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[Macros] Impersonating a character when executing a macro

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Edited 1387561996
Hi all, As a GM, I have general-purpose macros (for say attack, damage or ini) which are executed as token actions from selected tokens, but are not character abilities. Is there a possibility to show the name and the avatar of the character referenced by the selected token above / to the left of the corresponding chat text, as if impersonating that character? I am aware that I can select the drop-down element "As" below the chat to select a character, and then execute the macro from a selected token, which gives the above mentioned effect, but I find it a bit cumbersome to do that manually whenever I want to execute a macro from a different token (and it seems a bit redundant) I have tried to use "/as @{selected|token_name}" at the start of the macro, but this only writes the name of the token and does not pull in the avatar of the character linked by the token. Is there a way automatically select the impersonated character from the character, instead of manually selecting the character from the drop-down element? Am I missing something here? As a sidenote: Is there a difference between "/me" and "/em"? It seems to have the same effects (emote), but I can't seem to find a reference for "/me" in the Wiki, although I see it a lot on the forums. BTW: Thanks a lot to the Devs for all the awesome macro features already in place! [Edit: I raised a suggestion for the above mentioned feature]
perhaps character_name? will check this out, i dont often have images linked so give me a minute
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Edited 1387547836
nope, sorry, doesn't work either. looks like it needs to be put in as a suggestion edit: also, /me and /em are the same, just personal preference
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Edited 1387556959
Gid
Roll20 Team
I suspect this has to do with the fact that /emas and /as is meant for creating random characters on the fly (ones you have yet to make a journal entry for). They're commands that presently don't fetch data from the journal. Edit: There's no difference between /me and /em. They're both the emote action. We have both available because a lot of games and chat services use one or the other (and sometimes both).
Thanks to you both for your quick and helpful anwers; I raised a suggestion!