Changelog Discussion

[dOxxx]

That said, another thing you can do - a bit more difficult, but far more automated - is, first, make sure that events are registered in the containing addon's name.

Do you mean like Event.* events? Or widget events? My library only deals with widget events and implements its own event handler system which mimics the standard widget event system.

Then, if the containing addon calls a function in your addon, do parameter validation (i.e. assert(type(param1) == "string", "Parameter 1 must be a string!")). It'll still be considered an event that is owned by the outer addon, so they'll receive the parameter validation errors.

Yeah that would be a good thing to do regardless.

If you're calling callbacks in various other addons you can use Utility.Dispatch() to inform the addon environment that the other addon is now taking ownership of the execution. This doesn't work perfectly in coroutines, note.

I'm assuming that by callbacks you also mean stuff like a function registered as a widget event handler in my own event handler system? Is there anyway for my library to find out the name of the addon which called into my library or which owns a particular a function?

[ZorbaTHut]

1.9 live:

NONBREAKING CHANGES:

* The Addon Watchdog now counts CPU time instead of wall time. This should result in elimination of false positives caused by a heavily multitasking computer or by an unfortunately-timed context switch.

[Noshei]

No notes from zorba yet, but heres some new documentation on the PTS.

Here is a list of all the new API functions that involve Guilds.

Command.Guild.Roster.Demote
Command.Guild.Roster.Promote
Command.Guild.Wall.Request
Command.Guild.Roster.Kick
Command.Guild.Log.Request
Command.Guild.Wall.Delete
Command.Guild.Roster.Note
Event.Guild.Roster.Remove
Event.Guild.Motd
Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Zone 
Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Status 
Event.Guild.Log
Event.Guild.Roster.Add
Event.Guild.Wall
Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Rank 
Inspect.Guild.Roster.List
Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail

and here is the documentation for Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail()

Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail:
  Function documentation:
	Provides detailed information about guildmembers.
		detail = Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail(guildmember)   -- table <- string
		details = Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail(guildmembers)   -- table <- table
Parameters:
		guildmember:	The name of the guildmember to retrieve data for.
		guildmembers:	A table of names of guildmembers to retrieve data for.
Return values:
		detail:		Detail table for a single guildmember.
		details:	Detail tables for all requested guildmembers. The key is the guildmember's name, the value is the guildmember's detail table.
Returned members:
		id:		The ID of the requested element.
		level:		The guildmember's level.
		logout:		The guildmember's last logout time, in UNIX time.
		name:		The guildmember's name.
		note:		The guildmember's public note.
		noteOfficer:	The guildmember's officer note.
		score:		The guildmember's achievement score.
		status:		The guildmember's current status. May include "online" or "mobile". nil if the guildmember is offline.
		zone:		The guildmember's current zone, if online.

I'll post if I find more new stuff.

[ZorbaTHut]

No notes from zorba yet, but heres some new documentation on the PTS.

To be honest, there's enough broken in this version that I'm not going to bother posting a changelog right now, it would just encourage people to try developing on the PTS which is probably a bad idea at the moment.

The major highlights:

* Guild API (not yet complete as of this patch)

* Everything listed in the "Upcoming Breaking Changes" thread

[Imhothar]

* Guild API (not yet complete as of this patch)

You forgot the vault stuff! How could you

[Noshei]

You forgot the vault stuff! How could you

I did see some guild bank stuff in there, it was listed under bank though and not guild.

[the_real_seebs]

Updated PTS docs on my page (http://www.seebs.net/rift/pts/)

[ZorbaTHut]

PTS changelist:

NEW FEATURES:

* Added *.Guild.*.
* Added *.Social.*.
* Added *.Title.*.

* Added Command.System.Texture.Record() and Event.System.Texture. This functionality allows you to record texture names used in the base RIFT UI. Note that some texture names it returns are randomly generated when a patch is generated - we'll be making these more consistent in the future.

* The Error dialog will now include a Compatibility Mode button if the environment believes that the given error would be fixed by switching the addon system into Compatibility Mode.

* Command.Mail.Take() can now be used to take multiple items in a single function call.

* Abilities, Achievements, NPCs, and Quests now have addon IDs included in the downloadable database.

BREAKING CHANGES:

The first wave of major breaking changes has been implemented. For 1.10, you can keep using the old functionality by checking the "Compatibility Mode" checkbox on the addon screen. This checkbox will be vanishing soon, so fix your code! Here is a list of all the functions that are being removed, along with the new technique to produce the same effect.

print_raw()
- See Command.Console.Display() - some code changes may be necessary.

Inspect.Ability.List()
Inspect.Ability.Detail()
- Use Inspect.Ability.New.*() instead.

Inspect.Achievement.Detail().faction
- Use Inspect.Achievement.Detail().alliance instead.

