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]
