[dcc2] DCC Chat suggestions

[Jesse McGrew]

Szymon Stefanek wrote:

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>On Saturday 22 May 2004 05:17, Jesse McGrew wrote:
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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.
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>I suggest using a different CTCP tag character for queries and replies. 0x01 
>can be used for queries and 0x02 for replies, for example.
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Well, 0x02 is bold, 0x03 is kholour, 0x04 is RGB color... there are many 
free codes, but I'm reluctant to assign a new control character that 
will only be meaningful in DCC Chat.

We could use a naming convention to distinguish CTCP requests and 
responses in general. Perhaps NAME-Q and NAME-A (question and answer)?

Jesse