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ChatEverybody

Script function

world.ChatEverybody

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Type

Method

Summary

Sends a chat message to every connected chat user

Prototype

long ChatEverybody(BSTR Message, BOOL Emote);

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Description

This sends a "say" or "emote" to all connected chat users, excepting the ones you are ignoring, if any.

If the "emote" parameter is zero (false) then you will "say" the message, otherwise you will emote it.

If you "say" the message, it will appear like this on other people's clients:

Nick chats to everybody, 'hi there'

If you "emote" the message, it will appear like this on other people's clients:

Nick laughs


Available in MUSHclient version 3.37 onwards.



VBscript example

ChatEverybody "hi there", 0  ' say it
ChatEverybody "laughs", 1  ' emote it


Jscript example

ChatEverybody ("hi there", 0);  // say it
ChatEverybody ("laughs", 1);  // emote it


PerlScript example

ChatEverybody ("hi there", 0);  # say it
ChatEverybody ("laughs", 1);  # emote it


Python example

world.ChatEverybody ("hi there", 0)  # say it
world.ChatEverybody ("laughs", 1)  # emote it


Lua example

ChatEverybody ("hi there", 0)  -- say it
ChatEverybody ("laughs", 1)  -- emote it


Lua notes

The Emote argument is optional and defaults to false.


Return value

eNoChatConnections: No connections (that are not being ignored)
eOK: Sent to at least one person

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See Also ...

Topics

Chat system
Getting started

Functions

(ChatAcceptCalls) Accepts incoming chat calls
(ChatCall) Calls a chat server (makes an outgoing call) using the MudMaster chat protocol
(ChatCallzChat) Calls a zChat chat server (makes an outgoing call)
(ChatDisconnect) Disconnects a current chat call
(ChatDisconnectAll) Disconnects all current chat calls
(ChatGetID) Looks up what chat ID (identifier) corresponds to a particular chat name
(ChatGroup) Sends a chat message to every connected chat user in the specified group
(ChatID) Sends a chat message to a particular chat session
(ChatMessage) Sends a message to a chat user (raw format)
(ChatNameChange) Changes your chat name
(ChatNote) Does a note using ANSI codes for the chat system
(ChatPasteEverybody) Pastes the clipboard contents to every connected person
(ChatPasteText) Pastes the clipboard contents to that person
(ChatPeekConnections) Sends a "peek connections" message to the specified chat user
(ChatPersonal) Sends a chat message to a particular person
(ChatPing) Sends a ping message to the specified chat user
(ChatRequestConnections) Sends a "request connections" message to the specified chat user
(ChatSendFile) Starts sending a file to the specified chat user
(ChatStopAcceptingCalls) Stops this world from accepting chat calls
(ChatStopFileTransfer) Stops a file transfer in progress to that chat user
(GetChatInfo) Get information about a chat connection
(GetChatList) Gets the list of chat sessions
(GetChatOption) Gets the value of a chat session option
(SetChatOption) Sets the value of a chat session option

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