Edit: i read the post you linked to, your command prefix suggestion is basically the same as i was suggesting above. It is indeed a better solution than just the use of a variable for preserving the text as is, but it is infact the same basic concept as i was getting at with using a switch.
Ah, after getting some caffeine and rereading your post I see what you're getting at. Yeah, it's basically the same concept, using some kind of 'marker' to tell commands not to strip spaces.
