[dcc2] DCC Chat suggestions

[Jesse McGrew]

codemastr wrote:

>CTCP KEEPALIVE
>This is something similar to a PING (command, not CTCP) on IRC. It's just
>something I was thinking of as a means to try and make sure the connection,
>hasn't been, and won't be, dropped. Basically, when I send a CTCP KEEPALIVE,
>you respond back with a CTCP KEEPALIVE.
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Since we can't distinguish between CTCP requests and responses over DCC 
Chat as we can over IRC, I'd suggest using a different name for the 
response, so client authors don't have to worry about infinite loops. 
PING/PONG, perhaps.

>P.S. Are there any plans to begin discussion of the other proposed DCC
>extensions (voice/video/whiteboard)? For filesends and chat, it's pretty
>easy. We have "standardized" existing implementations to work from.
>Voice/video/whiteboard are going to need much more fundamental thought work
>done (several implementations exist, and it's possible none are truly
>perfect), and so, imho they should probably be something people begin to
>think about sooner rather than later...
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I hope to have a spec of ViRC's whiteboard protocol written up in the 
next couple weeks. I'm not sure what protocols other clients use, or 
even which other clients have a DCC whiteboard (a quick Google search 
turned up Lirch and an mIRC script).

Jesse