Bridged IRC channels should provide some UI to suggest limiting length of messages

[michaelkaye]

Description

When sending messages bridged to IRC channels, i can go over the IRC message length limit. This then sends the message as a link to the full contents as a bit of media.

It would be better if I could be warned that i'm writing a 300-character missive which will have this occur, and suggest i reduce my message length / compose multiple messages such that it can be sent to irc natively.

Steps to reproduce

• Send a long message
• Receive a link to it on irc

Describe how what happens differs from what you expected.

I would prefer not to send those long messages - a popup warning me that this will happen and requesting confirmation seems useful.

The normal messaging flow is not to send very long messages, so this shouldn't cause fatigue due to repeatedly happening and needing dismissal.

Version information

riot.im/develop

[t3chguy]

Part of the issue here is that the IRC limit includes things like your Nick, and riot doesn't even know your IRC nick

[t3chguy]

Related: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1706 matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc#701

[lampholder]

Can this all be handled bridgeside? Does the bridge know your IRC nick? Couldn't it split into acceptably-sized chunks?

[t3chguy]

It could split, yes, but it could cause flooding without the intent of the sender