It is impossible to /send to an offline user whose username is a subset of another online user

[xnotx123]

More specifically, the subset must be shifted all the way to the right. Here's an example of something impossible to do: Online user: xnotx123+ Offline user: notx123+ Here's an example of something that is possible to do: Online user: xnotx123+ Offline user: notx12+

EDIT: same goes for /whowas

[UnknownShadow200]

Changed /send to not treat online players specially.

However I am very reluctant to change the behaviour of /whowas with preferring online players (since it is not an actual command, just an alias of /info).

[rdebath]

I notice that the + pins the right hand end of the substring. How about having it magically pin the left end too.

Honestly, that's what I'd expect it to do anyway, with the + marking a full (but still case insensitive) name.

[Goodlyay]

A plus at the beginning of a name already has a different meaning in multiple commands. Also, the + pinning the right end is not really explicit behavior, it's just a side effect of all names ending with + if the server happens to be configured to use + on end of names. Given that, I don't think it's appropriate to make + at the start pin the left side

[rdebath]

Okay, though I suppose that raises the question as to why the server is configured to use a + on the end of names?

[Goodlyay]

ClassiCube began before Classic was shut down. Meaning that ClassiCube and Minecraft accounts could both play on the same server at once. A + at the end was necessary to differentiate them (Goodly - Minecraft account; Goodly+ - ClassiCube account).

[rdebath]

Um, that look's like the same usage to me.

The + was added to make the classicube accounts unique (from Minecraft accounts).

My suggestion is to use the + suffix to make classicube accounts unique (from each other too).

After your rejection, I was going to suggest that a different prefix/suffix be used eg: ^ like a regex anchor, but that seems a bit pointless as you'd have one affix to make the name distinct from Class B and a second affix to make it distinct from both Class A and Class B.

BTW: I didn't mean that a + should be added as a prefix, but that the suffix should label the name as a complete (Classicube) name. And this rolls back round to the idea that I think this is what the users are assuming happens anyway. For example OP and I.

[Goodlyay]

You're right, I misunderstood. I thought you meant you should be able to add a + at the start.

So now the problem is that you would have to do something like goodlyay++ to mark a complete classicube username and goodlyay+ to mark a complete minecraft username, which is just weird and ugly. Not to mention goodlyay+ looks like it should be a classicube username (and currently acts that way, changing the behavior would be confusing).

My entire point is that + shouldn't be used because it already has a different meaning in multiple scenarios (as part of a name, or part of the syntax for /perbuild and /pervisit).

A better solution would be to surround the name with quotes if you want it to be an exact match. /whois "goodlyay" (minecraft account) /whois "goodlyay+" (classicube account)

This would solve the issue where it's impossible to look up my Minecraft account info while my ClassiCube account is online. (And the OP's issue as well)

[rdebath]

The quotes would work. Though, being from a Unix background I do feel that quoting should be strictly consistent across all commands.

Also, "Doh!", I should have added examples, specifically: /whois goodlyay -- Generic substring search /whois goodlyay+ -- Fixed string Classicube lookup /whois goodlyay@ -- Ignored/something else for fixed string Minecraft lookup as a Microsoft account is an Email address and doesn't need this.

[Goodlyay]

I don't understand your last example. "Microsoft account is an Email address and doesn't need this.". Minecraft.net accounts stored in ClassiCube servers are not marked with email addresses.

Again, I don't think plus should be used to mean anything more than it currently does because it's just part of the username. And won't make sense (or won't work?) when searching for a Minecraft account or a ClassiCube account on a server that is not configured to use + on end of names

[rdebath]

Okay, I don't know how much Microsoft have or haven't changed since classic as I haven't found the source to your authentication server.

Quotes will work fine.