Re: [lcd4linux] StarTip

[Scott S. <sis...@gm...>]

Oh and I also used the layering idea on a single pixel -- the entire screen.
The addon's name is AuraAlarm. It alerts you to buffs and debuffs by
flashing the screen or whatever. You can prioritize an alarm by setting
opacity to 255. That part still needs work, but this tooltip addon got to
going. Pretty cool huh? Can't do the layering on the tooltips though. They
have to be character displays. I'm going the whole nine yards. Evaluator
wraps lua's loadstring. The configuration's almost exactly the same, except
it's done in lua tables. Properties too. Everything that went into
LCDControl. Plus the extras I added to LCDControl. These little tooltips are
going to be highly configurable just like LCD4LInux. You just tell it some
information like size and a few handlers, and viola an addon author can
incorporate the same ideas in their own addons. Think you'll get some
customers? :) Any of you play WoW?

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Scott Sibley <sis...@gm...> wrote:

> Hey, guys,
>
> I just wanted to say thanks for LCD4Linux. It's going to be turned into a
> World of Warcraft addon. :) Actually some libraries so anyone can embed the
> lcd4linux-esque displays in their own addons, configurable with basic lua
> tables. I want this to be useful for endgame, so you can see stats on a boss
> fight, or even in pvp I imagine. This is totally going to rock. :) It's sort
> of experimental at the moment because I'm not sure if WoW's going to be able
> to handle the addon. I figure since embedded systems could do it, then WoW
> can likely as well. It's not that heavy, and I know several ways already how
> to get it optimized.
>
> I'm out,
> Scott
>