Bug#308596: Mistyped /something commands are lost
Package: gaim Version: 1:1.2.1-1 Severity: wishlist Hello, thanks for maintaining gaim! 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) 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. 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. Ciao, Enrico -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages gaim depends on: ii gaim-data1:1.2.1-1 multi-protocol instant messaging c ii libao2 0.8.6-1 Cross Platform Audio Output Librar ii libaspell15 0.60.2+20050121-2 The GNU Aspell spell-checker runti ii libatk1.0-0 1.8.0-4 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libaudiofile00.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio ii libc62.3.2.ds1-21GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcrypt11 1.2.0-11LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr ii libglib2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13 GNU TLS library - runtime library ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.4-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libgtkspell0 2.0.10-1a spell-checking addon for GTK's T ii libice6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libpango1.0-01.8.1-1 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libsm6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System Session Management ii libstartup-notificat 0.8-1 library for program launch feedbac ii libx11-6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System protocol client li ii libxext6 4.3.0.dfsg.1-12.0.1 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii xlibs4.3.0.dfsg.1-12 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#308596: Mistyped /something commands are lost
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]
Bug#308596: Mistyped /something commands are lost
I think the default of not sending unrecognised slash commands is quite frustrating - although I wasn't aware it was an option you could disable. Ideally it'd have a heuristic to decide something looks like a filename (multiple slashes), and send them through - there are few other situations where a non-command line starts with a /. Generally though, whether or not processed as commands or sent, all slash commands should be included in history anyway - consider an IRC client. Regards, Rob Luke Schierer wrote: 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]
Bug#308596: Mistyped /something commands are lost
On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 02:55:26PM +0100, Robert McQueen wrote: I think the default of not sending unrecognised slash commands is quite frustrating - although I wasn't aware it was an option you could disable. Ideally it'd have a heuristic to decide something looks like a filename (multiple slashes), and send them through - there are few other situations where a non-command line starts with a /. Generally though, whether or not processed as commands or sent, all slash commands should be included in history anyway - consider an IRC client. right, they are, we have established that now. further, for 2.x, it isn't optional and always sends unknown commands. there are however, situations where you *don't* want that, for instance, being connected to an irc server (where you'd have to escape that file name to send it anyway), but overall, such situations are fewer than the ones where sending it is acceptable/good. luke Regards, Rob Luke Schierer wrote: 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]
