Make default_target have scope of a control channel

[Raghavendra]

This would be nice to have as a control channel setting. Otherwise a way to indicate default_target(when it is last) to client is needed to prevent accidental messages being sent. Former is a better choice since control channels based on accounts can be created.

[phantommongoose@…]

It would be nice if default_target=last to have bitlbee prepend the recipient as if you had typed it that way. Not sure if this is even possible because of the IRC workflow, but it'd be great that instead of this:

dan: my message to you
my second message
my third message

it looked like this:

dan: my message to you
dan: my second message
dan: my third message

Even though I only actually typed "dan:" on the first message.

[Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@…>]

It would be nice if default_target=last to have bitlbee prepend the
recipient as if you had typed it that way. Not sure if this is even
possible because of the IRC workflow,

Nope, it's not. The best it could do is something like this:

{{{

dan: my message to you
my second message
dan: my second message
my third message
dan: my third message

}}}

I.e. you'd just get ~duplicate lines. You can try doing this with a
script for your IRC client, that's all.

[phantommongoose@…]

Another suggestion (again if it is even possible) is to have a third setting, default_target=reply, which would send messages to the last person who mentioned/messaged you.

This maybe nice because then if you are wondering who got the unaddressed line, you just scroll up until you see the last inbound message. Also it is nice because if you see a message come in, then you type something and hit enter, it goes right to that person.

This could cause mistaken messages if another message comes in right before you send, but I think as long as the user knows about the risk, they may be willing to live with it. I send messages to the wrong place with target=last because I forget who was last, so I'm already used to accidentally sending messages to the wrong people occasionally.