PhanxChat is a chat mod aimed at reducing chat frame clutter, and making chat frames easier to use.
Announcements
Attention compilation uploaders:
PhanxChat is free as in "free beer", not free as in "free software", and you may not include it in your compilation or distribute it in any other way without first obtaining permission. See the "License" section below for more information. I'd love not to have to include this at the top of my addon page, but every time I take it out, new compilations spring up like weeds.
Found a bug? Do not post it in the comments section!
See the "Reporting Problems" section below for information on how to correctly report bugs. I will no longer be responding to bugs posted in the comments section. P.S. - Error messages are bugs.
Translations wanted!
Most existing translations need to be updated, as the options have been moved from a slash command interface to a GUI interface. Please send me a PM if you can assist with updating and/or maintaining translations for deDE, frFR, esES, esMX, ruRU, zhCN, or zhTW locales!
Features
Hide the chat scroll buttons
Enable mouse wheel scrolling in the chat frames
Shorten channel names and chat strings
Enable arrow keys in the chat edit box
Move the chat edit box above the chat frame
Configure the chat text fade time
Stop chat tabs from flashing when new messages are received
Lock docked chat tabs in place to prevent accidental dragging
Color player names by class in more message types
Make more message types sticky
Link URLs for easy copying
Suppress channel notification messages
Suppress repeated messages in public channels
For answers to common questions about PhanxChat and its features, see my portal for the PhanxChat FAQ.
For more information, including planned features, advanced configuration options, and a list of companion addons, please see my portal for extra info about PhanxChat.
Usage
Options are available in the standard Interface Options window. As a shortcut, you can type /pchat to open the Interface Options window directly to the PhanxChat panel.
You can type /pchat clear to clear the contents of all chat frames.
You can type /tt or /wt followed by a message to send that message to your current target.
Localization
PhanxChat currently has translations for English, German (deDE), French (frFR), Russian (ruRU), Korean (koKR), Simplified Chinese (zhCN), and Traditional Chinese (zhTW).
If no translations exist for your locale, PhanxChat will default to English, but some locale-dependent features may not work completely (like short channel names) or work in undesirable ways (like short chat strings using English abbreviations that might not make sense for your language).
If you can help translate PhanxChat for European Spanish (esES) or Latin American Spanish (esMX) locales, please send me a PM!
All existing translations will need to be updated for WoW 3.1, since the options are moving to the Interface Options window. If you can help update translations for any locale, please send me a PM.
Known Issues
PhanxChat's name coloring may not work correctly, or at all, if you have other addons that have not been properly updated for WoW 3.2. There is nothing PhanxChat can do about this beyond adding extra checks to prevent error messages.
Tell-target commands do not update the chat edit box to reflect the target of your message.
Requesting Features
Use the Feature Request tracker to suggest features you would like to see in PhanxChat. Keep in mind that I intend to keep this addon limited to simple, uncluttered chat frame modifications. Also, please take a look at the list of declined features before posting a feature request.
The actual error message. If you don't see an error message, are Lua errors enabled in your interface options? Do you have an error handling addon such as BugSack, Swatter, or tekErr enabled?
What is the problem? Be specific.
What were you doing when the problem occurred? Does the problem occur every time you do that? Be specific.
Does the problem occur when PhanxChat is the only addon enabled? If not, which addon is it conflicting with?
Does the problem occur while using the default settings? If not, which settings did you change from their default values?
What version of PhanxChat are you using? If you just say "the latest version" and do not provide an actual version number, I will likely ignore your report.
What locale (language) do you play WoW in? What is the current version of WoW in your locale?
License
Please see my portal or the README file included in the addon's folder for the full license terms under which PhanxChat is released. In particular, redistribution without prior permission is prohibited. Compilation creators, please take a few minutes to learn about the basic details of copyright law and software licensing before you upload a bundle of other people's copyrighted work. Thanks!
Change Log - PhanxChat
Version 3.2.0.53
Added checks to prevent errors caused by other addons that haven't been updated for 3.2, because I'm tired of hearing about them
Fixed suppression options again
Changed from hardcoded class name translations to new FillLocalizedClassList API
Version 3.2.0.51
Updated class coloring for WoW 3.2
PhanxChat's class color option now only colors player names in message types that are not colored by the default UI. To enable class coloring in other message types, use the default UI's chat options window and enable the option for every message type you want class coloring for.
