MacroTalk provides extended chat command support especially useful for macros.

Disabling Modules

If you would prefer only to have certain functionality from MacroTalk (for instance, if you have another addon that provides similar functionality), you can disable various modules by renaming or deleting the corresponding .lua files. You can safely remove MacroTalkChatOptions, MacroTalkCommands, and MacroTalkSubstitutions which correspond to Conditional/Random chat commands, Slash commands, and Text substitutions, respectively.

Slash Commands

• tellunit (/tu, /whisperunit, /wu) {unit} {message}
  Sends a whisper to the specified unit. This link for a list of units
  
  

  Example :

  /cast Innervate
  /tellunit target Incoming innervate


• /group (/gr) {message}
  Picks battleground, raid, or party chat depending on which type of group you are in.


• /opt [options] {slash command}; [options] {slash command}; ...
  Picks from multiple slash commands given the options. You can only use slash commands that don't trigger secure functions. Chat commands, emotes, scripts, etc. are OK. /cast, /use, etc. are off limits.
  Note: the sub-commands cannot use macro options since the semicolons would cause ambiguity.
  
  

  Example :

  /opt [button:2] /bye; /wave


• /rndcmd [options] {command 1}\{command 2}; [options] {command 3}\{command 4}...
  Picks a random slash command out of the group chosen based on the given options. Each group is a list of slash commands separated by the backslash (\) character (this is in contrast to commas used for the built-in random commands--commas are just too common in chat messages).
  Note: like the /opt command, the sub-commands cannot use macro options and you can't use any secure commands.
  
  

  Example :

  rndcmd [swimming] /y Help! I'm Drowning! \ /s The water's great!; /s Time for a swim... \ /dance

Conditional chat commands

All chat commands (/say, /tell, /guild, etc.) can now accept macro options. To use this functionality, simply start the command with /opt.
Note: [target=] has no effect on the output of the chat commands; it only affects the other conditionals in the clause.

Example :

/optsay [swimming] gurgle; [mounted] The cavalry has arrived!

Example :

/cast [target=focus] Polymorph
/optgroup [target=focus, exists] Sheeping %f[/i]

Random chat commands

Similar to the macro options, you can now add /rnd to the beginning of any chat command to pick a random saying. The /rnd___ commands also take options to pick a different list of sayings. The lists themselves are separated by the backslash symbol (\).

Example :

/rndyell ZOMG! \ WTF?! \ You there! Check out that noise!

Example :

/rndsay [outdoors] Ahhh, the Great Outdoors! \ What a lovely day!;
I wish I could go outside right now \ Must... Leave... Building...[/i]

Text substitutions

MacroTalk offers a variety of substitutions in addition to %t of the default UI. Substitutions are prioritized by the length of the code; longer codes are processed first. This means that %tl will be processed before %t. The codes are case-insensitive so %Tl is equivalent to %tL.

• Straight substitutions :

  • %n - Your name
    
  • %z - Your current zone
    
  • %sz - Your current sub-zone (or zone if no sub-zone)
    
  • %loc - Your map coordinates

• unit information :

  • %t - Name of your target (built in, but listed for consistency)
    
  • %f - Name of your focus
    
  • %m - Name of mouseover unit
    
  • %p - Name of your pet
    
  • %tt - Name of your target's target

• You can suffix those with one of the following to return other pieces of data about the unit :

  • l - Level
    
  • c - Class
    
  • g - Gender
    
  • gb - Gender (blank if no gender)
    
  • r - Race
    
  • rb - Race (blank if no race)
    
  • gu - Guild
    
  • gub - Guild (blank if no guild)
    
  • rm - Realm (works with other realms, in a dungeon for instance)
    
  • h - Health (XX/XX) - Acts like hp for players not in your party/raid/bg
    
  • hp - Health percentage (XX%)
    
  • ma - Mana - Not just 'm' because it conflicts with mouseover
    
  • mab - Mana (blank if no mana)
    
  • mp - Mana percentage
    
  • mpb - Mana percentage (blank if no mana)
    
  • ic - Raid icon
    
  • icb - Raid icon (blank if no icon)

  Example :

  /p Sheeping %f (level %fl %fg %fr %fc)
  /cast [target=focus] Polymorph
  Sample result: Sheeping Cogwheel (level 64 male Gnome Warrior)
  
  

  Example :

  /s I'm a level %l, %g, %r %c from %gu of %rm.
  Sample result: I'm a level 68, male, gnome warrior from Arkangels of Sargeras.

MacroTalk continued. Originally created by CogWheel.
All thanks to CogWheel for his really nice work on this addon, I am here only to maintain it alive :)

Don not hesitate to give any kind of comments or suggestions, I am learning :)