The only differences in behavior between /loadbuf and /echo that I've noticed are that /loadbuf automatically scrolls to the bottom of the window, and that it doesn't keep track of your place properly, which indeed may be annoying enough to make your method worthwhile. /loadbuf wraps the same way, to my knowledge, if you use the -pi2 switches. Also, I see no reason why you cannot use $replace($right($rawmsg,$+(-,$pos($rawmsg,:,2))),$chr(32),$+(,$chr(32),)), and thus avoid reading/writing a file, and losing $chr(160).
But for me, I can accept no loss of information.
