Short Chat Channelnames

[muleyo]

Hi,

I'm currently trying to shorten the channel names of the ingame chat.

I wasn't really successful doing so.

Could someone provide some example code? That'd be awesome! Thanks

[Xrystal]

This is the nearest I could find to a possible function to override.

I don't know if it will help you or not, but it's a starting point.

https://www.townlong-yak.com/framexm...Frame.lua#2467

[sirpucna]

i dont remember who i pulled this off, works in retail and beta.

local rplc = {"[GEN]","[T]","[WD]","[LD]","[LFG]","[GR]","[i]","[IL]","[G]","[P]","[PL]","[PL]","[O]","[R]","[RL]","[RW]","[%1]"}

local gsub = gsub
local time = _G.time
local newAddMsg = {}
local chn = {
	"%[%d%d?%. General[^%]]*%]",
	"%[%d%d?%. Trade[^%]]*%]",
	"%[%d%d?%. WorldDefense[^%]]*%]",
	"%[%d%d?%. LocalDefense[^%]]*%]",
	"%[%d%d?%. LookingForGroup[^%]]*%]",
	"%[%d%d?%. GuildRecruitment[^%]]*%]",
	gsub(CHAT_INSTANCE_CHAT_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_INSTANCE_CHAT_LEADER_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_GUILD_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_PARTY_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_PARTY_LEADER_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_PARTY_GUIDE_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_OFFICER_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_RAID_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_RAID_LEADER_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	gsub(CHAT_RAID_WARNING_GET, ".*%[(.*)%].*", "%%[%1%%]"),
	"%[(%d%d?)%. ([^%]]+)%]"
}
local AddMessage = function(frame, text, ...)
	for i = 1, 17 do
		text = gsub(text, chn[i], rplc[i])
	end
	text = gsub(text, "%[(%d0?)%. .-%]", "[%1]")
	return newAddMsg[frame:GetName()](frame, text, ...)
end

for i = 1, NUM_CHAT_WINDOWS do
	local f = "ChatFrame"..i
	if i ~= 2 then -- skip combatlog
		newAddMsg[f] = _G[f].AddMessage
		_G[f].AddMessage = AddMessage    
	end
end