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Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Wed 15 Feb 2012 11:24 PM (UTC)

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Hi,

I run the Chat_redirector plugin which send the chat to a world called Chat Window, which works fine. However, I wanted to add a similar window which just takes the Auction Data from the main world.

I literally just copy/pasted the Chat_redirector plugin - renamed it Auction_redirector and then Did a Find All/replace All in the document changing the word chat to auction. I then changed the triggers to suit my needs.

However, when I try to install the second plugin I get the error message :-

Line 22: The plugin 'Chat_Redirector' is already loaded. (Cannot load)

If I uninstall chat_redirector and install the auction_redirector it works fine, so it is not the plugin itself.

Just wondering if someone could please tell me what I am doing wrong?

Also, I cant seem to get the logging to work for the redirected window, is this possible?

Thanks in advance :)

Posted by

Mleo2003 (32 posts)

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Reply #1 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 01:04 AM (UTC)

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At the top of your plugin, there is a Plugin Name, and a Plugin ID. Those should be changed (the ID is necessary, the Name would just be helpful).

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #2 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 01:09 AM (UTC)

Amended on Thu 16 Feb 2012 01:10 AM (UTC) by Lippa

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Oh, I see! Thankyou.

Can I just change the id to anything?
It is currently:=

id="cb84a526b476f69f403517da

Posted by

Mleo2003 (32 posts)

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Reply #3 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 02:10 AM (UTC)

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Under the Edit Menu in Mushclient, there is an option labeled Generate Unique ID. You can use that to create a new ID that should be different from any others you may use. Of course, you could just change one character in the id (to something from 0-9 or a-f), and that would work too.

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #4 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 08:31 AM (UTC)

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Awesome, that works. Thanks very much.

Is there any reason that logging wont work on the two dummy world windows I now have set up?

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (22,975 posts)

bio Forum Administrator

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Reply #5 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 08:40 AM (UTC)

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Lippa said:

Also, I cant seem to get the logging to work for the redirected window, is this possible?

How have you got logging configured? Redirected chats are notes, not world output.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #6 on Thu 16 Feb 2012 09:05 AM (UTC)

Amended on Thu 16 Feb 2012 09:47 AM (UTC) by Lippa

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I have log notes and html checked but it is not creating the log files at all.

The logging for the main world window is working fine.

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (22,975 posts)

bio Forum Administrator

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Reply #7 on Fri 17 Feb 2012 04:23 AM (UTC)

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If it isn't creating the file you may have a problem with the path, such as, it doesn't exist.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #8 on Sat 18 Feb 2012 01:16 PM (UTC)

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Ive double checked and triple checked the path and it is correct.

When I click the Log session in the file menu it will work for that session but I cant get it to work automatically....

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (22,975 posts)

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Reply #9 on Sat 18 Feb 2012 07:23 PM (UTC)

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Auto log is triggered by a connection being established (that is, it starts logging when you connect).

Since "dummy" worlds are never connected, auto log won't kick in.

You would need to have some other way of doing it, like a plugin that opens the log file when the world is opened, not when the world is connected.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #10 on Sat 18 Feb 2012 10:55 PM (UTC)

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Ahhh, thanks. I thought it might be something like that.

But if I added a plugin which just opened the log files, that wouldnt automatically make it start logging would it?

Posted by

Nick Gammon Australia (22,975 posts)

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Reply #11 on Sun 19 Feb 2012 01:12 AM (UTC)

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What do you mean by "start logging"? The log file would be open but nothing would be written until the main world sent it.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #12 on Tue 21 Feb 2012 05:51 PM (UTC)

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Thanks Nick. Sorry, by "start logging" I meant when the main world sent the data to that world.

I havent added a plugin to open the log files as yet, but I manually created the file (as per the autologging path spec - AuctionLog%a%d%b%Y.txt) before opening mushclient and connecting to the MUD.

However, the logging of the data still would not start until I manually clicked the Log Session in the file menu. It isnt a major problem to keep doing this, but was just wondering why?

Posted by Nick Gammon Australia (22,975 posts) bio Forum Administrator

Date Reply #13 on Wed 22 Feb 2012 03:48 AM (UTC)

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Lippa said:

But if I added a plugin which just opened the log files, that wouldnt automatically make it start logging would it?

The plugin would need to open the log file when the world opened. Something like this:

Template:saveplugin=OpenLogFile

To save and install the OpenLogFile plugin do this:

Copy between the lines below (to the Clipboard)
Open a text editor (such as Notepad) and paste the plugin into it
Save to disk on your PC, preferably in your plugins directory, as OpenLogFile.xml
Go to the MUSHclient File menu -> Plugins
Click "Add"
Choose the file OpenLogFile.xml (which you just saved in step 3) as a plugin
Click "Close"


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE muclient>

<muclient>
<plugin
   name="OpenLogFile"
   author="Nick Gammon"
   id="ac6f9e1e6d36ffaf37f5573a"
   language="Lua"
   purpose="Opens the log file"
   date_written="2012-02-22 13:38:37"
   requires="4.70"
   version="1.0"
   >
<description trim="y">
<![CDATA[
Opens the configured log file when the world is opened.
]]>
</description>

</plugin>

<!--  Script  -->

<script>
<![CDATA[

function OnPluginInstall ()
local err = OpenLog ("", true)
  if err == error_code.eOK then
    ColourNote ("white", "blue", "Log file " .. GetInfo (51) .. " opened.")
  elseif err == error_code.eLogFileAlreadyOpen then
    return
  elseif GetInfo (40) == "" then
    ColourNote ("white", "red", "No auto log file specified.")
  else
    ColourNote ("white", "red", "Could not open log file: " .. GetInfo (40) .. "")
  end -- if
end -- OnPluginInstall

]]>
</script>

</muclient>

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

Posted by

Lippa (11 posts)

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Reply #14 on Fri 24 Feb 2012 10:31 PM (UTC)

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That worked a treat, thanks Nick!

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