RL WoW Messenger

RL WoW Messenger is a whisper-focused chat addon for World of Warcraft Classic. It provides a modern, compact whisper window inspired by WIM, with powerful history handling and quality-of-life tools tailored for organized group play.

Features

Dedicated whisper window with tabbed conversations
Side bar with quick actions:
- Invite to party/raid
- Invite to guild
- Add friend
- Toggle ignore
Scrollable tab list next to the chat area
Per-character whisper history, permanently stored via SavedVariables
Export whisper history per conversation or for all conversations at once
Delete single conversation history or all histories
Old messages (older than 1 day or before last login) shown in grey
Configurable filtering of whispers from the default chat frames
Option to defer opening the whisper window while you are in combat
Localized UI (German and English), with auto-detection from the game client
Minimap button to quickly open or hide the messenger
Custom options window with tabs for General settings and About information

Installation

Close World of Warcraft.
Copy the RLMessenger folder into your WoW addons directory, for example:
- Windows (Classic Era / WotLK-style): World of Warcraft\_classic_\Interface\AddOns\RLMessenger
- Your current setup uses: World of Warcraft\_anniversary_\Interface\AddOns\RLMessenger
Start the game and enable RL WoW Messenger in the AddOns menu on the character selection screen.

Usage

Incoming and outgoing whispers will be routed into RL WoW Messenger while the addon is enabled.
Each player you talk to gets its own tab; all tabs are listed in a scrollable bar next to the chat area.
Use the buttons in the right side bar to:
- Invite the active whisper target to your group
- Invite the target to your guild
- Add the target as a friend
- Toggle ignore for that player

Configuration

Open the configuration window in one of these ways:

Click the small gear button next to the RL Messenger header in the main messenger window, or
Use the slash command /rlwim or /rlwm.

General tab:

Enable RL WoW Messenger
Turn the addon on or off without unloading it.
Hide whispers from default chat frames
If enabled, whispers will be filtered out of the standard chat windows and shown only in RL WoW Messenger.
Open whisper window only after combat
When enabled, incoming whispers during combat will not pop up the window immediately; the window appears after you leave combat.
Language
Choose between:
- Automatic (client locale)
- German
- English
Saved conversations
- Choose a conversation from the dropdown to view/export its history.
- Use the buttons below to:
  - Export selected conversation
  - Export all conversations
  - Delete selected conversation
  - Delete all conversations

About tab

Shows basic information about the addon, including:

Author: Robin Oliver Lucas (RL-Dev)
Address: Schwarzbach 148, 42277 Wuppertal, Germany
E-mail: robin@rl-dev.de
Bug tracker: https://rl-dev.de/bugtracker.html
PayPal (donations): robin@rl-dev.de

Slash Commands

/rlwim or /rlwm
- Without arguments: toggle the main RL WoW Messenger window.
- With name message: send a whisper directly through RL WoW Messenger, for example:
  
  /rlwim Playername Hello there!

Localization

RL WoW Messenger currently supports:

German (deDE)
English (enUS and others)

By default the addon uses the game client's locale. You can override this in the options under Language.

Support & Bug Reports

Bug tracker: https://rl-dev.de/bugtracker.html
E-mail: robin@rl-dev.de

For feature requests, issues or feedback, please open a ticket on the bug tracker or contact the author via e-mail.

Donations

If you enjoy RL WoW Messenger and want to support development, you can donate via PayPal to:

robin@rl-dev.de

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