chat formatting (oChat)

[Pseudopod]

Originally Posted by Beoko Could be any number of things, but if I were to guess... calling two gsubs per AddMessage can add up if you have an excessive amount of chat happening. Mind posting your entirely edited lua file now?

local type = type
local tonumber = tonumber
local string_split = string.split
 
local _AddMessage = ChatFrame1.AddMessage
local _SetItemRef = SetItemRef
 
local buttons = {"UpButton", "DownButton", "BottomButton"}
local dummy = function() end
local ts = "|cffffffff|HoChat|h%s|h|r %s"
 
local origs = {}
 
local blacklist = {
	[ChatFrame2] = true,
	[ChatFrame4] = true,
}
 
CHAT_SAY_GET = '|Hchannel:Say|h*|h%s:\32'
CHAT_GUILD_GET = '|h%s:\32'
CHAT_RAID_GET = "|Hchannel:raid|h*|h%s:\32"
CHAT_PARTY_GET = "|Hchannel:Party|h*|h%s:\32"
CHAT_PARTY_LEADER_GET = '|Hchannel:party|h*|h%s:\32'
CHAT_PARTY_GUIDE_GET =  CHAT_PARTY_LEADER_GET
CHAT_RAID_WARNING_GET = "! %s:\32"
CHAT_RAID_LEADER_GET = "|Hchannel:raid|h*|h%s:\32"
CHAT_OFFICER_GET = "|Hchannel:o|h*|h%s:\32"
CHAT_BATTLEGROUND_GET = "|Hchannel:Battleground|h*|h%s:\32"
CHAT_BATTLEGROUND_LEADER_GET = "|Hchannel:Battleground|h*|h%s:\32"
 
-- 1: index, 2: channelname, 3: twatt
-- Examples are based on this: [1. Channel] Otravi: Hi
--local str = "[%2$.3s] %s" -- gives: [Cha] Otravi: Hi
--local str = "[%d. %2$.3s] %s" -- gives: [1. Cha] Otravi: Hi
local str = "%3$s" -- gives: 1 Otravi: Hi
local channel = function(...)
	return str:format(...)
end
 
local AddMessage = function(self, text, ...)
	if(type(text) == "string") then
	--text = text:gsub('|Hchannel:(%d+)|h%[?(.-)%]?|h.+(|Hplayer.+)', channel)
	text = text:gsub("|Hchannel:[^|]+|h[^|]+|h ", "")
	text = text:gsub("(|Hplayer.-|h)%[(.-)%]|h", "%1%2|h")
		text = ts:format(date"%H%M", text)
	end

	return _AddMessage(self, text, ...)
end

local scroll = function(self, dir)
	if(dir > 0) then
		if(IsShiftKeyDown()) then
			self:ScrollToTop()
		else
			self:ScrollUp()
		end
	elseif(dir < 0) then
		if(IsShiftKeyDown()) then
			self:ScrollToBottom()
		else
			self:ScrollDown()
		end
	end
end
 
for i=1, NUM_CHAT_WINDOWS do
	local cf = _G["ChatFrame"..i]
	cf:EnableMouseWheel(true)
 
	cf:SetFading(false)
	cf:SetScript("OnMouseWheel", scroll)
 
	for k, button in pairs(buttons) do
		button = _G["ChatFrame"..i..button]
		button:Hide()
		button.Show = dummy
	end
 
	if(not blacklist[cf]) then
		origs[cf] = cf.AddMessage
		cf.AddMessage = AddMessage
	end
end
 
buttons = nil
 
ChatFrameMenuButton:Hide()
ChatFrameMenuButton.Show = dummy
 
local eb = ChatFrameEditBox
eb:ClearAllPoints()
eb:SetAltArrowKeyMode(false)
eb:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", 0, 0)
eb:SetPoint("CENTER", "UIParent", 0, 0)
eb:SetWidth(350)
 
local a, b, c = select(6, eb:GetRegions())
a:Hide(); b:Hide(); c:Hide()
 
ChatTypeInfo['SAY'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['YELL'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['PARTY'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['GUILD'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['OFFICER'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['RAID'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['RAID_WARNING'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['BATTLEGROUND'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['WHISPER'].sticky = 1
ChatTypeInfo['CHANNEL'].sticky = 1
 
-- Modified version of MouseIsOver from UIParent.lua
local MouseIsOver = function(frame)
	local s = frame:GetParent():GetEffectiveScale()
	local x, y = GetCursorPosition()
	x = x / s
	y = y / s
 
	local left = frame:GetLeft()
	local right = frame:GetRight()
	local top = frame:GetTop()
	local bottom = frame:GetBottom()
 
	-- Hack to fix a symptom not the real issue
	if(not left) then
		return
	end
 
	if((x > left and x < right) and (y > bottom and y < top)) then
		return 1
	else
		return
	end
end
 
local borderManipulation = function(...)
	for l = 1, select("#", ...) do
		local obj = select(l, ...)
		if(obj:GetObjectType() == "FontString" and MouseIsOver(obj)) then
			return obj:GetText()
		end
	end
end

SetItemRef = function(link, text, button, ...)
	if(link:sub(1, 5) ~= "oChat") then return _SetItemRef(link, text, button, ...) end
 
	local text = borderManipulation(SELECTED_CHAT_FRAME:GetRegions())
	if(text) then
		text = text:gsub("|c%x%x%x%x%x%x%x%x(.-)|r", "%1")
		text = text:gsub("|H.-|h(.-)|h", "%1")
 
		eb:Insert(text)
		eb:Show()
		eb:HighlightText()
		eb:SetFocus()
	end
end

(It's not polished yet :P) When I removed the last "SetItemRef = function(link, text, button, ...)" part it dropped to 2kb actually.