GUI Help: How do I insert all chat into this untabbed window?

Ashlia

I've been looking around the internet and I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for. Essentially, I was using Akaya's GUI template (found here) and Zulah's chat window (found here) separately on my old laptop. I bought a new laptop and Zulah's GUI no longer works for me at all. I figured I could simplify things by inserting a chat window into Akaya's GUI template and be done with it, but, it turns out, I have no idea how to do that.

This is what I'm currently working with. I'd like to put the chat window above the map window.

And this is the box I want to send ALL of the chat to (say/tell/exclaim/scream/ask/yell/shout/ct/clans/etc. I don't want any tabs):

GUI.Box1 = Geyser.Label:new({
  name = "GUI.Box1",
  x = 0, y = 0,
  width = "100%",
  height = "50%",
},GUI.Right)
GUI.Box1:setStyleSheet(GUI.BoxCSS:getCSS())

(Please forgive me. I don't know how to make code spoilers.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Caelan

I do it all in one window because I color each one so it keeps seperate and I can scroll back easier.

<div><br></div><div>My function does this:<br></div><div><br></div>function chatCapturing()<br>&nbsp; openUserWindow("ChatCapturing")<br>&nbsp; setWindowWrap("ChatCapturing", 160)<br>end<br>chatCapturing()<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Then I have a trigger for each channel (I don't send them all to the window because I want House and Order tells on the main screen so I don't miss them)</div><div><br></div><div>Trigger is:<br></div><div>^\(Eleusis\)\:<br></div><div><br></div><div>And I have the Highlight box checked and colored green for Eleusis... Other colors for other channels</div><div>Then in the main code section I put:</div><div><br></div><div>selectString(line,1)<br>copy()<br>appendBuffer("ChatCapturing")<br>deleteLine()<br>resetFormat()</div>

No idea how "right" it is, but it's what works for me..

Obviously you could just do something like trigger on ^.* say{|s} .*\.$  or whatever (not exactly that but making the point you can copy says, tells, whatever...

And just change the window name "ChatCapturing" to whatever you call your window.

Ashlia

This worked, but now I have a separate window opening for the chat. How do I get that window into GUI.Chat_Container?

Ashlia

Big thanks to Kasa from the Mudlet Discord channel for helping me figure this one out! I'll post a how-to below in case anyone else needs the information.

Accipiter

If you use config colour to change the background to something you won't use you can use a color trigger to change the color back to what you want it to be and then copyCurrentLine() appendBuffer(GUI.Box1)

You will probably want a few triggers to color the different channels properly, but it is the easiest way to capture everything (including the weird say and tell types that appear) without diving into GMCP. I use this method because the ansi to rgb function in Mudlet wasn't working for a while after Achaea let you use a lot more colours, but it works now so if you want to use the comm GMCP event you can do it that way too.

Caelan

Ashlia said:

This worked, but now I have a separate window opening for the chat. How do I get that window into GUI.Chat_Container?

You should just have to change the name of the window it is sending it to from my "ChatCapture" to Gui.YourWindowName.