[CF-Devel] '/command and '<text to say>

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Jochen Suckfuell wrote:

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     In order to do so, the server must handle the default as say unless it 
     
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     sees a '/'.  If it does see a slash, it will parse it as a command, 
     
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     unless it is not listed on the server as a command, in which case it 
     
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     would return an invalid command error.
     
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     This could be handled completely in the client. That way, it could even
     
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     be optional.
     
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     Yes that would work, but I feel that server side would pay off more in 
the end.  It would make sense to make our current style as the default 
if the slashed command prefix weren't *much* more common than our 
command style.  For example, IRC and the overwhelming majority of other 
MMOGs prefix commands with a /.  Finally, it makes more sense to err on 
the side of caution and use the most commonly used command style rather 
than to force people to learn a new command entry style if they haven't 
used it before.  Also, if we were to add this as just a client option, 
you would need to patch each of the 5 different clients.

Another reason is that I feel that the method of entry we use now is 
highly redundant.  'say is the most commonly used command... why should 
I need to type say to say something anyway?  I think we can err on the 
side of caution and handle text as though users want to say something 
when they don't deliberately invoke a command.

Another advantage is that if we write this into the server, if someone 
didn't write the "standard command" option into the client this use 
would still be default.  For many people who are new to Crossfire this 
may be much easier to understand than typing commands without /.  The 
client can still have an option for "Crossfire style commands", 
regardless of whether we handle this server side or not, but I feel that 
if we put this on the server it will be much more beneficial.

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