Chat Spacing

Kendian · 03-12-12, 02:38 PM

Can anyone help me with chat spacing? I use a slightly modded version of rchat, but the spacing applies to all but last 3 lines, and I have no clue why, lol.
I've used quite a few different fonts but this problem only seems to appear when I used a serif based pixel font, for some reason...any reg font, or 'square tyoe' pixel fonts spaces correctly all the way thru. I thought maybe it was the fonts, but it's EVERY serif based pixel font I try >.< Leaving a screenie, because I never seem to explain things the way I mean~

Haleth · 03-12-12, 03:02 PM

Stupid question perhaps, but is the height of your chat frame enough to support it?

Kendian · 03-12-12, 03:11 PM

It does it no matter the size of frame...as big as it can get, or as small~

p3lim · 03-12-12, 05:11 PM

:SetSpacing()

http://wowprogramming.com/docs/widge...nce/SetSpacing

Kendian · 03-12-12, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by p3lim

:SetSpacing()

http://wowprogramming.com/docs/widge...nce/SetSpacing

cf:SetFrameLevel(2)
cf:SetSpacing(3)
cf:SetShadowColor(0, 0, 0, 0.5)
cf:SetShadowOffset(-1, -1)

is what I have, but the spacing only applies to all but last 3 lines, for some reason >.<

Kendian · 03-12-12, 05:37 PM

Ok...decidedly weird. I had set the tab alpha to 0. I changed that to 1, showing tabs (ugh!) and problems disappears. Can someone explain to me why the alpha of the tab has anything to do with it, lol?

Haleth · 03-12-12, 06:47 PM

It's probably just a quirk in the chat window, it's got lots of those. Mine keep randomly moving themselves as well, and doing odd things

p3lim · 03-12-12, 07:54 PM

Originally Posted by Kendian

Ok...decidedly weird. I had set the tab alpha to 0. I changed that to 1, showing tabs (ugh!) and problems disappears. Can someone explain to me why the alpha of the tab has anything to do with it, lol?

Exactly what did you do?

Kendian · 03-12-12, 08:20 PM

Just changed the tab alph from 0 to 1, and problem disappeared~

Phanx · 03-13-12, 04:21 PM

What happens if you set the tab alpha to 0.01 or something that's higher than 0 but still too low to really see?

Kendian · 03-14-12, 10:05 AM

Nothing...I tried in increments, all the way 1-0, and back again, it only crunches those last three lines if is all the way hidden~

Kendian · 03-14-12, 05:14 PM

I was wrong...I left it on 0.01 and after I did a total re-log, as opposed to just /rl, the scrunching on bottom 3 lines was there~

Haleth · 03-14-12, 06:39 PM

What code exactly do you use to set the alpha?

Kendian · 03-14-12, 06:54 PM

It's rchat's fading lua.

CHAT_TAB_SHOW_DELAY = 0
CHAT_TAB_HIDE_DELAY = 0

CHAT_FRAME_TAB_SELECTED_MOUSEOVER_ALPHA = 1
CHAT_FRAME_TAB_SELECTED_NOMOUSE_ALPHA = 1
CHAT_FRAME_TAB_ALERTING_MOUSEOVER_ALPHA = 1
CHAT_FRAME_TAB_ALERTING_NOMOUSE_ALPHA = 1
CHAT_FRAME_TAB_NORMAL_MOUSEOVER_ALPHA = 1
CHAT_FRAME_TAB_NORMAL_NOMOUSE_ALPHA = 1

DEFAULT_CHATFRAME_ALPHA = 0