I have been updating this plug-in for almost two months now. I thought it would be a good time to write a few new rules to demonstrate some of its power.
The first step in creating a rule is to think about the effect you want to achieve. Basically, I believe that if you can compose it in the IM field, then you can also write a rule to do it. One thing I have seen many people do is to yell via IM. Basically they type in something like this:
This is time consuming. Nice and easy “yelling” is an example of something that is lacking in IM. The rule I wrote lets you type in any text and end it with two exclamation points. I used two exclamation points so I can still send un-altered messages with one.
So with this rule, you can type: “Shhhhhhhhhhh!!” and you will see:
Click here to import the ‘Yell’ rule into your RX-Plugin settings
The second rule came from some requests I saw people post online. They wanted to send a hidden message. The thought I had was to be able to type “/hide this is my hidden message.” and let the RX-Plugin send it in a hyper-link. The link would be useless, but if you hovered the mouse over it, the tooltip would show the hidden message. Here is a sample:
Click here to import the ‘Hidden Text’ rule into your RX-Plugin settings
So those are two rules you can add to your RX-Plugin settings by clicking the links above if you already have the plugin installed (version 0.7.1). You can also share your own rules on the Web and via IM by going to the Rules page of the RX-Plugin Settings window, selecting a rule, and clicking “Copy to Clipboard”. Then just paste it into your text editor, web page, or IM compose window.
Hi, I’m trying to install the “yell” plug-in.. but it doesn’t seem to be working. The “hidden im” plug-in loads, but the yell one doesn’t do anything. Is there an issue with the link, or my machine? Thanks for the help, and amazing plug-ins.
First off, make sure you have installed and activated the RX-Plugin.
Clicking on one of the import links will activate the RX-Plugin Settings window and automatically select and show the rule you just imported. You must then click on the “OK” or “Apply” button to actually save the rule in your settings and then use it in IMs.
Please note that these are rules that are being imported, and added to your other rules, and not individual plugins.
Thanks, Gus.
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Hey dude thanks for the yell thing. It is awesome. I was thinking, is there a reverse yell, like going from big letter to small?
Thanks,
Sushav