emoting (Re: [JDEV] Emoticons: guidelines)

[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:

*JoeH waves

"Thomas Parslow (PatRat)" <tom at almostobsolete.net> writes:

>> 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...