restore chat

[khurzog]

is there an addon that will restore all chat history after reloading UI? if not i would love to see one soon. thanks

[Slakah]

--Disclaimer: For anyone who attempts to read my code..... I'm sorry. 
local addon = CreateFrame("Frame") 
local db 
 
local origadds = { 
    [ChatFrame1] = ChatFrame1.AddMessage, 
    --[ChatFrame2] = ChatFrame2.AddMessage, 
    [ChatFrame3] = ChatFrame3.AddMessage, 
    [ChatFrame4] = ChatFrame4.AddMessage, 
    [ChatFrame5] = ChatFrame5.AddMessage, 
    [ChatFrame6] = ChatFrame6.AddMessage 
} 
 
local tblsizes = setmetatable({}, {__index = function() return 0 end}) --nil == 0 
local function NewAddMessage(f, msg, r, g, b, ...) 
    if msg then --print(nil) breaks things. 
        local tbl = db[f:GetName()] 
        local msgs, colours = tbl.msgs, tbl.colours 
        if tblsizes[tbl] > 50 then 
            tremove(msgs, 1) 
            tremove(colours, 1) 
            tremove(colours, 1) 
            tremove(colours, 1) 
        else 
            tblsizes[tbl] = tblsizes[tbl] + 1 
        end 
        tinsert(msgs, msg) 
        tinsert(colours, r or 1) 
        tinsert(colours, g or 1) 
        tinsert(colours, b or 1) 
    end 
    return origadds[f](f, msg, r, g, b, ...) 
end 
 
--Hook nice n' early 
ChatFrame1.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
--ChatFrame2.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
ChatFrame3.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
ChatFrame4.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
ChatFrame5.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
ChatFrame6.AddMessage = NewAddMessage 
local givetblmt 
givetblmt = {__index = function(t, k) 
    local newt = setmetatable({}, givetblmt) 
    t[k] = newt 
    return newt 
end} 
 
addon:SetScript("OnEvent", function(self) 
    TransScriptDB = setmetatable(TransScriptDB or {}, givetblmt) 
    db = TransScriptDB 
    local f 
    local msgs, colours, x 
    for name, tbl in pairs(db) do 
        f = _G[name] 
        if f and f.AddMessage then 
            msgs, colours = tbl.msgs, tbl.colours 
            tblsizes[tbl] = #msgs 
            for i = 1, tblsizes[tbl] do 
                x = (i-1)*3+1 
                origadds[f](f, "|cFFFF7722>|r "..msgs[i], colours[x], colours[x+1], colours[x+2]) 
            end 
        end 
    end 
    self:UnregisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED") 
    self:SetScript("OnEvent", nil) 
 
end) 
 
addon:RegisterEvent("ADDON_LOADED")

This is what I've been using for a long time, I'm pretty sure theres a better way to do it, but this is good enough for me.

Just make an addon and add this to the toc:
## SavedVariablesPerCharacter: TransScriptDB

[khurzog]

awesome im going to try that, also w/o starting a new thread i wanted to add another inquiry/request.

since only chat frame 1 is able to have other chat frames docked with it, is there an addon that will create a second set of docked chat frames? that would really make my day =D thanks!