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hello
is there a way to send a signal or somthing to a dialog from the other pm person, like a typing status,

xxx is typing a message

assuming both people are using the same script...

ctcp ^*:TYPING:*: {
if ($$1 == on) { /did -ra <dname> <id> User is typing }
else { /did -r <dname> <id> }
; hide the responce
/haltdef
}

/ctcp <nick > TYPING <on|off>

how do i make this work now?
i gotta type in
/ctcp <nick > TYPING on
or
/ctcp <nick > TYPING off?

isnt there a way to see if i or they are typing?

also can i hide this ctcp, it kinof defaates the purpose, if they recive this ctcp they know that the person is typing...

(read what he said):

; hide the responce
/haltdef

if you are also looking for a ctcp replay you can always use .ctcp to hide the responce msg from the end user

i tried haltdef and .ctcp both just blurted out the ctcp anyway

Negative cheif. Then you have a ctcp *:*:*: { } event elsewhere that is interrupting it.

Also about what you said:

how do i make this work now?
i gotta type in
/ctcp <nick > TYPING on
or
/ctcp <nick > TYPING off?

You said its a dialog. So basically, you would do...

on 1:DIALOG:<dname>:EDIT:<editbox_id>: {
if ($did(<editbox_id>) == $null) && (%typing == 1) {
.ctcp <nick> TYPING off
/set %typing 0
}
else {
if (%typing == 0) {
.ctcp <nick> TYPING on
/set %typing 1
}
}
}
}

the %typing var is just so it doesn't send the command of typing or not typing over and over when the status hasn't changed. I.E. If you type 1 letter, or 20 letters, the ctcp TYPING would still be send apon each letter enetered. Thios way, it on;y catches it on the first sign of change.

no, see the dialog is just a typing status im going to type in the query window

$$1 will always be "TYPING", "on" or "off" would be in $$2

Thank you Nimue. You're absolutly right. I missed a number when I typed it. Unfortnuatly I never learned the correct way to type, and are forced to look down away from my work >:\
I might have caught that had I actually been looking. O well, I'm trying to do better...

But about the typing sttaus, I don't see a possible way of letting them know you are typing unless you completly do it in A) A Dialog or B) A Custom window. There is no exact way, that I am aware of, to detect the user typing in the box. I suppose you could have a timer, that is constantly checking the editbox text to see whethere there is and isn't text, but that seems tiresome. Besides, why not create your own Query window, as I have. More fun, and many more possibilites.

it would be excellant to have an on keypress event just for something like this

ex
on *:keypress:?:*: { .ctcp $active TYPING on }

or something to that effect

that would be i think a very useful addition

aside from creating all your querys in a custom window ..... i dont think u can do what your trying to do here unless u pass it thru an on input .... but by then the user would already know ur typing the message

Yeah you'd need to do a custom @window|dialog, or perhaps a dll (I don't know of one) that might catch keystrokes in normal windows.

I had began to fool with the idea, and came up with something that would look very interesting...



I just might have to take this a step further... >:D

i like that king, maybe i could give you credit and put that in my script?

That's pretty sweet...is there a release date? LOL

You're in luck. The release dat is right around the time you...yes...the time you script it. Isn't that convenient?

Yeah right...so you are looking at a date of um lets see... *Checks the planner* um hows the end of 2020 sound?

nice

I was thinking more 2022, but if that is whats on your planner, can't argue with a written date.