Issue with Essentials with CraftBukkit

The chat has the < and > symbols whenever someone chats. I have EssentialsX and EssentialsChat. EssentialsChat at least adds the [Rank], but how do I get rid of the unwanted symbols? I'm on 1.13.2. I am also using GroupManager.

 

Go into your Essentials configuration file located in '(server directory)/plugins/Essentials/config.yml'. Open it up, scroll down until you get to the EssentialsChat section, which looks like this (given you have not edited this before):

EssentialsChat configuration (open) EssentialsChat configuration (close)

Code:

############################################################
# +------------------------------------------------------+ #
# |                   EssentialsChat                     | #
# +------------------------------------------------------+ #
############################################################

# This section requires the EssentialsChat.jar to work.

chat:

  # If EssentialsChat is installed, this will define how far a player's voice travels, in blocks.  Set to 0 to make all chat global.
  # Note that users with the "essentials.chat.spy" permission will hear everything, regardless of this setting.
  # Users with essentials.chat.shout can override this by prefixing text with an exclamation mark (!)
  # Users with essentials.chat.question can override this by prefixing text with a question mark (?)
  # You can add command costs for shout/question by adding chat-shout and chat-question to the command costs section."
  radius: 0

  # Chat formatting can be done in two ways, you can either define a standard format for all chat.
  # Or you can give a group specific chat format, to give some extra variation.
  # For more information of chat formatting, check out the wiki: http://wiki.ess3.net/wiki/Chat_Formatting
  # For EssentialsX changes, take a look at the EssentialsX wiki: https://github.com/EssentialsX/Essentials/wiki

  format: '<{DISPLAYNAME}> {MESSAGE}'
  #format: '&7[{GROUP}]&r {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&r {MESSAGE}'
  #format: '&7{PREFIX}&r {DISPLAYNAME}&r &7{SUFFIX}&r: {MESSAGE}'

  group-formats:
  #  Default: '{WORLDNAME} {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&r {MESSAGE}'
  #  Admins: '{WORLDNAME} &c[{GROUP}]&r {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&c {MESSAGE}'

  # If you are using group formats make sure to remove the '#' to allow the setting to be read.

Edit the 'format' setting to whatever you want. Be sure, however, to always include the variable placeholders '{DISPLAYNAME}' and '{MESSAGE}', since they will be replaced with the display name of the sender of the message and the message itself, respectively (although that probably speaks for itself).

You can also use the 'group-formats' instead, but that is up to you to decide.

 

It's definitely not this, I've already edited this part to no avail.

EssentialsChat configuration (open) EssentialsChat configuration (close)

############################################################
# +------------------------------------------------------+ #
# | EssentialsChat | #
# +------------------------------------------------------+ #
############################################################

# This section requires the EssentialsChat.jar to work.

chat:

# If EssentialsChat is installed, this will define how far a player's voice travels, in blocks. Set to 0 to make all chat global.
# Note that users with the "essentials.chat.spy" permission will hear everything, regardless of this setting.
# Users with essentials.chat.shout can override this by prefixing text with an exclamation mark (!)
# Users with essentials.chat.question can override this by prefixing text with a question mark (?)
# You can add command costs for shout/question by adding chat-shout and chat-question to the command costs section."
radius: 0

# Chat formatting can be done in two ways, you can either define a standard format for all chat.
# Or you can give a group specific chat format, to give some extra variation.
# For more information of chat formatting, check out the wiki: http://wiki.ess3.net/wiki/Chat_Formatting

format: '[{GROUP}] {DISPLAYNAME}&7: {MESSAGE}'
#format: '&7[{GROUP}]&r {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&r {MESSAGE}'

group-formats:
# Default: '{WORLDNAME} {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&r {MESSAGE}'
# Admins: '{WORLDNAME} &c[{GROUP}]&r {DISPLAYNAME}&7:&c {MESSAGE}'

# If you are using group formats make sure to remove the '#' to allow the setting to be read.

It shows in chat as "<[RANK]USERNAME>"

I ended up fixing it, I deleted the essentialschat.jar with a different one

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.