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| author | Flick <flickerstreak@gmail.com> |
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| date | Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:13:27 +0000 |
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--- a/README.html Tue Mar 20 21:38:47 2007 +0000 +++ b/README.html Wed Mar 21 00:13:27 2007 +0000 @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <h1 align="center">ReAction</h1> <h3 align="center">AddOn for World of Warcraft</h3> -<p><font size="2">Current Version: 0.33 (alpha)<br> - Released: 02 Mar 2007</font><font size="2"><br> - WoW Version Compatibility/TOC: 2.0.8 / TOC 20003</font></p> +<p><font size="2">Current Version: 0.34 (alpha)<br> + Released: 09 Mar 2007</font><font size="2"><br> + WoW Version Compatibility: v2.0.10 / TOC 20003</font></p> <h2>The Basics</h2> <p>ReAction is a replacement for the default Blizzard action bars. It allows you redefine your action button layout any way you like.</p> @@ -44,13 +44,12 @@ development framework.</p> <h2>Using ReAction</h2> <h3>Installation</h3> -<p>To install ReAction, drag the ReAction folder to World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns. - Exit World of Warcraft if it's running, then restart.</p> +<p>To install ReAction, drag the ReAction folder to your World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns + folder. Exit World of Warcraft if it's running, then restart.</p> <h3>Welcome to ReAction</h3> <p>When you first enter World of Warcraft with ReAction installed, it will look very similar to the default Blizzard UI, depending on what other AddOns are - installed. Any keybindings you have made to the action bars, however, are not - in effect. Also, only the main menu bar is shown by default. Other bars can + installed. However, only the main menu bar is shown by default. Other bars can be created as desired.</p> <p>If you have FuBar installed, on the left side you should see the ReAction plugin icon and label. If not, there should be a button on your minimap. In either @@ -62,6 +61,8 @@ <li>Configuration ("unlocked")</li> <li>Keybinding</li> </ul> +<p>(Technically it's 4 modes, because Config and Keybinding modes can both be + active at the same time).</p> <p>You can toggle Configuration mode by shift-clicking the ReAction Control Button and toggle Keybinding mode by alt-clicking the button. Global configuration options are also available by right-clicking the ReAction button. There are @@ -88,24 +89,34 @@ mode by alt-clicking the ReAction Control Button (or choosing 'keybinding mode' from the right-click menu). <b>ReAction button keybindings are not available from the standard keybindings menu!</b> You <i>must</i> use the ReAction keybinding - interface. They're even greyed out in the keybinding menu to remind you.</p> + interface. They're even greyed out in the keybinding menu with a textual reminder, + so there's no excuse!</p> <p>Like configuration mode, normal button operation is disabled while in keybinding - mode (though again, any hotkeys you have assigned will work).</p> -<p>With the keybinding interface out, you can mouseover any ReAction button to - see what its current keybinding is. You can set the keybinding on a button by - clicking the button, then pressing the key. To clear a keybinding from a ReAction - button, shift-click the button. Tooltips will remind you of this interface. - You can also right-click/shift-right-click to set/clear a right-click hotkey, - which will simulate right-clicking the button (useful for complex macros, typically - to save screen real estate). If you've set up bars with multiple pages, you - can also bind a key to the page up/down buttons on a per-bar basis. Just make - sure the buttons are showing (they can be hidden later) and assign the keybinding - like any other ReAction button.</p> -<p>Keybindings are saved on a per-character basis. Keybinding mode is not available + mode (though again, any hotkeys you have assigned will work). With the keybinding + interface out, you can mouseover any ReAction button to see what its current + keybinding is. You can set the keybinding on a button by clicking the button, + then pressing the key. To clear a keybinding from a ReAction button, shift-click + the button. Tooltips will remind you of this interface. You can also right-click/shift-right-click + to set/clear a right-click hotkey, which will simulate right-clicking the button + (useful for complex macro actions, typically to save screen real estate). If + you've set up bars with multiple pages, you can also bind a key to the page + up/down buttons on a per-bar basis. Just make sure the buttons are showing (they + can be hidden later) and assign the keybinding like any other ReAction button.</p> +<p>Keybindings are saved on a per-profile basis. Keybinding mode is not available if you are in combat, and is automatically cancelled if you enter combat. When - you first log in with ReAction, it steals the keybindings from the default main - action bar (buttons 1-12) and assigns them to the corresponding buttons on the - default ReAction bar.