[Psi-Devel] join command on MUC rooms

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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:52:11AM -0700, Justin Karneges wrote:
> On Tuesday 25 September 2007 11:12 pm, Kevin Smith wrote:
> > On 25 Sep 2007, at 22:41, Maxime Chéramy wrote:
> > > - You want to go on roomB at conference.server.com, you type : /join
> > > roomB or /join roomB at conference.server.com

when the new command system is ready for mainline, something like that
would be a possible command to think about. I'm not sure if that's really
that useful in jabber, but i'm not against adding it either.
but see below for some differences to irc like commands.

> >
> > We decided some time ago that we won't be replicating more irc slash
> > commands. We /are/ intending, however, to produce something better
> > which will do the same things, so worry not :)
> 
> I wonder if we should still block the command from being sent, since it is 
> rather embarrassing when it happens.
> 

The basic idea of my prototype code is to have a keybinding that overlays
the chat entry box with a minibuffer like input field (prompt and other
color at the moment) so irc like commands would just be normal text and the
command ui is clearly distinct from normal chatting. I don't see why
overloading the chat text makes any sense in a modern gui client and
handling it this way will be a lot better than the current hackery, but the
downside is if someone just tries a irc-like command it will always be send
as normal text (well, we could still block the old commands supported by
current psi, and /me is handled at the reciving side anyway...)

 - Martin H.