A while back I suggested /you, but it was shot down bcz people thought it would be used for evil Well I'm suggesting a smiliar version bcz it's already possible and not very hard....I use things like it often. I keep my nickname as a quick text with "/nick (nickname)" so I can change back quickly after actions.


Without /action, you can just go:

/nick (!N)
/ me stabs himself
for
*(name here) stabs himself


and it works fine


I also use:
/nick The croud
/ me points and laughs!
*The croud points and laughs!



So actually, what I'm suggesting this time is something like:
/action (name)
so if you put:
/action (an airplane) crashes in the ocean
you'd get:
*an airplane crashes in the ocean


Get what I mean?
What do you think?
(I am just suggesting it to make it easier)

Yes I agree!

However having /action there's no need for /you (you could have a quicktext with "/action (!N) (!P)")

The problem is that you won't know who sent the action-message when you take a look at the convo or at the log.

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Originally posted by KeyStorm
Yes I agree!

However having /action there's no need for /you (you could have a quicktext with "/action (!N) (!P)")

The problem is that you won't know who sent the action-message when you take a look at the convo or at the log.

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/action (an airplane) crashes in the ocean
you'd get:
*an airplane crashes in the ocean


No... when i do that i get "=my nick= (an airplane) crashes...."

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Originally posted by VGProManiac
/action (an airplane) crashes in the ocean
you'd get:
*an airplane crashes in the ocean


No... when i do that i get "=my nick= (an airplane) crashes...."

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or quick text

<ctrl+k>*an airplane crashes in the ocean

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Originally posted by jackass_wanabe
or quick text

<ctrl+k>*an airplane crashes in the ocean

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Originally posted by KeyStorm

btw /action command already exists. it is an exact copy of /me.

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Originally posted by KeyStorm

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Originally posted by gigablade77

This is a suggestions

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Originally posted by gigablade77
I know it does but things can always change

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Impossible for a plugin todo... A plugin can't alter the way Messenger works or the way Plus interprets it's own codes (use to convert a normal message with Plus! markup into a Action message)

I seem to remember Patch said he didnt like this too Or that might jus be me chatting shit

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Impossible for a plugin todo... A plugin can't alter the way Messenger works or the way Plus interprets it's own codes (use to convert a normal message with Plus! markup into a Action message)

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I dunno, if a plugin can execute multiple commands like that then yes.
But I thought, the request was to do it without changing the name...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
I dunno, if a plugin can execute multiple commands like that then yes.
But I thought, the request was to do it without changing the name...

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Originally posted by gigablade77

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Originally posted by VGProManiac
/action (an airplane) crashes in the ocean
you'd get:
*an airplane crashes in the ocean


No... when i do that i get "=my nick= (an airplane) crashes...."

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This is a suggestions

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i go an idea
a plugin that you could do this:
/action an airplane crashes into the ocean

and it would quickly change your name to an invisible character (alt+0173) or 1 space
and then type /me an airplane crashes into the ocean
(your contact might get the name change popup thing though if he/she has it enabled)
I always have had my name as 1 space so i have just set up a quick text like this: "/me (!N) (!P)" with the alias "/you"

so all i have to type is "/you is really stupid" and it shows up like this: "contact is really stupid"

but then the /me looks stupid when you have no name so i just set up another quick text like this: "/me cody (!P)" when cody is my name (obviously)
i set the alias to something like "/cody" or something since "/me" is taken

I believe the code should be

/actionThe airplane landed safely
makes
* The airplane landed safely

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Originally posted by weirdal27

so all i have to type is "/you is really stupid" and it shows up like this: "contact is really stupid"

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Originally posted by M-Head

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Originally posted by weirdal27

so all i have to type is "/you is really stupid" and it shows up like this: "contact is really stupid"

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Well if you want to do that, you'd have to custom name the person.

An easy workaround for that would then to have /"me thinks that (!CN) is an idiot"

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Yeah, but if you read the quote, you'll notice I was just providing a current workaround for the thing he mentioned.

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Originally posted by M-Head
Yeah, but if you read the quote, you'll notice I was just providing a current workaround for the thing he mentioned.

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Originally posted by M-Head

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Originally posted by weirdal27

so all i have to type is "/you is really stupid" and it shows up like this: "contact is really stupid"

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Well if you want to do that, you'd have to custom name the person.

An easy workaround for that would then to have /"me thinks that (!CN) is an idiot"

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Sorry, but I don't get what you are dismissing about that post weirdal27.


gigablade: maybe, but if people are anything like some people on my list they choose to have long names with things like song lyrics in them. so I suggested (!CN)

* M-Head is an idiot

oh, i see what your saying
but if your name is really long or with lyrics in it then its the same as "/me"
if you type /me is cool and your name is something like this:
If Somethings Hard To Do then It's Not Worth Doing Currently Playing >> [Buffer: 62%] WRFL: 88.1FM Lexington, KY (1:53 pm)

then it shows up like this:

If Somethings Hard To Do then It's Not Worth Doing Currently Playing >> [Buffer: 62%] WRFL: 88.1FM Lexington, KY (1:53 pm) is cool

unless im not understanding something

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Originally posted by weirdal27
oh, i see what your saying
but if your name is really long or with lyrics in it then its the same as "/me"
if you type /me is cool and your name is something like this:
If Somethings Hard To Do then It's Not Worth Doing Currently Playing >> [Buffer: 62%] WRFL: 88.1FM Lexington, KY (1:53 pm)

then it shows up like this:

If Somethings Hard To Do then It's Not Worth Doing Currently Playing >> [Buffer: 62%] WRFL: 88.1FM Lexington, KY (1:53 pm) is cool

unless im not understanding something

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oh, i guess i forgot to mention that i also had set up a quick text that has "/me" with the alias "/action"

since my name is blank, if i type /action a plane crashes into the ocean it shows up just like you said

We would need to have multi parameters to do that with quick texts:

/happen %(!NP) %an airplane crashes.

would be:
/nick <tab symbol>
#/me (!P2)
#/nick (!P1)