emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

[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. 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
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