</p> + you first log in with ReAction, it steals the current keybindings from the default + main action bar (buttons 1-12) and assigns them to the corresponding buttons + on the default ReAction bar. This means that if you install ReAction, run with + it, and then disable it, your main bar will no longer have any keybindings and + they'll need to be reset. If you later enable ReAction again, it will remember + its own keybindings.</p> +<p>If a profile assigns a keybinding to a ReAction button, switching away from + that profile will clear the binding but will <b>not</b> restore the binding + to its previous state. If the new profile assigns that binding then, of course, + it will be in use. What this means is that any 'standard' keybinding action + that's bound to a key will become unbound when switching to a profile that uses + the key, and will have to be manually rebound later if you switch away from + that profile.</p> <p><b>Remember to click the 'Save' button to save your keybindings! </b>If you do not, they will automatically revert to the previous bindings when exiting keybinding mode. This can be useful for "trying out" certain layouts @@ -121,12 +132,10 @@ a new skill that doesn't fit on your current layout.</p> <h2>Limitations</h2> <ul> - <li>Due to a lack of certain functionality being made available by Blizzard, - dragging and dropping actions onto action bars while in combat is a little - funky. You have to click the destination button rather than just release drag - on it.</li> - <li>You can't configure the pet bar unless you actually have a pet out at the - moment. </li> + <li>Due to a lack of certain functionality made available by Blizzard, dragging + and dropping actions onto action bars while in combat is a little funky. You + have to click the destination button rather than just release drag on it.</li> + <li>You can't configure the pet bar unless you actually have a pet out. </li> <li>No support for shapeshift/stance bar (yet)</li> <li>If you have a bar with empty buttons, even though they're invisible they still block mouse input from reaching whatever might be under the button. @@ -134,9 +143,10 @@ during combat. This workaround can be disabled via a configuration option, but then you can't drag and drop actions onto slots during combat. Pick your poison, it's a limitation of Blizzard's protection scheme.</li> - <li>If you hide the default main menu bar, there is no substitute provided for - the XP bar, bag bar, or micro menu bar (although the hotkeys for them still - work). Other addons can provide these features until ReAction supports them.</li> + <li>If you hide the default main menu bar, there is no substitute provided (yet) + for the XP bar, bag bar, or micro menu bar (although the hotkeys for them + still work). Other addons can provide these features until ReAction supports + them.</li> </ul> <h2>Known Issues</h2> <ul> @@ -145,12 +155,15 @@ a hunter to get Eyes of the Beast :-P) is required.</li> <li>The initial mapping of action IDs for shapeshift forms doesn't exactly match Blizzard's mapping. When first starting up as a warrior, druid, or rogue, - you will probably need to move your actions around.</li> + you will probably need to move your actions around, and it will likely screw + up your layout if you swap back to the default UI.</li> <li>Action IDs may not always be laid out in sequence, meaning that similar - layouts on different machines may put the actions in a different order.</li> + layouts on different machines may put the actions in a different order. For + best results, copy the WTF/Account/<AccountName>/SavedVariables/ReAction.lua + from one computer to the other, when you get a setup you like.</li> <li>There seems to be a big performance hit when first dragging a bar after - entering configuration mode, and when first enabling keybinding mode. More - investigation is necessary.</li> + entering configuration mode, and when first enabling keybinding mode, if there + are several bars and a lot of buttons out. More investigation is necessary.</li> </ul> <h2>Future Plans</h2> <ul> @@ -170,9 +183,15 @@ bars) </li> <li>Yet more configurable button display options (disable cooldown flash, different borders, etc)</li> + <li>Button styles (Dreamlayout, CyCircled)</li> <li>Localization</li> </ul> <h2>Version History</h2> +<p>Version 0.34:</p> +<ul> + <li>Fixed some bugs in the keybinding code, and further refined the ReBound + library. </li> +</ul> <p>Version 0.33:</p> <ul> <li>Rewrote the keybinding interface (again). I think I finally like this version. @@ -244,8 +263,13 @@ the success of this addon. Similarly, enormous credit goes to <a href="http://ckknight.wowinterface.com">ckknight</a>, whose Dewdrop menuing system and FuBar plugin system are ridiculously easy to use.</p> +<p>Thanks to the authors of certain action bar mods that came before ReAction: + Bartender3, Bongos, FlexBar 2, and Trinity Bars. While I didn't steal any code + directly from you guys, your addons provided inspiration for various features + and options. Hopefully ReAction differentiates itself sufficiently that it's + not seen as simply a clone.</p> <p>Finally, thanks to my alpha testers and stalwart adventuring companions: Deor, - Nogrim, Sorabel, and Yngvi.</p> + Nogrim, Sorabel, and Yngvi (or, more to the point, their alts :-P).</p> <h2>Copyright & License</h2> <p>ReAction is distributed under the MIT license.</p> <p>ReAction Copyright © 2007 Ryan Findley.</p>