Usernames in the chatterbox

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Re: Usernames in the chatterbox by talexb (Chancellor) on Dec 30, 2004 at 18:35 UTC
I guess it's just one of those things .. site specific tags are surrounded by square brackets (user names, id://, cpan:// and so forth) and are displayed as links. In addition, username links are surrounded by angle brackets when they are displayed in the Chatterbox. Your suggestion isn't a bad idea, it's just .. a change. It might happen. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re: Usernames in the chatterbox by castaway (Parson) on Dec 30, 2004 at 20:14 UTC
You're the new kid on the block, arent you ? :) Hint, switch to an english keyboard layout, then those square brackets arent nearly as pesky.. C.	[reply]
Re^2: Usernames in the chatterbox by davido (Cardinal) on Dec 31, 2004 at 06:30 UTC
I think the point is that if an entry in the CB looked like this: `[davido] Hey everyone, I'm talking in the CB.` [download] ...instead of... `<davido> Hey everyone, I'm talking in the CB.` [download] ...it would be easier for people to copy and paste my square-bracketed-linked-name into their CB replies, without having to find that pesky square bracket key. Frankly, it doesn't sound like such a bad idea to me. It might take some getting used to from a visual perspective, but it would make pasting easier, and I can't think of anything it breaks, except (maybe) some of the CB bots like im2. Dave	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Usernames in the chatterbox by castaway (Parson) on Dec 31, 2004 at 14:13 UTC
Yup, I knew what was meant, I just recalled that holli is in germany, and thus probably has a german layout. (For them not in the know, on a german layout, the square brackets are alt-gr+8 and alt-gr+9 respectively (thats right-alt key).. Which is a pain to type often.. I'm not quite sure how it would bother im2 or similar, since the XML used in the tickers doesnt contain any of such. C.	[reply]
Re^4: Usernames in the chatterbox by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 01, 2005 at 21:48 UTC
Re^2: Usernames in the chatterbox by theorbtwo (Prior) on Dec 30, 2004 at 20:16 UTC
C'mon, we all know that the en_US (American) keyboard layout is the One True Keyboard Layout!	[reply]
Re^3: Usernames in the chatterbox by holli (Abbot) on Dec 30, 2004 at 20:34 UTC
sure. and George Bush is the One True President. Americans.	[reply]
Re^4: Usernames in the chatterbox by theorbtwo (Prior) on Dec 31, 2004 at 11:18 UTC
Re: Usernames in the chatterbox by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Dec 30, 2004 at 18:39 UTC
Which usernames? What about the usernames that are also words, like wolf or sporty? Should those be highlighted everytime someone talks about wild animals or the Spice Girls? What about !1? Or, are you talking about displaying already highlighted names with bracketing `[]`? So, my name would look and behave like [dragonchild\|dragonchild]? Interesting ... the code that deals with `[]` doesn't nest as expected ... Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Usernames in the chatterbox by holli (Abbot) on Dec 30, 2004 at 18:42 UTC
the latter	[reply]