Character Notes

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Overview

Character Notes allows you to set and manage notes on other player's characters. Notes are stored per realm so notes are shared across your characters on a realm. Notes can be set on any character name. The notes are simple and generic and are not tied to a friend, an ignored character, etc.

Notes are displayed:

When that character logs on
When you do a /who on that character
In unit tooltips
Optionally as a hyperlink in chat
From a command line interface
From a GUI interface

Notes can be set and managed:

By right-clicking on a unit frame
Right clicking a name in chat or in the friends list
From a command line interface
From a GUI interface
LDB launcher to bring up the GUI interface
Minimap button to bring up the GUI interface

Additional Features

Character Notes can use LibAlts to get main-alt information. If no note is found for a character but one is found for the main of that character, it will display the note for the main.

Notes can be stored for characters not from your server but you'll need to use /editnote or the "Edit Note" menu item due to the spaces in the name (from the server name added at the end).

Note Links will add a hyperlink in chat next to any player name that you have set a note for. Clicking the "note" link will display the note in a tooltip.

Command-line options

/notes - Brings up the GUI
/searchnote - Brings up the GUI. Optional search term allows filtering the list of notes.
/setnote Sets a note for the character name specified.
/delnote Deletes the note for the character name specified.
/getnote Prints the note for the character name specified.
/editnote Brings up a window to edit the note for the name specified or your target if no name if specified.

Import / Export

Via the interface options or command line you can initiate an export or import of notes.

Exported notes can be used in spreadsheets, other applications, or imported into this
addon. The export is in the comma-separated value (CSV) format. If you choose to Escape values, it will put double quotes around text fields.

You can also import notes into the addon. This feature can result in data loss. Backup
your data (the Saved Variables) before importing in case you need to restore your data if
anything goes wrong. You can find the file at <WoW-Folder>\<flavor>\WTF\Account\<account>\Saved Variables\CharacterNotes.lua. Flavor is the game type such as _retail_ or _classic_.

In order to import notes from this addon, when you export you must select all fields and turn on Escape? values. Any spaces or newlines in a note will cause issues and possible corrupt the import. Escaping the values will preserve the data.

A preview window shows what will be imported giving you a chance to verify the data
looks correct. By default the addon will not overwrite existing data. If you wish to overwrite existing notes, then toggle the Overwrite Existing option.

Updating from 5.4

As a part of virtual realms, Blizzard changed the format of character names that include the server. Previously, the name and server were separated by a space, a dash, then a space. Now it will just be a dash. Character Notes could store notes for characters from other servers but it used the older format. When you first run version 2.2+ it should find and update any of these older "cross-server" names. Going forward, all names will use the newer format though.

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fantara1
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#103 fantara1

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Posted Jul 31, 2020
is it possible to add menu for right button when u click on nickname in chat or in frame to set/edit/remove note? because this idea to have notes for players is very good but typing some commands in game not comfortable.. can u imagine if player have billons addons and how hard is remember all commands for all addons? so if ur addon will have menu it will be much more useful

thanks

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Talryn
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Posted Aug 8, 2020
In reply to fantara1:

It already exists but I had to disable it by default. It causes errors in the UI sometimes. If you want to re-enable it see the "Drop Down Menu Option in 8.2.5" note at the top of the addon page.

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Posted Aug 8, 2020
In reply to Talryn:

yeah i found out this option

but it is not comfortable to use, because on right click i can only add note or edit, but if i want to delete it i have to go in settings from command or clicking button on minimap.. both variants arent comfortable because about commands i told u before, about minimap icon same problem, im player who dont like a lot of stuff in my window, and i hide almost all minimap buttons as much as i can.. so.. i like your addon it is rly very helpful and i didn't have any problems with errors with it but anyway menu on right click would be much more better if u will make it more comfortable

another one - if it possible to set in settings option to disable show info around player's nicks that they have some notes, enough that i can shift+click on their names to see it or in tooltips

thanks

p.s. and yeah i use classic version ^^

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Posted Apr 5, 2020
I can see the notes in tooltips

I used TinyTooltip

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Posted Mar 23, 2020
I can read Notes even if I write note.

