[Freeciv-Dev] Re: teamslite10

[Christian Knoke <chrisk@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 11:22:19AM +0100, Reinier Post wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 02:53:14AM +0200, Daniel Sjlie wrote:
> > On 2002-10-26 13:06:50, Paul Zastoupil wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 06:23:43PM +0200, Daniel Sjölie wrote:
> > > > On 2002-10-25 18:25:18, Ilkka Lehtoranta wrote:
> > > > > Why not implement IRC stylish commands?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I.e.
> > > > > 
> > > > > /msg peter hi!   <-- private message
> > > > > /team lets rock! <-- team message
> > > > 
> > > > Interesting idea...
> > > > How about simply implementing a "msg" command in the server?
> > > > The syntax could be something like "msg target message..." where target 
> > > > is
> > > > either the name of a player or a special keyword such as "team" or 
> > > > "all"..
> > > > The client could add "/msg all" to the beginning of lines without a "/"
> > > > and if desired other prefixes or shortcuts could also be interpreted as
> > > > the client wishes...
> > > > 
> > > > I think it would be a nice bonus to be able to send messages to players
> > > > from the server - there isn't reall such a command right now, is there?
> > > 
> > > There is, "wall", a patch I wrote :)
> > 
> > Ah... well... still... ;)
> > 
> > /Daniel
> 
> The problem is, once you get going, where do you stop?
> 
> When I implemented client-side commands, my first impulse was to add
> at least the IRC commands /msg, /who, /whois, /server.  But with so
> many IRC commands,  users would expect to actually be on IRC, with a
> lot of confusion as a result, so the better approach is to actually
> incorporate existing IRC client and server software for the chatline.
> An even better idea is to use Jabber, which gives you an invitation
> mechanism and authentication.  Adam Theo came here a while ago
> and suggested this, but nobody responded.  The absence of IRC
> commands is intended as a lure for Jabber or IRC developers to
> create a bridge between Jabber/IRC and Freeciv.

The good thing with the Freeciv chatline is that it is so simple.
I don't want to start each line with a command, when I'm playing
I'm stressed anyway and nearly have no time to type anything in that
line.

Instead of using IRC _in_ Freeciv, people could use an IRC client
in parallel if they want to use it, no?

Christian

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