Hi, Thats great to here that the intention is the same.
I dont think the text conveys that though. > hint that the specified range of the content is being addressed to the > specified occupant. If i send "@admins please ban this user" and then mark "please ban this user" with begin/end, i would say i follow the XEP because i marked the content which is addressed to the admins. Regards Philipp On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, at 19:06, Snit Guckfung via Standards wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:47:05 +0100 > Philipp Hörist <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Im a bit confused about begin/end >> >> The XEP says >> >> > If a mention element of type urn:xmpp:mentions:0 or its subtypes >> > contains both begin and end attributes, the receiving entity MAY >> > use this as a hint that the specified range of the content is being >> > addressed to the specified occupant. >> >> I dont think this is necessary, as its usual that the content that >> follows the mention is addressed to the mentioned user. >> >> What was missing was that we can special format the nickname or the >> @admin @all etc in the GUI when we receive a message, without >> hardcoding some regex or scanning for nicknames. > > The 'begin' and 'end' attributes specify the range of the > specially-formatted text. It is meant to be used to, for example, > pillify text like "@room" or "@romeo". Note that there can be multiple > mentions, and the content addressed to them isn't always what follows: > "@romeo, have you seen @juliet?" has two mentions, with ranges > specified for "@romeo" and "@juliet". > _______________________________________________ > Standards mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Standards mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