I used Korean version.

and I translated korean

Thank you so much about develop this addon

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Posted Feb 18, 2020
As of today I noticed this addon is no longer working in WoW classic (I haven't tried retail). I've tried deleting it from the twitch client and reinstalling it to no avail.

I am unable to right click a name in the chat to add a note. When I am able to add a note (for example from my friends list I am unable to indicate if it was a positive or negative note but I am able to add or edit a note. Not sure what to do.

I'm sad because this is literally in my top 5 favorite addon's of all time!

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Posted Feb 19, 2020
In reply to BeachBorn:

There is a note about the menu items at the top of the addon description. Sadly, adding the menu items causes errors, especially in Classic and battlegrounds. The addon no longer adds the menu items by default. If you like the menu items and it doesn't cause you any trouble, you can go into the settings and enable "Add Menu Items".

I haven't seen any issue with setting the rating. I just used that and it worked for me. Could you provide more information? Is the drop down box with the ratings missing? Are they not saving or surviving logging out?

Hope that helps!

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Posted Feb 24, 2020
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The drop down box with the ratings is missing, I've attached a screenshot for when I try to add a note from my friends list - this is what appears:

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Posted Feb 27, 2020
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How did you bring up that window? Using a command line option or another method? If I can re-create what you did, I'll try to figure out what is going on.

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Posted Feb 10, 2020
Suggestion: Would it be possible to add a little sign (like a red exclamation point or asterisk or something) to a player's name if you have a note about them and you see the name in the LFG window either as the group lister or the applicant to your group? (And maybe when you mouse over it or click it, a little popup will show the note you set for that person)

I'm attempting to use this addon to keep track of players who are unappealing to play with again, so that I don't inadvertently run with them again in PUGs when I do mythic pluses. However, currently, even after adding the player and a note to the addon, there is no indication whatsoever that I have a note for them when I see them in the LFG window.

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Posted Jan 21, 2020
very uncomfortable configuration commands

if you made graphical interface, you need to add the function to manage notes there

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Posted Oct 27, 2019
unable to report players with this addon turned on, disabled it and i'm able to report players again

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Posted Sep 15, 2019
Just waiting for the Import feature.

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Posted Sep 5, 2019
Seems to be functional in Classic. Very much appreciated.

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#48 Posted Sep 10, 2018

To fix the Problem that the Menu is diabled, change the following line and remove dist = 0 in line 1607:

function CharacterNotes:AddToUnitPopupMenu()
	_G.UnitPopupButtons["CN_EDIT_NOTE"] = {text = L["Edit Note"]}

	for menu, enabled in pairs(self.db.profile.menusToModify) do
		if menu and enabled then
			tinsert(_G.UnitPopupMenus[menu], 
				#_G.UnitPopupMenus[menu], 
				"CN_EDIT_NOTE")
		end
	end

	self:SecureHook("UnitPopup_ShowMenu")
end

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Posted Sep 11, 2018
In reply to Zwixx:

Thank you for the reminder and the tip. I saw this but I've been busy and forgot to fix it. I'll push a new release shortly and include your suggestion about the CHAT_ROSTER.

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Posted Oct 16, 2018
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If it's ok for you, add me as a co-author. Then I correct this myself.

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Posted Oct 16, 2018
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I forgot to tag and push the new release. It should be updated now.

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Thanks :)

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I added CHAT_ROSTER to the Menu list, so it's appear in the channel list too.

menusToModify = { ["PLAYER"] = true, ["PARTY"] = true, ["FRIEND"] = true, ["FRIEND_OFFLINE"] = true, ["RAID_PLAYER"] = true, ["CHAT_ROSTER"] = true, },
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Character Notes

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Character Notes

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Command-line options

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Updating from 5.4

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