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Handy Notes for your maps. This addon is intended to be a small and simple framework for showing notes on your map.

Use /handynotes to access options.

You can add notes to the maps in 3 ways:

Alt-RightClick on the world map to add a note.
Use "/hnnew" without the quotes to add a note at your current location.
Use "/hnnew x,y" without the quotes to add a note at location x,y on your current zone's map.

HandyNotes supports plugins that other authors can write to display their own set of notes on the map. See this link for a list of such addons: https://www.curseforge.com/wow/search?search=handynotes

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_ForgeUser249906
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Posted Jan 5, 2011
YAY! I hate getting the error when i accidentally mouse over a flight path on the main map. Is there anything we can do to help you get the data for flight points?

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Posted Jan 1, 2011
I pointed out the FAQ because the instructions were not complete even when I posted the first tempfix, Toran had missed the changes for Astrolabe:ComputeDistance and Astrolabe:TranslateWorldMapPosition which were needed by some of the addons. He did a great job! But that's why you occasionally saw some trouble (Mailbox clearing other mailboxes in the same zone, etc.) Please don't take that as a criticism, but I was getting complaints from people who followed the incomplete directions. I do appreciate both your and Toran's work in getting mods working for everyone.

I updated the FAQ, so the addons should work with both the official 1.2.0 when it's released and the tempfix. That wasn't a change required by the tempfix. If anything the tempfix was getting changed to better support the addons. The comment to remove the "HandyNotes.compat = compat" line was because it caused that addon to overwrite the main compat section in HandyNotes (tempfix) and thus potentially remove support for other addons.

HandyNotes_Vendors was recently updated on SVN so hopefully that one will be working as well as HandyNotes_FlightMasters when HandyNotes has a release version.

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Posted Jan 1, 2011
HandyNotes (tempfix) has since been changed to currently require different modifications in the add-on modules from what I posted 2 weeks ago below, as per the "HandyNotes (tempfix) FAQ" as you say. But what I posted was valid for the version of the hacky hacked mod at that time (rev. 1.16a, tested, verified) as well as add-on modules that had not been updated to use Astrolabe-1.0.

As Xinhuan is now updating the main mods & his plugins (at least Flightmasters), as is said below, hopefully the need for the hackdeluxe will go away. It likely won't completely until all the critical add-on modules (Vendors, Mailboxes, etc.) are updated too.

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Posted Dec 31, 2010
I appreciate the plug for HandyNotes (tempfix) and am happy it's working for you.

If you are following Zidomo's directions remove the "HandyNotes.compat = compat" line from the code below. It doesn't belong there and can cause problems.

Please see the HandyNotes (tempfix) FAQ for instructions on modifying your HandyNotes_* plugins to work with it. While Toran did a great job he didn't catch all the changes needed.

And you can change "fully updated" to hamfistedly hacked. [I wrote the tempfix, I can say it.]

Since updates are appearing on the svn, hopefully the need for the tempfix will go away shortly.

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Posted Dec 24, 2010
Someone came out with a temporary fix that works. At least for me it does. It can be found over at:

http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info19004-HandyNotestempfix.html

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Posted Dec 25, 2010
Okay--this update does work almost correctly. I can make notes and they show on the map and minimap. The problem now is however, that if you change the note by moving or deleting it, it remains in the original position on the minimap until you go into a different zone and come back again.

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Posted Dec 31, 2010
Confirmed, does help the minimap issue. Make sure to install the updated Handynotes version in addition to changing the lines of code in your handynotes plugins!

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Posted Dec 22, 2010
This addon is completely broken. Now the icons for notes don't appear at all anywhere. That's after updating Astrolabe to the latest version and editing the luas to reflect that. It lets me try to set a note and name it but no icons show on the regular map or on the minimap. There doesn't seem to be any interest by the author to fix this mod so does anyone know of another mod that creates map notes that is currently working?

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Posted Dec 21, 2010
Astrolabe has been updated as of the 19th I think Handynotes needs to be also based on that lib's current status.

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#122 Posted Dec 20, 2010

Both the last HandyNotes posted here as well as all its separate modules are still using the Astrolabe 0.4 API. After changing them just to look for 1.0, they are still not going to work properly.

There are two temporary fixes posted at WowInterface for HandyNotes itself. The one that doesn't work (as well as conflicts with anything that uses Astrolabe 1.0 such as TomTom) is HandyNotes (fanupdate).

The one that has actually works: HandyNotes (tempfix). Its been "fully updated" to work properly with Astrolabe 1.0. Tested here and yes, it works without any issues seen so far. No icons stuck to the mouse cursor or anything else. As its been changed to actually use Astrolabe 1.0 properly, it also works without issue in combination with the current TomTom, MobMap & other mods using that version.

For the separate modules to work properly with this updated HandyNotes, work needs to be done to each of them. The recommended modules to use (if you need their functionality): HandyNotes_Vendors, HandyNotes_CityGuide, HandyNotes_Mailboxes, HandyNotes_Trainers & HandyNotes_Charon. The instructions to modify them are on this page, detailed below. The basics on that page are also the modifications made to HandyNotes (tempfix).

1) Change

local Astrolabe = DongleStub("Astrolabe-0.4")

local Astrolabe = DongleStub("Astrolabe-1.0")

as noted below at the top of each module's addon.lua (& HandyNotes_Mailboxes.lua) file. But that's just the first thing that needs to be done.

