proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox

I was very surprised to find out just now that /em does not "emote" (like /me does) in the chatterbox as it does in various other chat programs/sites I know and use.

I would be grateful if the gods/whoever takes care of the chatterbox code could alias /em to /me.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

Comment on proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox

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Re: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by ysth (Canon) on Aug 09, 2007 at 01:29 UTC
Which various other chat programs/sites?	[reply]
Re^2: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by Joost (Canon) on Aug 09, 2007 at 09:06 UTC
well, http://kingdomofloathing.com's chatbox at least. Doesn't Xirc also do /em ? "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re^3: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by ysth (Canon) on Aug 10, 2007 at 05:07 UTC
/em now works like /me.	[reply]
Re^2: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 09, 2007 at 12:53 UTC
Dark Ages of Camelot used `/em`. I prefer `/me` (since you can actually read what you're typing and you'll get the right person for your verbs), but I recognize that some might be used to `/em`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by tye (Sage) on Aug 09, 2007 at 15:46 UTC
Yeah, I don't see a problem with implementing it. I've seen enough different people type "/em" to realize that it must be a somewhat common meme in other circles. - tye	[reply]
Re^4: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by phydeauxarff (Priest) on Aug 09, 2007 at 21:42 UTC
Re^4: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by ChemBoy (Priest) on Aug 09, 2007 at 22:32 UTC
Re^3: proposal: implement /em to emote in the chatterbox by Gavin (Archbishop) on Aug 10, 2007 at 11:11 UTC
I must be getting old. I always thought 'em was was a colloquialism of them.	[reply]
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