Re: emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

2002-04-19 Thread David Waite
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. -David Waite Michael Brown

Re: emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

2002-04-19 Thread Michael Brown
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.

[JDEV] extending server : new message tags, new server componenets

2002-04-19 Thread Federico Lucifredi
Hello, I have been working on a proof-of-concept module that would run alongside the standard jabber modules c2s, s2s, xdb, dnserv,etc. As the time to toy with it is approaching completion, I am wondering how to integrate it within the standard jabber architecture. I have my ideas on the

Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

2002-04-19 Thread Richard Dobson
Yes it does mean that the client has to support this x element, it means that it works fine with clients that dont support it, this method also allows the message sender complete control of where and when the emoticons are displayed, so the message will be displayed as the sender intended, and

Re[2]: emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

2002-04-19 Thread Thomas Parslow (PatRat)
Some clients (Gabber, JabberIM and plugMarvin/plug) support IRC style /me emotes as in: /me does some emoting which 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 these are? I've always wondered. For

Re[2]: emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

2002-04-19 Thread Thomas Parslow (PatRat)
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? It also removes the Bob: that would precede all other messages and sets it apart,

Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

2002-04-19 Thread David Waite
Richard Dobson wrote: Yes it does mean that the client has to support this x element, it means that it works fine with clients that dont support it, this method also allows the message sender complete control of where and when the emoticons are displayed, so the message will be displayed as the

Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

2002-04-19 Thread Mattias Campe
- Original Message - From: Mattias Campe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines Richard Dobson wrote: Well what about creating a new x element for message which allows people to

Re: emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

2002-04-19 Thread Joe Hildebrand
At least in a one-on-one chat, the other difference is that most clients will use the nick that the receiver has for that contact, not the name that the sender uses for himself. So, if I know myself as hildjj, and you have set a nickname for me that is JoeH, when I type: /me waves You see:

Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines

2002-04-19 Thread dman
On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 03:45:52PM +1000, Michael Brown wrote: | | Otherwise we are stuck with using whatever Microsoft comes up with. You | | see? | | No, I don't see (continue below) | | | and if you are the type of person that prefers to use a | | text only client, the chances are you

Re: [JDEV] Multiple elements within IQs

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
Hmm, yeah. Perhaps I changed the wrong line because I know I talked about that very issue with a few people. Oh well, I guess I'll need to look at that horrid document again. :( Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ On Thu, 18

Re: [JDEV] Custom Namespaces..

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
The JabberD server and Jabber clients check only that XML is well-formed, not valid according to a DTD or schema. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Ritu Khetan wrote: Although I have not got it working,i

Re: [JDEV] priority question

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
To my mind, what you call the resource system is an addressing scheme. Are you proposing that we throw out the resource part of a Jabber ID? Just curious. :) Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Dave wrote:

Re: [JDEV] LibJabber download?

2002-04-19 Thread Peter Saint-Andre
The libjabber code is deprecated. What are you trying to do? That may help us point you to code that will meet your needs. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre email+jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] weblog: http://www.saint-andre.com/blog/ On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Rohit Nadhani wrote: Hello, Where can I

Re: [JDEV] LibJabber download?

2002-04-19 Thread Rohit Nadhani
We want to integrate jabber messaging into our business application. Our development environment is VC++. We are looking for some code samples in C/C++. We intend to build the client from scratch, using WinSock and self-developed XML parser. Rohit --- Peter Saint-Andre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: