weak auras inviter?

[grumpyfish]

Is it possible to do a weakauras auto inviter?

I see it has a whisper trigger but I don't think it passes who sent the whisper.

[ComputerNerd]

WeakAuras is best used for something visual, and maybe auditory.
If you are not using the alerting features then you are getting close to what should be a separate addon in its own right.
Likely easier to isolate the problem too.

[evn]

You could make a custom event that triggers on chat_msg_whisper and then runs something like this for the custom trigger (and an untrigger that just returns true):

function(event_type, message, sender,...)
    if string.find(message, 'inv') then
        InviteUnit(sender)
    end
    return false
end

As mentioned: just because you can doesn't mean that you should.There are purpose built addons that will do a much better job and this really isn't a good use of weak auras.

[grumpyfish]

Yeah I realize its not what its really meant for. I was just noticing that several other addons functionality could be emulated with weak aura's and was seeing how far I could take it.

Thanks for the tips.

[aggixx]

WeakAuras is best used for something visual, and maybe auditory.
If you are not using the alerting features then you are getting close to what should be a separate addon in its own right.
Likely easier to isolate the problem too.

There are both pros and cons to developing something you may consider "addon-worthy" in WeakAuras instead of in an addon environment. WeakAuras is probably the much better choice for someone who's a beginner at LUA, especially if you're just trying to do something simple.

There are purpose built addons that will do a much better job and this really isn't a good use of weak auras.

But often times those addons can have a lot of other features the user may consider "bloat" and a simple WeakAura can serve that purpose in an efficient manner.