emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

[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, for example:

Bob: I'm thirsty
Tom: Ok, just a sec
* Tom hands bob a coke

Ok, so not the most useful thing in the work but some people use it...

Thomas Parslow (PatRat)
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