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DonFranko

Joined: 2021-06-21 12:39:03
Posts: 177

Filter option in public chat

Hi Henry,

I'm currently here at a SL20B event with a lot of people.. Just asking.. I cannot always keep my eyes on the public chat all the time.. I have the color tagging already activated for some keywords.. but. .. would it be a big cpu burden to implement a public chat history filter to select a particular avatar to see everything that only that one wrote?

Cheers,
Frank

2023-06-24 00:32:18

ZaneZimer

Joined: 2016-06-19 21:33:37
Posts: 384
Location: Columbus area, OH, USA

Re: Filter option in public chat

This might be achieved right now by parsing the chat logs. On a Linux distro, it's pretty easy in a terminal with something like:


	Code: tail -f .secondlife/zane_zimer/Second\ Life\ Birthday-2023-06.txt \| grep 'Zane Zimer:'

The grep portion could generally be as complex as needed, with most greps even supporting regex. The file name can be a group or just the chat history.

2023-06-24 09:04:07

Henri Beauchamp

Joined: 2009-03-17 18:42:51
Posts: 5899

Re: Filter option in public chat

Like for all such specific uses, I implemented Lua scripting...

With Lua you can color the chat of any avatar.

An example is given in the manual for coloring name tags and mini-map dots (via the Lua pie menu), that could be extended to color the chat as well (using the onChatTextColoring() Lua callback).

There also could be more complex implementations via Lua, such as a custom text search floater, using the new context menu "Copy to Lua" feature to send the chat text to that floater...

2023-06-24 19:24:02

DonFranko

Joined: 2021-06-21 12:39:03
Posts: 177

Re: Filter option in public chat

thank you, Zane.

I try that, although that would mean a static 'picture' of the chat but a useful.

2023-06-26 22:17:47

DonFranko

Joined: 2021-06-21 12:39:03
Posts: 177

Re: Filter option in public chat


	Henri Beauchamp wrote: Like for all such specific uses, I implemented Lua scripting... With Lua you can color the chat of any avatar. An example is given in the manual for coloring name tags and mini-map dots (via the Lua pie menu), that could be extended to color the chat as well (using the onChatTextColoring() Lua callback). There also could be more complex implementations via Lua, such as a custom text search floater, using the new context menu "Copy to Lua" feature to send the chat text to that floater...

Thank you Henri!

I was 'afraid' of that answer with the lua scripting

I still need a lot to learn but it takes so long for me to achieve something cool.. currently I don't have the time to do so.

The coloring of the names won't filter the chat so I still would have to scroll quite far into the history.. That copy to lua seems promising..

Merci!

2023-06-26 22:21:02

DonFranko

Joined: 2021-06-21 12:39:03
Posts: 177

Re: Filter option in public chat


	Henri Beauchamp wrote: ...(via the Lua pie menu), that could be extended to color the chat as well (using the onChatTextColoring() Lua callback).

I tried that but I got an error message.. how should I use it in that given code?


	Code: function OnLuaPieMenu(data) local color = "" if data.slice == 1 then color = "blue" elseif data.slice == 2 then color = "cyan" elseif data.slice == 3 then color = "red" elseif data.slice == 4 then color = "magenta" elseif data.slice == 5 then color = "yellow" elseif data.slice == 6 then color = "white" elseif data.slice == 8 then color = "green" end avatars_colors[data.object_id] = color SetAvatarMinimapColor(data.object_id, color) SetAvatarNameTagColor(data.object_id, color) SetRadarNameColor(data.object_id, color) end

If yes, how can I add it to these last four lines?

2023-06-27 22:02:28

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