I think (calculated guess) that you all misunderstood chrisbloe
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Originally posted by raceprouk
The analogy with program comments is a good explanation. For example, a compiler sees 'int x = 3*y; // init x' as 'int x = 3*y;'. So what's wanted is for the chat log to show 'rofl // just humouring', but the contact to see 'rofl'.
correct
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Originally posted by raceprouk
I'm not too sure about the demand for such a feature
I would certainly use it
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Originally posted by raceprouk
plus it'll need to access the protocol directly to be implemented properly. So it'll need to be a plugin.
(...)
.... if it alters the MSG packets directly, it'll be entirely one-sided. Contacts without Plus! don't see what isn't sent, after all
Basically:
Message -> Plus! commands -> Packet sniffer -> Server -> Contact.
The packet sniffer will remove the comment before forwarding the MSG packet (suitably altered) to the server.
I don't see what the protocol, packets sending, sniffing or anything like that has to do with it though...
Nothing is seen by your contacts, and the feature doesn't depend on what your contact has or hasn't (Plus! for example); it is totally locally.
chrisbloe basicly asked for a so called "echo" command. Echoing is outputting text without sending it thru the normal means of output (if that makes any sense
). Aka: a
"set this text as some log comment" command.
eg: mIRC has this command too: "/echo". You can use that to add comments (or whatever you want) to the log file, for a quick search/lookup later. Nothing is send to the contact, the only thing that is done is writing a line to the log file.
I would find such a command very usefull indeed!
in fact, this was one of the first things I programmed in mIRC so I could quickly add some comments to the logs after something has been said. Extremely usefull to look things up and to use as reference pionts in big otherwise chaotic logs
And I hope something like this is added to the new version of Plus! (or a way in the new Plugin API to tell Plus! to save its current cached chat log lines to the log file so you can append a line yourself in the correct positions... see PS below)
PS: this can't be done/programmed as of now in a plugin or whatever because Plus! doesn't save log files each time you type something. Chat lines in log files (in Plus! at least) are only written after certain time intervals (and when you close the convo of course), not after each line of text you send to your contact.
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