an even more efficient tab complete

flight · Post by **flight** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:55 am

it was mentioned by toaster a while back about a better way or a faster way to kick or ban people. i'm just adding to that old post about a possible tab complete. so far i have not learned much about programming and if something like that is possible, but i think it would be awsome to have callsign tab complete
example

#players
flight
blah
blahh

/b [tab] =/ban
fl[tab] =flight
then time and reason
i don't know, play around with the idea i guess. but any one who is administrating needs a better way to manage those funky callsigns.
thanks

CannonBallGuy · Post by **CannonBallGuy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:16 am

We have callsign tab complete already, I used it the whole time I played the game but found out recently that it only worked for me because I had "Jump while typing" Off.

flight · Post by **flight** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:45 am

well what do you know

it does work. i guess i wasn't capitolizing the first letter (on those callsigns that are capitol) i didn't know caps had an effect. they don't seem to when you just use their name without the tab. well thanks CannonBallGuy!

Macrosoft · Post by **Macrosoft** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:51 am

tab complete isn't needed because admins can ban and such by using slot numbers (#0, #1, etc.)

Post by **joevano** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 3:03 am

Macrosoft wrote:tab complete isn't needed because admins can ban and such by using slot numbers (#0, #1, etc.)

Tab complete isn't ONLY useful when doing bans. It is very useful in normal chat too, and Hidden admins don't see the slot numbers. Also, slot # bans can be dangerous. I've banned several wrong people by reading across and up (or down), or by just simply by fat fingering when in a hurry to get someone banned. That is a pain for then and you because they can't play and you have to track them down and apologize profusely, it's not pretty.