Authors CurseForge

After the 4.0.1 Patch, after I updated my AddOns; /dump unexpectedly got modified. Colors got changed.
(strings = green, numbers = magenta, nil = red)
At first it was kind of annoying, but when I found out it could also read the "userdata" of frames, I totally loved it.

However, it only works on only the character I used just after Patch 4.0.1 hit. So which addon is modifying /dump?! What I tried:

1. Trying /dump on other characters with ALL addons enabled wouldn't give me the modified /dump. I suspect it got to do with the savedvariables from that specific character.
2. Enabling all addons 1 by 1 to find out which one it is did not work ..

/dump MicroButtonTabardEmblem

-- Normal /dump


-- Tweaked /dump


AddOns list:

1. Ace3
2. ACP
3. AdvancedTradeSkillWindow
4. Altoholic + DataStore
5. Atlas + AtlasLoot
6. Auctioneer + Stubby + Informant + !Swatter
7. Bartender4
8. BindPad
9. BlizzMove
10. CensusPlus
11. ComboPointsRedux
12. DevTools
13. DrDamage
14. ElitistGroup
15. FreeRefills
16. FuBar
17. GearScore
18. GrimReaper
19. Informant
20. Omen
21. OmniCC
22. Postal
23. Prat-3.0
24. Quartz
25. Recount
26. SCT + SCTD
27. simpleMinimap
28. TankPoints
29. TinyTip
30. XPerl

My motivation for this was to search for the Guild Tabard Logo/Emblem with /framestack and then grab the GetTexture() and GetTexCoord() just to use the icon in the options menu for an addon. this modified /dump made it way easier. I already found an even better way, GuildFrameTabardEmblem:GetTexture() for the higher quality emblem from the Guild frame though, but I'm really curious about the /dump.

Edit @ Stanzilla: Its not Prat
Edit 2: It uses Ace2, because when you try a invalid /dump test = notexistingvar it says its Ace2. I narrowed it down to FuBar GuildFu r117(sorry I didnt mention the fubar plugins) but when only FuBar and GuildFu are running it doesnt work anymore. I think its some addon combination with GuildFu
Edit 3: Your right pneumatus >< (still not sure which addon combination with guildfu it is)

Sorry for my messy topic start. I've relogged over 50 times which all kinds of different AddOn combinations. From what I can see it's AceConsole-2.0 r1096 from i.e. FuBar GuildFu that randomly starts working with any magic number of certain AddOns.

TLDR: I don't know what the f*ck is going on, I tried EVERY addon combination.

Please, can someone tell me how to use this Ace2 /dump functionality(yes .. I know its dead), or a replacement addon? I'm getting a breakdown from this totally random feature that pops out and in faster than a Whac-A-Mole

Edit: Anyway, I wasnt around in the Ace2 time ><
So does Ace3 also have this /dump functionality?
Edit @ Farmbuyer: Yes, confirmed /print, /echo also are changed by Ace2. (no idea what /echo is though)

AceConsole-2.0 r1096 line2666

	local t = { "/print", "/echo" }
	local _,_,_,enabled,loadable = GetAddOnInfo("DevTools")
	if not enabled and not loadable then
		table.insert(t, "/dump")
	end
	self:RegisterChatCommand(t, function(text)
		text = text:trim():match("^(.-);*$")
		local f, err = loadstring("AceLibrary('AceConsole-2.0'):PrintLiteral(" .. text .. ")")
		if not f then
			self:Print("|cffff0000Error:|r", err)
		else
			f()
		end
	end, "PRINT")

GetAddOnInfo("DevTools") tests with DevTools 1.11 and FuBar GuildFu r117 as the only addons:

1. Removed DevTools: args5 = nil; arg6= "MISSING"; Normal Dump
2. Disabled DevTools: arg5 = nil; arg6 = "DISABLED"; Normal Dump
3. Enabled DevTools: arg5 = 1; arg6 = nil; Normal Dump
4. Some magic addon combination, Enabled DevTools: arg5 = 1; arg6 = nil; Normal Dump
5. Some magic addon combination, Disabled DevTools: arg5 = nil; arg6 = "DISABLED"; However in this case the modified /dump works! Proof:

Now at this point, it's just .. confusing me badly.
I know nothing to very little about userdata, loadstring, widgets or :PrintLiteral.

I just want the dump functionality where if you'd get "userdata", you can get more detailed frame/widget info... anything goes for me
(Ace2, macro script, mini addon, or some rather obvious method I should have known instead)
Edit @ Phanx: Thanks, I will (n_n)

You could try Tekkub's addon Spew.

.. Just want to thank you and Tekkub again. I love Spew already

Quote from sylvanaar

Yes its Prat - specifically the debug pullout. If you go into the Prat-3.0/pullouts folder and pull out Prat-3.0_Debug you get the tweaked /dump command. Though maybe you didnt do that and it was something else.

I disabled Prat too when turning off addons 1 by 1, and did not "pull out" any Prat folder..

However there is no functionality for copying chat out of Spew, so I wanted to try out sylvanaar's Debug Tools.
I pulled out Prat-3.0_Debug and used e.g. /print GuildFrameTabardEmblem. And .. damn hell I love it as well~

Thanks for showing me the way to the awesomeness of (frame) Debug Tools