2) Next, integrate the following code block into each module's addon.lua (& HandyNotes_Mailboxes.lua) file. The place to put it: between the last line of the Addon declaration and the first line of the Our db upvalue and db defaults sections.

local compat = {}
HandyNotes.compat = compat

do
    local orig = GetCurrentMapAreaID()

    -- Create a lookup table from mapID to c,z pairs
    local mapcz = {}
    for cid, zlist in ipairs{GetMapContinents()} do
        for zid, mapid in ipairs{GetMapZones(cid)} do
            SetMapZoom(cid, zid)
            local mapid = GetCurrentMapAreaID()
            mapcz[mapid] = {cid, zid}
        end
    end

    SetMapByID(orig)

    -- Speed up minimap updates
    Astrolabe.MinimapUpdateTime = 0.1

    -- This function takes the mapID return from the Astrolabe function
    -- and converts it to a c,z,x,y tuple
    function compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()
        local map, floor, x, y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()
        local cz = mapcz[map]
        if cz then
            local c, z = unpack(cz)
            return c, z, x, y
        end
    end

    function compat:GetCurrentPlayerCoords()
        local map, floor, x, y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()
        return x, y
    end

    function compat:GetDirectionToIcon(...)
        return Astrolabe:GetDirectionToIcon(...)
    end

    function compat:GetDistanceToIcon(...)
        return Astrolabe:GetDistanceToIcon(...)
    end

    function compat:RemoveIconFromMinimap(...)
        return Astrolabe:RemoveIconFromMinimap(...)
    end

    function compat:IsIconOnEdge(...)
        return Astrolabe:IsIconOnEdge(...)
    end

    function compat:PlaceIconOnMinimap(icon, c, z, x, y)
        local mapId = Astrolabe:GetMapID(c, z)
        local floors = Astrolabe:GetNumFloors(mapId)
        local floor = floors == 0 and 0 or 1
        return Astrolabe:PlaceIconOnMinimap(icon, mapId, floor, x, y)
    end

    function compat:PlaceIconOnWorldMap(frame, icon, c, z, x, y)
        local mapId = Astrolabe:GetMapID(c, z)
        local floors = Astrolabe:GetNumFloors(mapId)
        local floor = floors == 0 and 0 or 1

        return Astrolabe:PlaceIconOnWorldMap(frame, icon, mapId, floor, x, y)
    end

end

3) Finally, as per the above web page (typo fixed & another module added):

Open HandyNotes_CityGuide/addon.lua

Search for:

local continent, zone, x, y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Replace with:

local continent, zone, x, y = compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Open HandyNotes_Mailboxes/HandyNotes_Mailboxes.lua

Search for:

local c,z,x,y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Replace with:

local c,z,x,y = compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Open HandyNotes_Trainers/addon.lua

Search for:

local continent, zone, x, y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Replace with:

local continent, zone, x, y = compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Open HandyNotes_Vendors/addon.lua

Search for:

local continent, zone, x, y = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Replace with:

local continent, zone, x, y = compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

(my addition) Open HandyNotes_Charon/addon.lua & search for:

local Ccontinent, Czone, Cx, Cy = Astrolabe:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

replace with:

local Ccontinent, Czone, Cx, Cy = compat:GetCurrentPlayerPosition()

Note that if you look further in each addon.lua (& HandyNotes_Mailboxes.lua) file, you will see at least one more instance of original Astrolabe text in each file. Those do not need to be changed; only one line in each as listed above do in combination with the first two steps.

After doing those three steps properly for each module, you are done. Each of those modules will automatically detect and create new HandyNotes properly without any issues in combination with the updated HandyNotes (tempfix).

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Posted Dec 18, 2010
Just an FYI... there is a "tempfix" posted on wowinterface.com that works for now, however, you would need to go into your other HandyNotes mods and make the following change.

Change:

local Astrolabe = DongleStub("Astrolabe-0.4")

To:

local Astrolabe = DongleStub("Astrolabe-1.0")

This will work in the interim until the original is fixed, but there are some draw backs. It seems that the "tempfix" will not auto add new vendors/trainers if you use HandyNotes_Venders and/or _Trainers.

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Posted Dec 22, 2010
I don't use any of the addons. I just want to be able to manually create a note and have it work. How much of this fix needs to be applied?

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Posted Dec 22, 2010
Changing the line about the astrolabe version to 1.0 completely breaks the mod. You can't create notes at all if you do it.

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Posted Dec 16, 2010
For those of you, like myself, who have that icon sticking to your player arrow in the minimap; if you haven't done so already you can go into the HandyNotes options area and reduce the alpha for the minimap notes and set it to zero so you don't see the note icons anymore. At least it won't block the view of your arrow and you can still see your note icons on the world map.

This is what I am doing 'til we get an update, hopefully we will.

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Posted Dec 19, 2010
Here is a tempfix for the icon sticking to player arrow issue.

http://warcraftic.com/?p=418#more-418

Hope this works for you all too.

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Posted Dec 22, 2010
Then the icons won't appear at all on the minimap--that's no fix.

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Posted Dec 12, 2010
Does this still work with Silverdragon?

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Posted Dec 11, 2010
Same thing happens to me as Loxado. I also used Handynotes_CityGuide, Trainers, etc. Many of them seem to stick to the arrow on the minimap.

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Posted Dec 10, 2010
The fan update does not fix anything. The icon still sticks to the character arrow and the real point does not show on the minimap.

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Posted Dec 9, 2010
4.0.3a - R: v1.1.6: When I make a note with /hnnew it is correct on the map (Mapster), <<< BUT >>> it sticks to my personal arrow on the minimap too. In all zones where I made a note with /hnnew I have the selected icon moving on top of me around the minimap with me. :-( When I mouseover the symbol on the minimap it tells the correct text - but absolut wrong coordinates (because it moves with me). I found NO WAY to get rid of the symbol on top of me on the minimap :-( Everything else is great and I really dont want to miss this addon!!

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