WoW:Using bindings.xml to create key bindings for your addon

Example:

bindings.xml

<Bindings>
  <Binding name="DOSTUFF" description="Default description" header="MYDOSTUFF">
    DoSomething();
  </Binding>
  <Binding name="DOOTHERSTUFF" description="Other default description">
    if ( keystate == "down" ) then
      DoSomethingElse();
    else
      DoSomethingYetDifferent();
    end
  </Binding>
</Bindings>

dostuff.lua

-- Binding Variables
BINDING_HEADER_MYDOSTUFF = "The header";
BINDING_NAME_DOSTUFF = "a name";
BINDING_NAME_DOOTHERSTUFF= "an other name";

Three things.

• WoW starts a new header when it finds a header="MYDOSTUFF" in a binding definition.
  You can not "hook into" a previous header using this way.

• WoW tries to look for a lua variable BINDING_HEADER_MYDOSTUFF if you use header="MYDOSTUFF".
  If it can not find that, your binding will end up with the previous header.

• if you use name="DOSTUFF" then WoW tries to look for a lua variable
  named BINDING_NAME_DOSTUFF. If that is not found, it uses description.
  If description is not present, it uses the name.
  This last case will look ugly.