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Emote

2010-07-13T10:51:43Z

Torley Tester:

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You can add emotional nuances to their text chat by using "emotes". This can liven up conversation and reduce miscommunication.

This video tutorial quickly shows you how to use emotes:

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As shown, there are several special prefixes for emotes:

== /me ==

Beginning a line of chat with <code>/me</code> phrases it from your perspective. For example, if your name is [[Torley Linden]] and you enter:

: <code>/me looks delighted to emote</code>

It appears to everyone as:

: <code>Torley Linden feels delighted to emote</code>

: [[File:Emote-example.png]]

== /shout and /whisper ==

These are a couple "hidden" emotes that aren't visibly documented in the Viewer's user interface but have worked in some capacity for years: <code>/shout</code> and <code>/whisper</code>. Like <code>/me</code>, begin a line of chat with the trigger.

: [[File:Emote-example-2.png]]

{{KBcaution|<code>/shout</code> and <code>/whisper</code> both autocomplete. This can conflict if you have other gestures or scripted gadgets that have triggers that begin similarly. A workaround is to backspace or paste in the command.}}

<code>/shout</code>
* Can be heard by avatars within a 100m radius.
* You can also shout by completing your line of chat with {{k|Ctrl|Enter}}.
* Shout is accompanied by an animation of your avatar cupping hands-to-mouth, similar to how you might shout in an exaggerated way in real life.
* Appears '''in bold'''.

<code>/whisper</code>
* Can be heard by avatars within a 10m radius.
* Appears '''in italics'''.

== Emoticons ==

Related, you may be familiar with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticons emoticons] such as the popular smiley face <code>:)</code> which can be typed in the chat bar alongside any other text. There are a tremendous variety with variations. For example, happiness is also expressed via <code>^^</code> , <code>:o)</code> , and <code>=^_^=</code> . [[Unicode]] symbols from other languages that appear to be emoting faces are also used, such as the popular <code>㋡</code> [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%83 from Japanese], which appears to be a diagonally-tilted happy face.

Emoticons are often used in {{xref|gesture|gestures}}. For example, there's a gesture which uses "<code>:)</code>" as a trigger and automatically transforms it into the aforementioned "<code>㋡</code>".

== See also ==

* '''[https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/tnt/blog/2010/01/06/fun-awesomize-your-profile-with-unicode-and-ascii-art Awesomize your profile with Unicode and ASCII art]'''
* '''[[Limits]]''' - Comprehensive numerical limits of the Second Life virtual world.
* '''[[How far does my voice carry?]]''' - Earlier documentation from the Viewer 1.23 era.

Emote

2010-07-13T10:51:29Z

Torley Tester:

Help:First Land

2007-03-07T18:37:24Z

Torley Tester: article removed because we no longer have First Land - http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/article.php?id=387