On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 11:48:18AM +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > > I occasionally stumble in this annoyance with /something commands: > suppose I want to send someone a pathname in a message like this: > > "/var/log/syslog: this is the file you have to look at" > > Then gaim will print: > > "Command not existent" (or whatever the English version is)
in preferences, tell gaim to send unknown slash commands. > > That's fine. However, I now have to retype all the message, as my > original mistyping is not preserved in the history. This can be > extremely annoying if what was lost is a long message with a lot of > thinking on it. that's odd, it is preserved in the history here, if I press control-up, it is right there. (I turned off sending unknown slash commands to test). > > It would be better if gaim said: > > "Command not existent: '/var/log/syslog: this is the file you have to look > at'" > > That way I can just copy from the history and paste it in the message > instead of retyping it all from scratch. no, I think that'd be overly verbose. I think the right answer is just to make sure it is indeed in the history, as it is for me. are you sure it is not for you? luke > > > Ciao, > > Enrico > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
