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mudlet:chat_capture_window [2021/07/13 23:45] – Further refinements of Mudlet capture settings paradoxmudlet:chat_capture_window [2023/11/05 22:08] – [Advanced: Adding Timestamps] math
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     height = "5c",     height = "5c",
     dockPosition = "top",     dockPosition = "top",
 +    autoWrap = true,
   })   })
   chat_window:setFontSize(getFontSize())   chat_window:setFontSize(getFontSize())
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   - Click save item.   - Click save item.
   - You may need to reconnect to the MUD to get the window to appear.    - You may need to reconnect to the MUD to get the window to appear. 
 +
 +===== Advanced: Adding Timestamps =====
 +
 +To add timestamps to your chat capture window, replace
 +<code>
 +copy()
 +chat_window:appendBuffer()
 +</code>
 +in the previous examples with
 +<code>
 +echo("chat_window", string.format("%s: %s\n", getTime(true), getSelection())
 +</code>
 +Check the Mudlet Lua documentation to see more formatting options for getTime().
  
 ===== Capture Additional Channels ===== ===== Capture Additional Channels =====
  
-TBD+To capture additional channels to the same window simply add more capture patterns to the trigger.
  
 ===== Styling the Capture Window ===== ===== Styling the Capture Window =====
  
-TBD+Here's an example of adding additional styling to the chat capture window. 
 + 
 +**NOTE: Requires Mudlet 4.10+ and Linux - will not work on older Mudlet or MacOS/Windows** 
 + 
 +  - Open the "scripts" page again by clicking the button in the toolbar. 
 +  - Change your "Chat Capture Window" script (or whatever you named it!) to add a ''chat_window:setStyleSheet'' fragment:<code> 
 +  chat_window = Geyser.UserWindow:new({ 
 +    name = "chat_window", 
 +    titleText = "CHATS", 
 +    docked = true, 
 +    height = "5c", 
 +    dockPosition = "top", 
 +  }) 
 + 
 +  chat_window:setStyleSheet([[ 
 +    background-color: black; 
 +    border-width: 2px; 
 +    border-color: #005c28; 
 +    border-style: groove; 
 +    border-radius: 2; 
 +  ]]) 
 + 
 +  chat_window:setFontSize(getFontSize()) 
 +  return 1 
 +end 
 + 
 +make_chat_window() 
 +</code>