cut and paste chat type thingie

I want a way (a script way) to paste a standard sentence into chat so I can edit it before sending it out as chat from my avatar (ie. normal chat) - is it possible? And if so how?

You could use llOwnerSay() to put it in your chat history, then copy/paste to the chat bar, edit, and send. That's about the best you are going to get from scripting.

If they EVER get llTextBox() actually working in the viewer (and allowed default text to be set in it) that should do EXACTLY what you want. I wouldn't hold your breath though. The initial llTextBox() enhancement has been "done" for months now.

wth is the textbox? i mean what is it used for? a replacement for listens?

Not a replacement for listens as such, more an extension to llDialogue, it will accept what is typed into the input field and return that rather than returning the button text. It is long over due and much needed.

ooh i see, to kind of insure that it's sent on the correct channel. but does it centralize the speech at the source of the text box like dialog does? as in: user is 45m away from the object, moves his cam to the object, clicks, text box comes up, text is entered, and object hears it. i read on the wiki about it just now, it seems you have to be within 20m for it to hear it

I'm on a different tack - but may even be able to solve the problem without use of a SL script.

I'd like to enter my chat in a text prcessor window that has spellchecker then cut an paste it into SL chat - now that is simple to do manually but a lot of work when you are trying to keep up the momentum of conversation.

However, I think I should be able write a Windows macro that automatically cuts a sentence from Word, or Starwriter - indeed any word propcessor - places it into the clipboard and automatically paste it onto the SL Chat line - using a hot key.

It would even be better to be able to do it in the opposite direction - then your Word Processor could become your chat window - the pleasures of dual moniters