If your locale has not yet patched to 3.2, do not update yet!
Version 3.1.1.49-beta
Fixed error preventing ChatFrame3 and ChatFrame7 from being formatted
Version 3.1.1.48-beta
Fixed achievement messages for Korean (and possibly other non-English) clients
Improved URL linking to reduce the occurrence of false positives
Updated koKR translations by kornshock @ WoWInterface
Version 3.1.0.40-beta
Rearranged configuration GUI
Re-added "/pchat clear" command for easy keybinding
Version 3.1.0.37-beta
Fixed suppressing repeated messages in 3.1
Fixed error in option for shortening channel names
Version 3.1.0.35-beta
Add LibStub for GUI configuration
Version 3.1.0.33-beta
Update for WoW 3.1 (not backwards compatible)
Fix German translation for "Death Knight"
Add GUI configuration in the Interface Options panel
Remove command-line configuration
Version 3.0.2.26
Fix channel notice suppression option
Version 3.0.2.22
Fix chat tab dragging
Version 3.0.2.21
Fix font size command
Version 3.0.2.20
Remove 2.4.3 compatibility
Version 2.4.3.19
Fix scroll-to-bottom button
Version 2.4.3.18
Fix channel notice suppression option
Version 2.4.3.17
Add complete deDE translations from Melikae
Add complete ruRU translations from Valle
Version 2.4.3.14
Fix suppression options
Add complete koKR translations from TalksWind
Version 2.4.3.10
Add complete frFR translations from Nicolas
Version 2.4.3.9
Fix frame blacklisting
Changed versioning scheme to match the rest of my addons (WoW version.addon revision)
I think i found a little bug in class coloring: It seems not to work for players with sepcial characters in their name, like "á" or something like that.
Finally got things working with the guild MotD and ended up rewriting a lot. :P
Anyway, new features:
- tell target, use /tt or set a keybinding
- color names by class
Timestamps are not in... going to try a couple and hopefully find a good, simple standalone addon that can work alongside mine for those who can't live without timestamps.
Havokiya-
Yes, type "/pc" or "/phanxchat" to see the available options. You can get the menu button back with "/pc menu".
Edit: For timestamps, I'm going to recommend CustomChatTimestamps. It works in 2.0 and alongside my addon, it does timestamps and nothing else, and you can pick the format of your timestamps. Link: http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6161
Great mod, but I'm a noob. Are there any commands to toggle on/off certain features? The only thing I really care about is that I can't see my macro button. Is there a way to access it or turn off the feature that hides the buttons.
Thanks!
Originally posted by Phanx Timestamps are something I'd really rather not add... I don't use them myself, and adding in all the code to make them customizeable enough to satisfy everyone would significantly increase the addon's size. However, since it seems to be such a popular request, I may see about adding simple no-options [MM:SS] timestamps.
About the edit box anywhere... I'll see how much code it'd require. If it's not much I'll put it in for the next update; otherwise it'll get put on the list of "things to maybe do in the future."
Yah, I think [MM:SS] is good enough
heh, hope it isn't too complicate
Chatmod is great chat addon but Phanx is what I need, simple but not less
Originally posted by Phanx Timestamps are something I'd really rather not add... I don't use them myself, and adding in all the code to make them customizeable enough to satisfy everyone would significantly increase the addon's size. However, since it seems to be such a popular request, I may see about adding simple no-options [MM:SS] timestamps.
If you can recommend a good, working addon that just does timestamps, it would work as a companion to this addon.
For now I'm using ChatMOD and am pretty happy with it.
Since it is an Ace2 mod do you plan on adding it to the Ace2 site so that we can easily update with the Ace Updater? It's nice to be able to have all Ace2 mods and easily update them in one place.
Additional font sizes are in for the next update... look for it in the next few days; I'm still working out the kinks with a couple new things.
Timestamps are something I'd really rather not add... I don't use them myself, and adding in all the code to make them customizeable enough to satisfy everyone would significantly increase the addon's size. However, since it seems to be such a popular request, I may see about adding simple no-options [MM:SS] timestamps.
About the edit box anywhere... I'll see how much code it'd require. If it's not much I'll put it in for the next update; otherwise it'll get put on the list of "things to maybe do in the future."
I'm going to have to agree with the previous poster(s). I love the addon and it does everything I could want except for timestamps. And, unfortunately, there are no updated standalone timestamp mods anymore so if you could add supoort I'd love you forever!
