GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 756681
Use paste service if single chat line is very long
Last modified: 2015-10-16 08:47:23 UTC
Sometimes a program outputs a really long one-liner debug message which in most clients probably would visually wrap to several lines of text. It would be nice if this case was also handled and sent to a paste service instead. If you write ~350 characters and send it, Polari's will wrap that to about 5 lines at its default 800x500 size. Maybe that could be a good guiding number (or perhaps 500 chars just to be on the safe side).
(In reply to Bastian Ilsø from comment #0) > Sometimes a program outputs a really long one-liner debug message which in > most clients probably would visually wrap to several lines of text. That is true, but it's still a single message. Pasting many lines is frowned upon because it affects the communication flow: servers usually throttle flooding, so there's a noticeable lag between individual messages, which means paste output is likely mingled with regular messages (plus the paster is blocked from replying until the queue of pasted messages is emptied). > It would be nice if this case was also handled and sent to a paste service > instead. I'm not so sure - the reasons outlined above don't apply for a single-line message (however long), and the paste service does introduce some inconvenience for users as they have to switch to another program to read the message.
(In reply to Florian Müllner from comment #1) > (In reply to Bastian Ilsø from comment #0) > > Sometimes a program outputs a really long one-liner debug message which in > > most clients probably would visually wrap to several lines of text. > > That is true, but it's still a single message. Pasting many lines is frowned > upon because it affects the communication flow: servers usually throttle > flooding, so there's a noticeable lag between individual messages, which > means paste output is likely mingled with regular messages (plus the paster > is blocked from replying until the queue of pasted messages is emptied). > > > > It would be nice if this case was also handled and sent to a paste service > > instead. > > I'm not so sure - the reasons outlined above don't apply for a single-line > message (however long), and the paste service does introduce some > inconvenience for users as they have to switch to another program to read > the message. Alright, taking your word for it - you've likely been on IRC way longer than I have.