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Since the < character is used to introduce color tags, and the [ character is used to introduce an embedded hexadecimal string, the ability to escape them (or any character) is provided by the \ character. | Since the < character is used to introduce color tags, and the [ character is used to introduce an embedded hexadecimal string, the ability to escape them (or any character) is provided by the \ character. | ||
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Because the product Minion provides developers to create a UI, IMGui, is a very old version and is quite buggy, there isn't currently an easy way to enter the potentially long text strings you might want to associate with an alias via the Command text field. | Because the product Minion provides developers to create a UI, IMGui, is a very old version and is quite buggy, there isn't currently an easy way to enter the potentially long text strings you might want to associate with an alias via the Command text field. | ||
- | Another quirk of the Command text field is that it is not possible to use Ctrl-V to paste certain UTF8 characters into it, especially the FFXIV special character codes, | + | Another quirk of the Command text field is that it is not possible to use Ctrl-V to paste certain |
I realize this method to enter a FFXIV text command is sub-optimal at best, but hopefully is better than nothing. | I realize this method to enter a FFXIV text command is sub-optimal at best, but hopefully is better than nothing. | ||
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+ | Finally, if you have the requisite technical skill, you can use the hexadecimal string embedding feature to encode any fancy character you desire. | ||
Here is the result of executing this particular alias. | Here is the result of executing this particular alias. | ||
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- | As you can see, TCH uses the echo command to send the /exec command to the chat window. TCH sees this, and executes the command. | + | As you can see, TCH uses the echo command to send the /exec command to the chat window. TCH sees this, and executes the command. |
Theoretically, | Theoretically, |