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Add stdout syntax #35

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rlemon opened this issue Mar 22, 2013 · 6 comments
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Add stdout syntax #35

rlemon opened this issue Mar 22, 2013 · 6 comments
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@rlemon
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rlemon commented Mar 22, 2013

From this chat message:
http://chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/8418148#8418148

we should add a stdout into the bot, like 
!!/google responsive webdesign > rlemon
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It's just a synonym for tell right?

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rlemon commented Mar 22, 2013

afaik that is what he wanted, and makes sense.

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Yeah, I like it, shouldn't be too bad to implement either?

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Zirak commented Mar 22, 2013

Before writing /tell things like that were considered. I was hesitant to include them because it's annoying (both for me and users) to deal with syntax. In your example, how would you differentiate between relaying the response to rlemon and actually googling? Wrapping in double-quotes? So now to pass double-quotes to google, you'd need the escape.

Adding syntax is a pain, so I opted for a command. You can see people having problem with things already (confusing the command /, eval > and lack of a modifier).

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I don't think we need a synonym for something that already exists. If someone can come up with something interesting that can be done this way that can't with tell, great! Until then, this only serves to complicate things.

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Zirak commented Mar 22, 2013

Since dievardump hasn't raised any objection when I asked him about it, I'll treat this as closed.

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