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Buddy nicks instead of IDs #4

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I think it would be nice if you would see the nick names of the buddy list 
in the search results instead of the protocol ids.
Don't know if thats possible - but in case it is, it would be a gread 
enhencement!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by d8schreiber@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2009 at 12:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Thanks for the comment. As far as using nicknames, it's difficult because the 
program
simply reports the logs as they are written. In Pidgin, the protocol ID is used 
as
the name of the folder, and the nickname is used within the log itself.

Consider a situation in which you message someone, and they do not respond. In 
this
case, we have the protocol ID in the log, but not the nickname. Now we cannot
associate this "conversation" with others between you two.

The way it is currently designed, we simply take the folder name of the log as 
the
buddy. This happens to be the protocol ID, but it is steadfast and always known.

Not to say it can't be done - just offering why I chose to design it the way I 
did.
My solution is far from perfect.. believe me.

Original comment by gatorstu...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2009 at 1:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by gatorstu...@gmail.com on 25 Mar 2009 at 1:30