Hey, whenever i use the /me command it looks quite wierd thanks to my nick name, for example it says:

John (¯`v´¯) Cindy will be right back

Is it possible to have the /me command only use your real name? Which you could set yourself somewhere. (So for me it would just be "John".)  I dont think this would be hard to do and I think it would be even more handy for some people that have 200 letter names with 20 emoticons in them, hehe.

It's just a small idea , I didnt know if I should make a whole topic just for this, but ohwell, tell me what you all think about it .

/me2 in the shortcut keys?

What do you mean? I just tried that command (not knowing what it does) but it doesnt do anything, it doesnt work.

of cource it doesnt work... you need to make it!

go to MSN Main > Plus! > Preferences > Message Helpers

and in the BIG text box... write whatever you want... (example: Bobby Joe) and in the small box under it, type "me2" or whatever you want.  click apply or OK.  go into a conversation window.

type the command (/me2) and the text you entered will popup (bobby joe)  you can also use colour   Ctrl+K

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if your planning on using your real name in a convo (i fully read your post) you can always use things like

(!NP) = your contact name.

heres a complete list
http://www.msgplus.net/help_cmdtag.php

Ok, i made that shortcut key, but first of all, it didnt even work.. I did exactly as you said, then in a conversation window i typed: /me2 is testing but the only thing that was writen was:

John (¯`v´¯) Cindy says:
John



And secondly, doing that (if it would work) isnt doing what my idea was, it doesnt change my nick name in the real /me command to my real name. This is something Patchou would have to change in the code, there's no proper way to emulate it.

And how the hell is the (!NP) command any use to me in this situation..? Don't underestimate me, I know all the commands and tags and how to use Plus! to it's fullest.

that would be such a good idea if it was do-able.... like stuffplugs chat name cos its so annoying if someone with a really long nick does it, cos then you have to work out what is theyre trying to say

Ok, lylesback was on the right track.



Copy how that screen looks.  (13 is the color code 13.)

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, and you want other people's /me commands to do that.

i suggested this to patchou A LONG TIME AGO and he said that he was going to make it possible, but he never did it

i think its time for uncle pitcho to add the 'feature'

Bah, just use the SPNG. Then, when you enter the /me command, it's only the chatname that's going to be displayed....

Ddunk, that still isn't quite what I was talking about. If I do that then it does this:

John (¯`v´¯) Cindy says:
John is testing

Which isn't what I want, I want it to just do this:

John is testing

(So it's not like I'm saying it, like the first example.)

Do you know what I mean now? I think Chrono and kangie do.

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Unless I'm misunderstanding you, and you want other people's /me commands to do that.

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i suggested this to patchou A LONG TIME AGO and he said that he was going to make it possible, but he never did it

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Do it with SPNG, as I said

Umm.. no

yeah i know what ya mean.... but if you dont want to use Stuffplug NG then youll have to wait for Patchou to make it an option

Yeah, but I can live with that.

I hope Patchou will not add features that already exist in plugins, spendig time that could be better used !
And I don't see why you don't want to use SPNG...

This feature isnt alredy available in a plugin.
It can be emulated using stuffplug chat only names. But what if he wants to have his name in the chat to be "John (¯`v´¯) Cindy".
Then he cant use stuffplugs chat only names for this.

There's no plugin that does exactly what my idea is. StuffPlug can change your chat name which would make the /me command do what I want, but it's not the solution I'm looking for. I don't want my chat name to always be different just cause I want my name in the /me command to be different.

[edit] That's exactly right madman66.

Ok, I hadn't seen it from that point of view...

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Originally posted by kangie
yeah i know what ya mean.... but if you dont want to use Stuffplug NG then youll have to wait for Patchou to make it an option

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I like this idea!  I have refrained from using the /me command because I include my website (or other info) as part of my display name and it's hard to see what I'm "doing" if I use the /me command.  It would be great to be able to just use my name in the /me command.  (Then I might actually start using it!)

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Originally posted by Chrono

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Originally posted by kangie
yeah i know what ya mean.... but if you dont want to use Stuffplug NG then youll have to wait for Patchou to make it an option

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thats the whole point of this thread kangie

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Haha, why should this thread end kangie? Patchou still hasn't replied, telling us if he'll add this feature or not, so 'till then I see no point in the thread being ended.

The fact that my whole nick name is used it the /me command is stopping me from using the /me command feature, and I doubt that Patchou would want people to not use a feature.

I am waiting for this feature since /me command is there...

Patchou, PLEASE add it

Problem solved..



It works fine.

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Originally posted by Jaguar
Problem solved..



It works fine.

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should it be weird that it doesnt work for me?

i did like

/xchatname Freddy
#/me (!P)
#/xchatname

with shortcut /me2

and when i do "/me2 teste" it shows "NIGHTMARE teste" instead of "Freddy test" .. whjats wrong?

Make sure you have StuffPlug-NG and Chat-only Nickname enabled.

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Originally posted by UglyBoy
Make sure you have StuffPlug-NG and Chat-only Nickname enabled.

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Originally posted by Fredzz
it was disabled
cheers mate

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that same technique can be use for fun things with the use of a custom emoticon. sean, traxor, AtownJoe and i think cookie know what i mean. could be lobser instead of cookie.. w/e i'm in a hotel or i would upload an example