Postal (was GMail2): Updated

[Groumf]

Originally Posted by Phanx

The problem isn't with including friends (that's easy to do by passing certain predefined parameters to the Blizzard autocomplete function) but with including your alts, who are not necessarily on your friends list or in your guild. Pre-3.2, Postal kept track of your alts, and autocompleted to them at the mailbox, prioritizing them over friends and guild members.

The changes I suggested just make Postal works as it used to work before 3.2, including alt name completion ^^

[keLston]

What he says is true!

I know absolutely nothing about LUA so I don't know how "dirty" or "clean" the modifications to Blackbook Groumf suggested, but I put them in and I no longer get a LUA error from Blackbook when logging in/opening mailbox and alt autocompletion works now. I don't get the terrible Blizzard menu when I type names and it prioritizes my alts/friends list.

[Groumf]

I just realized that it would be nice, for the people that take time and make the effort to come here on the forum, to post my BlackBook.lua file, if they are not afraid of using a file from a complete stranger

So here it is, attached.

[kaimon]

Thanks Groumf for your file. I was already wondering about the changes in no. 2 because my line numbers are way off for some reason ... Looking at your file thats no wonder, you have an additional linefeed after every line. Your fix works great, thanks!

[Everdreamer]

Hello there,
I have a small suggestion/request about the recent AutoComplete change. I've seen Postal has patched and provides BlackBook features to turn on/off. My problem is that sometimes the autocompletion just wont happen when the first character is typed. I'm not sure what the exact condition is though.

For example:
Say I have only 2 names on my list: Abc & Xyz, so I expect when I type "x" it will be filled by "Xyz", but when I open mailbox, tab to "Send Mail", and type "x" in "To: " field, the autocompletion doesnt happen, I have to type "xy" to get "Xyz" filled. Now I erase the field and type "a", it works fine and fills me "Abc". Now I send something to "Abc", after I send the "To: " field would remain "Abc" or be cleared depending on setting; either way, now I type "x" but the autocompletion doesnt happen again.

I really wish I can type only 1 character and get the recipient filled in, because my alts and bank chars are different (as intended) on the first character

[Xinhuan]

I'm aware of this issue, and had tried to work around it in the past. It proved much trickier to solve and I opted not to solve it. The bug occurs if something (such as an addon or any of the Blizzard calls) programmatically sets the text of the To field, so that it doesn't trigger the internal length of the typed text to update as to whether to do the autocomplete or not.

[Everdreamer]

@Xinhuan
Is it a internal problem of OnTextChanged event? I've seen a Gello's workaround http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...10291258&sid=1 before, there he used OnChar instead of OnTextChanged.

[Xinhuan]

Hmm. Will mess around this weekend.

[Xinhuan]

Postal v3.2.1 should fix the oddball auto-complete behaviors. And also the Send button not enabling itself sometimes.

[xtoq]

Originally Posted by Xinhuan

I'm aware of this issue, and had tried to work around it in the past. It proved much trickier to solve and I opted not to solve it. The bug occurs if something (such as an addon or any of the Blizzard calls) programmatically sets the text of the To field, so that it doesn't trigger the internal length of the typed text to update as to whether to do the autocomplete or not.

I have a different problem with AutoComplete, but my problem doesn't sound like the above poster's 2 character problem. I have an alt named Endorphin, and I have a guildie enchanter friend named Emptyinside. If I send items to Endorphin with "auto fill last mailed name" checked, when a new mail is created, Endorphin is correctly filled in. However, when I select the entire name and start typing "Emptyinside" it fills in "Endorphin" places my cursor at the end and then starts typing everything AFTER the second letter (not including the first or second letter). It used to fill in names, and then just let you keep typing, changing the names as the letters change. As in, if I selected it and typed "E" it would fill in "Endorphin" first, but not change my cursor position, allowing me to continue typing the "m" of "Emptyinside" and then would change the suggestion to "Emptyinside." Basically, it hijacks my name field assuming that I never want to mail anyone with an "E" for the first letter except my alt, unless I delete the entire name and start from a blank box. The temporary solution I have found is to disable the autofill feature, but I figured I'd let you know. Sorry for the ramble, I hope its clear.