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	This page is intended to provide patterns that may be useful in constructing your own macros, filling a niche between a reference page for macros ([[HOWTO: Make a Macro]]) and a list of generally [[Useful macros]].		This page is intended to provide patterns that may be useful in constructing your own macros, filling a niche between a reference page for macros [[HOWTO: Make a Macro]] and a list of generally [[Useful macros]].

	== Managing Focus ==		== Managing Focus ==

	'Focus' is a [[UnitId]] newly available in WoW 2.0 which provides for a means for macros (and addons under keyboard/mouse control) to 'remember' some other [[UnitId]]. Unit frame addons allow a player to track the health and status of the focused unit while targeting other units. Macros can be written to cast spells on the focused unit. Moreover, click-style addons such as Clique can be used on the focus' unit frame as appropriate. These possibilities are the motivation for including focus management in macros.		'Focus' is a [[UnitId]] newly available in WoW 2.0 which provides for a means for macros (and addons under keyboard/mouse control) to 'remember' some other [[UnitId]]. Unit frame addons allow a player to track the health and status of the focused unit while targeting other units. Macros can be written to cast spells on the focused unit. Moreover, click-style addons such as Clique can be used on the focus' unit frame as appropriate. These possibilities are the motivation for including focus management in macros.

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WoWWiki>Pcj at 21:27, 21 January 2008

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	This page is intended to provide patterns that may be useful in constructing your own macros, filling a niche between a reference page for macros ([[HOWTO: Make a Macro]]) and a list of generally [[Useful macros]].		This page is intended to provide patterns that may be useful in constructing your own macros, filling a niche between a reference page for macros ([[HOWTO: Make a Macro]]) and a list of generally [[Useful macros]].

	= Managing Focus =		== Managing Focus ==

	'Focus' is a [[UnitId]] newly available in WoW 2.0 which provides for a means for macros (and addons under keyboard/mouse control) to 'remember' some other [[UnitId]]. Unit frame addons allow a player to track the health and status of the focused unit while targeting other units. Macros can be written to cast spells on the focused unit. Moreover, click-style addons such as Clique can be used on the focus' unit frame as appropriate. These possibilities are the motivation for including focus management in macros.		'Focus' is a [[UnitId]] newly available in WoW 2.0 which provides for a means for macros (and addons under keyboard/mouse control) to 'remember' some other [[UnitId]]. Unit frame addons allow a player to track the health and status of the focused unit while targeting other units. Macros can be written to cast spells on the focused unit. Moreover, click-style addons such as Clique can be used on the focus' unit frame as appropriate. These possibilities are the motivation for including focus management in macros.

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 == Sheep/Monitor/Resheep Pattern ==
-  /focus [target=focus,exists,nodead] focus;
+  /focus [target=focus,exists,nodead] focus; target
   /cast [target=focus,harm,nodead] Polymorph
-This will leave your current focus as-is if there is a focused unit and it's alive; otherwise your focus will be set to your current target. (The ';' is not a line terminator -- means that if [target=focus,exists,nodead] did not evaluate true, then attempt to execute a /focus command with no arguments.) Then, once your focus has been set, if it is an enemy, Polymorph it.
+If you have a focus, and it exists and is not dead, then your focus is set to your focus (in other words it remains unchanged).  Otherwise, focus is set to your current target.  Then, now that you have a focus set, if it is an enemy, Polymorph it.
-As a result, this macro can be placed on the action bar, and be used as a single-button solution to sheep an initial target (as long as you have no focus, or it's dead), to be able to monitor the status (i.e., to know when it should be resheeped), and to resheep as necessary.
+As a result, this macro can be placed on the action bar, and be used as a single-button solution to sheep an initial target (as long as you have no focus, or the one from the previous fight has died already), and to resheep as necessary.
 == Last Pet Target Pattern ==
 [[Category:Macros]]

WoWWiki>Qzot at 20:13, 1 March 2007

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This page is intended to provide patterns that may be useful in constructing your own macros, filling a niche between a reference page for macros ([[HOWTO: Make a Macro]]) and a list of generally [[Useful macros]].

= Managing Focus =

'Focus' is a [[UnitId]] newly available in WoW 2.0 which provides for a means for macros (and addons under keyboard/mouse control) to 'remember' some other [[UnitId]]. Unit frame addons allow a player to track the health and status of the focused unit while targeting other units. Macros can be written to cast spells on the focused unit. Moreover, click-style addons such as Clique can be used on the focus' unit frame as appropriate. These possibilities are the motivation for including focus management in macros.

== Sheep/Monitor/Resheep Pattern ==
/focus [target=focus,exists,nodead] focus;
/cast [target=focus,harm,nodead] Polymorph
This will leave your current focus as-is if there is a focused unit and it's alive; otherwise your focus will be set to your current target. (The ';' is not a line terminator -- means that if [target=focus,exists,nodead] did not evaluate true, then attempt to execute a /focus command with no arguments.) Then, once your focus has been set, if it is an enemy, Polymorph it.

As a result, this macro can be placed on the action bar, and be used as a single-button solution to sheep an initial target (as long as you have no focus, or it's dead), to be able to monitor the status (i.e., to know when it should be resheeped), and to resheep as necessary.

== Last Pet Target Pattern ==

[[Category:Macros]]