[opensource-dev] Pre-processing chat input (was Re: Review Request: STORM-829 Viewer 2 does not parse /me in object Instant Messages

[Joel Foner]

Skype still supports /me... Many of the folks I know use /me regularly, for
what it's worth. Skype displays the  difference much more obviously, placing
the text centered with different styling than normal chat with /me, so it
has more emphasis than in sl visually.

Joel
On Jan 12, 2011 5:21 PM, "Ricky" <kf6kjg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting. I haven't tested other IM clients in recent history, but
> Skype still supports the /me syntax. I suspect that the others do so
> as well.
>
> Just my L$2...
>
> Ricky
> Cron Stardust
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:25 AM, Tateru Nino <tateru at taterunino.net>
wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 13/01/2011 2:17 AM, Jamey Fletcher wrote:
>>> Tateru Nino wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Which is a shame. It's significantly less versatile that way.
>>>> On 13/01/2011 12:06 AM, Nexii Malthus wrote:
>>>>> "/me " is a *post-process*.
>>> I'm missing what versatility we're wanting in /me - I've always seen it
>>> as a rather straight-forward substitution.
>>>
>> Well, using myself for an example, I'm used to using a completely
>> different set of tokens and substitutions for that sort of thing. I
>> think SL is the only thing I use that supports the old IRC syntax. I
>> find it awkward, and it would be nice to be able to use conventions that
>> are more common to the software that I use. As a post-processed
>> substitution token, though, I just don't have the luxury to use familiar
>> textual communication modes.
>>
>> --
>> Tateru Nino
>> http://dwellonit.taterunino.net/
>>
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