Cannot @mention Matrix users in Discord

[tgr]

While Discord mentions are correctly transformed into Matrix mentions, in Discord I can only @mention Discord users, not Matrix users. Makes sense since presence is not synced, but mentions (ie. sending notifications) are a very fundamental feature of any chat system so those not working degrades the user experience a lot. IMO some poor-man's mention support would be better than nothing - just check for any plaintext @<matrix-nick> string in Discord messages and convert to a mention if found.

[Zwelf]

For me this is working. Both @<matrix-nick> and just <matrix-nick> results in a ping and notification and red message highlighting. Using element-web (not sure if this is relevant). Example with nick the display name of the matrix user:

discord	matrix

[tgr]

You are right about notifications since those are just simple text matches. But the nick does not get recognized. Otherwise it would look like this:

But given that as you say this doesn't really affect notifications, maybe it doesn't matter much in practice, especially given there is no easy or elegant fix...

[Zwelf]

Yeah, I now see what you are referencing. Probably solvable for the common case, when each username is only given once. But there might not be a solution when multiple users have the same name?

[deepadmax]

It could at least parse @username:server.tld into [](https://matrix.to/#/@username:server.tld), albeit it's more effort to enter.