Add /sendas command

public/script.js

@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ async function Generate(type, { automatic_trigger, force_name2, resolve, reject,
                 // Add quiet generation prompt at depth 0
                 if (quiet_prompt && quiet_prompt.length) {
                     const name = is_pygmalion ? 'You' : name1;
-                    const quietAppend = isInstruct ? formatInstructModeChat(name, quiet_prompt, false, true) : `\n${name}: ${quiet_prompt}`;
+                    const quietAppend = isInstruct ? formatInstructModeChat(name, quiet_prompt, false, true, false) : `\n${name}: ${quiet_prompt}`;
                     mesSendString += quietAppend;
                 }
 
@@ -2362,14 +2362,14 @@ function getBiasStrings(textareaText) {
 
 function formatMessageHistoryItem(chatItem, isInstruct) {
     const isNarratorType = chatItem?.extra?.type === system_message_types.NARRATOR;
-    const characterName = selected_group ? chatItem.name : name2;
+    const characterName = (selected_group || chatItem.force_avatar) ? chatItem.name : name2;
     const itemName = chatItem.is_user ? chatItem['name'] : characterName;
-    const shouldPrependName = (chatItem.is_name || selected_group) && !isNarratorType;
+    const shouldPrependName = (chatItem.is_name || chatItem.force_avatar || selected_group) && !isNarratorType;
 
     let textResult = shouldPrependName ? `${itemName}: ${chatItem.mes}\n` : `${chatItem.mes}\n`;
 
     if (isInstruct) {
-        textResult = formatInstructModeChat(itemName, chatItem.mes, chatItem.is_user, isNarratorType);
+        textResult = formatInstructModeChat(itemName, chatItem.mes, chatItem.is_user, isNarratorType, chatItem.force_avatar);
     }
 
     // replace bias markup

public/scripts/openai.js

@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ function setOpenAIMessages(chat) {
             role = 'system';
         }
 
-        // for groups - prepend a character's name
-        if (selected_group) {
+        // for groups or sendas command - prepend a character's name
+        if (selected_group || chat[j].force_avatar) {
             content = `${chat[j].name}: ${content}`;
         }
 

public/scripts/power-user.js

@@ -640,8 +640,8 @@ function loadInstructMode() {
     });
 }
 
-export function formatInstructModeChat(name, mes, isUser, isNarrator) {
-    const includeNames = isNarrator ? false : power_user.instruct.names || !!selected_group;
+export function formatInstructModeChat(name, mes, isUser, isNarrator, forceAvatar) {
+    const includeNames = isNarrator ? false : (power_user.instruct.names || !!selected_group || !!forceAvatar);
     const sequence = (isUser || isNarrator) ? power_user.instruct.input_sequence : power_user.instruct.output_sequence;
     const separator =  power_user.instruct.wrap ? '\n' : '';
     const separatorSequence =  power_user.instruct.separator_sequence && !isUser 

public/scripts/slash-commands.js

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import {
     addOneMessage,
+    characters,
     chat,
     chat_metadata,
+    default_avatar,
+    getThumbnailUrl,
     saveChatConditional,
     sendSystemMessage,
     system_avatar,
@@ -85,7 +88,8 @@ const registerSlashCommand = parser.addCommand.bind(parser);
 const getSlashCommandsHelp = parser.getHelpString.bind(parser);
 
 parser.addCommand('help', helpCommandCallback, ['?'], ' – displays this help message', true, true);
-parser.addCommand('bg', setBackgroundCallback, ['background'], '<span class="monospace">(filename)</span> – sets a background according to filename, partial names allowed, will set the first one alphebetically if multiple files begin with the provided argument string', false, true);
+parser.addCommand('bg', setBackgroundCallback, ['background'], '<span class="monospace">(filename)</span> – sets a background according to filename, partial names allowed, will set the first one alphabetically if multiple files begin with the provided argument string', false, true);
+parser.addCommand('sendas', sendMessageAs, [], ` – sends message as a specific character.<br>Example:<br><pre><code>/sendas Chloe\nHello, guys!</code></pre>will send "Hello, guys!" from "Chloe".<br>Uses character avatar if it exists in the characters list.`, true, true);
 parser.addCommand('sys', sendNarratorMessage, [], '<span class="monospace">(text)</span> – sends message as a system narrator', false, true);
 parser.addCommand('sysname', setNarratorName, [], '<span class="monospace">(name)</span> – sets a name for future system narrator messages in this chat (display only). Default: System. Leave empty to reset.', true, true);
 
@@ -99,6 +103,49 @@ function setNarratorName(_, text) {
     saveChatConditional();
 }
 
+function sendMessageAs(_, text) {
+    if (!text) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const parts = text.split('\n');
+
+    if (parts.length <= 1) {
+        toastr.warning('Both character name and message are required. Separate them with a new line.');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const name = parts.shift().trim();
+    const mesText = parts.join('\n').trim();
+
+    const character = characters.find(x => x.name === name);
+    let force_avatar, original_avatar;
+
+    if (character && character.avatar !== 'none') {
+        force_avatar = getThumbnailUrl('avatar', character.avatar);
+        original_avatar = character.avatar;
+    }
+    else {
+        force_avatar = default_avatar;
+        original_avatar = default_avatar;
+    }
+
+    const message = {
+        name: name,
+        is_user: false,
+        is_name: true,
+        is_system: false,
+        send_date: humanizedDateTime(),
+        mes: mesText,
+        force_avatar: force_avatar,
+        original_avatar: original_avatar,
+    };
+
+    chat.push(message);
+    addOneMessage(message);
+    saveChatConditional();
+}
+
 function sendNarratorMessage(_, text) {
     if (!text) {
         return;