diff -r 388d2bf73ff9 -r 688062f1db59 QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp	Thu Mar 21 09:27:35 2013 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/net/newnetclient.cpp	Thu Mar 21 10:08:30 2013 +0100
@@ -850,6 +850,15 @@
         );
 }
 
+void HWNewNet::chatLineToNetWithEcho(const QString& str)
+{
+    if(str != "")
+    {
+        emit chatStringFromNet(HWProto::formatChatMsg(mynick, str));
+        chatLineToNet(str);
+    }
+}
+
 void HWNewNet::chatLineToNet(const QString& str)
 {
     if(str != "")