Inspect.Buff.Detail().ability
Inspect.Castbar().ability
- Use Inspect.*().abilityNew instead.

Inspect.Item.Detail().requiredFactionName
Inspect.Unit.Detail().factionName
- Use Inspect.Faction.Detail(Inspect.Item.Detail().requi redFaction / Inspect.Unit.Detail().faction).name instead.

Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePrefix/titleSuffix
- For 1.9, use Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePrefixName/titleSuffixName instead. For 1.10, use Inspect.Title.Detail(Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePr efixId/titleSuffixId).name.

Event.Ability.Add
Event.Ability.Remove
Event.Ability.Cooldown.Begin
Event.Ability.Cooldown.End
Event.Ability.Target
Event.Ability.Range.True
Event.Ability.Range.False
Event.Ability.Usable.True
Event.Ability.Usable.False
- Use Event.Ability.New.* instead.

Event.Unit.Available
Event.Unit.Unavailable
- See Event.Unit.Availability.* - some code changes may be necessary.

Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefix
Event.Unit.Detail.TitleSuffix
- For 1.9, use Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefixName/TitleSuffixName instead. For 1.10, use Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefixId/TitleSuffixId, then use Inspect.Title.Detail() to look up the localized name.

RiftButton/RiftCheckbox/RiftSlider/RiftTextfield/RiftWindow:GetDefaultWidth()/GetDefaultHeight()
- Frames now initialize themselves with their default sizes automatically.

RiftButton/RiftCheckbox/RiftSlider/RiftTextfield/RiftWindow:ResizeToDefault()
- Clearing a frame's explicitly-set size will now return it to default.

Text:ResizeToText()/GetFullWidth()/GetFullHeight()
- Similar to other frames, a text's default size is considered the size that fits the text perfectly. Unless constrained via SetPoint, a textfield's height will adjust automatically if its width changes.

Texture:ResizeToTexture()
- Similar to other frames, a texture's default size is considered the texture's native resolution, and a texture will resize itself automatically if its size has not been manually set.

SORT OF BREAKING CHANGES:

UPCOMING BREAKING CHANGES:

* Inspect.Unit.Detail()'s titlePrefixName and titleSuffixName are now deprecated and will be removed in the future.

NONBREAKING CHANGES:

* Change the "throttle" member returned by Inspect.Documentation() into "throttleGlobal".
* PTS clients will now store addons in a different addon directory.

BUGFIXES:

* Various fixes with Command.Cursor() and Command.Item.Standard.*() interacting with the wardrobe.
* The error Copy-to-Clipboard feature will now use Windows line ending characters.
* Fix ambiguity in the documentation of Element:SetMouseMasking().
* Event.Unit.Castbar will now trigger on pushback.
* Command.Console.Display() now supports single-quotes in Lua scripts called from <a lua> blocks.
* Fix error in Event.Cursor documentation.
* Fix a performance issue caused by creating large numbers of Text frames.
* Inserting a non-table into an event table will no longer trigger Internal Errors.
* Element:ClearPoint() will now properly accept numeric inputs.

DIFF:

Inspectors:
	Inspect.Ability.Detail (removed)
	Inspect.Ability.List (removed)
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.Coin
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.List
	Inspect.Guild.Motd
	Inspect.Guild.Rank.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Rank.List
	Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Roster.List
	Inspect.Social.Friend.Detail
	Inspect.Social.Friend.List
	Inspect.Social.Ignore.Detail
	Inspect.Social.Ignore.List
	Inspect.Title.Category.Detail
	Inspect.Title.Category.List
	Inspect.Title.Detail
	Inspect.Title.List
 
Commands:
	Command.Guild.Bank.Deposit
	Command.Guild.Bank.Purchase
	Command.Guild.Bank.Withdraw
	Command.Guild.Log.Request
	Command.Guild.Motd
	Command.Guild.Roster.Demote
	Command.Guild.Roster.Kick
	Command.Guild.Roster.Note
	Command.Guild.Roster.NoteOfficer
	Command.Guild.Roster.Promote
	Command.Guild.Wall.Delete
	Command.Guild.Wall.Post
	Command.Guild.Wall.Request
	Command.Social.Friend.Add
	Command.Social.Friend.Note
	Command.Social.Friend.Remove
	Command.Social.Ignore.Add
	Command.Social.Ignore.Note
	Command.Social.Ignore.Remove
	Command.System.Texture.Record
	Command.Title.Prefix
	Command.Title.Suffix

