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WoW:API CastSpellByName (source)

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 : You might encounter difficulties when using this on a localized version of WoW.
-: Get the exact name and suffix of the Spell by using the [[API_GetSpellName|GetSpellName]]-function. If the spell's name includes special characters (like ä, á, â,...) you will have to use utf8-escape codes (which you can find [http://www.allegro-c.de/unicode/zcodes.htm here]).
+: See the [[HOWTO:_Localize_an_AddOn#Unicode|Unicode part]] of the Localization HOWTO for more details about editing a source file containing localized strings.
-: This is because Lua currently does not support unicode!
-: For example, if you're using the german version of the WoW-client, instead of
+: This problem does only appear when working with Lua source files. When you're using macros, inside the WoW client, it should work in unicode directly.
-  CastSpellByName("Dämonenrüstung(Rang 1)");
-: you will have to write
-  CastSpellByName("D\195\164monenr\195\188stung(Rang 1)");
-: This problem does only appear when working with Lua. When you're just using macro it should work with the ä's and ü's.
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