--- a/QTfrontend/net/proto.h	Sun Oct 16 13:14:16 2022 +0300
+++ b/QTfrontend/net/proto.h	Sun Oct 16 20:15:57 2022 +0300
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
         static QByteArray & addStringListToBuffer(QByteArray & buf, const QStringList & strList);
         static QString formatChatMsg(const QString & nick, const QString & msg);
         static QString formatChatMsgForFrontend(const QString & msg);
+        static QString formatDirectMsg(const QString & myNick, const QString & nick,
+                                       const QString & msg, bool isEcho);
         /**
          * @brief Determines if a chat string represents a chat action and returns the action.
          * @param string chat string