Events:
	Event.Ability.Add (removed)
	Event.Ability.Cooldown.Begin (removed)
	Event.Ability.Cooldown.End (removed)
	Event.Ability.Range.False (removed)
	Event.Ability.Range.True (removed)
	Event.Ability.Remove (removed)
	Event.Ability.Target (removed)
	Event.Ability.Usable.False (removed)
	Event.Ability.Usable.True (removed)
	Event.Guild.Bank.Change
	Event.Guild.Bank.Coin
	Event.Guild.Log
	Event.Guild.Motd
	Event.Guild.Rank
	Event.Guild.Roster.Add
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Level
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Note
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.NoteOfficer
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Rank
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Status
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Zone
	Event.Guild.Roster.Remove
	Event.Guild.Wall
	Event.Social.Friend
	Event.Social.Ignore
	Event.System.Texture
	Event.Title.Add
	Event.Unit.Available (removed)
	Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefix (removed)
	Event.Unit.Detail.TitleSuffix (removed)
	Event.Unit.Unavailable (removed)
 
UI:
	Text: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
			GetFullHeight (removed)
			GetFullWidth (removed)
			ResizeToText (removed)
	Texture: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
			ResizeToTexture (removed)
	RiftButton: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftCheckbox: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftSlider: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftTextfield: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
	RiftWindow: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
 
Parameter types:
	guildrank
	guildwall
	titlecategory

[Imhothar]

* Added Command.System.Texture.Record() and Event.System.Texture. This functionality allows you to record texture names used in the base RIFT UI. Note that some texture names it returns are randomly generated when a patch is generated - we'll be making these more consistent in the future.

I get the feeling that textures which are loaded during the UI loading sequence (before Addons are loaded?) are not recorded. For example the bags bar, the StartMenu buttons/icons etc.

Besides that: The PTS client is crashing a lot on logins/logoffs/reloads when Addons are enabled (even with texture recording disabled). Can't give more details right now.

[ZorbaTHut]

I get the feeling that textures which are loaded during the UI loading sequence (before Addons are loaded?) are not recorded. For example the bags bar, the StartMenu buttons/icons etc.

This could be true, I'll see if there's a functioning workaround.

It may be that if you log out and log back in, you'll get info for those - the "record textures" flag persists through character select. It's also possible those are never getting unloaded to the extent needed to record their textures.

[Noshei]

Might want to update Command.Title Documentation to specify that the Parameter needs to be the titles ID and not just a title, since it doesn't except the title by name

[ZorbaTHut]

LIVE CHANGELIST:

NEW FEATURES:

* Added *.Guild.*.
* Added *.Social.*.
* Added *.Title.*.

* Added Command.System.Texture.Record() and Event.System.Texture. This functionality allows you to record texture names used in the base RIFT UI. Note that some texture names it returns are randomly generated when a patch is generated - we'll be making these more consistent in the future.

* The Error dialog will now include a Compatibility Mode button if the environment believes that the given error would be fixed by switching the addon system into Compatibility Mode.

* Command.Mail.Take() can now be used to take multiple items in a single function call.

* Abilities, Achievements, NPCs, and Quests now have addon IDs included in the downloadable database.

* Event.Buff.Add will now include the buff type ID, when available, as the value in the table.

BREAKING CHANGES:

The first wave of major breaking changes has been implemented. For 1.10, you can keep using the old functionality by checking the "Compatibility Mode" checkbox on the addon screen. This checkbox will be vanishing soon, so fix your code! Here is a list of all the functions that are being removed, along with the new technique to produce the same effect.

print_raw()
- See Command.Console.Display() - some code changes may be necessary.

Inspect.Ability.List()
Inspect.Ability.Detail()
- Use Inspect.Ability.New.*() instead.

Inspect.Achievement.Detail().faction
- Use Inspect.Achievement.Detail().alliance instead.

Inspect.Buff.Detail().ability
Inspect.Castbar().ability
- Use Inspect.*().abilityNew instead.

Inspect.Item.Detail().requiredFactionName
Inspect.Unit.Detail().factionName
- Use Inspect.Faction.Detail(Inspect.Item.Detail().requi redFaction / Inspect.Unit.Detail().faction).name instead.

Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePrefix/titleSuffix
- For 1.9, use Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePrefixName/titleSuffixName instead. For 1.10, use Inspect.Title.Detail(Inspect.Unit.Detail().titlePr efixId/titleSuffixId).name.

Event.Ability.Add
Event.Ability.Remove
Event.Ability.Cooldown.Begin
Event.Ability.Cooldown.End
Event.Ability.Target
Event.Ability.Range.True
Event.Ability.Range.False
Event.Ability.Usable.True
Event.Ability.Usable.False
- Use Event.Ability.New.* instead.

Event.Unit.Available
Event.Unit.Unavailable
- See Event.Unit.Availability.* - some code changes may be necessary.

Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefix
Event.Unit.Detail.TitleSuffix
- For 1.9, use Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefixName/TitleSuffixName instead. For 1.10, use Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefixId/TitleSuffixId, then use Inspect.Title.Detail() to look up the localized name.

