta-r22
Two days of testing latest alpha version didn't reveal bugs with new feature: ability for players to select which message of the day they want stripped

r21: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:38 am GMT

Fixed a cosmetic glitch with redundant space in the options menu
Fixed default values not being set correctly on a fresh installation

r20: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:27 am GMT

Added proper return value for localization table
This time _really_ added the localization note to localization_enUS.lua
Removed redundant space
Added libraries to .pkgmeta

r19: Friday, January 1, 2010 at 7:09 am GMT

Added hint about where to localize the add-on to localization_enUS.lua
Added description.txt to meta files, containing the description as seen on WoWAce, Curse and WoWInterface
Switched from using multiple saved variables to using a single table
Switched from manually declaring dependecies to a single embeds.xml file referencing other XML files
Switched from referencing localization files inside the TOC to a separate localization.xml file
Further Ace-ified the add-on by adding AceAddon-3.0, AceConfig-3.0, AceGUI-3.0 and CallbackHandler-1.0
Added user-configurable options to the AddOn Options menu in-game. Players can now choose which one of the two messages of the day the want stripped.

r18: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:05 pm GMT

Created another promotional image, showing the before and after states on one image rather than two separate ones.

Optional Files - MOTDstripper

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Archived Versions - MOTDstripper

File Name	Version	Size	Author	Date
MOTDstripper	beta-r17	11kB	Contiki	12-08-2009 12:25 PM
MOTDstripper	r4	2kB	Contiki	11-21-2009 11:28 AM

Comments - MOTDstripper

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11-23-2009, 07:39 AM
Contiki A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 60 Uploads: 1	I've got two suspicions about what's causing this symptom: MOTDstripper has saved a system message of the day at least once. When you login it doesn't recognize the current message as being identical to the saved one. MOTDstripper has not saved a system message of the day. Upon logging in it compares the current message to the saved (non-existent) one. We'll check both options. I'll need your help with that. Please find your MOTDstripper.lua SavedVariables file. It's within your World of Warcraft installation folder in a sub-folder along the lines of \WTF\Account\<account name>\<server name>\<character name>\SavedVariables\. You can open MOTDstripper.lua with any text editor. Is there a line starting with smotd_last_saved in that file, and if so, what's its value (the part enclosed in quotation marks)? When you login, is there a system message other than the message of the day, like for example, "Dungeon Difficulty set to %s." or "You are now flagged for PvP combat and will remain so until toggled off."? Any other yellow-text message? What's the current system message of the day, the one you actually get in-game? Greetings, Contiki //edit: One more thing I'd like to know. MOTDstripper assumes that the system message of the day is being sent to your client within one second of loading the add-on. How "immediate" is the system message of the day displayed when you login? __________________ Be prepared... to simplify your life. Last edited by Contiki : 11-23-2009 at 07:50 AM.

11-21-2009, 03:51 PM
ffxiedyn A Chromatic Dragonspawn Forum posts: 154 File comments: 77 Uploads: 0	hiya, nice idea. the gmotd is gone, however, the system message remains on each login.

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