-------- Preface: Jm has wanted this change for a while, but has resisted my suggestions he should appeal this issue to the list (all of you). Since I do not support the request to change this, I must apologize in advance for any lack of impartiality I may have regarding this discussion. Anyone who disagrees with me, I beg and implore you to speak up now, because once the matter is settled, I want to keep it that way...
----- Since time immemorial, when you are inside of an /on caused by a privmsg (/on msg, /on public*, /on ctcp, etc) and you try to send a PRIVMSG (/msg, /ctcp, /redirect, etc), ircII has always (silently) changed it into a NOTICE. This behavior is implied by the wording of the irc protocol, but is not explicitly mandatory. There are various hackish ways around it, using /quote, /timer 0, etc. EPIC maintains backwards compatability with ircII in this regard, and changes your PRIVMSGs to NOTICEs because avoiding accidental message loops is one of the responsibilities a client has. Shall this feature be removed, and shall all restrictions on sending PRIVMSGs from any place for any reason be removed? I shall abide by the will of the consensus of those who participate in this discussion, and I will consider the matter closed once we reach that consensus. If there is no consensus, then I will not make any changes, but will continue to consider the matter open. Jeremy _______________________________________________ List mailing list List@epicsol.org http://epicsol.org/mailman/listinfo/list