RiftButton/RiftCheckbox/RiftSlider/RiftTextfield/RiftWindow:GetDefaultWidth()/GetDefaultHeight()
- Frames now initialize themselves with their default sizes automatically.

RiftButton/RiftCheckbox/RiftSlider/RiftTextfield/RiftWindow:ResizeToDefault()
- Clearing a frame's explicitly-set size will now return it to default.

Text:ResizeToText()/GetFullWidth()/GetFullHeight()
- Similar to other frames, a text's default size is considered the size that fits the text perfectly. Unless constrained via SetPoint, a textfield's height will adjust automatically if its width changes.

Texture:ResizeToTexture()
- Similar to other frames, a texture's default size is considered the texture's native resolution, and a texture will resize itself automatically if its size has not been manually set.

SORT OF BREAKING CHANGES:

UPCOMING BREAKING CHANGES:

* Inspect.Unit.Detail()'s titlePrefixName and titleSuffixName are now deprecated and will be removed in the future.

NONBREAKING CHANGES:

* Change the "throttle" member returned by Inspect.Documentation() into "throttleGlobal".
* PTS clients will now store addons in a different addon directory.

BUGFIXES:

* Various fixes with Command.Cursor() and Command.Item.Standard.*() interacting with the wardrobe.
* The error Copy-to-Clipboard feature will now use Windows line ending characters.
* Fix ambiguity in the documentation of Element:SetMouseMasking().
* Event.Unit.Castbar will now trigger on pushback.
* Command.Console.Display() now supports single-quotes in Lua scripts called from <a lua> blocks.
* Fix error in Event.Cursor documentation.
* Fix a performance issue caused by creating large numbers of Text frames.
* Inserting a non-table into an event table will no longer trigger Internal Errors.
* Element:ClearPoint() will now properly accept numeric inputs.

DIFF:

Inspectors:
	Inspect.Ability.Detail (removed)
	Inspect.Ability.List (removed)
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.Coin
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Bank.List
	Inspect.Guild.Motd
	Inspect.Guild.Rank.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Rank.List
	Inspect.Guild.Roster.Detail
	Inspect.Guild.Roster.List
	Inspect.Social.Friend.Detail
	Inspect.Social.Friend.List
	Inspect.Social.Ignore.Detail
	Inspect.Social.Ignore.List
	Inspect.Title.Category.Detail
	Inspect.Title.Category.List
	Inspect.Title.Detail
	Inspect.Title.List
 
Commands:
	Command.Guild.Bank.Deposit
	Command.Guild.Bank.Purchase
	Command.Guild.Bank.Withdraw
	Command.Guild.Log.Request
	Command.Guild.Motd
	Command.Guild.Roster.Demote
	Command.Guild.Roster.Kick
	Command.Guild.Roster.Note
	Command.Guild.Roster.NoteOfficer
	Command.Guild.Roster.Promote
	Command.Guild.Wall.Delete
	Command.Guild.Wall.Post
	Command.Guild.Wall.Request
	Command.Social.Friend.Add
	Command.Social.Friend.Note
	Command.Social.Friend.Remove
	Command.Social.Ignore.Add
	Command.Social.Ignore.Note
	Command.Social.Ignore.Remove
	Command.System.Texture.Record
	Command.Title.Prefix
	Command.Title.Suffix

Events:
	Event.Ability.Add (removed)
	Event.Ability.Cooldown.Begin (removed)
	Event.Ability.Cooldown.End (removed)
	Event.Ability.Range.False (removed)
	Event.Ability.Range.True (removed)
	Event.Ability.Remove (removed)
	Event.Ability.Target (removed)
	Event.Ability.Usable.False (removed)
	Event.Ability.Usable.True (removed)
	Event.Guild.Bank.Change
	Event.Guild.Bank.Coin
	Event.Guild.Log
	Event.Guild.Motd
	Event.Guild.Rank
	Event.Guild.Roster.Add
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Level
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Note
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.NoteOfficer
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Rank
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Status
	Event.Guild.Roster.Detail.Zone
	Event.Guild.Roster.Remove
	Event.Guild.Wall
	Event.Social.Friend
	Event.Social.Ignore
	Event.System.Texture
	Event.Title.Add
	Event.Unit.Available (removed)
	Event.Unit.Detail.TitlePrefix (removed)
	Event.Unit.Detail.TitleSuffix (removed)
	Event.Unit.Unavailable (removed)
 
UI:
	Text: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
			GetFullHeight (removed)
			GetFullWidth (removed)
			ResizeToText (removed)
	Texture: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
			ResizeToTexture (removed)
	RiftButton: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftCheckbox: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftSlider: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
      ResizeToDefault (removed)
	RiftTextfield: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
	RiftWindow: Inherits from Frame
		Members:
      GetDefaultHeight (removed)
      GetDefaultWidth (removed)
 
Parameter types:
	guildrank
	guildwall
	titlecategory