<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
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. <br>
<br>
-David Waite<br>
<br>
Michael Brown wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid043f01c1e767$dd926090$0200a8c0@Aurora.aurora.gen.nz">
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Some clients (Gabber, JabberIM and <plug>Marvin</plug>) support IRC<br>style "/me" emotes as in:<br><br>/me does some emoting<br><br>which would be shown in a different color as:<br><br>* tom does some emoting<br></pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!----><br>I've never really used IRC...can someone tell me what the point of these<br>are? I've always wondered. For people who can't remember their names?<br><br>Michael.<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>jdev mailing list<br><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jdev@jabber.org">jdev@jabber.org</a><br><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev">http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev</a><br></pre>
</blockquote>
<br>
<br>
</body>
</html>