$(document).ready(function(){
 // count character on keyup
 function counter(){
 var maxLength = 140;
 var remaining = maxLength - (this.value ? this.value.length : 0);
 var counter = $("#counter");
 counter.text(remaining);

 if (remaining <= 0) {
 counter.attr("class", "toomuch");
 } else {
 counter.attr("class", "");
 }
 }

 if ($("#status_textarea").length) {
 $("#status_textarea").bind("keyup", counter);
 // run once in case there's something in there
 counter();
 }
});

function doreply(nick) {
     rgx_username = /^[0-9a-zA-Z\-_.]*$/;
     if (nick.match(rgx_username)) {
          replyto = "@" + nick + " ";
          if ($("#status_textarea")) {
               $("#status_textarea").val(replyto);
               $("#status_textarea").focus();
          }
     }
     return false;
}