--- deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/Protocol.pm	2007/09/01 08:01:08	1.170
+++ deliantra/Deliantra-Client/DC/Protocol.pm	2007/09/02 03:55:03	1.172
@@ -1036,14 +1036,18 @@
 
       for (split /\n/, $text) {
          ::message ({
-            fg          => $fg,
-            markup      => $_,
-            type        => $type,
-            extra       => [@extra],
-            color_flags => $color
+            fg     => $fg,
+            markup => $_,
+            type   => $type,
+            extra  => [@extra],
+            color_flags => $color, #d# ugly, kill
          });
 
          $color &= ~NDI_CLEAR; # only clear once for multiline messages
+         # actually, this is an ugly design. _we_ should control the channels,
+         # not some random other widget, as the channels are clearly protocol-specific.
+         # then we could also react to flags such as CLEAR without resorting to
+         # hacks such as color_flags, above.
       }
 
       $self->{statusbox}->add ($text,