mudlet:chat_capture_window [Dune MUD]

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====== Chat Capture Window Mudlet Script ======

Let's walk through setting up Mudlet to separate channel output for ''[chat]'' in its own window so it won't be lost with combat spam.

===== Create a Window Script =====

  - Connect to the MUD with your existing Mudlet profile
  - Click the "scripts" button in the toolbar
  - Click the "add item" button to create a new script.
  - Enter a name, like //"Chat Capture Window"//
  - In //"Add User Event Handler:"// enter: <code>sysConnectionEvnet</code>
  - Click the "+" button.
  - Copy in the following source code to the text area.<code>
function make_chat_window()
  chat_window = Geyser.UserWindow:new({
    name = "chat_window",
    titleText = "CHATS",
    docked = true,
    height = "5c",
    dockPosition = "top",
    autoWrap = true,
  })
  chat_window:setFontSize(getFontSize())
  return 1
end

make_chat_window()
</code>
  - Your scripts setting pages should now look exactly like this: {{mudlet:screen_shot_2021-03-29_at_6.14.32_pm.png}}
  - Click the "Save Item" button

===== Create a [chat] Capture Trigger =====

  - Click the "triggers" button in the toolbar (or the lefthand menu of the scripts page if you still have that open).
  - Click the "add item" button.
  - Give your trigger a name like //"Chat Capture"//.
  - In the first pattern, enter a channel name as it appears in game: <code>[chat]</code>
  - Leave everything else empty.
  - Copy in the following code to the textarea: <code>
  if(chat_window)
  then
    selectCurrentLine()
    copy()
    chat_window:appendBuffer()
  end
</code>
  - Your triggers settings page should now look exactly like this: {{mudlet:screen_shot_2021-03-29_at_6.14.53_pm.png}}
  - Click save item.
  - 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 =====

To capture additional channels to the same window simply add more capture patterns to the trigger.

===== Styling the Capture Window =====

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>
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