From 196cb5d8b8132591bcf093f7f0816e2d818689c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: p3zq <67747740+p3zq@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2023 20:22:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Websockets/Chat: Prefixing Username to Messages
 Interferes with Server Commands (#634)

Co-authored-by: p3zq <>
---
 websockets/chat/client.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/websockets/chat/client.py b/websockets/chat/client.py
index a2aead24..eb1998d2 100755
--- a/websockets/chat/client.py
+++ b/websockets/chat/client.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ async def start_client(url: str) -> None:
 
             # Exit with Ctrl+D
             while line := await asyncio.to_thread(sys.stdin.readline):
-                await ws.send_str(name + ": " + line)
+                if line.startswith("/"):
+                    await ws.send_str(line)
+                else:
+                    await ws.send_str(name + ": " + line)
 
             dispatch_task.cancel()
             with suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):