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mikeserv

9:01 PM

@strugee - so you never said - what's the king now?

slm

Q: Keyboard Shortcuts in SE Chat

The Stack Exchange chat FAQ should be updated with some documentation on what keyboard shortcuts are available. e.g.: Typing @<startofname>-<tab> starts an autocomplete of people's names (update actually is in the FAQ).. Up-arrow to edit last chat message (update actually is in the FAQ) escape ...

strugee

@mikeserv ah

slm

you can install extensions for extra goodness

Q: Is there a shortcut for replying to chat messages?

Is there a keyboard shortcut for replying to messages, much like the up arrow is a shortcut for editing your previous message?

support chat keyboard-shortcuts

strugee

I meant "not everything is a file"

slm

github.com/rchern/StackExchangeScripts

strugee

9:02 PM

sockets fucked that up, back when Berkley was doing stuff in BSD

then FIFOs

and then of course there's the elephant in the room

D-Bus

pappp.net/?p=969 is an absolute, 100% must-read

really interesting and eye-opening.

mikeserv

9:24 PM

@strugee yeah - dbus is an elephant all right. but I think sockets are still files - you just can't get at them. maybe I'm wrong there - but there is some kind of kernel/file mystery there I only begin to understand.

strugee

@mikeserv no, they're not "just" files. they have their own special APIs for reading and writing and whatnot.

the Berkley Socket API.

and also, under the Linux kernel, sockets do not have to be in the filesystem namespace

sockets can either be in a separate namespace, with a special "socket tree" (e.g. named) or they can be unnamed in a third, anonymous namespace

slm

with the SE chat extension all the entries in chat now show up with a number next to them

see ss

strugee

@slm ah

fancy!

slm

typing /help shows this

you can click on those when they show up

ooo I'm using slash me

/me <msg>

strugee

@slm /me wonders how this shows up on @slm's monitor

there's like one other person here besides me who regularly uses that and just expects people to do mental expansion

I think it might be @FaheemMitha?

idk

Faheem Mitha

9:32 PM

@strugee ?

slm

I see /me

patrick does /me all the time

Faheem Mitha

oh, the irc /me? Several people here, including @derobert at least.

slm

hipchat offers it so it's hard to context switch

strugee

@FaheemMitha yeah

Faheem Mitha

doesn't work here, but consider it an "emulation"

strugee

9:33 PM

yeah, me too

slm

take a look at this extension if you're into irc

github.com/rchern/StackExchangeScripts

strugee

catb.org/jargon/html/0/me.html

slm

i like this extension the best

SEChatFaviconNotifier

it adds the count of msgs + mentions to the favicon in your tab

say my name

strugee

> This usage has been carried over to mail and news and apparently also Stack Exchange chat, where the reader is expected to perform the same expansion in his or her head.

@slm

slm

hang on do it again

strugee

9:36 PM

@slm

slm

that's a 1

strugee

nice!

slm

if there are more mentions or different types it's different

strugee

switch away

Faheem Mitha

@slm What's that?

strugee

9:37 PM

@slm @slm

@slm

Braiam

mm... like Gmail thingy

slm

shows 3

that's the extension to the browser SEChatFaviconNotifier

avail here: github.com/rchern/StackExchangeScripts

SS from the website

Adds unread count and @-mention notifications directly to the favicon of the chatroom page. The circle shows the number of unread messages and turns green when someone @-mentions you.

@strugee - this entire area of extensions that I use and what they do is suppose to be my topic for my blog post

With my new job I've been kinda swamped

I have ~10 extensions that I use w/in chrome that make using SE a lot nicer

mikeserv

@strugee that's what I meant by you can't get at them but isn't it the inode that makes the file, not the name? I mean, they do have inodes don't they?

Braiam

yay! meta.stackexchange.com/a/238331/213575

mikeserv

@strugee - I't took me a while to respond because I spent the time reading the must read. You were right. I'm glad I did.

slm

9:51 PM

@Braiam thank God, that's such an annoyance

Braiam

another yay! meta.stackexchange.com/a/238325/213575

slm

Did you guys try the keyboard nav features of this extension?

SEChatModifications

Ctrl+up arrow and you can up arrow to a chat comment and then hit r to reply to it

Braiam

@slm yeah, why?

slm

just that it's a huge improvement over the stupid mouse to reply

Braiam

right arrow is better

meh, the whole SE can be controlled from the keyboard :P

slm

9:58 PM

what's this?

Braiam

Q: Announcement: Keyboard shortcuts are now integrated into the site

Originally we had implemented keyboard shortcuts as a user script. We have now finally made the change to have them integrated into the site. When you go to the "preferences" page on your profile, you'll find a new checkbox labeled "Enable keyboard shortcuts". Click it, and from there on, everyt...