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Questions tagged [chat]

Real-time Messaging. Services, and protocols such as ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger.

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Is there a way to render LaTEX/MathJax for Slack Chatting client (web or app)?

I have a workgroup that uses the Slack chatting app/website/destop version to communicate, and the desire to send usable mathematical expressions across to friends is something we'd like to do there. While it doesnt seem like there is any official…
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Is there a command line interface for slack?

I am a user of slack https://slack.com/ I think the desktop client is useful, but sometimes I am working on servers. There is also a browser interface and android and iPhone Clients. My objective is to read and write messages form a command line,…
Alojz Janez
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How to enable 3rd party cookies ONLY for Microsoft Teams

The company I work for wants us to begin using Microsoft Teams however after logging in the page goes into a redirect loop for about a minute, and then finally ends up on this error screen. I know that I could just open my browser settings (Chrome…
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How do I export the history of Skype?

Is it possible to export Skype v4 chat history into some readable plain-text format? (.txt, .xml, .html) Alternatively, is it possible to backup/restore skype chat history? (I wouldn't mind backup to Gmail, or to readable plain-text format). I have…
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Save Chat Room in Contact List in Pidgin

I use several chat rooms regularly with Pidgin. Every time I want to join them, I need to pop-up the "Join Chat" dialog, select the right account, and enter the chat room name. Sometimes, the some of the server information is not there so, I need…
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Is there a way to make a persistent IRC account that I can read missed / old messages with?

So, I'm new to IRC. I made a nickname with a password through nickserv on the channel that I usually participate in. What I want to know is if there's a way I can read messages that I've missed when my computer's not on, or if I'm not connected? I…
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How to play MP3 files into the microphone input

In a chat session, whenever I want the other person to hear a pre-recorded voice, I need to play it on my speakers and use my microphone to capture it. How can I play MP3 files into the microphone input so that whenever I do a voice chat I could…
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Is there a way to export Slack conversation history?

A colleague has announced they are leaving the company in 2 weeks. A few weeks ago, another colleague left the company, and his Slack account immediately disappeared, and I could no longer see any of the old conversations I had with him. I would…
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Secure video chat program as an alternative to Skype

I'm looking for something similar to skype but basically just for me to video chat with my girlfriend. Skype has been kind of buggy lately with its recent iterations and doesn't seem to be progressing as much as when it was with its previous…
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Make notifications of Skype messages more attention-grabbing

We use Skype chat at work. I'm finding that I don't notice when people send a message to me. The only notification is a tiny little bouncing bubble in the tray. I have three monitors, and the tray is not even in my field of vision. I don't always…
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Can we have a linux terminal chat client for gmail?

Does a gmail terminal chat client exist or anyway one can write it?
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How to message any user on your LAN?

I have admin access to all (read most) the machines on my LAN. However, I wanted all users to be able to coordinate with each other. How should I approach this problem? One solution which I can think of, but which I know doesn't exist in the exact…
Shashank Sawant
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Turn off Bing chat bot on Microsoft Edge

How do I turn off this annoying chat bot which opens up every time on Bing (on Microsoft Edge)?
Mohammad Yusuf
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How to disable autoformatting in microsoft chat on sender's side? I type an underscore, teams turns it to italic

In Microsoft Teams chat, if I type a second underscore character in a chat line, Teams tries to turn the part of the line between the two underscore characters to italic and removes the underscores. I find this very annoying, because I do often…
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Thunderbird, chat extension, what about notification

As you may have noticed, Thunderbird's new version has now a built-in feature that allows you to use it as a chat client. For example, Google talk. So I initiated my own account. The problem is that there are no notifications, for example in the…
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