Ok, but I still don't understand how typing: /me does something
has any advantages over typing bob does something given that I know my name is bob. Is the whole point to change the colour of "bob"? >sure, they are used to describe an action, rather than a statement within a conversation. They serve the exact same >purpose as emoticons; to try to increase the number of mechanisms for expression within a medium without voice or >body language / visual cues. > >>Some clients (Gabber, JabberIM and <plug>Marvin</plug>) support IRCstyle "/me" emotes as in:/me does some >>emotingwhich would be shown in a different color as:* tom does some emoting >>I've never really used IRC...can someone tell me what the point of theseare? I've always wondered. For people >>who can't remember their names?Michael._______________________________________________jdev >>mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
