WoW LUA: MSP, combining GTAL? - api

Question

While I understand it's best to start from the basics, I like to dabble. This is killing me though. In WoW, I use ElvUI and MyRolePlay (MRP) and the result is an issue with the enhanced tooltip. I've done quite a bit of editing to the code and the only thing left is trying to get this last line formatting properly - the entirety (3 variables) on one line. I don't understand what gtal is (or the "L"), but it seems to create a new line. Is there a way to combine the gtal lines, while retaining the RGB colors for both respectively? I've tried to stay within the code style (since I'm having trouble bringing in new code) but due to how the author calls for colors on the variables, I couldn't manage to get the final %s its own color value without making a brand new line.
local dC = GetQuestDifficultyColor(level);
local cC = RAID_CLASS_COLORS[ classunloc ];
Best I could come up with,
gtal( format( L["|r%s|cffffffff %s"], e, emptynil( mrp.DisplayTooltip.RA( f.RA ) ) or race, class), dC.r, dC.g, dC.b )
gtal( format( L["|r%s"], class), cC.r, cC.g, cC.b )
There's no information on gtal in the mod or anywhere else that I could find. I hear the author is impossible to approach. But I was hoping someone got the idea here.
Result of the two gtal lines Perfect, if only the last word was on the line above it!
If it helps, the block all this is in is
local dC = GetQuestDifficultyColor(level);
local cC = RAID_CLASS_COLORS[ classunloc ];
if level ~= nil and level < 0 then
e = L["|cffffffff(Boss)"]
else
e = format( L["|r%d|cffffffff"], level )
end
if mspsupported then
gtal( format( L["|r%s|cffffffff %s"], e, emptynil( mrp.DisplayTooltip.RA( f.RA ) ) or race, class), dC.r, dC.g, dC.b )
gtal( format( L["|r%s"], class), cC.r, cC.g, cC.b )
n = nil
t = nil
if f.FR and f.FR ~= "" and f.FR ~= "0" then
n = mrp.DisplayTooltip.FR( f.FR ) .. " "
end
and finally, this is what the original gtal looked like
gtal( format( L["%s %s |r%s|cffffffff (Player)"], e, emptynil( mrp.DisplayTooltip.RA( f.RA ) ) or race, class), r, g, b )
r, g, b = 1.0, 1.0, 1.0
Update - this is what works here, since if this were ever helpful to anyone else:
local dC = GetQuestDifficultyColor(level);
local cC = RAID_CLASS_COLORS[ classunloc ];
if level ~= nil and level < 0 then
e = L["|cffffffff(Boss)"]
else
e = format( L["|r%d|cffffffff"], level )
end
if mspsupported then
local classStr = format("|cff%02x%02x%02x%s|r", cC.r * 255, cC.g * 255, cC.b * 255, class)
local str = format( L["|r%s |cffffffff%s|r %s"], e, emptynil( mrp.DisplayTooltip.RA( f.RA ) ) or race, classStr)
gtal(str, dC.r, dC.g, dC.b)

Answer 1

gtal is defined in UI_Tooltip.lua:
--[[
EPIC KLUDGE!
Special local functions to overwrite and add the current tooltip.
]]
-- Single string
local function gtal( n, r, g, b )
local l = GameTooltip.mrpLines + 1
GameTooltip.mrpLines = l
r, g, b = (r or 1.0), (g or 1.0), (b or 1.0)
--if GameTooltip.mrpLines <= GameTooltip.orgLines then
-- Replace original line with ours, or add a new one if not there
if _G["GameTooltipTextLeft"..tostring(l)] then
if _G["GameTooltipTextLeft"..tostring(l)]:IsVisible() then
if _G["GameTooltipTextRight"..tostring(l)] then
_G["GameTooltipTextRight"..tostring(l)]:Hide()
end
_G["GameTooltipTextLeft"..tostring(l)]:SetText( n )
_G["GameTooltipTextLeft"..tostring(l)]:SetTextColor( r, g, b )
else
GameTooltip:AddLine( n, r, g, b )
end
else
GameTooltip:AddLine( n, r, g, b )
end
end
L is conventionally your localization table lookup, used here in case you want a different format string for a different language.
In this case, it looks like gtal always adds a line, so you need to do your work all in the same line. Fortunately, WoW gives you inline color overrides that you can use! See UI Escape Sequences - that's what's going on with |cxxxxxxxx and whatnot in the strings. You probably want something like:
-- Build a color-formatted class string
local classStr = format("|c%02x%02x%02x%s|r", cC.r, cC.g, cC.b, class)
-- Build your tooltip line, which consists of `$e $race $class`
local str = format( L["|r%s |cffffffff%s|r %s"], e, emptynil( mrp.DisplayTooltip.RA( f.RA ) ) or race, classStr)
-- Add the line to the tooltip
gtal(str, dC.r, dC.g, dC.b)