Obtaining chat commands from "/" entries

[Xavior]

I am starting to make a mod to move your minimap, and I need some help.

How do I get a command from the chat window?
Like, /minimap unlock or something.

Also, how do I make other things in LUA to happen when certain events occur. The only one I found was <OnLoad>, but I want to be kind of just running, and whenever it gets a unlock command, it will unlock the minimap object and you can drag it with a mouse.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

[JoshBorke]

http://www.wowwiki.com/Category:HOWTOs

specifically:
http://www.wowwiki.com/HOWTO:_Create_a_Slash_Command

In general:
http://www.wowwiki.com is your friend

[Xavior]

Alright, I will look at those, thanks.

EDIT:
My XML:

<Ui>
   <Script file="MinimapMover.lua" />
   <Frame name="MinimapMover">
      <Scripts>
         <OnLoad>
            MinimapMover_OnLoad();
         </OnLoad>
      </Scripts>
   </Frame>
</Ui>

My LUA:

function MinimapMover_Command(cmd)
   DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("Command: " .. cmd);
   message("ZOMG INVOKED");
end

function MinimapMover_OnLoad()
   SLASH_MINIMAPMOVER1 = "/minimapmover";
   SLASH_MINIMAPMOVER2 = "/mm";
   SlashCmdList["MINIMAPMOVER"] = MinimapMover_Command;
end

My TOC:

## Interface: 11200
## Title: Minimap Mover
## Author: Xavior of Sargeras
## Notes: This addon can lock and unlock the minimap position.
MinimapMover.xml

Yet, when I type /mm or /minimapmover nothing happens.

Please help?

[JoshBorke]

check logs/FrameXML.log for any errors about your mod

[Xavior]

It doesnt give me an error, it just says Type /help for commands or whatever, it's not registering it.

I'm not getting an error.

[JoshBorke]

Originally Posted by Xavior It doesnt give me an error, it just says Type /help for commands or whatever, it's not registering it. I'm not getting an error.

not in game. there is a file in the WorldOfWarcraft/logs directory called FrameXML.log

[Xavior]

I'm not sure what I was looking for, but there was nothing aobut my mod in there.

[JoshBorke]

is your mod enabled?

does your mod actually load? Put a DEFAULT_CHAT_FRAME:AddMessage("I loaded!") in the OnLoad

[Saeris]

The XML is missing the XSD file path. The <Ui> attribute has to have this format or something equivalent:

<Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/
..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">

[OnmyojiOmn]

Originally Posted by Saeris The XML is missing the XSD file path. The <Ui> attribute has to have this format or something equivalent: <Ui xmlns="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ ..\..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">

A schema declaration is only useful if you're using an XML editor that can validate your code for you. It isn't required.