Custom Macros For Quick Chat

Xeo · Post by **Xeo** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:21 pm

I am as thick as a tree trunk when i comes down to IT things....

How do you use macros?

As i did not get taught how to use macros at school 8 years ago. Our IT lessons was in typing up letters, it was soemthing like this in lesson........

"Now go and click Bold"

"Now highlight text and click Times New Roman"

Poooooooo it was soooo Poooooooooo

(Man i wish i had the IT lessons they have now for kids

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So any help in the Programing language.... I know some of you are Programmers by trade......so please help

Thank you

Halvar Yanocen · Post by **Halvar Yanocen** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:44 pm

I can't say that I understand your post but since you use the therm the language and macro I assume that your asking about the defenition of a macro in Lisp.

From Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by H. Abelson et. al.
Practical Lisp systems provide a mechanism that allows a user to add new derived expressions and specify their implementation as syntactic transformations without modifying the evaluator. Such a user-defined transformation is called a macro.

myzmar · Post by **myzmar** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 2:50 pm

I did not understand the original post either, but I have a question about macros. The question is: how do I do them?

I need very basic macro's for some texts my characters say, mainly for "Chaaarge!", "Die, foul creature!", "*chants a battle hymn*, "Gorethar's sword of justice!" (that's for Estelaurin) and for "Hmmph." (that's for Val'hardir

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Anyone can explain me how to do this? Oh yes, I hope I understand what a macro is... anyhow, just tell me how to do this. Thanks.

PerkyElf · Post by **PerkyElf** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:00 pm

Just right-click one of your quick buttons at the bottom of the screen, select "custom text macro" (not sure about exact phrasing), then just type in the name of the macro (text you're going to see in the slot) and the text you want to speak. Unclear enough?

Then you just click the button when you want to speak the phrase.

myzmar · Post by **myzmar** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:04 pm

Wow that's really easy. I was afraid I'll have to code...

and i don't feel like learning anything more after LPC

Mistcaller · Post by **Mistcaller** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:06 pm

A more detailed thread on this topic:
viewtopic.php?t=13665&highlight=

Ha, got you this time Sindol!

Dirk Cutlass · Post by **Dirk Cutlass** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:08 pm

myzmar wrote:Wow that's really easy. I was afraid I'll have to code... and i don't feel like learning anything more after LPC

Yeah, the word "macro" is a little dramatic for what it does

Basiclly all it means is you click on one of your quick-slots and it squirts that text into the chat window as if you had typed it.

Xeo · Post by **Xeo** » Fri Nov 28, 2003 3:12 pm

LOLOLOLOL

I just re read the post and i dont know what the hell i am trying to say!

I have reposted it and i hope now you can understand now

At school when i was a kid, we did not learn how to use basic macros...

Not like today kids of 14 are being taught.. that did not happen when i was a lad...

Sorry for the crappie post

Baratin Gilden · Post by **Baratin Gilden** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:24 am

I understood you first time, but then I am fluent in Windy-Gibberish.

Xeo · Post by **Xeo** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:47 am

me sorry.....

But i worked it out now it was simple...why i did a post i dont know?

Should of used the grey matter within my brain!

Thank you and by the way i am not good at english..... I try my best....

myzmar · Post by **myzmar** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:50 am

Xeo Bodacea wrote:Thank you and by the way i am not good at english..... I try my best....

Heads up, you're not alone. Keep up the good work. Your first post was funny at least

Xeo · Post by **Xeo** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:04 am

ta

Post by **Nighthawk4** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:33 pm

Right click on the quickslot you want to use and select the Macro option (the top one I think).

Enter the Name of the Macro. This will be the description you see in the quickslot. Keep this short.

Then enter the text you want to say, prefixed by /tk . This ensures that you only Talk the text. The default is to Shout. I am fairly sure this is disabled on Avlis, but it is better to be sure.

For example, you want to say Hello, friend in Elven language.

So you would enter Hello in the Description and /tk Pelail Hoovaire in the Text. Now you will see Hello in the Quickslot and when you click on the quickslot, your character says Pelail Hoovaire.

Some of my characters have nearly all of their quickslots filled up with these.

Xeo · Post by **Xeo** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:44 pm

thanks guys i did my first Macros yesturday!

eg

*Grunts with the click of the neck sidewards*

I love this tool

again thanks again for all your guys help! i know me post alot of posts and sometimes they are stupid ones but the good thing that comes out of my stupid and unreadable posts sometimes is that i hope it will stop other people putting the same up! he he he

Cheers guys have fun

Post by **Nighthawk4** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 12:57 pm

No problem - happy to help