[Chas_P]

ed5 (Private): when i self alert, how many chaqracters am i allowed?
→ed5 (Private): 29
ed5 (Private): i think bbo cut me off b4 that nmbr but mebbe i am wrong
→ed5 (Private): you are
ed5 (Private): ok ty
ed5 (Private): did u run a test just now?
→ed5 (Private): no. but i've done it in the past. and 29 is the magic number.
ed5 (Private): ty. i wud like to see higher number
→ed5 (Private): duly noted
ed5 (Private): ty agn.
→ed5 (Private): yw

[jwccsllc]

Chas_P, on 2020-June-05, 19:38, said:

ed5 (Private): when i self alert, how many chaqracters am i allowed?
→ed5 (Private): 29
ed5 (Private): i think bbo cut me off b4 that nmbr but mebbe i am wrong
→ed5 (Private): you are
ed5 (Private): ok ty
ed5 (Private): did u run a test just now?
→ed5 (Private): no. but i've done it in the past. and 29 is the magic number.
ed5 (Private): ty. i wud like to see higher number
→ed5 (Private): duly noted
ed5 (Private): ty agn.
→ed5 (Private): yw

If you use BBOalert, you can specify part of the alert to be displayed in the Chat area by putting the main part of the alert followed by a '#' then the balance to go in the Chat section. You must remember to have your chat set to go to Opponents or the chat part will go to the Table. Here's a line from one of my BBOalert file for the description of Gambling 3NT Openings. The 'Nothing Higher than Queen outside goes in the chat. I think the limit on the chat section is about 249 character.

,3N,Gambling 3NT 7+Solid !C or !D#Nothing Higher than Queen outside

[pescetom]

"7+Solid !C/!D;outside max 1Q" is 29
I guess the historic tweet length of 140 might be more reasonable.

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