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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [kopete-devel] Proposal: Global display name changing as a plugin
From:       Michaël Larouche <kuramadoushi.shock () globetrotter ! net>
Date:       2005-05-14 15:34:09
Message-ID: 42862829.3000404 () globetrotter ! net
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Olivier Goffart wrote:

>> Le Samedi 14 Mai 2005 17:17, Michaël Larouche a écrit :
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>>>> Last week, I was thinking about a plugin that could me useful for
>>>> people using multiples accounts.
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>>>> For my part, I have one MSN account and two Jabber and I want my
>>>> display name to be the same for all protocols. But it's require
>>>> me going to each account and change the display name.
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>> First, please call "NickName" instead of "DisplayName" to avoid
>> some confusion we had in the past. The nickname is the name you
>> set, and that your contact may see.
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no problem. MSN account use "displayName" so I got confused ^_^


>> Well, this probably should not be in a plugin, but included in
>> kopete. I imagine this as an "Identity" page in the config dialog,
>> where you can set your nickname, your display picture, and some
>> others personal settings globally. I've heard people which want
>> different nick/photos in different account. so account settings
>> could override it.
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Nice idea  :) 

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>>>> The plugin will consist to add a menu entry called "Change
>>>> Display Name Globally". This menu entry will ask for a new
>>>> display name and change it in all protocol that is logical to do
>>>> so(i.e excluding IRC protocol for example).
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>> On what criterias do you exclude some protocols ? (like IRC)
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It was maintly because the length of IRC nickname is about 9-15, and
other protocols support longer nickname.
But with your suggestion of account override, it's not required
anymore to exclude IRC.


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>>>> However, it would require a public method implemented for each
>>>> derived class of Kopete::Account, and only MSN protocol has a
>>>> method "void changeDisplayName()". If all protocols would
>>>> implement a common public method to change display name, the code
>>>> to change the display name would be simple as this:
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>> well, call it Account::setNickName(const QString&)
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>> By adding virtual member, we break binary compatibility. But as we
>> are not yet in the 1.0 version, i see no point to keep it.
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If binary compatibility is not a problem, then go for it  :) 



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