Ahh, my mistake, but if you wanted it in privategroup, I believe you can do it using the same workaround as for guild chat, ex.
$myModule = new MyModule();
$commands["pvgroup"][][] = &$myModule;
then
/*
This gets called on a msg in the group
*/
function prvgroup($name, $group, $msg)
{
if (preg_match("/^thiscommand/", $msg))
{
// Code in here.
}
}
I don't have a copy of the template, so I can't quite remeber if prvgroup is corrent, but the module template does offer a way to listen to all private group chat. As for tells, your'e out of luck for now, unless you do in fact want to do away with your syntax for good.