Authors CurseForge

I have solved this in another way... after looking at Tukui, I just removed all functions. Yes seriously, lol. I can't believe I wasted 3 days on this.

Here is the final file composition, for a very basic options panel, with two toggles that can pass variables from the AceDB into the frame scripts. I think I asked the question in the wrong way, and this doesn't use AceEvent at all, except for the UpdateDisplay function, which I will want later when I add more options to my configuration.

YourName = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon("YourName", "AceConsole-3.0", "AceEvent-3.0")

local fontFace = "Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF"
local fontSize = 11
local defaults = {
    profile = {
        autosell  = true,
        autorepair = true,
    },
}
local YourName_Options = {
    order = 1,
    type = "group",
    name = "YourName Options",
    handler = YourName,
    get = function( k ) return YourName.db.profile[k.arg] end,
    set = function( k, v ) YourName.db.profile[k.arg] = v; end,
    args = {
        br01 = {
            name = "Enable or Disable Modules",
            type = "description",
            order = 1,
        },
        autosell = {
            name = "Autosell Grey Items",
            type = "toggle",
            arg = "autosell",
            get    = function() return YourName.db.profile.autosell end,
            set    = function(info, v) YourName.db.profile.autosell = v 
            end,
            order = 2,
        },
        autorepair = {
            name = "Auto Repair",
            type = "toggle",
            arg = "autorepair",
            get    = function() return YourName.db.profile.autorepair end,
            set    = function(info, v) YourName.db.profile.autorepair = v 
            end,
            order = 3,
        },
    },
}

function YourName:OnInitialize()
    self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("YourNameDB", defaults, "Default")
    self.db.RegisterCallback(self, "OnProfileChanged", "UpdateDisplay")
    self.db.RegisterCallback(self, "OnProfileCopied", "UpdateDisplay")
    self.db.RegisterCallback(self, "OnProfileReset", "UpdateDisplay")
    LibStub("AceConfig-3.0"):RegisterOptionsTable("XZZTOP", YourName_Options)
    self.optionsFrame = LibStub("AceConfigDialog-3.0"):AddToBlizOptions("XZZTOP", "Your Title")
end

function YourName:OnEnable()
    --
end

function YourName:UpdateDisplay()
    --
end

local goldframe = CreateFrame("Frame", "goldframe", UIParent)
    goldframe:ClearAllPoints()
    goldframe:SetPoint("CENTER", UIParent, "CENTER", 0,0)
    goldframe:SetFrameStrata("BACKGROUND")
    goldframe:SetHeight(24)
    goldframe:SetWidth(200)
local goldtext = goldframe:CreateFontString("mygold", "Overlay")
    goldtext:SetPoint("CENTER", goldframe, "CENTER", 0, 0)
    goldtext:SetFont(fontFace, fontSize)
goldtext:SetText( "I AM TEXT" )

goldframe:SetScript("OnMouseUp", function(self, btn)
    if btn == "RightButton" then
        print ("rightbutton")
    elseif btn == "MiddleButton" then
        print ("middlebutton")
    else
        if YourName.db.profile.autosell then
            print ("autosell is true")
        else 
            print ("autosell is false")
        end
    end
end)

local q = CreateFrame("Frame")
q:SetScript("OnEvent", function()
    if YourName.db.profile.autosell then
        local c = 0
        for b=0,4 do
            for s=1,GetContainerNumSlots(b) do
                local l = GetContainerItemLink(b, s)
                if l then
                    local p = select(11, GetItemInfo(l))*select(2, GetContainerItemInfo(b, s))
                    if select(3, GetItemInfo(l))==0 then
                        UseContainerItem(b, s)
                        PickupMerchantItem()
                        c = c+p
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        if c>0 then
            local g, s, c = math.floor(c/10000) or 0, math.floor((c%10000)/100) or 0, c%100
        end
    end
    if not IsShiftKeyDown() then
        if CanMerchantRepair() and YourName.db.profile.autosell then
            cost, possible = GetRepairAllCost()
            if cost>0 then
                if possible then
                    RepairAllItems()
                    local c = cost%100
                    local s = math.floor((cost%10000)/100)
                    local g = math.floor(cost/10000)
                    
                else
                    --
                end
            end
        end
    end
end)
q:RegisterEvent("MERCHANT_SHOW")

Thanks everyone for all your advice, once again! :)

as a new author, be careful with libraries. many libs mimic blizzard api functions and sometimes it's not clear what is actually going on. in this case, i think you're confusing ace event handling with blizzard event handling. ace uses similar syntax and without knowing the nature of the objects you're using, RegisterEvent() could be two wholly different things.

Is there any problem then, with what I've written? I just use the Ace things to get through making the config panel.