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<blockquote data-quote="WizO_Trelian" data-source="post: 2560445" data-attributes="member: 36592">Basic iChat CommandsNow that you're in one of the rooms, what do you do?&nbsp; Here's some basic iChat commands including their variants. The easy one is speech.&nbsp; You type /say text or just enter the text.&nbsp; That appears with the word “says” already in place, as: wizo_trelian says “Welcome to the seminar!”To post actions, type /emote text or /me text or :text (with a colon in front).&nbsp; This appears as: wizo_trelian shuffles the papers and smiles reassuringly “It gets better.”The speech usually shows blue and action shows pink, so if someone mistypes one for the other you might see them say “blue that” or “pink that”.&nbsp;&nbsp; Try not to do this.&nbsp;&nbsp; People can almost always tell which is action or speech without needing out-of-character correction.Similarly, only correct typos when there is a clear problem in understanding.&nbsp; If you type “laghs loudly”, people know what you meant.&nbsp; If you type “taps the bear” when you meant “bar”, that's&nbsp; more allowable to correct.To send private messages (PMs) not seen by others, type /tell name1,name2 message and it will go to all the listed names.&nbsp;&nbsp; Example of what they see: wizo_trelian tells you “play nice with others”Another way is to right-click on the names (control and shift keys work to select more than one) and pick “send private message”.&nbsp; This opens a nice little pop-up window that sticks around for more messages. Unfortunately it doesn’t work on some iChat clients like Java and html.Thought balloon text graphics are automatically applied if you type /think text and it appears as this:&nbsp; wizo_trelian . o O (I wonder if this seminar is too boring?)Thought balloons are not supposed to be easy to read.&nbsp; Telepathy is a short term spell for most.&nbsp;&nbsp; But it's become the convention that you must type “closed” to say you definitely don't want others to pretend to read your thoughts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Example:&nbsp;&nbsp; wizo_trelian . o O (&lt;closed&gt; This -is- boring.)If you're sending thoughts to someone else as telepathy, include their name or “tp” so that they can tell it's safe to read them.&nbsp; Example: wizo_trelian . o O (tp to Arcia&gt; Remind me not to volunteer for the Trivia next year)Some people use private messages for telepathy or whispering or hand signals.&nbsp; It helps to indicate that to avoid confusion with out-of-character messages.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would respond differently to a private message “tp&gt;are you a guy or a girl?” than to “((are you a guy or a girl?))”.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizO_Trelian, post: 2560445, member: 36592"] [SIZE=4][B]Basic iChat Commands[/B][/SIZE] Now that you're in one of the rooms, what do you do? Here's some basic iChat commands including their variants. The easy one is [B]speech.[/B] You type [B]/say [I]text[/I][/B] or just enter the [I]text[/I]. That appears with the word “says” already in place, as: wizo_trelian says “Welcome to the seminar!” [B]To post actions[/B], type [B]/emote [I]text[/I] [/B] or [B]/me [I]text[/I][/B] or [B]:[I]text[/I][/B] (with a colon in front). This appears as: wizo_trelian shuffles the papers and smiles reassuringly “It gets better.” The speech usually shows blue and action shows pink, so if someone mistypes one for the other you might see them say “blue that” or “pink that”. Try not to do this. People can almost always tell which is action or speech without needing out-of-character correction. Similarly, only correct typos when there is a clear problem in understanding. If you type “laghs loudly”, people know what you meant. If you type “taps the bear” when you meant “bar”, that's more allowable to correct. [B]To send private messages (PMs)[/B] not seen by others, type [B]/tell [I]name1,name2 message[/I][/B] and it will go to all the listed names. Example of what they see: wizo_trelian tells you “play nice with others” Another way is to right-click on the names (control and shift keys work to select more than one) and pick “send private message”. This opens a nice little pop-up window that sticks around for more messages. Unfortunately it doesn’t work on some iChat clients like Java and html. [B]Thought balloon[/B] text graphics are automatically applied if you type [B]/think [I]text[/I][/B] and it appears as this: wizo_trelian . o O (I wonder if this seminar is too boring?) Thought balloons are not supposed to be easy to read. Telepathy is a short term spell for most. But it's become the convention that you must type “closed” to say you definitely don't want others to pretend to read your thoughts. Example: wizo_trelian . o O (<closed> This -is- boring.) If you're sending thoughts to someone else as telepathy, include their name or “tp” so that they can tell it's safe to read them. Example: wizo_trelian . o O (tp to Arcia> Remind me not to volunteer for the Trivia next year) Some people use private messages for telepathy or whispering or hand signals. It helps to indicate that to avoid confusion with out-of-character messages. I would respond differently to a private message “tp>are you a guy or a girl?” than to “((are you a guy or a girl?))”. [/QUOTE]

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